Replacing 100 outdoor fixtures improves illumination and reduces annual energy costs by up to $7,000. Attracting nearly one million visitors each year, the Grand Traverse County Civic Center is a multi-use facility encompassing roughly 45 acres, located in Traverse City, Michigan. Although the site offers visitors many outdoor options, its fixtures illuminating the Civic Center’s mile long oval track were leaving many joggers and walkers in the dark. To help increase overall illumination, the County turned to solutions from Cooper Lighting, an industry leader commit...

'The Longest Furniture Store on the Eastern Shore!' is found in Laurel, Del., where Johnny Janosik has served customers with "the shortest prices" since 1953. When management aimed at all-new LED illumination for its 180,000-square-foot facility, GE Lighting hit the mark with energy-efficient lamps that will yield $100,000 yearly electricity savings while setting a proper tone for showroom merchandise. "Cost reductions are always appreciated of course, but color rendition was a bigger concern for us," said David Koehler, CEO of Johnny J...

Nuclear Measurements Solution Provider, CANBERRA U.S. has selected Noribachi for LED lighting retrofit in Meriden, Connecticut. CANBERRA's loading area originally contained a combination of sixteen 400W high bay and flood lamps. By switching the eight 400W high bays out for 300W custom designed Noribachi LED bulbs, CANBERRA was able to completely eliminate the need for the eight flood lights, totally removing the fixtures, and reducing the total power consumption by over 60% while improving light levels. In addition to cutting the energy co...

Bridgelux has introduced its highly successful Decor(TM) line of ultra-high color rendering index (CRI) LED arrays, to meet the growing demand in the shop and retail, architectural, hospitality and museum lighting markets. Bridgelux has expanded its successful Decor 97 CRI product series introduced in October 2011. The Decor series now offers increased efficiency as well as a broader range of light sources -- from 500 to 5000 operational lumens in three color temperatures, 2700, 3000 and 3500K. The Decor series expands lighting options available to the lighting design...

Revolutionary Outdoor Luminaires Debut at Light+Building in Frankfurt Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces the Aeroblades™ series of luminaires, demonstrating the continued evolution of outdoor LED lighting. Based on Cree’s advanced BetaLED® Technology with superior NanoOptic® lighting control, Aeroblades luminaires represent the intersection of industry-leading LED innovation and high design. “Cree is a proven leader in LED-based street and area luminaires,” said Christopher Ruud, vice president and general manager, ...

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded a major tender to OCG Lighting for the supply of LED lighting replacements at Royal Sussex County Hospital. The Trust is making the transition to energy-efficient lighting as part of a major redevelopment and expansion program to modernise the hospital.   With LEDs using less than half the power of traditional lighting solutions, the retrofit also forms part of the Trust’s commitment to become a leading low-carbon organisation within Sussex. OCG Lighting’s LED alternatives offe...

New Cree® Module Performance Obsoletes the Need for Compact Fluorescents in Commercial Lighting LED lighting leader Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), extends the high-performance LMH2 module family with new 2000 and 3000 lumen output options, delivering better performance, longer lifetime and lower system cost than comparable compact fluorescents in commercial lighting. The LMH2 module family now enables a wider range of lighting applications within a compact, cost-effective design. The LMH2 is the industry’s only LED module family delivering 82 lum...

Multiple Acuity Brands LED Lighting Products Receive Prestigious Architectural SSL Product Innovation Awards   Judges select four Lithonia Lighting indoor ambient LED luminaires and one American Electric Lighting outdoor LED luminaire for Product Innovation Awards.   Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting solutions, announced today a total of five indoor and outdoor LED lighting products, including three general ambient lighting products, one linear cove/wall wa...

GE Lighting today announced that the Wanganui District Council in New Zealand has refitted the lights on the Wanganui City Bridge using 14 GE LED fittings saving the council up to NZ$9,000 (USD $7.4K) in reduced power and maintenance costs, over the life of the fittings. This translates into a payback period of 6.2 years. The Wanganui District Council will progressively replace other conventional fittings with LED light sources when these fittings reach end of life. The Wanganui District Council embarked on a trial of different LED light sources as an ...

Soraa has launched its OUTDOOR LED MR16 lamp to instead of standard 40W MR16 halogen lamps. Soraa's OUTDOOR MR16 lamp line is designed and tested to operate in challenging environments, suitable for use in outdoor fixtures, or indoors in fully enclosed, recessed, or confined, non-ventilated track fixtures. It meets and exceeds the performance of halogen lamps, while saving 75% of the energy. The lamp, available in 2700K and 3000K correlated color temperatures, provides halogen-equivalent brightness and light quality without requiring a mechanical fan. ...

