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...

Advanced design illuminates back as well as in front of five-watt LED spotlight FZLED, a provider of high-performance LED lighting products, announced improvements to its MR16-05 LED spotlights. Deploying four Cree LEDs for maximum stability, an all-new design allows for illumination from both the front and back of the spotlight. The spotlight’s new body adds enhanced heat dissipation for a long lifetime of usage. Running on just five watts of power, the MR16-05 series casts more light over a larger area. It boasts improved brightness for a more efficie...

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...

According to LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, the February revenues of Taiwanese listed LED manufacturers totaled NT$ 6.92 billion (MoM+14.1%, YoY-4.5%). Due to the inventory stocking in the backlight market and increasing bidding projects in the lighting market, LEDinside expects the high demand to persist well into April, 2012. LED Backlight Market Outlook Korean panel makers launched new LED TVs in 2012, which stimulated the demand and in turn increased LED companies’ utilization rates. As a result, LED makers’ revenues...

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...

Power Integrations has rolled out an LED-driver reference design DER-322 for a 100 W incandescent bulb replacement in an A19 form factor - an industry first. DER-322 describes a non-isolated, 93% efficient, high-power-factor (PF) LED driver designed to drive a nominal LED string voltage of 78 V at 230 mA from an input voltage range of 195 VAC to 265 VAC (47 Hz -- 63 Hz). The LED driver utilizes the very low-profile LNK460VG from the LinkSwitch™-PL family of ICs from Power Integrations. DER-322 fits neatly inside the A19 form fac...

According to The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), the third-wave opening for mainland Chinese investments in Taiwan will include 115 manufacturing items, notably LED and solar cell, and 23 items for the service sector and infrastructure each. Economics Minister Shih Yen-shiang pointed out that for buying into the local firms in key hi-tech industries, Chinese investors cannot become the controlling shareholder or the largest shareholder. In the meanwhile, the investment projects must contain industrial cooperation and must be subject to the inspection of an ad hoc ...

Builder magazine subscribers name Halo the leader in Brand Familiarity, Brand Used in Past Two Years and Brand Used Most.   Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, announced that its Halo brand of recessed, track and surface lighting products has once again been named the Brand Leader in lighting by Builder magazine. Awarded for the fourteenth consecutive year, Halo was given top honors in the lighting categories of Brand Familiarity, Brand Used in Past T...

New XLamp® LEDs Designed to Optimize and Simplify Luminaire Designs Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces new mid-power XLamp® ML-C and ML-E LEDs, bringing increased versatility and flexibility to a wide spectrum of lighting applications. Designed to accelerate the adoption of LED lighting, the expanded XLamp ML family now offers red, green and blue color options, high-voltage and three different price-performance options in the proven and reliable ML package. The ML LED high-voltage options can enable the use of more efficient, smaller ...

Taiwan intends to make an addition of field testing locations for LED lighting in mainland China. Currently, there are two LED pilot testing locations in Guangzhou and Xiamen, where the tests are underway according to an agreement reached at a conference held in June 2010 addressing industry cooperation between Taiwan and mainland China. And Taiwan expects to add six provinces including Shandong, Fujian, Shanxi, Heilongjiang, Guangdong, and Jiangsu into the project. Taiwan’s representatives will come up with the proposal when they confer with their mainland...

4” 8.6 Watt High‐Performance LED Down Light for Commercial and Residential Applications GlacialLight, a sub‐division of the experienced technology manufacturer GlacialTech Inc., is pleased to introduce a 4‐inch LED down light – GL‐DL04 – to the Capella Series. This high performance 4‐inch 8.6W LED down light acts as a bulb and fixture all‐in‐one that serves as a trouble‐free replacement for outdated traditional lighting. Designed for indoor commercial and residential usage such as malls, supermarkets, offices, and hallways, the G...

Wafering tool supplier Silicon Genesis (SiGen) has launched its second-generation production system for fabricating thin-silicon solar wafers, as well as HB-LED, and 3D semiconductor packaging wafers.   The system tailored for silicon, GaAs, germanium, SiC, GaN and sapphire materials. The new GenII PolyMax system targets high volumes, aiming to replace wire wafer saws with a kerf-free wafering tool. The system creates thinner wafers than are possible with wire-based slicing. The proton beam-induced wafering design was created over 6 years with numerous equ...

Nualight, an Enterprise Ireland supported company which is dedicated in supplying lighting for food retail, has developed a $100 million lighting alliance with Hussmann, American manufacturer of refrigerated display merchandisers and refrigeration systems. The collaboration will support Nualight's ongoing expansion plans and enhances the company's reach into North, Central and South America. The combined strength of these two market leaders enables Hussmann and Nualight to target the rapidly growing market for refrigerated merchandisers and LED lighting in North ...

Kerala has planned to install LED bulbs in all the street lights. Currently, as part of the initiative, a technical specification would be issued by the Energy Management Centre (EMC). To study the specification, a pilot project would be implemented in 65 areas in all the Corporations and municipalities. According to EMC director Dharesan Unnithan, tenders have been floated for the pilot project and several prominent companies have expressed interest in the project and given samples. It is in the process of finding out the energy saved by the LED bulbs and the light...

Bridgelux ‘s awarding-winning RS LED arrays have been selected by HELLA Lighting for the company's first down light designed specifically for the commercial and retail lighting markets. With Bridgelux LED array technology, the HELLA down light features an innovative, very low profile luminaire. According to HELLA, the luminaire will deliver an effective lumen output of 2600 lumens in 4000K neutral white. The new down light is designed to replace the traditional CFL and Metal-Halide lighting systems while consuming only 43 Watts of power. M...

Samsung is reported to stop production of CCFL LCD TV, which uses fluorescent lamp as the TV backlight, and will only manufacture LED TV. Since it entering the market in 2009, LED TV has been the high-end choice in the TV market, but its high cost prevents its popularity from further increasing. In a nod to it, Samsung will be actively pushing its direct-type LED TV in 2012 in the hope of increasing LED TV’s penetration rate.   Korean New LED TV Price  on Par With CCFL TV, LED Penetration Rate to Exceed 70% in 201...

Philips Electronics Vietnam Ltd. Company has submitted Rong (Dragon) Brigde lighting project at an estimated cost of VND30 billion ($1.4 million) to Da Nang authorities for consideration and approval. According to the project, around 15,000 LED lights will provide effects on demand for the city’s political and cultural events taking place on the bridge. Plus, the company has also proposed to make the dragon bridge ‘breathe fire’. LPG gas or DO would be used to fuel the dragon. According to experts, the ‘fire-breathing dragon’ will ...

Taiwan government has announced to allow investors from mainland China to buy into local firms in the five key manufacturing industries such as LED, FPD, semiconductor, machine tool, electronic and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, with maximum stake being set at less than 50%, up from 10% now. It is part of the third-wave opening for mainland Chinese investments in Taiwan, which was approved at an inter-ministry meeting presided by Kuan Chung-ming, minister without portfolio on March 15. The opening package will be submitted to Premier Sean Chen for ratification so...

Lately, Cooper Lighting has signed an agreement with Fikra, the provider of LED technology and lighting solutions, for becoming a dealer for Cooper Lighting products in Jordan. Under the agreement, Fikra will provide its customers and local market with a variety of advanced systems and products of a leading lighting system brand such as Cooper that is used in a range of prestigious construction projects.   On this occasion, Mamoun Mashouka, Fikra's CEO explained that this step falls under the company's aspiration to meet the growing needs of the various ...