Independence LED Lighting, LLC has announced that its 2011 LED Tube sales grew nearly 300% from 2010, on account of the shift in manufacturing from China to America. There are huge opportunities for LED Market in America. According to the McKinsey & Company Report, the total LED Market in 2010 was $10 Billion and forecasts growth to $54 Billion in 2016, representing a 5.4X increase and a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 32%. In addition, resources from the U.S. Department of Energy have shown that , there are over 2.3 Billion flu...

Albeo Technologies has received two 2012 Architectural SSL Magazine Product Innovation Awards (PIA) with its H-Series High Bay LED fixture. The H-Series was recognized both in the High Bay Category and one of six in the Special Citations category as the most innovative optical and control system. It is the only LED fixture of its kind to scale from one to 12 LED light bars. This modularity provides a lumen range of 6,500 to 77,000 within the same product family which is equivalent in light output to arrays of two to 24 fluorescent tubes. The Archit...

Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has estimated that the output of the island’s LED streetlight manufacturing sector is expected to reach as much as NT$34 billion (US$1.15 billion) by 2018. According to an assessment released by the MOEA's Bureau of Energy, since the start of 2012, the government has been pushing for the installation of LED street lights to help the LED sector build a supply chain and create clusters of manufacturers. Under the projects, the government is expected to spend about NT$2.8 billion to install more than 326,000 ...

One hundred years ago—March 25, 1912 to be exact—executives and employees gathered at GE Lighting’s newly forming Nela Park campus to bury a hermetically sealed time capsule packed with a daily newspaper, pamphlets, pins, photos and some GE light bulbs representing available and emerging incandescent technologies of the era.   The collection of treasures inside the capsule and an accompanying lead box filled with additional mementos placed inside a cornerstone of Marketing Building #307 were intended to speak to future generations about the state of light...

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....

Bridgelux’s RS LED arrays have been selected by ZON LED as the LED-based light source for their billboard lighting retrofit solution permitting easy upgrades for the most common billboard lighting fixtures in North America. ZON LED is now retrofitting 6000 metal halide (MH) lighting systems for one of the largest outdoor advertisers in North America, with plans to retrofit another 4000 over the next 3 months with installations in Canada and the United States. Current billboard lighting systems use 1 to 4, 400W lamp fixtures to provide sufficient bi...

Taiwan-based power supply maker AcBel Polytech Inc., has actively ventured into LED lightings in recent years, and may boom its LED lighting business in 2012. According to AcBel, two large-sized Chinese LED lighting suppliers have accepted its LED indoor and outdoor lighting products, and they will contract it as a production arm to jointly explore the Chinese market in the near future. Therefore, it will help AcBel to build a considerable outlet for its LED lighting products. In the meantime, the company has also reportedly garnered orders for LED stree...

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...

Taiwan LED Company Speed Tech Corp. is considering the possibility of setting up a Paraguay based LED lighting manufacturing. Lucas Chiu, president of Speed Tech's unit Speed Tech Energy, is presently leading a delegation to survey the investment environment, in particular in the green energy sector in the Latin American country. And the delegation will promote products from Taiwan. During the visit, Chiu's delegation has also met with Republic of China Ambassador Jose Maria Liu. In Liu’s opinion, while the Paraguay government hopes more ...

Phoster Industries’ LED lighting solutions, powered by the OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Golden Dragon LEDs have brightened the interior of New York’s Salon Ziba.   The integrated Par20 and Par30 LED lamps, as well as LED recessed down lights, have replaced existing Halogen lamps at the salon. A total of 85 LED Par30 lamps were integrated on the first floor of the salon and deliver an energy savings of more than 3.1kW — or 68 cents per hour. On the first floor alone, the salon will save up to 74% of its energy costs based on the aver...

According to Taiwan Photonics Industry and Technology Development Association (PIDA), Taiwan’s LED makers will likely benefit from Mainland China’s recent introduction of a subsidization program for LED lighting. According to the program publicized by Mainland China’s Ministry of Finance, LED lighting suppliers will subtract the subsidy amount from their retail prices when winning private or government contracts to supply the lamps. As a result, end users will be able to enjoy lower retail prices. Streetlight, tunnel lights and recessed ligh...

BulbAmerica has developed a partnership with LED lighting manufacturer Kobi Electric. BulbAmerica has already carved a niche for itself in the lighting industry while Kobi Electric guarantees lumen maintenance of at least 80 percent as well as a lifetime warranty for all their products. These have received 4 and 5 star reviews along with high ratings consistently. Their purpose is to make home LED lighting affordable for everyone and the team travels across the globe to find low cost lighting solutions that also meet the company’s stringent and high standards of qual...