New LED NEMA Head offers energy efficient lighting solutions for dark, open areas   Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of the LED NEMA Head Series (LNH) luminaire from American Electric Lighting®. The LNH luminaire maintains the familiar NEMA Head aesthetic, but uses LED technology to produce a comfortable and efficient white light that significantly reduces operating costs and extends the fixture life.   In...

High-Performance CR Series is Now Bigger, Better, Faster and Even More Affordable One year after introducing the revolutionary CR Series LED Troffer, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) is expanding the CR Troffer family to address more applications and to eliminate the use of antiquated fluorescent technology in new or retrofit commercial and industrial settings. Cree is also announcing new pricing to drive even faster payback for building contractors, designers and owners. The CR Series offers payback-friendly pricing and a no-compromise alternative to fluor...

Philips Lighting has won a total of seven Product Innovation Awards (PIA) from Architectural SSL Magazine. Products by Philips Lightolier, Philips Roadway Lighting, Philips Hadco and Philips Lumileds were recognized. Lytespan products from Philips Lightolier received awards in the track lighting category. The Lytespan Mini LED Micro Cylinder is an exceptionally small 10-watt fixture with superior beam and glare control while the 15-watt Lytespan Spot LED delivers powerful accent lighting using only 15 watts of power. The 15-watt Lytespan also recei...

Bridgelux has developed new Bridgelux(R) Micro SM4(TM) surface mountable LED component for commercial buildings. The Micro SM4 is a light source, analogous to the heated gases or hot wires found in fluorescent bulbs and incandescent lights. The difference comes in energy consumption, longevity and control. The Micro SM4 light source consumes only 4.2 watts, but it emits as much light as a 20-40 watt incandescent or 20-35 watt halogen B10-style bulb and will last thousands of hours longer. The Micro SM4 component also delivers high flux density in a smaller footpri...

The NEC in Birmingham has completely refitted its Skywalk with award-winning LED lighting to improve the visitor experience while saving energy and lowering carbon emissions. The NEC asked experts at lighting specialists MHA Lighting to devise a bespoke solution for the Skywalk that would reduce energy bills whilst improving light quality. MHA Lighting were also selected to replace the traditional fluorescent lighting in their Concourse and Gallery suites with their unique LED lighting that uses wave guide technology to achieve energy savings of up to 80% with...

More and more frequently, luminaires in the professional sector are equipped with LEDs. This applies both for indoor and outdoor lighting solutions. In the process, luminaire manufacturers give particular importance to durable, efficient and high-quality LEDs. “The demand for high-quality and robust light emitting diodes will continue to increase in the future. The Duris P 5 represents a true leap in innovation, in particular owing to its minimal error rate during long-term use,” explains Christian Neugirg, product manager at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. D...

One Stop Green, LLC has developed a partnership with Cree Lighting to bring Cree’s solar powered flashlights without batteries to customers. Batteries are a major source of toxins in landfills and Cree solar flashlights seek to combat this source of hazardous waste by offering Ni-MH rechargeable batteries in their flashlights that are automatically recharged via a solar panel. By exposing the solar cells to direct sunlight, Cree solar powered flashlights never run out of power providing a reliable source of LED lighting in whenever it is need....

UK-based clean tech firm Zeta Controls has developed an aluminium cage fitted with small LEDs that are positioned to diffuse light in the same way as a 60W incandescent bulb while using just 9W of energy. Anthony McClellan, commercial director at Zeta Controls, introduced that, "The aluminium cage structure allows air to flow through the bulb, cooling it without the need for a heat sink. That means you can create a bulb that is the same shape as standard bulbs. One of the main obstacles to deployment of LED bulbs has been they have tended to be different shapes an...

Philips Lighting’s LEDs will support the Montparnasse Tower in Paris, France to embrace the first night of spring 2012. The Montparnasse Tower will be lit up every night, using different lighting scenarios which will change with the seasons. Scenography is part of a temporal rhythm: On behalf of the co-owners of the Tour Maine Montparnasse, the lighting designer, Régis Clouzet has thus imagined 4 scenarios of light - one per season - based on various lighting effects, multiple scattering rhythms and a wide range of colours. The installed illuminating st...

New solid-state downlighting products are functional, attractive and adaptable to evolving technologies.   Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of the EVO® line of LED downlighting luminaires from Gotham® Architectural Downlighting. The new family of solid-state downlighting products combines high performance and energy efficiency with visual elegance and architectural aesthetics.   “The EVO line is more than just a serie...

