Public-private partnership between Illuminate the Arts, CalTrans & artist Leo Villareal turns bridge into The Bay Lights sculpture: 4.5 miles of LED supported by solar; spurs local economy In a shining example of public-private partnership, The Bay Lights, the new LED lighting system for the Bay Bridge that was developed by Philips Color Kinetics, has been gone to live since May. Fulfilling the brainchild of Ben Davis, chairman of Illuminate the Arts (ITA) and the vision of acclaimed artist Leo Villareal, the bridge will become a one-of-a-kind lighted sculpture for the next two years. Installed with the support of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the bridge is expected to be viewed by over 50 million people and bring nearly USD$ 100 million in revenue to the local San Francisco economy. The new LED lighting system uses 85 percent less energy than traditional lighting technologies, energy that will be offset by dedicated solar panels set up in Davis, CA by CleanPath.

The Berlin-based deluxe department store Quartier 206 teamed up with OSRAM AG to infuse its display windows with special lighting. Located on the Friedrichstrasse, one of the top addresses in Berlin, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs for short) were being used to create an impressive setting for the sophisticated fashions at the store. The light technology of the future transformed glass panels into luminous surfaces which emit a warm, very soft lighting. This permitted the creation of light installations unlike anything seen before.

In accordance with relevant reports, Marl International, specializing in the design and manufacture of visible LED indication and illumination components and systems for 40 years, announced on August 13 that it has upgraded its bulkhead light range, widely used as bright, low energy security lighting on construction and industrial sites, with new LED technology which gives a much wider spread of light. Marl has also increased the range of colors available. Offering outstanding reliability and optical performance, the popular Marl 084 Series of bulkhead lights provides an 8...

Eaton’s Cooper Lighting division has added new models to its Halo LED RL46 and RL56 retrofit families, providing customers with a wider selection of color options to satisfy more lighting design needs. Both product lines now offer a 3500 K CCT option and for the first time and offer select models with a 90 CRI (minimum). The fixtures can provide up to $400 in energy and maintenance (lamp replacement) savings over the life of the fixture and are expected to last 22 years (based on six hours daily use at $0.11 per kilowatt hour). “Upgrading to our new Halo ...

According to LEDinside, observed from the 2013 regional residential lighting market development, the Chinese market proportion will increase from 19% in 2012 to 24%, becoming the fastest-growing regional market. In terms of the European market, the implementation of comprehensive ban of incandescent lamps and the economic recovery after the European debt crisis gradually had a positive impact on LED light bulb market, and the LED light bulb market penetration rate is expected to increase.

Carmanah Technologies Corporation reported its second quarter financial results for the period ended June 30, 2013 on August 13.   In accordance with the second quarter of 2013, the Company recorded a net loss of $2.5 million on revenues of $6.3 million. The significant net loss is primarily due to a $1.0 million one-time non-cash impairment of certain assets. Revenues for the second quarter of 2013 were $6.3 million, up $0.2 million from $6.1 million in the second quarter of 2012. Gross margin percentages for second quarter of 2013 were 24.4%, down from 29.1% for second qu...

On August 15, AIXTRON SE announced that the University of Cincinnati (UC), USA, has ordered a new BM system to further develop its longstanding research into carbon nanotubes (CNT). The system set up for handling 4-inch substrates has been installed at Nanoworld Laboratories – an interdepartmental research facility that includes faculties from Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemistry, Physics and Medical School, and is directed by Professors Vesselin Shanov and Mark Schulz. Professor Shanov, comments: “The BM system p...

Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall Summary Name of product: Endura and Ambient LED dimmable light bulbs Hazard: A lead wire in the bulb’s housing can have an improper fitting, which can electrify the entire lamp and pose a shock hazard.   Remedy: Replace Recall Details Units: About 99,000 Description This recall involves Endura 12-watt and Ambient 12.5-watt LED dimmable light bulbs. The bulbs are orange in color and...

According to the introduction from Liang Ma, a staff of Silan's Securities Department, Silan has sold high-end LED display chip to top international clients, Daktronics and Barco have already become its important large customers. Although there are not many orders at present, the margin of chip is far ahead. Daktronics' LED displays ranks No. 1 in the whole world, it takes up over 80% of the U.S. market share, and more than 30% of the global market share. Its annual sale of LED display is more than 4 billion Yuan. However, Barco is a global leading provi...

It is still undetermined whether or not the new household energy efficiency subsidy will have an influence on the second half of the years LED TV stock movement. The market predicts that with the ending of the energy efficiency subsidy, China might issue a new household energy subsidy this October. Industry insiders believe that unlike the last energy efficiency subsidy which used the generalized preferential system, the new subsidy might use a forerunner subsidy method.

