Reportedly, Cooper Industries has made a harvest at 2011 Award for Design Excellence (ADEX) program for product design of furniture, fixtures and finishes marketed to the design trade. Each category has the potential for three award levels of Platinum, Gold or Silver. Design Journal Magazine sponsors the annual ADEX Awards. Products from its divisions Cooper Lighting and Cooper Controls,were honored as Platinum winners include the io Balance Beam, Portfolio LED Downlight and Open Wall Wash Series, Lumiere Boca 696 Ingrade LED Luminaire, and th...

Recently, Acuity Brands has joined the City of Chicopee, Massachusetts renovation project with its Holophane(R) GranVille(R) LED luminaires. The city targeted to replace its old 100W high pressure sodium fixtures were spread throughout the downtown district, which comprises four city blocks containing city hall, office buildings, restaurants and nightclubs. CEL's Engineering & Operations Manager, Jim Lisowski, brought Acuity Brands' Holophane team into the project  to evaluate an energy-efficient relighting solution. The project required ...

LED equipment manufacturer Novellus Systems has shipped a VECTOR(R) plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system to Xurui Guangdian Co., Ltd. ("China SemiLEDs") for producting SemiLEDs' MvpLED(TM) high-efficiency LED products. With a multi-wafer carrier configuration, the VECTOR LED system can handle all wafer sizes -- 2", 3", 4", 6", 8" and 12" -- with exceptional throughput, film quality and uniformity at each size. In contrast to a traditional PECVD reactor used in LED m...

GE Lighting engineers and scientists are developing a 60-watt replacement LED bulb that meets the specifications for the Department of Energy’s Bright Tomorrow Lighting (L Prize) competition. GE recently submitted a Letter of Intent to the Department of Energy to enter the competition.    “The objective of our product research and development is simple,” says Steve Briggs, vice president of marketing and product management, GE Lighting Solutions, LLC. “We exist to create advanced lighting solutions based on customer needs and ...

Reportedly, German high-tech company dilitronics, has stepped into the Asian market in June with the foundation of dilitronics Asia Ltd. in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong office is the first outside Europe. It specialises in LED control, and targets to further expand its sales activities in the rapidly expanding Asian market. According to Meinrad Braun, Sales Director at dilitronics, explained that they found the Hong Kong officer mainly based on Asian customers’ interests in the development of energy-saving lighting concepts. LEDs are predestined for this an...

Finnish distributor of radio and television services, Digita Oy, has selected Obelux Oy to install the world’s first LED high-intensity obstacle light system on 327 meters, over 1 000 feet, high broadcast mast in Tiirismaa, as the tallest construction in Finland. The new LED lights will replace old Xenon technology. Jukka Kokkonen, System Designer, Digita Oy, said that “The low total life-cycle costs and long maintenance free operations of the LED technology were critical selection criteria to us. And of course working with an experienced supplier who...

Currently, SmartWatt Energy, Inc.has completed the replacement of 319 fixtures with LED lighting retrofits at Americold's temperature-controlled storage facility in Fort Worth, TX resulting in an 86% reduction in total lighting cost. It’s estimated that this LED lighting retrofit project will reduce Americold's energy consumption at just its Fort Worth facility by 516,024 kWh and will help it shed 85.92 kW, while resulting in additional cooling savings of more than $17,000. The project gave rise to a utility incentive greater than $46,000 from the loca...

It’s said that Mouser Electronics has developed a partnership agreement with LEDiL, which specializes in LED lighting optics for high-power and lighting-class LEDs. Under the agreement, Mouser will provide direct access to LEDiL’s line of LED reflectors and lenses to customers around the world. For design engineers in need of LED lighting solutions on the forefront of proven technology, LEDiL offers the most advanced optics specially designed to support high-power and lighting-class LEDs produced by leading LED lighting manufacturers.  ...

As the luminous efficiency of LED chip was not high at early stage, it has not been able to achieve indoor lighting requirement therefore could only be applied at lower lumen lighting goods. LED spotlight has gradually replaced the traditional halogen lamp because there is no ultraviolet or infrared ray emitted from LED lighting, and it does not deteriorate on displayed goods. However, as the LED base generates high-temperature heat so most manufacturers can only use aluminum forming shell as heat-dissipation solution. As the result, the current LED spotlights have the alum...

According to the Racine Family YMCA, Ruud Lighting will donate more than $300,000 lighting fixtures and related equipment for the new suburban YMCA located on the Mount Pleasant civic campus. Ruud Chairman and CEO Alan Ruud said in a news release that most of the lighting products are LED luminaires that will provide "significant energy savings and reduce operating expenses." LED technology delivers an estimated 30-60 percent reduction in energy consumption compared to traditional technologies, with virtually no maintenance. It also complies with LE...