Linde LienHwa (LLH) China , the joint venture led by gases and engineering firm The Linde Group of Munich, Germany and Taiwan’s LienHwa MiTAC Group, has signed an exclusive supply agreement with Xiamen-based LED maker Kaistar to supply bulk gases and high-purity ammonia (NH3). Kaistar is a joint venture of Epistar and China Electronics Corp (CEC).And its new facility will be constructed near to Linde’s ultra-high-purity ammonia plant in Xiamen (opened in 2010) to meet demand from the fast-growing Chinese LED industry. Using technology...

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...

Boston-area R&D and Testing Laboratory from Luminus Devices, Inc., has been accredited to conduct testing on LEDs to the LM-80 standard, the approved method for measuring LED light sources. The accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 is awarded by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP), and the standard is endorsed by the Department of Energy and the Illumination Engineering Society (IES).   The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) administers the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditat...

Oree’s involvement in project highlights importance of advanced technologies in commercial building retrofits Oree announced its participation and contribution of planar lighting technology – the Oree LightCell™ – to the Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) Building Technology Showcase, a first-of-its-kind research and demonstration building for sustainable technologies in the City of Boston’s Innovation District. Oree is one of 35+ partners contributing a combined total of $2.7 million in advanced building energy techno...

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...

Zhejiang Shangcheng Science & Technology Co., Ltd (Shangcheng) has continued to place a $12.6 million order from GT Advanced Technologies for additional ASF™ sapphire growth furnaces. GT's ASF(tm) utilizes the production-proven heat exchanger method (HEM) for producing high quality sapphire boules and cores suitable for the LED industry and other industries requiring high quality sapphire material. The ASF furnaces will increase Shangcheng’s production capacity, which the company believes is needed to meet expected demand from the LED...

Everlight has won a big harvest with its 2011 after-tax net income of NT$1.3 billion (US$43.5 million at US$1:NT$30), or NT$3.14 per share. According to the company, in the fourth quarter of 2011, it received pretax earnings of NT$138 million (US$4.6 million), operating income of NT$208 million (US$6.9 million), and gross profitNT$760 million (US$25 million) on revenue of NT$3.96 billion (US$132 million). And the company has decided to pay shareholders cash dividend of NT2.5 per share from 2011 earnings. Based on the harvest, it is recognized as one of t...

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...

Taiwan-based Delta Electronics Inc. and AcBel Polytech Inc. have gained LED lightings orders from Japan, to help Japanese enterprises fight against upcoming price hikes of electricity caused by upcoming suspension of nuclear power plants. Reportedly, Japan has ordered a total of 54 commercial nuclear power plants to suspend operations by the end of April for periodical maintenance. However, due mainly to the public’s fear about radioactive contamination in the environment, it didn’t come out the concrete timetables for resumption. In addition, electricity ...

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...

Instrument Systems, the global market leader for LED metrology, launches a series of new measurement systems for Solid-State Lighting at the Light + Building trade fair this April. The instrument manufacturer from Munich will be launching its new goniometers at the leading exhibition for lighting systems in a world premiere on 15-20 April. The LGS 250 and LGS 1000 series of goniophotometers can be used for analysis of angle-dependent spatial radiation properties from SSL luminaires and lamps, and LED modules. Additionally the ISP 1000 integrating sphere is a...

Freemont, California based company Group4 Labs, has developed an agreement with Alfred University researchers to develop a sacrificial substrate to support the firm's GaN-on-Diamond technology, aiming at improving efficiencies in solid state lighting and advance the sensing and communication industries. The project will be overseen by two Inamori Professors of materials science in the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering at AU, S.K. Sundaram and Scott Misture. And they are to develop a substrate material for Group4 Lab’s novel technology which combines d...

Albeo Technologies has raised a total of $8 Million in Series C equity and debt financing to increase both the breadth of its LED lighting portfolio and depth of its channel presence. The equity investment was led by Braemar Energy Ventures, and was joined by existing investor Green Spark Ventures. Silicon Valley Bank provided a working capital financing line. Jeff Bisberg, CEO of Albeo, announce that, “We are extremely proud to become part of the Braemar team. With Braemar’s existing portfolio and network in the LED and lighting sector, their...

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...