Recently,Dialight’s SafeSite® LED High Bay luminaire has been qualified to the UL-1254 standard for use in paint spray applications. The LED high bay fixture is designed to replace conventional fluorescent and HID lighting in paint spray booths, auto body garages, paint mixing and storage facilities and other similar applications. It offers exceptional visibility with a CRI greater than 70 in both neutral white and cool white options. Delivering 10,000 lumens at 150W (66 lumens per watt), the fixture reduces energy consumption of traditional fixtur...

In much of the United States, light pollution in cities and even the suburbs is so bad that "dark sky tourism" is a rising trend, as Americans seek out the stars their ancestors took for granted. Next month, New Yorkers will get an unusual view of the night sky, without a visit to a dark sky park. 201 LED lights in the Hudson River will "reflect" the stars above New York City that no one can see. The LEDs, which are solar-powered, will be installed on the wood posts at Pier 49. The exhibition, called "Reflecting the Stars," is part of C...

The Astronics DME Corp. Airfield Lighting Systems & NavAids segment in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will use advanced LED lighting to replace taxiway light fixtures at Air Force bases in the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii under terms of a potential $7.4 million five-year contract announced Thursday. LED lighting experts from Astronics DME will begin the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) airport lighting contract immediately by replacing 600 lights in a $72,000 order. Astronics DME Airfield Lighting Systems designs and builds airf...

About 100 LED streetlights were installed a couple of years ago along Barringer Road in Ilion in coordination with Frankfort’s Fiberdyne Energy, Chief Executive Officer Peter Polus said. Village officials are looking into various products and options for possibly extending LED streetlights to other main roads and eventually to the whole village. About $1 million of state funding for LEDs – or solid-state lighting – is expected to become available this fall through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. It’...

To prevent car accidents, Steve Gardner started working on a lighting system. The vehicle maintenance supervisor for the Lucas County (Ohio) Board of Developmental Disabilities, Gardner invented a system to increase visibility of the bus and young pedestrians. Two red LED lights mounted on a bus's front grille raise its visibility, and a white LED floodlight attached to the front bumper illuminate children crossing the street. Unity School Bus Parts of Marine City, Mich., is marketing and distributing the system for about $225, or about $120 for the white LE...

The Ergo series will be available in different shape variants including rectangular, corner, oval and square. The different shapes of the bathtub provide a contemporary spin to the traditional design of the bathtub. All the bathtubs of this series are fitted with LED lights giving it a spa-like feeling. The company has designed the bathtub in a way that it can hold a maximum of four tub spots. The tub normally has eight Venturi jets, which on customer demand can be increased upto 26 Air-Inject jets. The tub's warm, whirly water renders a feeling of relaxing massage. Hoes...

A WICKLOW-BASED lighting expert has invented an energy-efficient LED bulb for the outdoor security-lighting market that reduces the cost of its electricity consumption by 93 per cent. A Wattbeater bulb will also last 30 times longer than a standard tungsten halogen one. As more commercial bodies and domestic consumers are becoming increasingly conscious about energy consumption, these continuing advances in LED technology lamps are rendering old-style bulbs obsolete. In June the Wattbeater bulb made the top three in the Light Source Product of the Year 2011 U...

A controversial new blue lighting scheme for Southampton’s iconic Itchen Bridge will be switched on tonight. The landmark 1970s bridge will turned into a beacon as it is bathed in pale blue light. The lighting scheme is part of a massive £1m-plus overhaul of the 62,000-tonne bridge which has seen street lights replaced with 34 new white-light columns that also emit blue LED background light. The lighting is being installed as part of a £28.5m contract with Southern Electric Contracting to replace around half the road signs, bollards and orange street l...

Cree Inc. acquires all outstanding stock of LED outdoor lighting firm, Ruud Lighting Inc. for approximately Rs.2,354.26 crore ($525 million). The acquisition involves Rs.1,668.16 crore ($372 million) in cash, Rs.946.19 crore ($211 million) in stock (valued at the market closing price of Rs.1,557.85 ($34.74)/share), Rs.381.17 crore ($85 million) paid concurrently with the acquisition to retire outstanding debt, offset by tax benefits. Cree is taking another bold step in leading the LED lighting revolution. According to Cree, the acquisition will allow the company to ...

Larson Electronics’ Magnalight.com announced today the release of the HAL-EMG-48-2L-LED hazardous location LED light with emergency backup capability and Class 1 Division 2 ratings for Groups A, B, C and D. This LED fixture offers more light than comparable fluorescent fixtures, and includes a battery backup system that will continue light operation in the event of power failure. The HAL-EMG-48-2L-LED Hazardous Area LED Light Fixture for industrial and commercial lighting applications contains LED tube lamps that produce more light tha...

