The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) had completed an agreement with PowerSecure International’s EnergyLite division to distribute the company’s LED area lighting solution SecureLite™. According to NRTC, SecureLite is a Dark Sky compliant technology. Its highly efficient design includes its breakthrough proprietary dusk-to-dawn control technology, which maximizes the light’s efficiency and reliability, while reducing maintenance costs. Compared to a traditional high-pressure sodium (HPS) area lights, SecureL...

Titan LED of Moorpark, Calif., an LED lighting company, is considering a couple of sites in Warren to establish a 30,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility that would employ 25. According to David McGeary, national director of East Coast operations for the company, negotiations for such a facility are on the “5-yard line,” but he is “hopeful of crossing the goal line of locating a facility here.” McGeary said Titan LED has been looking for an East Coast location for about nine months, “but Warren just stuck out.&rd...

Reportedly, KU Environs is proposing the installation of LED lights throughout campus to make campus lighting energy efficient. At present, the group has installed a set of LED lights as a demonstration on West Campus. According to Nick Benson, vice president of KU Environs, the demonstration lights were installed at the beginning of April. The group plans to survey University students and faculty, in an effort to determine if installing the LED lights on the main Lawrence campus would be effective. It’s said that Cooper Lighting donated the lights fo...

Cree has enhanced the performance levels for high-brightness LEDs for indoor and outdoor video screens with its new water resistant and higher contrast high-brightness LEDs. It includes the Screen Master CLX6A-FKB and CLVBA-FKA which of Cree’s first typical black surface-mount LEDs that are used for high-definition, high-resolution LED screens and displays. The Screen Master CLX6A-FKB optimises for outdoor use with both IPX6 and IPX8 ratings, this PLCC6-type LED eliminates the need for a protective cover, reducing overall system...

Considering LED-application products containing LEDs marketed by WILMAR CORPORATION (a U.S. marketing and distribution company) used White LEDs that infringe at least one of Nichia’s U.S. patents, Nichia demanded that WILMAR discontinue marketing the infringing products. Nichia has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in September 2010, and in March, 2011, WILMAR acknowledged patent infringement and agreed to stop marketing infringing products and to change to new products using non-infringing White LEDs. The lawsuit is dismissed ...

Currently, Hi Score Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiary, DMD Lighting and Energy Control Systems, has supported the board of Southview at Aventura to replace the existing 250 watt fixtures with 56 watt LED fixtures on its parking lot. Southview will benefit from LED retrofit. It should save approximately six thousand dollars per year in electricity and maintenance costs. Also, the Green LED Lighting will provide more consistent lighting in the parking area creating a safer environment. Besides, the conversion will reduce its carbon footprint.  ...

Reportedly, James Haworth who was former Philips Professional Luminaires North America head of marketing and strategy as well as former chief executive officer of JJI Lighting Group is appointed as CEO by Lighting Science Group.   Haworth is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a BBA from Loyola University of Chicago and a MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University. He is a member of several professional associations, including The Presidents Forum and the American Institute of Certified Public A...

LED Source®, the exclusive North American distributor for Coemar, has released LEDko, a revolutionary new LED fixture and the first LED profile delivering both Soft Profile and Hard Edge Profile using mix and match optics. The Reflection LEDko is part of the PLASA 2010 award winning Reflection series and applies Reflection LED technology to the world of lekos. LEDko is available in LEDko FullSpectrum, LEDko VariWhite 3000-7000K and LEDko White 3200K. With the Reflection LEDko series, Coemar has created the first LED pro...

PowerSecure International, Inc. is announced to receive $15 million of new awards for products and services across its Energy and Smart Grid Solutions business lines.   Among the awards, there are including orders for $2 million of LED lighting products, $5 million of Utility Infrastructure projects, and approximately $8 million of Interactive Distributed Generation® (IDG®) smart grid power systems.   The largest of the awards includes an Interactive Distributed Generation system to support a municipality, the installation of a new substation on ...

Reportedly, Guizhou Haotian Optoelectronics Technology Co. LTD (HTOT) has ordered the advanced sapphire crystallization furnaces totaling $218.9 million from GT Solar. This Chinese LED company plans to launches operations to manufacture sapphire and other crystalline products used in LEDs. Additionally, the order not only marks HTOT’s entrance into the fast-growing LED industry, but also continues GT Solar’s market momentum for its sapphire crystalline growth technology. The order will be included in GT Solar’s backlog for its cu...

