LED Eco Lights has made a deal to supply its recently-launched GoodlightTM range LED lighting for all new and existing Pets Corner stores throughout the UK. Pets Corner is a chain of premium quality pet stores occupying key niche locations nationwide. Currently, it operates 63 stores based in garden centres, supermarkets and owned sites. The company plans to achieve 200 stores and has scheduled openings of up to 15 stores each year. All new stores will be fitted with GoodlightTM LED lamps as part of the company’s wider green objectives which include bu...

Currently, Las Vegas is replacing 6,600 conventional streetlight bulbs with LED fixtures. According to the City officials,the change will cut the city energy bill by $400,000 each year and reduce the city's annual electricity use by 8 million kilowatt hours. The first phase is beginning in the Ward 2 neighborhood near Charleston Boulevard and Durango Drive. The city plans to replace 50,000 bulbs in all six wards over the next four months. Funding comes from $2.9 million in federal energy conservation bonds and $400,000 from a state of Nevada federal stimulus gra...

Reportedly,networking researchers come from the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI in Berlin, Germany, have used LED lighting to distribute Full HD movies to notebooks, smartphones and other devices, in a system that could join WiFi and PowerLine networks in shuttling high-speed data around the home and office. The optical WLAN co-opts white LEDs used for regular illumination to transmit data at up to 100 Mbit/s, by flickering it more rapidly than the human eye can see. The lighting units – which rely on norma...

Continued Innovation Results in Lamp That Delivers More than 1,300 Lumens at 152 Lumens Per Watt Full Deployment of Lighting this Efficient Could Reduce U.S. Energy Consumption by 16.5%, Equivalent to 1987 Levels Demonstrating the future of lighting, Cree,Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) today unveiled a concept LED light bulb from its lighting research and development team. Redefining what is possible with high-performance LED lighting, the lamp delivers more than 1,300 lumens at 152 lumens per watt (LPW) using Cree TrueWhite® Technology. Cree'...

Currently, LED lighting company enLighten Australia has harvested two awards at the NSW Green Globe Awards,marking home-grown technology has a place in Australia’s sustainable future. The company won both the Energy Award (Energy, Water and Waste Excellence Awards category) as well as the Environmental Innovation Award (Excellence in Leadership and Innovation category) with its recently launched multi-function LED light, the “Chamaeleon”, which is capable of delivering 93 percent energy savings. The Chamaeleon is a multi-function lig...

Irvine, Calif.-based US Lighting Tech has been selected as the commercial lighting provider for the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) campuses. For the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay, USLT installed the company’s patented Jersey Series Induction Streetlights and its Parker Shoebox Fixture parking lot lights, which offer multiple advantages over traditional High Intensity Discharge  systems. The UCLA campus also chose USLT’s Jersey Series Induction Streetlig...

Sources come from Philips Lighting spokeswoman Sylvie Casanova informs that there are about 40 workers will be laid off at the Philips Lighting plant in Bath,begining in mid- to late August. Demand has dropped sharply for those type of lights, which cast a yellowish light. White lights such as LED and ceramic metal halide are now in demand.The entire high-pressure sodium product line will soon be phased out at the Bath plant. As a result,the jobs are being cut from a section of the plant that produces high-pressure sodium products used in street lights. And most of th...

Reportedly, Panasonic India's manufacturing facility at Jhajjar in Haryana -- Panasonic Techno Park is set to operate in November 2012, bringing out washing machines, air-conditioners and welding equipment. According to Panasonic India President Daizo Ito,the company, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Panasonic, would invest $200 million over a five year period at the facility in the first phase. In addition,on acquisition of Anchor Electricals, he said they planned to introduce LED Lighting and medical equipment in India at their facilities. "Currently, L...

Reportedly, PT Philips Indonesia, a subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics, has seen a nearly 20 percent sales growth in 2011,which is around three times higher than Indonesia’s predicted GDP growth. The company’s president director, Rob Fletcher,pointed out that given the rapid expansion of many major cities across the country, mainly driven by the process of urbanization, Indonesia was among the most appealing markets for lighting products in Asia. “If the government can provide more electricity connections, we believe that we can increase the dis...

Newly, Patlite has designed its new VE series LED display, which is boasted as a lean manufacturing tool for achieving ‘Kaizen’ on the factory floor. The new LED display is a simple, economical system for reducing down time and eliminating waste by keeping all of your production line in step for maximum output efficiency. Two models (1” or 4” character height) are available providing 3 lines of display showing goals, targets, progress, balance, and efficiency, as well as overall or piece-by piece times. 3 programmable DC24V outputs are provided...

