Hospitality Lighting One of Dubai's most architecturally compelling hospitality projects, Grosvenor House serves as a model for the region by setting a new trend in environmental sustainability while ensuring the highest standards of aesthetics through its ‘green' approach to lighting.

There is a lot of buzz about connected lighting…using luminaires to create networks for controlling lighting and extracting data from the spaces used by people. It is here, and it is a fast growing application. But, there are plenty of applications that do not need to be networked and where basic stand-alone controls are “just good enough”.

Molex, LLC today announced that it has become a Cisco Solutions Technology Integrator for connected commercial LED lighting. With Cisco and luminaire manufacturer partners, Molex is creating the Transcend® Connected Lighting System to accelerate deployment of smart LED lighting control using highly secure network architectures in commercial buildings, educational facilities, healthcare facilities, and manufacturing and warehouse facilities.

With 52 Q-LED, 1000w fixtures, Qualite was able to provide an average 69 foot candles for excellent achievement of national industry lighting standards. In addition, with Qualite’s ReQuest System for ease of scheduling and monitoring, the Academy enhances the overall efficiency, both time and budgetary, of facility management.

Deco Lighting, a leading manufacturer of innovative, energy-saving LED lighting solutions, is giving back to the community again with a donation of over 1,500 fixtures and housings, totaling over $43,000, to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles. This is Deco Lighting’s second donation to the non-profit organization, donating over 3,200 fluorescent fixtures to Habitat for Humanity last year. An efficient alternative to traditional lighting technology, such as fluorescent lighting, LED lighting consumes significantly less energy than its traditional counterparts and helps keep energy costs low.

For every man that dreamed of becoming James Bond and launching a career in espionage, it might not be as easy as thought. A commercial spy group comprising mostly of Win Semiconductor engineers were caught by Taiwanese authorities from stealing sensitive trade secrets. The group led by a Taiwanese engineer working for a Chinese semiconductor company was very close to smuggling Win Semiconductor’s guarded secrets back to his employer. For more please see below:

Taiwanese police have busted a group suspected of stealing business secrets from leading international GaN wafer supplier Win Semiconductors, reported CNA.

The lighting industry has been steadily developing over the last two decades, with China becoming one of the largest manufacturing base and consumer market. According to data compiled by Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) lighting products manufactured in China was up 10.7% YoY to RMB 418.5 billion (US $) in 2014.

In 2015, LED industry has entered the crucial stage of its development, full of merger & acquisition and bankruptcy, scale and price competition, as well as quality troubles and recall issues, industrial problems further emerged. Affected by the tide of reshuffle, more enterprises lacking of competitiveness go into liquidation. On the other hand, there are frequent opportunities in Southeast Asia and other emerging markets, also the segment markets like intelligent lighting, automotive lighting and UV LED have enormous potential. Many LED companies seek opportunities ...

Ever fancy to eat healthier? Try picturing this. Having a fresh bowl of veggies harvested from your back yard or sprinkle home grown herbs onto your hand- made pasta for a laid back Saturday dinner. Does any of these sound attractive to you? A company called Grove did their research and produce a self-sufficient ecosystem that uses aquaponics to grow veggies indoors. Grove is a company that strive to provide sustainable products to its customers. This company started a Kickstarter campaign for their Ecosystem, targeting at US $100,000 and has successfully raised 217,509 so far.

For heavy gamers out there, have you ever wondered what potions used by characters would look like in real life? A LED desk lamp mimicking a color changing elixir from RPGs is being sold on ThinkGeek is bringing the virtual item into reality.

Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting, today announced that the City of Los Angeles (LA) will be the first city in the world to deploy 100 Philips SmartPoles – connected LED street lighting that includes fully integrated 4G LTE wireless telecommunications technology by Ericsson. The collaboration between Philips and Ericsson delivers on the latest Internet of Things (IoT) innovation and provides a double benefit to LA citizens: high quality, public lighting that is energy efficient as well as improved network performance in dense urban areas.

Orion Energy Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient retrofit lighting platforms, announced Goshen Local School District in Goshen, Ohio, recently installed over 3,900 Orion LED Troffer Retrofit (LDR) fixtures. This installation, completed by C.M. Mockbee, marks the first complete school system in Ohio to be retrofitted with the LDR product line. Goshen Local School District is a Pre K-12 public school district serving 2,800 students high school, middle school and two elementary schools.

