2023-11-09
The Ormanäs RGB LED smart light strip looks like it has the right balance of features. Images: Ikea
Ikea launched the Ormanäs, its first smart RGB LED light strip, in the Netherlands. The news comes by way of Dutch tech site Tweakers, which notes that the Ormanäs is a four-meter, or roughly 13-foot, dimmable Zigbee affair for €29.99 (about $32) that works with the company’s Dirigera smart hub. The light strip is only available in the Netherlands for now, but Ikea typically starts its rollouts there before bringing products to the US...
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2012-10-08
Ikea Group recently has announced to sell only LED lamps and bulbs in its stores by 2016 to help its customers save energy and cut carbon emissions. According to IKEA Chief Sustainability Officer Steve Howard said in a webcast and teleconference, replacing the world’s 12 billion traditional light bulbs with LEDs would cut emissions equivalent to those of the Netherlands. In addition, the company will also convert all the lighting in its stores, factories and distribution centers to LEDs. By switching to LEDs, Ikea is picking a winner out of technologie...
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2010-08-31
Taiwan’s No.1 LED chipmaker Epistar Inc. has begun shipping its high-voltage (HV) chips to General Electric (GE), Philips, Osram and IKEA.
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