Recently,Sekisui Jushi Corporation, Kyocera Corporation and its wholly-owned domestic solar energy sales subsidiary Kyocera Solar Corporation have joined force to develop a multi-purpose solar power shelter called the Eco-Shell ,which combines with a Kyocera solar power generating system for the roofing material and LEDs for lighting. The new product is designed for use in bus & taxi stops, benches and walkway coverings and other public spaces. It is set to sell from July 20, exclusive to the Japanese market, targeting municipalities and private companies. And the ...

The Guam Power Authority (GPA) has received  $14K DEED grant from the American Public Power Association (APPA) to complete the installation and continue the monitoring of efficient streetlights at various locations on island with the final location in Dededo. In 2010, GPA received official notice of a DEED (Demonstration of Energy Efficient Development) grant award for an LED  and Induction Streetlight Pilot Program to study the feasibility of energy efficient lighting for public roads on Guam.  GPA will complete installation o...

Reportedly, GE Lighting has injected  $15-20 million to acquire  Lightech Ltd., which is still caught in legal proceedings following the failure of its acquisition by Carmanah Technologies Corporation. It’s said that Lightech was formed by David Schreiber and his son Zvi, who serves as CEO in 1992. The company specializes in components for managing the energy supply to lighting units in order to save energy. The company designs drivers and transformers for use in LED and halogen lighting which it manufactures in China....

UK's first LED street lights are installed in Bath and North East Somerset Council at the Hicks Gate roundabout at the Bristol end of the Keynsham, Somerset. Previously, Bath and North East Somerset used 250 watt high pressure sodium lighting on the Hicks Gate roundabout. On June 10, they were replaced with the 169 watt LED lights, saving 40 per cent of its energy and a further 20 per cent due to the dimming technology. Each lamp contains more than 80 tiny bulbs, which have a life span of 60,000 hours or around 16 years when lit for 10 hours each day - f...

Expansion of Selective Heat Sink Intellectual Property and Building of ARRAY® Brand Continues Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEXS) announced that it has been awarded two new U.S. utility patents: U.S. Patent Number 7,974,099 - APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LIGHT EMITTING DIODES and U.S. Patent Number 7,960,921 – CURRENT REGULATOR APPARATUS AND DEVICES. In addition, the Company is pleased to announce the registration of it...

Future Lighting Solutions has collaborated with enLighten Australia, in designing and implementing a low energy replacement for multi-purpose lighting in commercial environments. The project required an analysis of how the market currently uses multi-purpose lighting for areas such as fire stairs and back rooms, which wastes a lot of light and therefore a lot of energy. The first step was to investigate the way such spaces are used and how they are lit, in order to identify key issues and to determine the most effective, efficient solutions. Future Lighting Solutions worke...

Huizhou-based NVC Lighting Holding Ltd, in China is reported to intend to acquire small and medium-sized European firms for new markets expansion. In the mean time, the company is also actively tapping the emerging markets of India, Brazil and South Africa. On Monday,NVC has just made a agreement with the Olympic Council of Asia to become its long-term lighting and service partner. In addition, NVC has applied to become the sole lighting supplier for the Asian Games in South Korea and the Asian Beach Games in Thailand in 2014. The company will also ...

First Source Bank held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday to celebrate their new energy saver project  of implementing new LED lights to reduce carbon footprint. The Bank has replaced 20 exterior lights with new LED lights saving  62 percent energy use as well as reducing the amount of green house gas emissions of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide that goes into the atmosphere. Under this project, Bank officials hope it will open more doors to save more energy in the future.  ...

Recently, Acuity Brands has become one of nine companies honored with the 2011 Lighting Facts(R) Special Recognition by the United States Department of Energy,at the Solid State Lighting Market Introduction Workshop in Seattle, WA. Lighting Facts is a voluntary participation program from the DOE that includes LED products for general illumination from manufacturers who commit to testing products and reporting performance results according to industry standards. The program emphasizes consumer education, with the goal of enabling the appropriate comparison ...

Diodes Incorporated  has hosted a ground breaking ceremony for Diodes Technology (Chengdu) Company Limited at the Company’s new production site at Chengdu Hi–Tech Industrial Development Zone (CDHT) on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. It’s said that Diodes Technology (Chengdu) Company Limited was Established in December 2010, as a joint venture between Diodes Incorporated and Chengdu Ya Guang Electronic Company Limited (5% ownership). The new facility will focus on performing semiconductor manufacturing assembly and test functions. It ...

