Solais Lighting, Inc. recently has been selected for a final LED test installation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. According to Solais Lighting, its 18 Watt PAR 30 Long-Neck LED lamps with 10°, 25°, and 40° beam spread met performance objectives and were selected from a wide field of competitors to participate in next-tier testing, the outcomes of which will be officially monitored by the Department of Energy through the installation's appointment as a DOE Solid State Lighting GATEWAY Demonstration Project....

Luminus Devices, and T-Opto, a Division of Toyota Tsusho America has introduced the SoloLux high output LED module, a high efficacy sub-system for high lumen general lighting applications that typically utilize a 175W metal halide source. The patent-pending module produces up to 6,500 lumens from a single source, and is based on Luminus Big Chip LED technology. SoloLux is available in color temperatures ranging from warm to cool, and is in process of attaining LM-79, UL1598 and ULIP66 accreditations. SoloLux will be available for sampling this summer with ...

After recently completing the installation of 637 solar panels on the roof of its carport which are expected to produce about 210,000 kilowatt hours of energy per year for its Alvarado Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Union City, California-based Union Sanitary District (USD) approached LEDtronics to explore energy-saving lighting solutions throughout its 33-acre wastewater treatment facility. Furthering its long-term plan to lower its carbon footprint and protect the environment by creating sources of renewable energy for its buildings and reducing energy usage and costs...

USB Powered Desk Lamp and exchangeable LED Tube Lamps featured alongside OEM/ODM Services Gem Hsin Electronics Co. Ltd., maker of LED lighting products, is excited to be participating at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2011 from May 31 to June 4, 2011, at the Taipei World Trade Center in Taipei, Taiwan, with an exhibit at booth number G115 (Hall 3). Current and interested buyers, members of the international media, and the general public are all welcome to visit Gem Hsin's booth to speak with associates and get an up-close view of the company's...

California-based LittleFootprint Lighting recently has made use of plastic recycled from e-waste and sporting high efficiency LED bulb to design a new LED desk lamp HeronLED. This new lamp features an adjustable, ergonomic design, “warm white” light, and a replaceable LED bulb. And it uses 7-10 times less energy than the conventional desktop lamp. In addition,it’s made from recycled plastic and steel, which makes it easy to recycle when this product finally does bite the dust. While this lovely, bird-like lamp is at the price of $195.00, certainly...

Reportedly, Phillips’ LED lighting has been installed in Phoenix Children's Hospital, to create an escape for the hospital's patients and families and a distraction from the medical ailments surrounding them. The lighting design of the project was led by Dallas-based Scott Oldner Lighting Design using innovative interior and exterior LED lighting from Philips Color Kinetics. The lighting solution from Philips Color Kinetics was used to outline the building's distinctive architectural fins, while creating a visual canvas to display artistic animat...

The City of Sarasota has chosen the Aimed Optics™ LED fixtures produced by Sunovia's lighting division EvoLucia Inc. for the replacement of approximately 200 traditional streetlights and landscape lights to reduce their energy consumption and enhance the downtown and tourist areas for its city-wide energy saving project. According to Sunovia, the EvoLucia lights were chosen because they were superior to other fixtures on the market for energy savings and effectiveness in lighting. Additionally, recently this year, the Department of Energy awarded Sunovia'...

Toshiba has released a flexible OLED panel driven by oxide semiconductor TFTs at the 49th SID International Symposium, Seminar & Exhibition (SID 2011). The company is able to use plastic substrates with lowering the highest process temperature in the formation of oxide TFTs to 200°C. The prototyped flexible OLED panel has a screen size of 3 inches and a pixel count of 160 x 120. To realize color display, Toshiba formed white OLED elements and color filters on oxide TFTs. The oxide semiconductor constituting the TFTs is indium gallium zi...

Lately, GE Lighting has developed new Infusion™ LED module series featuring higher lumen packages and CRI options, plus the ease of installation.   Infusion LED modules can be even more efficient than many halogen, ceramic metal halide, and CFL solutions when included in an efficient luminaire design. The wide range of light output and color temperature options create additional design opportunities.   GE Lighting is the first manufacturer to offer this range of lumen packages and color temperatures in a fully replaceable module with a common size. T...

Recently, Panasonic has showcased its 200-foot wide LED display at a special event at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. During the Friday night NASCAR Education Lottery 200 truck event,the screen was only used with a moving background and an 80-foot (or so) image taking up residence in an inset position. Panasonic released the full power of this operational 200 foot wide video screen, it looked very professional and clear. The camera's LCD panel forming a mismatch with the LED screen's individual pixels.  ...

