The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) has published two new recommended-practice standards for outdoor lighting that are of relevance to SSL because of its growing dominance in outdoor lighting applications:

Scientists break a barrier in the fabrication of ultra-bright OLEDs that may enable electrically-driven organic lasers and thin, flexible, low-power -- even wearable -- display technologies

This is the first part of Fairchild Semiconductor's five part blog series that will examine LED lighting trends and Fairchild solutions. LED lighting applications fall into three basic input power levels: low-power is less than or up to 20 Watts; mid-power is between 20 Watts and 50 Watts; and high-power is above 50 watts. In the real-world, applications do not always fit nicely in these three buckets, but these power levels align when considering LED driver solutions.

Viper Networks is pleased to announce that the Company (in partnership with Apollo Metro Solutions, Inc.) received an order for their Intelligent LED Streetlights for a Pilot project in Lebanon from the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities of the Lebanese Republic.

On Thursday night, Feb. 26, at midnight, the Las Vegas Strip welcomed its newest outdoor entertainment spectacle: the Swarovski Midnight Celebration at Grand Bazaar Shops. Created for Swarovski’s custom pavilion and six-story-tall Starburst, the Swarovski Midnight Celebration was designed to be the centerpiece of the new Grand Bazaar Shops, providing a unique retail and entertainment experience.

The Taylor stretches 17 stories high and houses 308 luxury units and amenities — providing upscale living in the heart of the uptown neighborhood in Dallas, steps away from dining, shopping, culture and entertainment.

Toshiba Corporation’s Semiconductor & Storage Products Company today announced that it will exhibit its latest semiconductor and storage products and technologies at electronica China 2015. The trade fair for electronic components, systems and applications will be held at Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) from March 17 to 19.

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today that it has received product awards from two of the most reputable publications in the LED lighting industry. In LEDs Magazine’s Inaugural Sapphire Awards, Hubbell Lighting brands took home the awards in both the Indoor and Outdoor SSL Luminaire categories, while four of the company’s brands received 2015 Product Innovation Awards (PIA) from Architectural SSL Magazine.

A Technical Consumer Products, Inc (TCP) employee has filed a lawsuit against company CEO Ellis Yan for alleged business misconduct and aggressive behavior towards employees in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, Ohio, U.S., according to several Cleveland media reports.

Universal Display Corporation, enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED® technology and materials, today announced its results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2014.

Lighting Science Group Corporation (OTCQB:LSCG) today announced the introduction of the FreeLED™ solar roadway system to the global market. A sleek, intelligent and powerful street lighting solution using solar energy as its power source, FreeLED™ will provide a reliable, affordable and sustainable roadway illumination solution for the general public, including those rural or remote communities with limited access to the electric grid.

CSL® (Creative Systems Lighting), manufacturer of high performance, energy-efficient lighting solutions, announced that their successful line of under cabinet, workspace and task lighting, LED Eco-Counter 2 and CounterAttack now have an upgraded color rendering index of 90 CRI.

Huawei continues to break new ground in the wearables space by unveiling today the Huawei Watch, powered by Android Wear™ at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015. The fully circular watch features a 1.4-inch touch-sensitive AMOLED display, scratch-proof sapphire crystal lens, cold-forged stainless steel frame, and comes with a built-in heart rate monitor and 6-Axis motion sensors. The Huawei Watch is the first smartwatch in the Huawei wearable family.

Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting, has completed the upgrade of 10 ships for Europe’s leading holiday cruise company, Costa Cruises. More than 300,000 Philips LED lights have been installed to enable a 60% reduction in the energy used to power each ship’s lighting.

The night of February 25, 2015 was a celebration of innovation in the LED and solid-state lighting (SSL) industry sectors with the awarding of the LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards.

On Thursday, March 26, DOE will host a 60-minute live webinar called “LEDs: Can They Perform in a Performing Arts Building?”

Philips plans to issue IPO for lighting division, and implement a separate spin-off strategy for Philips Lumileds (lighting component business). Osram has appointed Jes Munk Hansen as the head for U.S. Classic Lamps and Ballast System Business. Opple’s is customizing products to grab market share in India. Crompton recalls its LED dimmable GLS Opal light bulbs over shock hazards.

Taiwanese LED manufacturer Unity Opto’s LED lighting order visibility has reached five months, according to a China Times report.

Philips outlined its intention of offering an initial public offering (IPO) for its lighting business in a recent annual shareholders agenda press release.

Affected by the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday season, Taiwanese LED manufacturer Everlight’s revenue in February dipped slightly. However, with workdays returning to norm in March, the company expects revenues to rebound, according to a MoneyDJ report.

As application requirements continue to evolve and new materials are developed, we'd like to invite you to receive a complimentary subscription to our new LED Lighting Update eNewsletter. In our first issue, you'll find solutions for LED lighting within a downloadable brochure, street lighting case study, and design recommendations for our thermally conductive polycarbonate as an alternate to aluminum for heat sinks

The smart lighting industry has recently released a flurry of new product announcements for color-changeable and white-temperature tunable luminaires -- including Cree, which has added color tunability to their SmartCast solution -- however, with most consumers happy with their existing white color lighting, how will be market be affected by the rise of these new products?

Orion Energy Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient lighting platforms, today announced the completion of an underwritten public offering of 5,462,500 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $3.50 per share. The offering includes the exercise in full of the underwriter’s over-allotment option to purchase an additional 712,500 shares of common stock. The net proceeds to the Company from this offering were approximately $17.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and other estimated offering expenses.

Diodes Incorporated, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, introduced the ULN2003V12 and ULN2003F12. The ULN2003V12 is a 7-channel relay and inductive load sink driver that consumes 12 times less power while offering a direct replacement to the industry-standard device. The ULN2003F12 is a 4-channel version, which provides a smaller footprint when fewer output channels are required, such as when driving low-voltage stepper motors. Target end-markets for these devices include domestic appliances like washing machines and dishwashers.

Noribachi, a leading U.S.-based custom LED manufacturer for high output commercial and industrial solutions, scores with its custom indoor sports LED lighting solution for the new Outbreak Soccer Center in Signal Hill, CA (www.outbreaksoccercenters.com).

A few days ago, to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the famous ski resort, LES MENUIRES, in the French Alps in the Savoie region of France, organized a special light show where LED lighting and video mapping were part of the festivities.

The City of Lights LED Bus Tour, a 45 foot tour bus equipped with interactive tools for training and LED products by Vivid Leds, Inc., kicked off its 2015 tour in Orlando, Florida with amazing results.

Trinseo, the global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber, formerly known as Styron, will showcase its plastics for the LED Lighting industry at Strategies in Light at Booth 720 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV  from  February 24 – 26, 2015. The company changed its name on February 1st to reflect how Trinseo’s technologies and materials play an intrinsic role in the innovative and sustainable solutions that customers require for their next generation products. 

Leading aircraft cabin lighting company STG Aerospace is delighted to announce that Copa Airlines has become the latest airline to install its liTeMood®  retrofit LED lighting system representing the first airline in South America to complete a 737-800 liTeMood® installation.

Integrated Silicon Solution, a leader in advanced memory and analog IC solutions, announced its high performance matrix LED driver for use in automotive, consumer, industrial and emerging IoT applications. The IS31FL3732 is a compact LED driver for RGB color-effect with pre-programmed lighting and animation functions. These pre-programmed functions are accessed via a fast 1MHz I2C compatible interface with robust EMI performance, which reduces microcontroller demand, enhances performance and improves battery life.