CSL’s Concealed LED Lighting Sets the Stage for James Wall’s Covered Terrace Installation in Acclaimed Magazine’s Second Showhouse Endeavor   CSL® (Creative Systems Lighting), leaders in energy-efficient LED downlighting and concealed lighting, is featured in ELLE DÉCOR’s 2011 Showhouse, presented as an official satellite exhibit of Design Miami/ during Art Basel from Dec. 3 to Dec. 19. CSL’s 12-V Ultra Compact PDQ Strip Lighting and Invizilite Generation 2 concealed lighting—inclu...

Lemnis Lighting, a leader in sustainable LED lighting technology, announces that the company's Pharox 300 LED light bulb was named "Best of the Test" by the Dutch Consumers' Union (Consumentenbond). The Pharox bulb scored ten out of ten on four of the test's ten criteria: light output, light color, lifetime, and turning directly on. The results are significant because, while a small market, the Netherlands are particularly interested in LED technology, having been early and wide adopters of LED bulbs since 2006. "We know how great the P...

Measures have been passed by several governments around the world to phase out incandescent light bulbs for general use. The aim is to expand usage and spur technological development of more energy-efficient lighting alternatives, such as compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and light emitting diode (LED) lamps. Brazil and Venezuela began to phase them out in 2005, and the European Union, Switzerland, and Australia started to do the same in 2009. Similarly, other nations are planning scheduled phase-outs: Argentina, Russia, and Canad...

According to the price survey of LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, the ASP of LED light bulbs for 40W incandescent light bulb replacement slightly decreased 2% in November, while the ASP in Japan plunged by nearly 10%. As for the LED light bulbs for 60W incandescent light bulb replacement, the ASP slightly increased, but the lowest price fell below US$ 24. 40W Equivalent LED Light Bulb Prices Underwent Steep Drop Source: LEDinside LEDinside’s survey indicates that, even though the ASP of LED light bulbs for 40W...

As the LED backlight market entered a plateau period, the lighting market becomes the major battlefield for the global LED makers to compete in. Given the fierce price competition, a number of LED manufacturers have shifted their focus to LED specialty lighting, plant lighting and medical lighting in seek of higher profits. With its vertical LED structure technology, American LED epitaxy manufacturer SemiLEDs developed UV LEDs of the wavelength range below 385nm. Additionally, the company optimized LEDs’ curing characteristics and developed a curin...

As New Year is drawing near, a key number in the countdown has arrived in Times Square on Wednesday. There are 526 advanced LED bulbs consist of the seven-foot-tall number "2" sign. And the number will be swapped out for one of the "1" signs from last year to make 2012. Organizers say the display shows the end of the era of Edison, and the beginning of a more efficient future. As Peter Soares of Phillips Lighting, said "It's an icon for New York, right? But more importantly, it's representation of the future, the lighting future.&q...

San Francisco based Elemental LED has teamed up with the city of Richmond, CA to expanding the REACH (Reduce Energy And Contribute to Humanity) program, which aims to help promote energy conservation in the Bay Area community. On November 29th, REACH conducted a lighting science and energy conservation workshop for the students of the RichmondBUILD green job-training academy to kickoff the new partnership. Established in April 2007, the RichmondBUILD Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Skills and Green Jobs Training Academy creates employme...

Conference Name:China International LED Application Forum 2012 Dates:19 & 21 Feb 2012 Venue: Guangzhou, China Contact number: 86 21 61573930, 61573919 Website: www.ledchina-forum.com Organizer: UBM Trust, UBM Conferences Concurrent Event: LED CHINA 2012 Conference Background: China's first International LED summit-China International LED Application Forum 2012- will be held on February 19, 21, 2012 in Guangzhou, concurrent with 8th Annual LED China 2012. As an annual get-together for the LED industry, this forum ...

San Francisco’s Lemnis Lighting is offering a charitable holiday season twist on traditional “buy one, get one” promotions, to bring solar LED lighting to Rural Zambians. With the promotion of “buy one, give one,” Lemnis is matching every US purchase of its Pharox Solar Kits with a donation to Empowered by Light, a new nonprofit foundation that is delivering renewable energy lighting to schools in rural communities in Africa that do not have access to electricity. Normally, Pharox Solar Kits sell at a manufacturer’s suggested r...

