Auckland Airport has become the first in New Zealand to switch its runway lighting to LEDs. The airport has installed 600 LED lights along its 3.6km runway, replacing the old halogen lamps, with up to 20 lights at a time replaced during twice-weekly overnight runway maintenance closures. In total, 240 new centreline lights, 186 touchdown zone lights, 52 threshold and 124 runway edge lights have been installed, which the airport says will last 15 times longer than halogen lights and use 70 per cent less power. A new power centre is also under construction at the wester...

Mount Roskill’s Keith Hay Park has had a glow-up, with new LED lights providing more sparkle to the well-used sports fields. Following a Puketāpapa Local Board investment, the sports field floodlights now have improved LED lights, which provides better quality light coverage, reduced power consumption and additional light longevity. Puketāpapa Local Board Chair Ella Kumar says the Keith Hay upgrades are part of a wider suite of lighting improvements for Puketāpapa facilities this year.  “It’s important our community has access to hig...

Display devices have been used for many years as a means of HMI (Human Machine Interface) to connect humans and machines interactively, and their usage are still expanding. Automotive interiors are no exception to this trend, with an increasing amount of information being displayed,ranging from important information for safe driving to entertainment information, and this trend will continue to evolve further in the future. Interior Display Trends The quality of white light The LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen of a meter or entertainment system is a full-color ...

With the new A5 models, Audi is underlining its leading role in lighting design and technology in its class. The new active digital light signature was introduced with the Audi Q6 e-tron and is now available for the Audi A5 family. It gives onlookers a new impression of vibrancy and points the way to the future of Audi lighting technology. The optional digital OLED technology extends the range of functions many times over. This significantly contributes to road safety, as demonstrated by the communication light in the digital OLED combination rear lights. The secon...

Larson Electronics LLC, a major industrial lighting company, announced the release of a new vapor proof LED light (GVP-48-2L-LED-DNMS) to be added to its expanding catalog of products this week. This LED features day/night and motion sensing capabilities and has been designed to be vapor proof, impact and vibration resistant for applications such as on ships, offshore applications and within water treatment centers, to name a few.

Power management company Eaton today announced the launch of the Halo Surface Mount light-emitting diode (LED) Downlight (SMD), an ultra-low profile, surface-mounting luminaire featuring modern and elegant stylings with exceptional value. The new downlight can easily and quickly be installed directly into drywall without the need for a recessed housing or a junction box, ideal for closets, storage areas, attics, basements and other locations where plenum space is limited.

Wearable LED lights combined with a long skirt can transform a simple skirt to a celestial ball gown.

After Aurelien David, Soraa's Chief Scientist, released the last blog’s primer on the concept of color saturation, he takes a look at its implementation in products. For simplicity, David’ll talk about “enhancing” colors in this post—what he really mean is “increasing the saturation” of colors, an effect which tends to be well-liked in some situations.

The Fisheries Department of Goa, a coast on the western coastal area of India, has issued an official order this Tuesday that bans the use of LED lights for fishing in the region, reported Herald.

Green energy. Everyone wants it, but not in their backyard. An odd thing for a country known for its picturesque windmills dating from the 18th century. How can we once again give green energy the allure it deserves?

The steel work of art from the British artist and designer Alex Chinneck is an electrical high-voltage pylon with a weight of 15 tons placed on its head that reaches up to a height of 35 metres to become part of the London skyline. Alex Chinneck was inspired for the design by the industrial background of the Greenwich peninsular district, the installation site of the steel tower.

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been a strong advocate for the country’s LED lighting conversion to battle the power starved country’s use of electricity and conserve natural resources, reported local Indian newspaper Nagpur Today.

KIHOU is an indirect lighting product using two kinds of liquid and air bubbles. A ceramic bowl is filled with sticky liquid and a thin layer of black silicone oil floats on top. A small pump and LEDs are embedded in the bottom of the bowl, making luminous bubbles rise to the surface from the black liquid. The rhythm of bubbles, unexpected noise, stickiness of the liquid and lightness of the oil, and the mysterious contrast between the golden light and black surface all breathe life into this small cube, sublimating it into a product that people can feel an affinity with.