Veeco has received a multi-unit order of its TurboDisc(R) MaxBright(TM) MOCVD System from Elec-Tech International for production of HB LEDs at their facility in Wuhu, China. Tony Wang, Chairman of Elec-Tech commented, "As we have previously stated, our goal is to become one of the top three LED companies by output and sales revenue in China within two years, and we have an aggressive plan to achieve this goal. By adding Veeco's new multi-chamber MaxBright, we expect to be able to compete in a very high-production environment and drive down th...

Novaled awarded “Recognized for excellence” by the Eurapean Foundation for Quality Management(EFQM). achieved the highest level with the score of 5 star in the assessment by an independent expert team. Novaled has announced it has delevoped the world’s most power-efficient white OLED structures, which achieve 36 lumen per Watt(36lm/W). It increased OLED device light emission by more than 80-percent and also improved the angular dependence of the light emitted. Novaled’s efficiency enhancements move OLED technology a step closer to becomin...

Phihong, a global leader in power solutions, has developed a series of lighting power supplies for LED luminaire applications in both indoor and outdoor environments. The constant-current and constant voltage drivers are worldwide-compatible with high line and low line AC input voltage ranges and provide standard dimming on all outdoor models. “The overall focus of the lighting industry is changing to encourage more economical and environmentally responsible alternatives to current applications,” said Keith Hopwood, vice president of marketing for Phihong USA. &l...

GT Solar has introduced the ASF™100 advanced sapphire growth system, which increases yielded output of sapphire material by producing a larger, 100 kilogram sapphire boule in the same chamber as previous versions of the furnace. According to Cheryl Diuguid, vice president and general manager of GT Solar’s sapphire equipment and materials group, “We have received an enthusiastic response from early adopter customers for our ASF sapphire growth systems as they enter the market to provide high quality sapphire material for the fast-growing LED industry. O...

AVX Corporation has developed a discrete wire-to-board ‘poke-home’ connector 9276 Series for LED applications. The connectors simplify installation and provide quick and reliable termination in a 2.5mm pitch SMT package. Featuring white insulation material, the 9276 Series connectors are designed to not absorb light, thus eliminating dark spots in the LED light fixture. The 9276 Series connects discrete wired components directly to a PCB; bringing power, ground and signals onto a PCB and simplify installation by enabling users to easily strip wires ...

GlacialTech Inc., a diverse provider of cooling, power supply, and PC enclosure solutions for consumer and industrial applications, is excited to showcase the latest and greatest LED drivers & GREEN battery chargers as well as LED lighting solutions for outdoor/indoor/industrial applications at COMPUTEX 2011. At this year's COMPUTEX, GlacialTech will reveal a full range of products, in addition to demonstrating its new and unique material treatments. Visit GlacialTech at the Nangang Exhibition Hall, Booth #J411 (6 units) from May 31 to J...

Reportedly, Buckley Air Force Base has chosen Sunovia Energy Technologies'  120-Watt EvoLucia® LED Aimed Optics™ Shoebox fixtures throughout their base, which will reduce the base's energy consumption by more than 30 percent while providing maintenance-free lighting for up to 10 years. Sunovia's LED light fixtures were chosen by Buckley because of its high lumen output, uniformity of light and the increase in visibility.  They have a high CRI and therefore the ability to distinguish colors is greater, especially for areas in need o...

AVX Corporation has designed an UL-approved board-to-board connector series which receives the UL 1977 Standard under certificate #E90723 for the LED lighting industry. Designated the 9159 Series, it is UL-approved up to 3 Amps. These connectors provide design flexibility by offering right angle, plug-and-socket (two-piece) connectors for coplanar or end-to-end mating of either FR4 or metal core PCB’s for linear strip lighting applications. The connector system includes single sided SMT board-to-board connectors that are only 3.0mm high and 5.50mm w...

Recently, LG Innotek is expanding fast-growing marketing in for LED lighting in North America. Thanks to maturing technology and increased backing by governments, companies produce brighter and more power-efficient LED bulbs and other products at lower costs. In addition, LG Innotek is featuring a flat-screen lighting module dubbed "ModulA 1D" at the LightFair trade show in Philadelphia, which kicked off Wednesday (local time). It’s just 8 millimeters thick, comes with advanced LED backlight unit technology. It also unveiled AngulA which is c...

OSRAM SYLVANIA has developed a 14-watt LED lamp for the replacement of a 100-watt incandescent lamp. The dimmable SYLVANIA ULTRA A19 prototype features 1,500 lumens, and provides up to 86 percent energy savings, when compared to traditional incandescent technology.   It has a rated life that is 25 times longer than an incandescent lamp, with a color temperature of 2700K and a color rendering index that exceeds 80. It is suitable for use in common household fixtures, such as table lamps, wall sconces and ceiling pendant lighting. In addition, th...