San Francisco based LED lighting company, Elemental LED, has announced an addition of an LED Exit Sign Replacement Kit to its catalog of products. The LED replacement kits exhibit no spotting or fading, and no flickering and buzzing. Compared to incandescent setups, which consume from 30 to 40 watts, these LED exit sign kits are completely ETL certified and consume only 2.8 watts of energy. They last approximately 50,000 hours. These kits mark an important addition to Elemental LED’s growing offerings of LED sign supplies, which include 7 types ...

According to the deal, Valladolid-headquartered Indal , specializes in manufacturing primarily outdoor lighting products, will become part of the Professional Luminaries business of Netherlands-based Philips Lighting. Marc de Jong, general manager of Professional Luminaries at Philips Lighting, comments: 'Indal's capabilities in delivering lighting [products] make it a natural fit with Philips, further strengthening our ability to offer our customers integrated and high-value options for professional lighting.' Chief executive officer and chairman of the bo...

Yesterday, JiangSu JEshine New Material Co.,LTD convened a press conference for China’s first over-100kg sapphire crystal with the attendance of Wang Lubao, Chairman of JEshine,Jeff Ford, Senior Deputy President of GTsolar, Peter Pauli, CEO of Meyer Burger, relevant governmental officials and news media. Reporter of LEDinside was also invited to the so called “Beautiful Sun Island” – Yangzhong, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, for a live report.

Recently, LEDs and OLED lighting panels have played a key role on American hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas. The group has gone on stage on Paris on three shows, wearing clothes embroidered with LEDs and OLED lighting panels from Philips. Fergie had a 'leather cat woman' outfit that has 75 white Lumiblade OLED panels. The panels were controlled remotely - and were synchronized to the music and lighting sequences....

LEELEDS lighting, a member of LEEDARSON lighting, launches 1W G9 LED Bulb J50I-A1 with global unique design. Its high performances make it ideal retrofit for halogen bulbs. It can apply to mirror light, droplight in living room, table lamp, decorative lighting, etc. Specifications: • Model: J50I-A1 • Lamp Shape: G9 • Optional Wattage: 1W • Operating Voltage: 220-240V • Frequency: 50/60Hz • Average Lifetime: 25000Hrs • Optional Base: G9 • Lumen: 50lm • CCT: 2700K • CRI:...

The 2011 Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition successfully embodies the theme of “LED Asia,” which will continue being the theme of the exhibition in the following years that gathers not only major manufacturers from Asia, Europe and America but also buyers around the world. This year’s exhibition includes over 2,600 manufacturers and attracts a considerable amount of visitors from China as well as from all around the world. However, according to LEDinside’s observation, despite the large scale of LED industry and the great amount of...

Recently, Taiwan based packaging company, Harvatek is about to team up with TCL to built LED packaging plant in Huizhou, China. Both of the two companies will own 50% share in the new plant individually. The new facility will go into production at the end of March, 2012 and its goal is to reach 2 billion capacity after one year. Harvatek disclosed that it expected for further vertical integration by cooperating with LED chip maker.  ...

Dialight has unveiled its new SafeSite®  Series LED Area Light, the industry’s most compact, high-output Class I and Class II, Div 1 certified LED Area Light,as  Dialight’s industry-leading family of LED illumination products for hazardous locations. It’s designed to replace up to 150-watt HID fixtures. Consuming less than half the electricity of 150-watt HID units, Dialight’s 70-watt SafeSite Series delivers an impressive efficacy of 79 lumens per watt. Available in both cool white and neutral white models, the...

Phototron Holdings, Inc., has introduced its newly designed Pro LED Phototron Grow System. According to Craig Ellins, Chairman of the Board, " Powered by energy efficient LED light, the unit delivers the equivalent of 1,000 watts of growing power while consuming only 320 watts of electricity. " "The unit contains both blue and red LED lighting. Blue LED's provide optimum light for the growing, while red LED's shift bud formation into high gear. These features are important for the cultivation of medicinal herbs such as medicinal can...

Philips has released its ‘ambience’ range of household products in the UAE to celebrate Dubai Summer Surprises. The household products can light up from within, through the tiny, embedded, white and colored LEDs that are designed to add your personal touch when setting a home’s ambiance, serving food and drinks, or accentuating decorative items like flowers. The ‘ambience’ products have a radiant glow that transforms any object or room, to reveal new details with a magical feel, fascinating effects, and an enchanting aura of light. The coll...

