Recently, Bridgelux is announced to receive $60 million in venture capital -- funding ,aiming to bolster the East Bay cleantech company's quest to develop cheaper LED. According to the company, silicon-based production could slash the cost of LEDs by 75 percent. Therefore, instead of producing LEDs on more expensive sapphire surfaces, it hopes to use the cash to develop LEDs on silicon surfaces. The company's products include LED chips that deliver electrical impulses to activate a light bulb or other lighting device. Currently, it has raised $180 million...

Future Lighting Solutions and Philips Lumileds are pleased to announce free seminars throughout Asia, with overviews and demonstrations of illumination grade LEDs. These seminars will provide attendees with hands on demonstrations, and a chance to observe first hand the benefits and cost savings of these revolutionary innovations in lighting technology. Featured will be the new LUXEON A and LUXEON S, which have been hot tested and provide customers with “Freedom From Binning”. “The 2011 LUXEON RoadShow presentations are a great way...

Lumiotec announced it will start selling two OLED lamps in September 1st - in Japan, Europe and other countries. The first one is the Hanger - a portable lamp that comes in several colors (red, white, yellow, blue, yellow-green, pink, purple and silver) and has a really cool design:   The Hanger uses Lumiotec's 14.5x14.5 Square white OLED panels. The OLED features a color temperature of 4,900K, maximum luminance of 2,700cd/m2 and it consumes 9.5W. The price of the Hanger (including the controller, dimmer switch and AC/DC adapter) is ¥35,000 (or a...

HongKong based LED screen manufacturer Lighthouse Technologies has introduced VideoBlades™ 12, a revolutionary large-scale LED display. Combining  with the technology from Lighthouse and Pix2o,VideoBlades™ 12 features a 12.5mm pixel pitch, modular LED screen that delivers superb image quality both indoors and outdoors. The new product comes in two formats, SkyRoll™ and GroundRoll™ which can deployed by rolling up or down from its patented rotating structure, just like a window shade. The modular format allows for the seamless forma...

Recently,the city of Cape Town has undertaken a LED lighting retrofit project at Cape Town Stadium to respond complaints about the wastefulness involved in fully illuminating the stadium. At a demonstration, the stadium’s lights were switched off with only the new LED lighting, plane warning lights and the fire escape routes being lit. Mayoral committee member for tourism Grant Pascoe said “This has given us a chance to look at other strategic assets such as the City Hall and the Good Hope Centre to retrofit with these lights as well and save money whi...

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, is pleased to announce that it has supported a major lighting renovation project at Virginia Commonwealth University (“VCU" and the “University”) in its Office of Special Services for Students/Testing Center and Division for Health Science Diversity. The Company’s award winning Lithonia Lighting® RTLED™ luminaire was the primary fixture used in the project. The RTLED is a hig...

Reportedly, Dialight has received a Federal Supply Schedule contract from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA),enabling federal government agencies to buy Dialight’s US-manufactured LED fixtures for industrial lighting and streetlight applications . Initially, Dialight’s industry leading indoor and outdoor LED lighting fixtures will be listed on Schedule 56: Buildings and Building Materials/Industrial Services and Supplies, which includes energy-saving supplies and related services. Dialight’s contract number is GS-07F-0664X,...

Digi-Key recently has launched TE’s innovative solid-state lighting solution,known as  the NEVALO SSL system , designed for LED lighting fixtures. The NEVALO system features over 60 LED Light Modules options, ranging from 300-to-3400 lumens, in form factors for popular lighting applications; optics in total internal reflection and reflector styles; drivers with constant current output, dimming-control capabilities and temperature monitoring; and a new ribbon-based, four-wire configuration wiring system that is physically keyed and colour coded for po...

Acuity Brands has introduced the Winona(R) Lighting Winline(TM) 607 LED Submersible Light, designed for decorative landscape applications. The Winline 607 LED Submersible Light is an LED linear water-cooled submersible luminaire. Available in various color temperatures and in sizes from 30" to 54" in length, the fixture delivers up to 1840 lumens per foot. According to the company, the Winline 607 LED Submersible Light incorporates a patent pending method called Cool Core Technology, used to keep the fixture from overheating. This technique ...

City of Boston is under the process of replacing more than 14,000 mercury-vapor street and roadway luminaires with Philips Hadco's New RX1 and RX2 LEDs. The LED's are expected to save the city approximately 8.9 million kilowatt hours of energy each year, yielding a savings of about $1.1 million annually in the cost of electricity.  The project also coincides with the release of the City's updated climate action plan, "A Climate of Progress," which calls for reducing citywide greenhouse gas emissions 25-percent by 2020. The RX1 is ba...