For Best Floodlights, Theatrical, Specialty Luminaires at Lightfair International 2011   Designed for architectural flood lighting applications, Lumenbeam LBX offers simple maintenance, component replacement without having to replace the luminaire Lumenpulse Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, announced that its Lumenbeam LBX received a LFI INNOVATION AWARD for Best Floodlights, Theatrical, Specialty Luminaires, ...

Borealis Candelabra lamps produce a lumen output corresponding to 15W incandescent lamps, consuming only 2 Watts of power PolyBrite International, Inc. manufacturer and creator of Borealis LED Lamps and Lighting Systems announced today the unveiling of the new Borealis Candelabra B10 LED lamp at the Lightfair 2011, May 17-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Booth # 3744. The Borealis LED Candelabra retains all the nostalgic features of the soft warm glow of the traditional incandescent predecessor including its distinctive elegant design. “...

Company to showcase LightBEEMTM, a complete, easy-to-deploy lighting control and energy management system that delivers facility-wide control, lowers energy costs and dramatically improves system's ROI BEEMTech , a global provider of advanced Lighting control and energy efficiency management solutions, will be showcasing LightBEEMTM at LIGHTFAIR® International 2011, the world’s premiere annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference. Based on patented technology, LightBEEM's retrofit-ready design allows it t...

Marvell announced the industry’s first dual-string LED lighting controller family. With the 88EM8801, Marvell has packed all the functionality onto a single 4X4 millimeter chip that previously would have required multiple driver chips, a micro-controller and various discrete components. The capabilities of this new chip enables LED lightening OEMs to bring high-end architectural lighting capabilities – including improved CRI, more precise dimming and integrated networking capability  – into consumer and professional settings at the same price as e...

Verbatim Americas, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC), will release its LED and OLED products at LightFair 2011 in Philadelphia. Designed as hiqh quality, energy efficient replacements for incandescent and halogen lamps, Verbatim retrofit LED lamps feature clear, uniform light distributions that are fully dimmable. Verbatim LED lamps can reduce energy consumption by over 70% and late up to 40,000 hrs. Now including a new UL wet-rated outdoor/security PAR 38 lamp. Verbatim retrofit LED lamps are available in popular sizes and warm c...

The quantum dot product company, QD Vision, has made a breakthrough on the efficiency and performance of its quantum dot LED (QLED) technology. QD Vision’s red, green and blue QLEDs now meet or exceed the 1953 NSTC color standard without using color filters or secondary effects. The exceptional color performance of QLEDs translates into a fundamental 30-40% luminous efficiency advantage over the best known OLED technology. QD Vision’s deep red QLEDs now offer greater efficacy at equivalent color than the best reported phosphorescent ...

It’s reported that LUXEON A has started mass production and has been submitted for an Innovation Award at Lightfair 2011. As the second hot tested and specified LUXEON LED from Philips Lumileds this year, it has also delivers on the promise of Freedom From Binning. Advanced manufacturing control allows the company to so accurately target a specific correlated color temperature that each LUXEON A LED falls within one 3 step MacAdam ellipse space at actual operating conditions. According to Steve Barlow, Sr. VP of Sales and Marketin...

First Low-Cost, High Output A19 60 and 40 Watt Equivalent Omnidirectional Bulbs and BR30/40 Bulbs Added to the Line Leading the ultra-efficient lighting revolution—Lighting Science Group (OTCBB: LSCG) will roll out at LIGHTFAIR International an expanded line of low-cost, long-lasting DEFINITY LED bulbs.  The line now includes LED flood and spot lights as well as vanity lights and 60 and 40 watt equivalent omnidirectional bulbs in variety of colors. The DEFINITY LED bulbs are approximately 75-80% more efficient ...

Reportedly, Philips will show off the world’s first EnduraLED A21 17-watt light bulb replacement for the 75-watt light bulb t the LIGHTFAIR® International tradeshow, May 17-19, 2011. Asidesfrom the replacement of 75-watt incandescent light bulb, the EnduraLED A21 17-watt is the latest addition to Philips’ comprehensive portfolio of LED bulbs that can replace traditional incandescents including 25W and 40W equivalents, as well as the ENERGY STAR-qualified Philips EnduraLED 12.5-watt bulb. Those specifications call for deliver...

The city of Bryan has planned to install two LED luminaries from Cooper Lighting, to replace its 150-watt high-pressure sodium(HPS) street lighting fixtures for more energy-efficient street lighting. Installing Cooper's Streetworks™ OVH LED Cobraheads (80W) and CLB Generation LED Decorative Post Top Luminaires (70W), officials are achieving an actual energy savings of 30 to 35 percent, and meeting the city's sustainability goals that Expected to see a savings of 25 to 30 percent. Bryan Municipal Utilities applied for and was awarded a $54...