Colors have never been richer at the National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection) in Reno, Nev., and it has enthusiasts seeing vintage cars in a new light. Following the installation of more than 600 GE energy smart® LED replacement lamps, patrons are remarking on a "remarkable difference" and the museum is enjoying $18,000 in annual electricity savings as the result of its environmentally intelligent investment. When National Automobile Museum opened in 1989, it was reported to have set new standards for automotive exhibits with its extensive collec...

With their much flatter profile the new OSRAM Ostar Stage LEDs provide the basis for compact spotlights with an extremely narrow beam and high luminance. These LEDs are ideal for moveable stage lights, known as moving heads, which provide powerful light beams for rock concerts and other impressive lighting arrangements. Instead of the usual lens, OSRAM Ostar Stage LEDs have a flat glass cover with an anti-reflective coating, giving the LED a much flatter profile. It is now only 1.23 mm high – one quarter of the usual height. Spotlights can therefore be...

LEDnovation has designed its EnhanceLite® MR16-35L Landscape line to include a 24° narrow-flood beam angle for comparable replacement to 35 watt halogen lamps. And the new product will be available in early April 2012. This new lamp complements the EnhanceLite® MR16-35L, 11° spot already in production. Designed for use in IP66 rated outdoor fixtures, the EnhanceLite® MR16-35L narrow-flood landscape lamp is of a robust design meant to see harsh environments. The EnhanceLite® MR16-35L makes it possible to have the same high-quality, ene...

Sharp has added a new white high-performance LED series to its Pico Zenigata LED portfolio. The line-up now comprises three different series that shine with luminous flux levels of up to 72.5 lumens and with an efficiency of up to 125 lm/W. With just a single LED, the types of the GM2BBxxQK1C series achieve luminous flux levels of up to 24.5 lumens and an efficiency of up to 125 lm/watt. Luminous flux and efficiency of the other two series were improved accordingly: above all the GM2BBxxQKAC (2 LED dies) reaches up to 46.7 lumens with an effective powe...

Ideal measuring system for mid-sized SSL luminaires and LED modules Instrument Systems, the global market leader for LED metrology, launches a new measuring system for Solid-State Lighting applications with the LGS 250 Goniophotometer. The LGS 250 was developed specifically for the analysis of angle-dependent spatial radiation properties from small to medium-sized SSL luminaires, lamps and LED modules. This closes a gap with the very large goniometers. The horizontal alignment of the Type C coordinate system facilitates a particularly convenient and com...

Lately, NEC has brought the old Bluetooth speaker idea into the design of LED ceiling light. According to the company, the users connect their phone to the light via Bluetooth and an Android application, which then lets them control the music as well as the light. And they can also create effects by synchronizing light and sound. Light fittings are in the middle of rooms. Then this system enables light and sound to spread from the center of a room to the entire space. It also enables the user to control the effects with a smartphone. Currently, it’s just a con...

Power Integrations has rolled out an LED-driver reference design DER-322 for a 100 W incandescent bulb replacement in an A19 form factor - an industry first. DER-322 describes a non-isolated, 93% efficient, high-power-factor (PF) LED driver designed to drive a nominal LED string voltage of 78 V at 230 mA from an input voltage range of 195 VAC to 265 VAC (47 Hz -- 63 Hz). The LED driver utilizes the very low-profile LNK460VG from the LinkSwitch™-PL family of ICs from Power Integrations. DER-322 fits neatly inside the A19 form fac...

Builder magazine subscribers name Halo the leader in Brand Familiarity, Brand Used in Past Two Years and Brand Used Most.   Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, announced that its Halo brand of recessed, track and surface lighting products has once again been named the Brand Leader in lighting by Builder magazine. Awarded for the fourteenth consecutive year, Halo was given top honors in the lighting categories of Brand Familiarity, Brand Used in Past T...

New XLamp® LEDs Designed to Optimize and Simplify Luminaire Designs Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces new mid-power XLamp® ML-C and ML-E LEDs, bringing increased versatility and flexibility to a wide spectrum of lighting applications. Designed to accelerate the adoption of LED lighting, the expanded XLamp ML family now offers red, green and blue color options, high-voltage and three different price-performance options in the proven and reliable ML package. The ML LED high-voltage options can enable the use of more efficient, smaller ...

Wafering tool supplier Silicon Genesis (SiGen) has launched its second-generation production system for fabricating thin-silicon solar wafers, as well as HB-LED, and 3D semiconductor packaging wafers.   The system tailored for silicon, GaAs, germanium, SiC, GaN and sapphire materials. The new GenII PolyMax system targets high volumes, aiming to replace wire wafer saws with a kerf-free wafering tool. The system creates thinner wafers than are possible with wire-based slicing. The proton beam-induced wafering design was created over 6 years with numerous equ...