According to Luminus Devices, its CBM-380 color mix Big Chip LEDTM  powered Philips Vari-Lite VLX Wash luminaires , are at the heart of the replacement lighting rig recently installed at the iconic Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. The new rig not only need to replace the flood damaged rig, it also had to be flexible enough to light a wide variety of stage performances and TV broadcasts yet mobile enough to make the Opry’s seasonal move for their Winter Series performances. Luminus’ CBM-380 chip that is the solid-state light engine o...

Energy Focus has received a $1 million grant from the Ohio Third Frontier Sensors Program to develop an ultra-low cost light sensor to complement IntelliTube(TM), Energy Focus' LED based fluorescent replacement technology.   Roger Buelow, Energy Focus CTO thought it was exciting to be selected for the Ohio Third Frontier Sensor grant. He thought the funding would accelerate the development of CRICKET ('Cost-effective Real-time Intelligent Collective Knowledge Environmental Transmitter'), the world's first ultra low-cost wireles...

New UV LEDs also lower energy consumption by 70% while providing superior light performance Lumex announces the global expansion of the QuasarBrite™ UV family of LED technologies to include three new standard wavelengths and also announces the availability of custom UV LED arrays.  QuasarBrite UV LEDs provide up to 10 times longer lifespan, up to 50% cost savings , up to 70% energy consumption savings,  and superior light performance compared to alternative technologies. The RoHs compliant QuasarBrite UV LEDs are now available in stan...

Nuventix, creator of an LED cooling technology for energy-efficient lighting, announced that GE (NYSE: GE) has provided capital alongsideother investors and recently entered into a license agreement to access Nuventix’s extensive patent portfolio.   GE unit GE Energy Financial Services and The Bergquist Company joined existing investors Braemar Energy Ventures, CenterPoint Ventures, InterWest Partners and Rho Ventures to complete a $10 million investment round to fund Nuventix’s global expansion and technology advancements.  GE&rsq...

According to the latest price survey by LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, due to weak LED demand in 2Q11, the prices of TV backlight (5630) and high-power LED continue to drop. As for the outlook in 3Q11, the downturn of TV backlight (5630) will most likely continue. In addition, because of the drastic plummet in 1H11, the prices of high-power LED see a mild drop in the near term.

Unity Opto Technology’s new plant located in Beijing, China is announced to be completed in early 2012 and will start mass production in the first quarter of next year. According to the company’s chairman, C.H. Wu, initial monthly capacity at the Beijing plant will be about 200 million LEDs, to be supplied mainly to Chinese makers of TFT-LCD panels, including BOE Technology Group for LCD TV panel backlighting. industry sources estimated that Unity Opto`s Beijing plant would become BOE`s major LED supplier as well as a major maker of il...

austriamicrosystems has designed two new LED driver ICs for the latest LCD TVs. The new AS382x LED controller ICs are available as the 16-channel AS3820 and the 12-channel AS3821 to meet the needs of the most common architectures of both direct and edge-lit LED TVs. Both ICs feature ±0.2% channel-to-channel accuracy -- the highest accuracy available -- to guarantee the best possible light uniformity and picture quality. The ICs can be used for driving external power MOSFETs or, due to their unique base current error compensation, even driv...

Philips has launched two new Daytime Running Light (DRL) – LED DayLight 4 and 8 for drivers. According to the company, Philips DayLight modules automatically switch on when the engine starts, increasing the visibility of the car to other road users and pedestrians. They also have a low energy consumption compared to existing halogen headlamps.  LED DayLight 4 ensures high visibility for safer daytime driving, while the LED DayLight 8 offers motorists maximum visibility and premium design. Both are equipped with Philips LUXEON LEDs and...

NexPhase Lighting, a subsidiary of Onteco Corporation, has completed the delivery of product to 1050/1060 Brickell. According to Ty Ramsey, COO of NexPhase, this installation of NexPhase LED product is expected to save 1060 Brickell over $ 425,000.00 of energy, maintenance and HVAC costs over the next five years. And they will continue to implement a proactive selling strategy....

Reportedly,Taiwan Unity Opto Technology has received a great deal of around US$9 million orders from several European lighting heavyweights for its LED lamps. Its revenue for this year is likely to double from last year to NT$3 billion. According to Unity Opto executives, the company will begin shipping the products in August, which are mostly indoor lightings such as light tubes and down lights. Asides from that , the March 11 Japan earthquake and Germany’s decision to shut all of its nuclear power plants by 2022 also have an important impact on the marke...