The IR OSLON SFH 4715S of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is today’s smallest infrared LED with more than one Watt optical power. The device measures only 3.75 x 3.75 mm² and therefore facilitates very compact illumination units for CMOS and CCD cameras. OSRAM’s nanostack chip technology and a temperature stable OSLON Black Series package paved the way for the record-breaking high performance device. The infrared OSLON typically provides 1070 mW optical power at 1 A operating current, and it features a typical thermal resistanc...

Hybrid capacitors, a combination of an ultracapacitor and a lithium-ion battery, providing a longer term energy source than alternative energy storage solutions on the market. Hybrid capacitors have an energy density up to 115 percent higher than standard electric double-layer capacitors (ELDCs). This allows for faster and more efficient power to applications such as LED lights used in medical devices. Compared with a nickel cadmium or lithium-ion battery, hybrid capacitors provide more than 20 times the cycle life and 60 times faster recharge rates, vastly improving LED lig...

Retail Furniture Chain Sam Levitz Replaces Showroom’s Hot Halogen Spotlights with Super Efficient, Cool Burning LED Lighting. Estimated Annual Energy and Maintenance Savings of $268,000 Produces $3.1 Million in Savings Over Lifespan of the MSi Lights.   The “Sunshine Factory” has gotten a little bit brighter and greener thanks to the addition of over 5,000 MSi iPAR LED lighting fixtures. Tucson, Arizona based furniture retailer Sam Levitz recently replaced all of the halogen spotlights in four of its five locations with s...

The U.S. market has taken the lead in proving the viability of LED technology for outdoor lighting applications. Although China has more installations, it has become the first casualty of quality issues. The Chinese market for outdoor lighting shrank in 2011 in order to address these quality issues. Elsewhere, especially in North America, quality consciousness has kept progress towards transitioning to LEDs thanks to the efforts of the DOE, the Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium, and the Design Lights Consortium. The 20%-25% drop in price of LED ...

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LED usage continues to rise across applications and  lighting is leading with a predicted increase of 20 percent  over 2010. According to DisplaySearch, the total package revenue for backlight and lighting applications was $7.2 billion in 2010 and is forecast to reach $12.7 billion in 2014. A heightened demand for LED lighting applications is the main driver of this increase. In 2011, DisplaySearch predicts global LED capacity will reach 180 billion units, and by 2013 will reach 227 billion. The total average LED penetration in lighting was 1.4 percent ...

Power Integrations has launched a new reference design for a 25-watt LED T8 tube ballast power supply. Notable for industry-leading efficiency of greater than 91%, the design (DER-287) also meets commercial requirements for power factor (PF greater than 0.9) and harmonic distortion (EN61000-3-2 Class C). DER-287 is a single-stage converter built around LNK409EG, a member of the LinkSwitch-PH family of LED driver ICs. Single-stage technology greatly increases product lifetime by eliminating the opto-isolators and large aluminum electrolytic input bulk capacit...

LG Electronics Inc said on Friday it had filed a complaint with the South Korean trade commission to ban imports of LED products from Siemens (SIEGn.DE) lightbulb unit Osram in response to patent infringement litigation by the German firm. LG joined Samsung LED to countersue Osram, after the German firm said in June that it filed lawsuits against the two business groups in the United States, Germany and Japan and another against LG in China. Samsung LED countersued in June, filing a patent infringement lawsuit against Osram Korea and two Korea...

Encelium Technologies will showcase its innovative energy management and lighting control systems at IIDEX/NeoCon Canada, Booth #121, on Thursday, September 22 and Friday, September 23, at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto, Canada. At the exposition, attendees will get an insider’s look at Encelium’s new Polaris 3D, its next generation of lighting control software for the company’s Energy Control System™ (ECS).   A web-based application, Polaris 3D provides an industry first 360-degree, three-dimensional view of lighting energ...

Access Fixtures has been testing the new LEDnovations EnhanceLite® light emitting diode (LED) 180 degree directional lamp as an LED light engine in bollards. The outcome is truly astounding. Using our best selling Bollard Lights with a reflector, the efficiency of one a 6.1 watt light engine compared equally with a the light output against a 100W equivalent compact florescent lamp (CFL). According to Access Fixtures senior lighting specialist Steve Rothschild, LED Bollards can equal CFL brightness while using 73% less energy or only 6.1 watts. Additio...