Lighting Science Group is reported to team up with Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation USA, Inc. to bring its high performance, low cost LED infrastructure lights to Eastern China. Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation USA will serve as Lighting Science Group's exclusive agent for LED infrastructure products beginning in the Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces. In addition, the two companies are exploring the possibility of contracting eligible factories in the aforementioned locations to both manufacture and assemble Light...

For the second year in a row MSi LED lighting will shine brightly before this gathering of the world’s top lighting professionals. MSi Solid State lighting is proud to be an exhibitor at the Lightfair International (FFI) trade show May 15-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. This annual trade show attracts the world’s top engineering, architectural, design and lighting professionals who attend seminars and view exhibitions of the latest developments in technology and design for both commercial and residential lighting. “This ...

Recently, Lamina Ceramics has released new LED light engines that Smaller than a U.S. nickel and about as bright as a 20-watt light bulb, each BL-4000 light engine is a disk-like array containing 4-6 individual LEDs, depending upon color. The product was honored for Technical Innovation. BL-4000 arrays provide super bright and long-lived lighting. It widely uses for indoor and outdoor architectural applications. Another huge emerging market is DLP (digital light processing) and LCD televisions and multimedia projectors.Lamina Ceramics has solved that heat buil...

Veeco has released its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. According to Veeco's Chief Executive Officer, John R. Peeler, the company has received strong revenue first quarter, with revenues of $255 million, gross margin of 51% and non-GAAP net income of $57 million, all complied with their expectation. As predicted, revenues were down 15% sequentially, but increased 89% from the prior year first quarter. LED & Solar revenues were $215 million and Data Storage revenues were $40 million. Veeco's first quarter bookings totalled $...

LEDnovation has launched its new ImproveLite™ A19 LED, offering 385- and 565-lumen versions at 3000K to take the place of 40- and 60-watt incandescent and halogen lamps in downlights and other semi-directional applications .   The ImproveLite A19 LED provides significantly improved quality of light and color over less-efficient compact fluorescent alternatives, all while featuring dimming to 15% and instant-on response. With a color rendering index (CRI) Ra above 90, a high saturation of deep red color rendering R9 and a 3000K color temperature (CCT...

LED intelligent lighting fixtures manufacturer NexPhase Lighting, a subsidiary of Onteco,  is reported to complete the first stage of installation and testing of LED 100 W high bay fixtures at the main distribution of City Furniture’s warehouse , which is located in Tamarac, Florida of City Furniture. It’s said that there are more than 1,000 traditional high wattage lighting fixtures to be replaced in the distribution warehouse of City Furniture. And NexPhase has replaced 80 T8 fluorescent fixtures with 12 LED 100 W high bay fixtures in the fir...

Kentucky Fried Chicken has adopted lower power, LED lighting for energy saving in its new fast food chain opened on Keystone Avenue. It is also providing preferred parking for hybrid vehicles. The restaurant will be Eco-friendly KFC.  

Sunovia Energy Technologies’ EvoLucia LED Cobra Head SCHX5 has received the award for Best Outdoor Street Light from the U.S. Department of Energy, the International Association of Lighting Designers and the Illuminating Engineering Society in the 2010 Next Generation Luminaires™ Solid State Lighting Design Competition. This recognition provides the highest lighting industry validation of EvoLucia's patent pending Aimed Optics™ technology. The DOE, IALD and IES evaluated five of EvoLucia's Aimed Optics &...

Cree has announced its CR family of architectural troffers commercial lighting, including the CR24™, CR14™ and CR22™. Powered by Cree TrueWhite® Technology, The Cree CR troffer family is capable of delivering an unprecedented combination of 90 CRI and up to 110 lumens per watt, far outperforming any other current lighting options. In addition, an innovative thermal management system enables the LEDs to consistently run cooler, providing significant boosts to lifetime, efficacy and color consistency. All fixtures feature step or 0-10V dim...

Two European companies including Germany’s Osram and Legrand are preparing for investment in Turkey. Martin Goetzeler , Chief Executive of Osram disclosed that Osram was thinking about investing LED technology in Turkey. Osram’s global revenue reached EUR 4.7 billion in 2010 and its sales in Turkey increased twofold in the last four years. In addition, it was the second fastest growing country last year and this year it targets a more than 6 percent growth. As for Legrand, it also considered investing a research, development and production facility t...