Planar Systems has launched the Planar® LookThru™ OLED transparent display, a breakthrough product that creates a new category for see-through displays, achieving the vision of futurists and science fiction filmmakers who have predicted a world filled with clear displays that present video content.

Combining the energy-saving benefits of LED with outstanding color quality, MaxLite introduces ENERGY STAR certified seven-watt MR16 lamps for commercial, retail, hospitality and other general lighting applications.

This holiday season for the very first time, the Los Angeles Zoo changes stripes from a daytime adventure to a dazzling winter wonderland known as “L.A. ZOO LIGHTS”, which electrifies guests as it transforms the Zoo’s enchanting environment into a series of awe-inspiring animal escapades rendered in led lights, lasers, 3D projections, spectacular sets and interactive displays.  Open nightly from Friday, November 28, 2014, to Sunday, January 4, 2015, 6 to 10 pm (except Christmas Eve and Christmas Day), this magical new experience is destined to become a wondrous, “don’t-miss” holiday tradition.  “L.A. ZOO LIGHTS,” bringing lights back to Griffith Park for the first time since 2009, is produced and presented by the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association and made possible with support from Councilmember Tom LaBonge, City of Los Angeles, 4th District.

The LED industry survived the economic downturn, and has started to rebound in 3Q15. Their financial results will reveal whether manufacturers are in the lead with a overflowing treasury, passing, or in the red zone.

GT Advanced Technology and Apple reached an agreement that will settle the sapphire supplier’s $439 million outstanding debt, reported Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, and other media reports.

Large private-equity firms might be proposing to acquire Philips lighting unit for EUR 5.5 billion (US $6 billion), a Bloomberg report cited a person familiar with the matter saying.

Here comes a research-backed healthy smart LED lamp, the Ario lamp. The company founded by a group of former Microsoft employees and many other engineers launched its campaign on Kickstarter, setting out to raise US $50,000. Unsurprisingly, with its design backed by research of NASA and Harvard Medical School, the campaign has successfully reached its goal within 24 hours.

The Abu Dhabi City Municipality has accomplished the project of replacing traditional lighting on the Sheikh Zayed Bridge by an LED lighting system.

A city located in the Bay of Bengal in East India reports has cut its energy bill by about INR 5.5 million (US $) after upgrading 96,000 streetlights to LEDs, reported The Times of India.

Many tier A LED brands like Cree, Citizen and Tridonic have recently boosted their offerings in COB LED packages with new models performing lumen outputs from 10,000 all the way up to 20,000 lumen. As ECO partner of most A LED brands MechaTronix took up the glove to develop a range of high power passive LED coolers.

Solid State Supplies has announced a franchise distribution agreement for the UK with Luminus Devices, a global manufacturer of high-performance LEDs.

MEGAMAN®, an innovative developer and manufacturer of LED lighting, debuts an upgraded version of INGENIUM® BLU and a brand new member of the INGENIUM® Smart Lighting family - INGENIUM® ZB - at the Hong Kong Lighting Fair 2015 (Autumn Edition).

Dialight, the innovative global leader in LED lighting technology, today announced its SafeSite® LED Area Light is now IECEx/ATEX Zone 2, 22 certified for use hazardous locations, namely chemical, petrochemical, power generation and mining applications.

Introducing Axios, an innovative modular LED lightbar system configured and assembled on-site by an international network of independent distribution partners. Axios completely redefines traditional lightbar design and meets all relevant industry standards for a wide range of applications including SAE, ECE Regulation 65 and California Title 13.

Designed to enhance safety and security in public places, MaxLite releases its new-generation LED Medium Flood and Area Lights as energy-efficient illumination for parking lots, roadways, pathways and perimeters.

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science plans to announce a funding opportunity on November 30, 2015, for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs. Under this grant opportunity, DOE will seek applications for funding directed toward FY16 Phase I, Release 2 projects. Topics for this funding opportunity were released on schedule on November 2, 2015, and can be downloaded at //science.energy.gov/sbir/funding-opportunities. The topic title is “Buildings,” and the subtopic title is “Energy Efficient Solid-State Lighting Luminaires, Products, and Systems” (see topic 11a, page 42).

India’s LED bulb retrofit incentives under the DELP program implemented by Energy of Efficiency Services (EESL), a joint venture of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) of the Power Minister have slashed LED bulb prices significantly, reported theEconomic Times.