GlacialLight, a sub-division of the experienced technology manufacturer GlacialTech Inc., is pleased to announce that their well-designed, environmentally-friendly lines of LED lighting products are being used in numerous applications around the world and providing users with energy-saving light of the highest quality. In the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung, Marrons Cake Factory has greatly benefited by replacing their traditional T8 tube lights with GlacialLight’s 595 x 595mm LED Panel Lights. Since the switch, Marrons has seen a 61% reduction in energy used for li...

Dialight’s new StreetSense™ LED street lights have supported Historic Missouri City for an upgrade to its municipal lighting, replacing 104 high-pressure sodium street lights. As part of an overall plan to achieve more sustainable operations, officials secured a $190,000 grant to make energy-efficiency improvements to city-owned facilities. Part of the funding received through the EECBG was designated to replace 104 streetlights with LED street lights that would save the city money and free up precious resources to attend to other, more pressing issues be...

v2 Lighting Group Inc., presents the Tripod™ collection of luminaires suitable for inside, outside and seaside applications. Creating beauty from strength, Tripod is CNC machined from solid stainless steel, brass or aluminum and uses all stainless steel hardware. Available in a wide array of finishes, the collection includes indoor and outdoor wall sconces, pendants, landscape bollards and custom configurations. This versatility allows the lighting design to flow continuously from indoors to out and vice versa, creating cohesiveness throughout the project. v2 Lighting...

First Cree LED Lighting Fixture Designed for International Markets Replaces MR16 Downlights, Delivers Rapid Payback, Highest CRI and Lowest Power Consumption Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces the industry’s first system-level LED downlight for the international 80 to 100mm MR16 market. A direct replacement for the 50-watt MR16-based fixture, the Cree CR100™ downlight surpasses its antiquated counterpart in brightness and efficacy. Commonly used in residential and retail lighting applications, Cr...

TDK-Lambda Corp has introduced a power-supply module for LED light bulbs at Tokyo Techno-Frontier 2011 held from July 20 to 22, 2011. The new module mainly targets to manufacturers outside Japan and it is designed for E-17 and E-26 base light bulbs and measures 10 x 35 x 11mm. Its input voltage is AC +80 to 120V, and its output power is 6W. The conversion efficiency of the power-supply module is 85% or higher, and its output ripple is 30% or lower.   Its operating temperature range are  -30 to +75°C,and storage temperature range are , -40 to +85&...

Researchers from University of Illinois have utilized an epitaxial approach to develop a 3-D photonic crystal LED, the first such optoelectronic device. According to Paul Braun, a professor of materials science and engineering and of chemistry who led the research effort, "We've discovered a way to change the three-dimensional structure of a well-established semiconductor material to enable new optical properties while maintaining its very attractive electrical properties." Photonic crystals can control or manipulate light in unexpected ways with their unique ...

A US-based organization Grid Earth, has donated solar powered LED lighting to all the residents of Corozalito, to deliver the mission of replacing harmful kerosene lighting in the underdeveloped villages. Bomba, Corozalito is a small hardworking village off the Old Northern Highway running up the east side of Belize. Totally dependent on Kerosene for light, the families of Corozalito will now have safe solar powered LED lighting for reading and studying at night. Grid Earth, an Austin based US organization, which dedicates to save lives, improve health and edu...

Recently, the McGraw-Edison Marquis LED Sign Light  from Cooper Lighting was selected as a winner in the 2011 LIGHTFAIR International (LFI) Innovation Awards,which honor new and truly innovative lighting technologies, products and designs introduced in the past year. The LED product was named category winner in the Roadway, Sports, Outdoor Architectural and Site Lighting category. The Marquis LED Sign Light was designed to meet stringent roadway sign lighting standards as well as commercial billboard and floodlighting application standar...

Magnalight has inrtoduced its LEDPB10W-240X2E LED light bar using twenty-four Cree XLamp MC-E LEDs for boating and sailing applications. The new product produces 20,640 lumens of intensely bright light output in a compact housing size. IP68 rated and waterproof to 3 metres, the  LEDPB10W-240X2E LED light bar is designed to resist the destructive effects of salt water and the elements, and is made of extruded aluminium with an unbreakable LEXAN lens and stainless steel mounting hardware for extreme durability and resistance to the usual corro...

The City of San Fernando, Calif.,has chosen Irvine-based US Lighting Tech to deploy energy efficient induction street lighting. USLT was awarded the contract in a competitive bid process, which included both LED manufacturers and other induction system providers. It will take USLT the whole summer to provide 500 units of its Cobra 100 Series Induction Streetlight to San Fernando, replacing the city’s outdated High-Pressure Sodium and Metal Halide lighting technologies. It’s said that USLT has installed its induction products in 220 muni...