ProFlixSales is now offering High CRI LED Video lighting at affordable prices. LED lighting for Video has been gaining popularity steadily over the past years. Videographers love LED lighting for their cool lighting, low power and durability. The issue has been the quality of the light. How "true" a light is to its stated Temperature is measured in CRI (Color Rendering Index). Standard LED lighting often has a low CRI, sometimes as low as 70. This means that although the light may be rated at 5600K Daylight, the color may be off. High CRI...

Mean Well has extended the power range of its power supply family to 90W with the introduction of the LPF-90(D) series, which equipped with a range of basic functions, while the LPF-90D series boasts additional, three-in-one dimming functionality utilising a 1 to 10 V d.c. PWM signal or variable resistance to achieve brightness reduction and energy savings. The power supplies achieve IP67 protection and are enclosed in a plastic case with 94V-0 fire prevention level. Their internal shock absorption can withstand 5 G vibrations. They possess up to 91% efficiency and c...

Cree recently announced that it buys LED outdoor lighting supplier Ruud Lighting Inc. in a cash and stock worth about $525 million. It would accelerate adoption and expanding the market for Cree’s LED systems and components. Cree is taking another bold step in leading the LED lighting revolution, creating a company that has an unrivaled focus and commitment to driving LED lighting adoption. Ruud Lighting will continue to be based in Racine, Wis., and will operate as a subsidiary as part of Cree's lighting business, Cree said. Alan Ruud, chairman and...

100 units of a portable lamp, which uses dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), LEDs and nickel-metal-hydride rechargeable batteries, made by A Japanese research group and a manufacturing company. The group was led by Hiroshi Segawa, professor at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo. It distributed the lamps to two areas affected by the Tohoku Earthquake. The portable lamp was made by combining (1) a palm-sized DSSC panel developed by the manufacturing company, which has been engaged in research with the...

FuturoLighting, a new company focused on LED lighting solutions, introduces Aurora a fully autonomous, motion detecting, lighting application which uses Cree’s latest XLamp® ML-E LED.  Due to its immediate light output and no lifetime limitation due to switching, Aurora offers advantages over traditional incandescent and fluorescent light sources as well as improved reliability due to its solid-state construction.    Aurora has a simple setup using its microcontroller with integrated high resolution control over light output levels, ambient light ...

LED manufacturers are developing products that integrate functions like multiple diodes for higher output, ballasts, drivers, voltage converters and interfaces for dimmers. According to Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductor Technologies Service (GaAs), “Compound Semiconductor Industry Review May 2011: Optoelectronics, Materials and Equipment,” captures the product, technology, contract and financial announcements for companies such as Aixtron, Riber, Cree, Philips Lumileds, GigOptix, Emcore, Opnext, JDSU, Oclaro and GT Solar ...

Acuity Brands’ Lithonia Lighting® ACLED luminaire received TheLEDAward for Best Interior Commercial Product at the recently concluded “TheLEDShow” 2011 in Las Vegas. Introduced in March 2011, the Lithonia Lighting ACLED is a high-quality, volumetric recessed luminaire that delivers ambient white light uniformly throughout an entire space while reducing energy and maintenance costs and a building’s environmental footprint. This luminaire is available in a 2’x2’ configuration, delivers 3300 lumens at 41 input watts a...

Rubicon Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBCN), a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, RFIC, Semiconductor, and Optical industries, today announced that the company has completed a company-wide installation of enhancements to its proprietary crystal growth furnaces bringing all furnaces up to Rubicon Furnace Version ES2-XLG3.0. This is the latest version of the company’s proprietary furnace design for the production of high quality, large diameter sapphire material and provides even greater automation and yield consistency.   &nb...

Illumitex Inc., developer of high-brightness LEDs and emerging LED technology, released today the lighting industry’s first and only precision beam LED for use in general, architectural and entertainment lighting applications, ranging from high mast street lights to stage and spot lights. Utilizing patented Illumitex technology, the Artavi™ produces a narrow 10 degree beam directly from optics integrated at the emitter level. With more than 90% of the light exiting the lens in the beam, the Artavi™ promises to significantly reduce energy consumption as well ...

Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, today announced the acquisition of Ruud Lighting, Inc., a leader in LED outdoor lighting, at an estimated net cost of approximately $525 million. Combining two highly complementary LED innovators, the acquisition allows Cree to extend its leadership position and increase the adoption of energy-efficient LED lighting. The companies’ shared focus on best-in-class LED-based systems has led to thousands of LED lighting installations over the past several years. This acquisition creates a market leader for indoor and...