Based on drivers’ complaint about LED boards affacting their vision, Shanghai will amend a law to tighten control on light pollution caused by electronic LED boards. According to officials from the Shanghai Greenery and Public Sanitation Bureau, the original regulation, issued in 2004, didn't cover LED technology, which was new and rare at the time. The draft of an amended urban lighting regulation includes LED management and will be finalized soon. Li Shuzhi comes from  the Shanghai Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Solid-S...

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has added three colors to its TOPLED Black Series 60° beam angle portfolio and now offers all five colors with a 30° beam angle. “This means that we have the broadest portfolio of ‘black’ LEDs on the market and can cover a wide range of applications”, said Product Manager Sven Weber. The LEDs are particularly suitable for monochromatic and multicolor displays, such as those in electronic  road signs, travel information displays, parking control systems and price information pillars at gas stations. T...

LG Innotek announced that the installation and operation for one-year of LED lights for all lighting sources at its Paju LED Plant translates into the effect of planting 63,000 pine trees,which is equivalent to the amount of trees it would take to cover an area the size of Yeouido Park in Seoul. LG Innotek’s Paju LED Plant has installed more than 10,000 LEDs, including those at production lines, welfare facilities and streets, and initiated the plant’s operation as an eco-friendly site in July of last year. The Paju LED Plant comprises LED...

The City of Tempe, Arizona,has selected US Lighting Tech (USLT) to supply efficient street lights for the energy-efficient street lighting program of the municipality. USLT will supply the municipality 1,000 units of its Cobra 100 Series Induction Streetlight and the installation of the lights is anticipated to commence this month. The company’s 70 W Cobra 100 Series induction streetlights will replace the present obsolete type of 125 W high pressure sodium and metal halide systems. The induction lights are designed to save around 60% of energy and 80...

There is a 60” LED video display installed over a jacket’s body  and sleeves,which is desigend for wearable and interactive bicycle lighting. LED jackets can provide a high-tech alternative to the luminous yellow tabards favoured by soem cyclists.   The jacket gives off more than enough light for the urban cyclist. In addition,the moving images could display messages to other road users.Large flashing arrows be highly-visible turn signal and messages such as ‘too close’ , ‘thank you’ and ‘stopping’ would prove useful...

OSRAM SYLVANIA is honored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) with a Special Recognition for going above and beyond typical consumer education efforts by integrating Lighting Facts into everyday business practices and demonstrating staunch commitment to product evaluation. It is one of nine Lighting Facts partners recognized by the DOE at the Solid-State Lighting Market Introduction Workshop yesterday in Seattle. The Lighting Facts program is a voluntary pledge that showcases LED products for general illumination from manufacturers who commit ...

The Finnish-based Obelux Ltd has designed the world’s first high intensity LED,delivering outstanding 600 000 candelas, to replace old Xenon technology on over 150 meter tall buildings and masts. Kuokkala water tower in Jyväskylä The new, groundbreaking high intensity LED light has the effective power of 200 000 candelas and it delivers total of 120 000 lumens,as well as provides over 10 years of reliable life....

Event LED CHINA 2012 Venue China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B, Guangzhou Dates 20 – 23 February General information LED CHINA has evolved into one of the most influential trade events for the industry. This is the only fair in China where every spectrum of the LED industry is showcased. With exhibits ranging from signage to lighting...

On July 15, Samsung LED Co., Ltd. filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (“ITC”) in which it has requested the ITC to issue an exclusion order barring importation of products of OSRAM, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, and OSRAM Sylvania Inc. into the United States. Samsung LED also filed suit for patent infringement in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware to seek damages and a permanent injunction barring OSRAM’s infringement. Samsung LED alleges infringement of...

Recently, Philips has made a deal with the Malaysian government to light a 63.1-kilometre stretch of highway, including the roads leading to Subang Airport, the Federal Highway and Middle Ring Road 2, with its LED road-lighting technology. According to Philips Lighting's senior vice president and general manager for emerging markets Olivier Piccolin, switching to energy-efficient LED lighting systems for public infrastructure projects provided a triple-win proposition by improving safety and security, beautifying the landscape and reducing energy consumption. I...