Newark, a American multi-channel, high-service electronics distributor, has developed Wakefield Solutions' new LED heat sink extrusions compatibled with all Bridgelux LEDs. Wakefield and Bridgelux engineering teams worked together at Newark's behest to design an optimal heat sink extrusion line which is compatible with all Bridgelux LEDs. Wakefield's new heat sink extrusions enable engineers to save the considerable time it can take to match the right heat sink with the right LED. Offering the maximum thermal management performance, they can accommoda...

Reportedly, twenty LED lamps from Toshiba International Corporation have received the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy StarR label. The Toshiba lamps listed on the Energy Star certified product list include select models of the MR16, PAR 20, PAR 30, and PAR 38 product offering.Additional products are currently in the process of Energy Star testing and will be certified in the near future. An Energy Star qualified LED lamp uses up to 75% less energy and lasts at least 15 times longer than incandescent lighting. As Toshiba abando...

Recently,Sekisui Jushi Corporation, Kyocera Corporation and its wholly-owned domestic solar energy sales subsidiary Kyocera Solar Corporation have joined force to develop a multi-purpose solar power shelter called the Eco-Shell ,which combines with a Kyocera solar power generating system for the roofing material and LEDs for lighting. The new product is designed for use in bus & taxi stops, benches and walkway coverings and other public spaces. It is set to sell from July 20, exclusive to the Japanese market, targeting municipalities and private companies. And the ...

Expansion of Selective Heat Sink Intellectual Property and Building of ARRAY® Brand Continues Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEXS) announced that it has been awarded two new U.S. utility patents: U.S. Patent Number 7,974,099 - APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LIGHT EMITTING DIODES and U.S. Patent Number 7,960,921 – CURRENT REGULATOR APPARATUS AND DEVICES. In addition, the Company is pleased to announce the registration of it...

Future Lighting Solutions has collaborated with enLighten Australia, in designing and implementing a low energy replacement for multi-purpose lighting in commercial environments. The project required an analysis of how the market currently uses multi-purpose lighting for areas such as fire stairs and back rooms, which wastes a lot of light and therefore a lot of energy. The first step was to investigate the way such spaces are used and how they are lit, in order to identify key issues and to determine the most effective, efficient solutions. Future Lighting Solutions worke...

According to Luminus Devices, its CBM-380 color mix Big Chip LEDTM  powered Philips Vari-Lite VLX Wash luminaires , are at the heart of the replacement lighting rig recently installed at the iconic Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. The new rig not only need to replace the flood damaged rig, it also had to be flexible enough to light a wide variety of stage performances and TV broadcasts yet mobile enough to make the Opry’s seasonal move for their Winter Series performances. Luminus’ CBM-380 chip that is the solid-state light engine o...

Energy Focus has received a $1 million grant from the Ohio Third Frontier Sensors Program to develop an ultra-low cost light sensor to complement IntelliTube(TM), Energy Focus' LED based fluorescent replacement technology.   Roger Buelow, Energy Focus CTO thought it was exciting to be selected for the Ohio Third Frontier Sensor grant. He thought the funding would accelerate the development of CRICKET ('Cost-effective Real-time Intelligent Collective Knowledge Environmental Transmitter'), the world's first ultra low-cost wireles...

New UV LEDs also lower energy consumption by 70% while providing superior light performance Lumex announces the global expansion of the QuasarBrite™ UV family of LED technologies to include three new standard wavelengths and also announces the availability of custom UV LED arrays.  QuasarBrite UV LEDs provide up to 10 times longer lifespan, up to 50% cost savings , up to 70% energy consumption savings,  and superior light performance compared to alternative technologies. The RoHs compliant QuasarBrite UV LEDs are now available in stan...

Nuventix, creator of an LED cooling technology for energy-efficient lighting, announced that GE (NYSE: GE) has provided capital alongsideother investors and recently entered into a license agreement to access Nuventix’s extensive patent portfolio.   GE unit GE Energy Financial Services and The Bergquist Company joined existing investors Braemar Energy Ventures, CenterPoint Ventures, InterWest Partners and Rho Ventures to complete a $10 million investment round to fund Nuventix’s global expansion and technology advancements.  GE&rsq...

austriamicrosystems has designed two new LED driver ICs for the latest LCD TVs. The new AS382x LED controller ICs are available as the 16-channel AS3820 and the 12-channel AS3821 to meet the needs of the most common architectures of both direct and edge-lit LED TVs. Both ICs feature ±0.2% channel-to-channel accuracy -- the highest accuracy available -- to guarantee the best possible light uniformity and picture quality. The ICs can be used for driving external power MOSFETs or, due to their unique base current error compensation, even driv...