It’s said that the Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) has intended to install solar-powered LED streetights in Gurgaon. HAREDA has also sketched out similar plans of setting up LED streetlight networks in 14 other districts of Haryana. HAREDA officials in Chandigarh, said that the agency was looking for private manufacturers of LED light systems in Haryana, and that the tender for the project has just been floated.  "We will get private firms to manufacture and install the lighting systems," said the offici...

Reportedly, GE Lighting has prepared to roll out a series of GE Energy Smart(R) LED incandescent replacement bulbs in next 16 months . The 13-watt GE Energy Smart LED, a dimmable 60-watt incandescent replacement bulb,will come first in this November. GE's 9-watt LED--a 40-watt incandescent replacement bulb and the world's first incandescent-shaped LED bulb to earn an ENERGY STAR rating--adds GE's outstanding dimming capability at the same time the 13-watt LED 60-watt replacement arrives on the scene. GE's dimmable 75-watt...

Reportedly, Thane, Kolkata and Haldia, the three cities of India ,have joined The Climate Group’s global LED project to replace existing streetlights with longer-lasting, high-efficiency LEDs. Thane arranges to install 314 LED streetlights, Kolkata expects to install 273 LED streetlights as part of a pilot program, and Haldia plans to put up 290 LED lamps. Asides from that, other Indian communities are also taking actions to promote the adoption of cleaner, more efficient lighting. Delhi has worked with India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency (B...

City of Edmonton has made a LED retrofit, as one of Canada’s largest LED replacement programs. There are 4,500 modern lights will be installed this year after two years of tests. The move is expected to save at least $100,000 annually in electricity.The new fixtures will shine white rather than orange and focus all the light down to roads and sidewalks, unlike the old-style domes that allow it to scatter. LED equipment is being introduced as part of reconstruction in Capilano and West Jasper Place that finishes next year, along with 10 other neighbourhoods. ...

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011. Veeco reports its results on a U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) basis, and also provides results excluding certain items. Please refer to the attached table for details of the reconciliation between GAAP operating results and Non-GAAP operating results. All results presented herein are for Veeco’s “Continuing Operations” which excludes the Metrology business sold to Bruker Corporation on October...

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...

Sources inform that on this Tuesday, LG Electronics gets together with its component-making unit, LG Innotek Co., to file a lawsuit in the No. 2 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing,  China against Osram and auto parts maker Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., seeking a ban on sales of Osram's LED products and Hella's headlamps in the Asian country. It is the latest development in a legal spat between South Korean and German firms over LED lighting technology. Osram wasn't immediately available for comment. According to LG , it also...

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,...

Specialist manufacturer of solutions for light measurement Instrument Systems GmbH has closed another business year very successfully. The company has continued to extend its market leadership in LED metrology. Sales for the business year completed in June 2011 rose by 112% to 21.9 million euros – after 10.3 million euros in the business year 2009/10. A number of major contracts were responsible for this success, including a contract from a leading brand manufacturer of PCs and consumer electronics. The products from Instrument Systems are a benchmark for precision,...

July 27, 2011, News conference of “2011 Guangdong top 500 Enterprises Election” was held at conference center of Zhujiang hotel in Guangzhou. The meeting announced the lists of “2011 Guangdong top 500 Enterprises”, “top 100 manufacturing enterprises”,“2011 top 100 service enterprises”, “top 10 self-owned brand of Guangdong province”. With the leading industry scale, business revenue, brand value, public image, etc, Unilumin was selected as “2011 Guangdong top 500 Enterprises”, the total ranking is 34...

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...

South Carolina city of Greenville has made its first  LED streetlight program. Curently, the city has installed four different types of pedestrian fixtures designed by Hubbell Lighting in one city block. Cobrahead styled fixtures designed by GE Lighting will soon be installed. To complement downtown area’s pedestrian friendly zone, the light fixtures from Hubbell will be equipped with features such as dimming capabilities and movable shades. In the downtown region, there are a total of 1400 mercury vapor streetlights.And mercury vapor fixtures that needed ...

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...

Under the Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (CIE), or the International Commission on Illumination, Taiwan is about to strengthen its involvement in global solid state lighting norms and standards following the establishment of two technical committees, the Committee on Photometry of Curved and Flexible OLED and LED Sources and the Committee on Characterization of AC-Driven LED Products for SSL Applications. The establishment of two technical committees marks a milestone in Taiwan's participation in establishing global standards for S...