Energesco Solutions, a leading provider of energy and water conservation measures to the commercial and multifamily real estate industry in the Mid-Atlantic region, announces its award of exclusive contracts by utility companies Pepco and SMECO (Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative) to provide energy efficiency and water conservation improvements to multifamily properties in Pepco's and SMECO's service areas throughout the state of Maryland. Both contracts were awarded under the Commercial Multifamily Program, a newly announced energy efficiency rebate program designed to support the EmPOWER Maryland initiative.

STG Aerospace, a world leader in pioneering aircraft lighting technologies, is delighted to announce that it has opened a new U.S. manufacturing and warehousing facility in Miami. Located adjacent to the Miami International Airport runway, the new building has double the space of the company’s previous U.S.premises.

A young product design team from U.S. headed by designer Mike Lee, has come up with a multifunctional LED desk lamp that can also charge up smartphones when turned off.

Lunera® Lighting, a leader in lighting innovations accelerating the transformation to advanced LED technology, delivered its popular plug-and-play 13-watt Helen Lamps to the San Miguel School to replace many of the school's 26-watt Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) lamps. The elementary Catholic school helps break the cycle of poverty for low-income Latino children in the Washington D.C. area.

Indian LED light manufacturers might be benefiting from a new government initiatives to promote the usage of energy saving bulbs, which the government projects will reach INR 200 billion (US $3.27 billion) by 2020, according to a report by Business Standard.

FZtech Inc. is pleased to announce the brand new LED Bike Torch FZL-1210 with handy bracket. The powerful 1W Nichia LED light emits 70 lumens with high intensity beaming spot, offering cost-effective replacement for bike lighting. It is also suitable for use in mountain climbing, hiking, camping, and home maintenance.

Domestic users in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) can contribute to 33 million units saving annually if they adopt the use of LEDs, according to a report from The Hindu.

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced “Prakash Path – way to light” campaign to call for a national energy conservation revolution, according to reports from several Indian news agencies.

The GoControl line will span popular consumer smart home categories, including security, lighting, access control, and HVAC, as well as integrate with a wide range of standard home control solutions and Nortek’s existing control platforms.

Nexia™ Home Intelligence, a pioneer in home automation and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, will showcase a collection of new, compatible smart home products at the 2015 International CES tradeshow. Nexia Home Intelligence will exhibit its existing and new products and services at booth 20315.

CNHIDEE LED 3D Light is designed with a great idea of illusion. This wonderful light challenges the reality of what we see and how our brains comprehend the world around us. What we sight and build in our minds as a 3 Dimensional (3D) light is actually a simple 2 dimensional pane with illusive 3D wire frame designs.

The Nemen LED Jacket is an experimental project which expresses the brand's passion for research in textiles development and functionality in sportswear garments.

CGE Energy (CGE) is saving Golling Automotive Group (Golling) $1.4 million in energy costs over the next 10 years by upgrading lighting at four southeast Michigan dealership locations. This is a savings of nearly 80 percent in total energy costs. The project was just completed by CGE's install team, and Golling will see a return on their investment in less than 14 months.

Peterson Manufacturing has extended its rapidly growing, USA-made LumenX® LED line with a 4" Round Strobe light and a 6" Oval Strobe. Both models are rated for use as directional flashing warning devices on Class 1 and 2 emergency, maintenance and service vehicles.

Innovations in Optics, Inc. introduces high power white LED light engines for OEM fiberoptic illumination. LumiBright™ Light Engines couple directly to liquid light guides and fiber bundles with no additional optics, deliveringup to 4000 lumens into the light guide.

In response to feedback from a broad range of stakeholders, the new Zhaga Book will specify a family of six rectangular or square LED modules with different dimensions.

Osram Opto Semiconductors has introduced a new LED for stage lighting. Compared with previous members of the product family, the new Osram Ostar Stage offers more than twice the lumen output with a component surface that is only 30 percent larger. The new version contains two square-millimeter high-current chips per color that can handle a maximum of 4.5 amps (A) per chip. This will enable moving heads for stage and exhibition lighting to be more powerful and more compact at the same time.