It’s reported that Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a new method for manufacturing green-colored LEDs with greatly enhanced light output. Led by led by Christian Wetzel, professor of physics and the Wellfleet Constellation Professor of Future Chips at Rensselaer, the research team etched a nanoscale pattern at the interface between the LED's sapphire base and the layer of GaN that gives the LED its green color. It has received a good result. The new technique results in green LEDs with significant enhancements in light...

Cree has signed a license agreement with Nippon Steel Corporation on silicon carbide (SiC) materials. According to the agreement, Nippon Steel Corporation, and affiliates including Nippon Steel Materials Co., Ltd., have been given the right to manufacture and sell silicon carbide materials for electronic device applications. For Cree, it will receive certain financial considerations from Nippon Steel over the lifetime. It was also granted rights to Nippon Steel’s relevant SiC-related patents.   Other terms of the agreement were not disclosed. No t...

Washington University in St. Louis has made a LED retrofit with the help of City Lighting Products. The university is projected to save its Danforth Campus upwards of 75 percent in lighting energy costs and provide a substantial savings in labor and maintenance costs compared to their old exterior lighting. Washington University aims to replace 400 existing 175-watt metal halide and high-pressure sodium vapor fixtures with 55-watt LED retrofit kits. Ed Barry, Director of Utility Operations for Washington University introduced that, "After City Lighting ...

LED manufacturer LEDTOLITE of France has chosen Bridgelux's LED Array light sources for its innovative double downlight design for the Dior Fragrance booth in the magnificent "Galeries Lafayette" in Paris, France. Delivering both warm and cool white light from the same fixture, the Spotlight Zephyr integrates two aluminum sphere, adjustable spot lights, offering both 24 and 50 degree beam angles. Moreover, the downlight offers a warm white (3000K) spot and a cool white (5600K) spot allowing lighting designers to highlight the rich colors of t...

The Mall of America is giving its two parking ramps a lighting makeover this year that will cost about $3 million, saving the mall about $500,000 a year. The LED conversion is believed to be the largest in the US, which will replace 5,400 metal halide and high-pressure sodium fixtures. It will reduce energy consumption in the ramps by two-thirds, saving enough electricity to power more than 11,000 homes for a year. In addition, it will be replaced by white light from the LEDs and the MOA grant tie a $500,000 conservation grant to the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co. in Ben...

NXP Semiconductors N.V. has launched new controller IC named the GreenChip SSL4101T for Solid State LED lighting power supplies. The GreenChip SSL4101T operates in Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) of less than 20%, a high Power Factor (PF) of .99, and high efficiency of 94 percent. GreenChip technology lies at the heart of NXP's cost-effective, highly-efficient power and lighting ICs. The newly announced GreenChip SSL4101T offers a professional-grade solution with levels of efficiency of up to 94 percent. Moreover, The GreenChip SS...

Magnalight has introduced EPL-JH16C-1MLED-100 Explosion Proof LED Light. The 16-inch diameter LED light head on this unit produces 10,000 lumens of light in a wide flood pattern and draws only 150 watts. This light can be operated with 120VAC to 277 VAC. The ladder and rail bracket is constructed of non-sparking aluminum and can be adjusted from 26 inches to 43 inches in length to allow mounting to a wide variety of railings, scaffoldings or ladders. The LED light head can be adjusted through 90 degrees of tilt.  It can also pass through most sta...

The Foley City Council is thinking about making a trial program for a system to use LEDs to replace florescent and incandescent lights. The council is scheduled to vote this program on May 4. According the official, the system will start by installing the lights in a few locations in city buildings and officials will decide if the savings are worth the costs of converting other structures to the new lighting. He said an LED light will pay for itself in energy savings in about four years.  ...

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) has introduced the ADP8866 LED charge pump backlight driver with independent control of nine LED current sinks, programmable LED blinking sequences and low operating current drain. Independent LED control allows the convenient control of backlighting LEDs and status indicator LEDs with one part. Programmable fade on/off and blinking sequences allow complex LED effects to be generated automatically, saving processor bandwidth and power. A built-in charge pump automatically adjusts its gain to efficiently power the LEDs under...

Lighting Science Group plans to sell its first in a series of high quality, affordable, LED products on Amazon.com, America's largest online retailer.  The company's new 40 watt equivalent A19 omnidirectional is at the price of $21.98, 8.5 watt LED bulb is 75% more efficient than the typical incandescent bulb it replaces and can last up to 23 years.   Compare with GE's omnidirectional Energy Smart A19 40 watt equivalent bulb, the company's omnidirectional 40 watt equivalent LED bulb is more efficient, and retails for approximately half the...