Self-taught sculptor Charlie Gadeken has created Aurora, a sculpture reminiscent of Avatar's bioluminescent Tree of Souls be lit up by LEDs. According to Gadeken, this time he has chosen LEDs to light up a massive tree that's programmed to mutate colors from day to night. The sculpture will be unveiled at this year's Burning Man festival. It's a weeping willow tree that's 35 feet tall with a 45-foot canopy. During the daytime, 5,000 copper leaves will flicker from light to dark, shimmering as the breeze travels across the surface of the tree. At ni...

Currently, Philips Lighting has supported Philips Roadway’s1,200 Roadstar luminaires for street lightings in Weston of Florida. The new Roadstar luminaires come with a 10-year limited warranty and were funded, in part, by federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG), which are awarded to local communities making strategic investments to meet the nation's long-term goals for energy independence and climate change leadership. The retrofit solution, which uses the South Florida city's existing lighting poles along city-owned public th...

LEDnovation has launched its so-called world’s first true 50W equivalent (50W Eq) replacement MR16 lamps. The initial offering boasts a center beam candle power (CBCP) of 7360 Candelas at 7.9W and an efficacy of 57 lumens/watt. With a narrow spot beam angle of 11°, this 50W Eq EnhanceLite® LED MR16-50 can replace energy wasting, low-voltage halogen MR16 lamps widely used throughout the gaming industry in casinos and other hospitality venues. It offers true 50W equivalent performance, Energy-Star compliance, and standard ANSI form factor...

It is said that Nichia has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Hornbach Baumarkt AG, a German DIY retailer partly owned by British retail group Kingfisher plc. in Germany at the District Court Düsseldorf. Nichia believes a Christmas decoration product including white LEDs (product number 183125) sold by Hornbach has infringed its patent EP 936 682 (DE 697 02 929), therefore it is seeking an injunction, damages, recall and destruction against the German retailer.  ...

Reportedly, Giant Olympic rings and the Paralympic Agitos, the swirling symbol of the Paralympics, will shine from Tower Bridge throughout the London 2012 Games. It is to be funded through a deal between the Mayor, City of London and London 2012 sustainability partners GE and EDF. The funding package has been made possible through sponsorship recognition for GE and EDF during the Games. Planning permission is being sought from Southwark Council and Tower Hamlets Council. Plans include the use of energy efficient LED technology to cut the energy cons...

According to Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor from Kuala Lumpur, the government can reduce costs by up to 50 per cent with LED bulbs for road lighting. Currently, a pilot project on this had been started in partnership with Royal Philips Electronics involving the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Federal Highway and the Middle-Ring Road 2 (MRR2), entailing a total lenght of 63.1 kilometres. He said that "Lighting of highways in the country is costing the government RM26 million annually currently." He also added that he woul...

According to the Institute of Energy Economics (IEE) of Japan, a foundation supervised by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, if LED lights replace all the fluorescent and incandescent lights used in the country, 92.2 billion kilowatts of electricity -- worth the output of 13 nuclear reactors -- would be saved, that is, the annual domestic power consumption would be slashed by 9 percent. A group of researchers led by Yoshiaki Shibata at the institute conducted the calculation. According to their survey, among an estimated 1.6 billion lights being used in Japan...

NexPhase Lighting, Inc., a subsidiary of Onteco Corporation, announced that UL 1598 and UL 8750 testing has been completed by Intertek for it's generation II NexSense troffer product and it will issue a compliance report shortly.   According to Jon Cooper, President of NexPhase, "We have worked closely with Intertek on this UL 1598 and UL 8750 testing and we are excited that we have passed all required independent testing for our generation II NexSense Troffer product. These Underwriter Laboratory compliance and safety tests are essential to...

Great Britain’s renowned Royal Ballet recently staged Romeo and Juliet for an audience of 12,000, not at their home venue at Covent Garden, but at London’s vast O2 arena. The bold spatial experiment was a great success. And behind the scenes of the complex production was an ETC Eos lighting control system. The Royal Opera House had bought Eos desks in 2008 for their house performances but needed additional desks to take the Royal Ballet company to The O2. PRG (Production Resource Group) was called in to provide lighting and rigging rental equipme...

Samsung LED is reported to obtain the Energy Star certification which is an international yardstick of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the United States as to the purchase of lighting equipment. According to the company, it is the first of its kind in Korea, acquired ISO 17025 for LM79 (illumination) and LM80 (LED) from the Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme. ISO 17025 is a qualification with which the tests required for Energy Star can be carried out independently. With the certification, it can significantly avoid complicated proc...