GE Lighting Solutions, part of the GE -- Appliances & Lighting business unit of General Electric Company, has announced the settlement of a patent infringement lawsuit filed in May 2010 against Dongbu Lightec, formerly Fawoo Technology. The settlement terminates a pending action before the court regarding allegations of Dongbu Lightec's infringements of US Patents 6,799,864 and 6,787,999 that cover, among other things, LED lamp heat sink designs and systems and methods for efficiently replacing existing lamps with such designs. The specific terms of th...

Philips LEDs are to light up a dazzling green ball in Times Square to celebrate New Year’s Eve. This year, 32,256 LUXEON LEDs will glitter in a range of colors as the Times Square Ball descends to partiers’ delight.   The LED ball will also welcome the new U.S. energy and lighting standards that go into effect on January 1st, under the Energy Independence and Security Act. But aside from symbolizing the movement into the New Year, the ball drop will also signify Phillip’s next move — to replace the usage of incandescen...

On December 20th, 2011, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (“MCC” "; Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Yoshimitsu Kobayashi), has filed an infringement lawsuit in Seoul Central District Court against a US company, Intematix Corporation and a Korean distributor, GVP, to enjoin them from importing and selling their phosphor products, claiming that they infringe a red phosphor patent in Korea (No. 816693) which is owned by MCC and National Institute of Material Science. The Korean patent No. 816693 (*) relates to a nitride-type red ...

Recently, GE Lighting expects most light bulbs, including the incandescent to be replaced within a decade by LED. Maryrose Sylvester, who was appointed GE’s head of the lighting unit in March, said in an interview, that “People are starting to talk about LEDs for general lighting for indoors. By 2020, about 70 to 80 percent of the general lighting market is going to be enabled by LEDs.” Sylvester pointed out that GE’s lighting unit has doubled its research and development spending on LED technology over the past five years to seize this...

Bridgelux has released a report to show its achievement and confidence in LED Lighting Market. During the past year, the company raised $76M in additional funding, added several noteworthy customers, introduced innovative products and technology and received numerous industry awards. The company's revenue grew an extraordinary 792% from FY 2006 to 2010, and it expects to see an additional 100% year over year growth by the end of 2011. Bill Watkins, Bridgelux's Chief Executive Officer, announced that, "We're seeing significant increases in adoption ...

Carmanah recently has received nearly $400,000 orders for EverGEN 1530 solar LED outdoor lighting system from a nuclear power facility, aiming to increase the security of the site by providing backup safety lighting in the event of a power failure. The solar energy-powered lighting system is designed for industrial-scale applications including parking lot and perimeter lighting, which have the ability to meet the security functions mandated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Additionally, through Lemnis Lighting's "buy one, give one" campaign, s...

EPISTAR LAB announces its highest efficacy with warm white high voltage chipset. With its outstanding efficacy, higher CRI, and competitive lm/$, the solution of direct red platform is widely used in warm white application. Recently, EPISTAR LAB has successfully achieved the warm white efficacy     of 216 lm/W at an operating current of 5 mA and CRI of 87 Ra at CCT of 2700K. Under a typical driving current of 15mA (or about 1 W operation equivalent), the luminous efficacy of 197 lm/W was achieved. EPISTAR LAB’s ...

Screen Master® C4SMT LED Designed with 20 Degree Tilted Viewing Angle Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, extends its high-brightness LED leadership with the commercial availability of the new Screen Master C4SMT and C4SMD 4mm LEDs. The superior brightness and unrivaled far-field pattern matching, combined with industry-leading packaging technology, can enable Cree LED customers to deliver a better viewing experience for their audience and achieve lower system and operating costs than previous generations of LEDs....

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GlacialLight, a division of experienced technology manufacturer GlacialTech Inc., is pleased to announce that its environmentally-friendly LED lighting products are being used in many applications around the world and providing users with energy-saving light of the highest quality. Global hotel chain, Sheraton, understands the power-saving capabilities of LED lights. Recently, the Kampala, Uganda Sheraton replaced many of their traditional lights in their interior as well as in the accompanying Green Restaurant with GlacialLight GL-MR16-5W LED lamps. By si...

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