Intertek, a leading international provider of testing, inspection, and certification services, announced that Dialight, the innovative global leader in LED lighting technology, has joined Intertek’s SATELLITE program. Intertek’s SATELLITE data acceptance program integrates speed, flexibility, and cost effectiveness into the product development process by accepting internal laboratory test data of qualifying customers. Dialight has met the stringent standards of the program and is now a SATELLITE laboratory, enabling the company to streamline ...

Tivoli, the original innovator of linear LED solutions, has announced the release of a new case study on the lighting design of HUGO BOSS retail stores located on both U.S. Coasts. The case study highlights the lighting design of the high end specialty men’s and women’s HUGO BOSS retail stores in two California locations (South Coast Plaza—Costa Mesa, CA. & Beverly Center—Los Angeles, CA.) and the new east coast location at Time Warner Center in New York City. Visual Terrain, an award-winning design firm with office...

Ulrike Birnbaum has designed for brands including Jaguar, Landrover, Disney, British Telecom, Bodyshop, Vapiano, Christie's Auction House, Bloomberg, Seabourne, Steiner Spa and many more. Having lived in Berlin, Amsterdam, London and New York, she gained experiences as an architectural lighting designer in the world of opera, cruise ship and show lighting. Before founding CONTINUUM STUDIOS, she worked for the 'English National Opera', and later joined 'ARUP' as a senior lighting designer.She was also previously the principal architectural lighting designer for Imagination Ltd. and worked for MRD in New York. Her decision to establish a company for architectural lighting design with studios in New York ,U.S. and Munich,Germany, brought together highly skilled lighting designers with various backgrounds, such as film, opera, product design, textile & material design, electrical engineering, 3D animation, graphic design and digital art. We interviewed Ulrike Birnbaum about her personal experiences with LED light fixtures in architectural lighting design.

Industry representatives for CREE, Lumileds, and Nichia held a conference at this week’s LED Show in Las Vega, Nevada over the future development of LED lighting. The conference touched on whether or not LEDs could continue advancing at the same pace in terms of lumen output and efficiency as they have over the past several years. The focus of the conference however turned towards meeting solid-state lighting (SSL) system quality and cost goals for different LED technologies. <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 0 2 false false false EN-US ZH-TW X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> ...-->

Tampa General Medical Group installed LED lighting and controls from Acuity Brands, Inc. in its newly constructed Family Care Center in Brandon, Florida. The 10,000 square-foot ambulatory clinic features the latest in modern lighting technologies to minimize energy costs and provide quality lighting for medical staff and patients. The ambulatory clinic specified VT Series 2' x 2' LED luminaires from Lithonia Lighting®, with integrated nLight® digital controls. The VT Series LED luminaires deliver high-quality volumetric lighting to provide ...

Traxon Technologies, a global leader in solid state lighting and control systems, introduces its Lighting Application Suite 6.1 (LAS 6.1) and two new high performance lighting control servers—Lighting Control Engine 2 (LCE2) and Lighting Control Engine 2 fx (LCE2-fx)—together with a new Butler PRO output engine for running large numbers of DMX512/RDM or e:pix universes. Featuring innovative technology, these important additions to e:cue’s lighting control engine and software portfolio take control systems to new heights. They significantly en...

According to reports, Mouser Electronics, a subsidiary of TTI, Inc., announced on August 14 that it has stocked the new XLamp XH-B & XH-G LEDs from Cree, featuring unique ceramic packaging for long calculated L70 lifetimes. Cree XLamp XH-B & XH-G LEDs are a new type of mid-power LED that delivers the unique combination of high performance and reliability. Unlike common mid-power plastic packages of today, the ceramic-based XH LEDs are designed to deliver the long calculated L70 lifetimes of Cree's other high-power LEDs, such as X...

Tridonic’s Dornbirn site obtained ISO 50001 certification in July. The international standard for energy management systems (EMS) has been audited in the site for the first time. This factory is therefore the first in the Zumtobel Group to be certified under this standard. ISO 50001 is firmly anchored in the sustainability objectives of all the brands in the Zumtobel Group. Tridonic’s objective is to increase energy efficiency in the company and to minimise energy costs, energy consumption and CO2 emissions. All energy usage is analysed, evaluated and the...

LED Engin, Inc., a leader in high lumen density LED products, introduced 365nm UV LED Gen 2 emitter that delivers up to 1000mW flux output at 2.8W power, which is the highest radiant flux available in the market from a single die package. The 365nm Gen 2 emitter produces its unprecedented irradiance from a compact 4.4mm x 4.4mm footprint, the industry's smallest high power UV LED package. It is designed with a narrow beam angle of just 70° that results in more flux in the beam and maximum power density (W/cm2) on target, at least four times higher than its...

Tampa General Medical Group installed LED lighting and controls from Acuity Brands, Inc.​ in its newly constructed Family Care Center in Brandon, Florida. The 10,000 square-foot ambulatory clinic features the latest in modern lighting technologies to minimize energy costs and provide quality lighting for medical staff and patients.

The city of Lyon in France had been awarded the first prize for the project ‘’Le mur vegetalise de l’ Annonciade’’ in the tenth edition of the city.people.light awards last year. The annual global competition is organized by Philips and the Lighting Urban Community International Association (LUCI) to reward projects which demonstrate the contribution lighting can make to the well-being of those who live, work or visit a city or town.

BenQ Group member QisDesign will present their new table lamp products Hatha and Compasso tomorrow (16).   

Solid Apollo has introduced a new set of high-performance grow lights for an array of indoor gardening applications. The longtime seller of LED Lighting Solutions has introduced the Solar Core Family LED Grow lights. These low profile, whisper-quiet, and high output set of three LED grow lights models are completely modular, long-lasting lights which can tackle simple indoor gardening solutions to larger hydroponic and aeroponics operations. Solar Core LED grow lights have taken advantage of the latest LED technology and produce a high output of light with very ...

With UNI-President Hankyu Department Store opening, the Taipei City Hall Station has become a place where full of commuters and consumers in Xinyi District. In the station’s passageway, there is one LED dynamic light box particularly created by ARC for the UNI-President Corp. The dynamic light box is able to attract attention of passengers and shows dynamic effects to break the stereotype of traditional advertising light boxes, and significantly enhance advertising effectiveness.  Built-in LED light source to replace the traditional fluorescent tubes, not only in the illuminance on further improvement, but also in accordance with the new trend of energy saving of up to 70%, will greatly reduce maintenance costs and cost-effective countermeasures.

Once a rising star, Chi Mei Lighting is now knee deep in debt with no help on the horizon by its two wealthy shareholders Foxconn Electronics and Chi Mei Corp. Founder and chairman of Foxconn Terry Gou wholeheartedly supports his affiliate company Advanced Optoelectronic Technology (AOT) but has washed his hands of Chi Mei’s financial crisis. Chi Mei Corp also refuses to meddle with Chi Mei’s depreciating assists. Before Chi Mei went out of business, the company’s entire executive staff deserted the company leaving it high and dry.

The HAL-48-2L-LED-BMSW hazardous location LED light fixture provides high light output and excellent durability in an affordable hazardous location approved system. Designed to replace less reliable more fragile fluorescent fixtures, this C1D2 LED light costs less than comparable fixtures yet still provides higher output and UL approved hazardous location compliance. This 4 foot long, 2 lamp fixture is UL listed Class 1 Division 2 Groups A, B, C and D and is constructed with a non sparking aluminum housing for durability and light weight. The LED bulbs ar...

MaxLite, a leading global manufacturer and marketer of award-winning MaxLED luminaires and lamps, added Merak LED Roadway Street Light fixtures to its growing roster of DesignLights Consortium (DLC)-qualified products. The performance- and style-driven streetlights are ideal for illuminating streets, roadways, pedestrian walkways, bikeways and parking lots in parks, corporate and school campuses for departments of transportation, utility providers, and municipality and interstate market segments. The DLC-qualified models include 120-, 180-, 210-, 240-, 270- and 300-wa...

Audi has released new details about its 2014 A8, ahead of its debut on August 21st. Set to grace the stage in Frankfurt, the facelifted model will feature new turn signals that consist of 18 LEDs in the headlights and 24 LEDs in the taillights. When the turn signal is activated, the diodes are sequentially illuminated - from the inside outwards - in the desired turning direction. Audi says this has the "potential to significantly enhance traffic safety" as the lights "provide a visual signal that can be clearly and quickly perceived." Looking fairly ...

In order to stimulate the sales of OLED TV, Samsung announced to cut the price of its 55-inch curved OLED (organic light emitting diode) TVs by 34%. In addition, the increasing market competition and failure in lawsuit lead to divestment of foreign capital, the foreign capital only accounts for 47% of the total Samsung's share. According to a story in the Korea Times, Samsung has cut the price of a curved 55-inch OLED TV from 15 million won ($14655) to 9.9 million won (around $9672). This price reduction aims to attract more consumers to purchase OLED T...

With China’s energy efficiency subsidy coming to a close, demand for LED backlight at the end of 2Q and beginning of 3Q slowed. The upcoming National Day holiday orders also had effect on 3Q LED backlight delivery performance. China is expected to promote another energy subsidy that will be stricter towards efficiency performance in the near future, with the possibility of drastically raising the EEI (Energy Efficiency Index) from 1.7 and 1.9. LED manufacturers have also aggressively begun placement strategies for high efficiency direct lit TVs.