Energy-efficient, cost-optimized products continue to drive widespread adoption

Asia’s most comprehensive lighting industry hub celebrates its 15th anniversary Extension of product concept halls for sourcing effectiveness US Department of Commerce endorses 2010 show Fringe programme delivers latest market news and developments The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition, Asia’s largest and most comprehensive lighting event will be held 9 –12 June 2010 at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou, China. 

Czech Republic based moving light manufacturer Robe lighting announces a series of new appointments in a planned management restructuring exercise designed to position the company for a new decade of growth and expansion. L-R : Adrien Trecek (Operations Director), Josef Valchar (owner-founder/CEO). Harry von den Stemmen (Sales Director) Ladislav Petrek (owner/founder)

LED lighting retrofit reduces OCCC’s energy consumption and carbon emissions Florida’s Orange County Convention Center (OCCC), the nation’s second largest, is leaping ahead with their environmental stewardship through a wide range of green initiatives. Albeo Technologies Inc. is supplying its award winning C-Series low bay to the convention center for a number of retrofit projects.

The new LED Light Site ledlight.osram-os.com from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is an information source on all things LED. On the online platform, customers can find news, technical information, support and tools in connection with LED lighting solutions in the fields of architectural, shop, outdoor and indoor lighting.

PetroCard, a fuels distributor, announced plans to upgrade 15 of its fueling stations with energy-efficient Light Emitting Diode (LED) overhead fixtures which will reduce the company's energy use and associated costs by more than 40 percent. LEDs have already been installed in the canopies at three PetroCard facilities in Kent, Pacific, Lynnwood, as well as a PetroCard supplied "76" branded station in Seattle. The additional 12 stations throughout Washington state will be completed by the end of 2010.

Carmanah Technologies Corporation,Canadian solar LED technology innovator Carmanah Technologies Corporation has entered into a distribution agreement with the Jardine Engineering Corporation (JEC), a member of Hong Kong-based Jardine Matheson Group. Under the terms of the agreement, JEC will distribute Carmanah's solar LED lighting products throughout Hong Kong, Macau, the Philippines and Thailand.

Energy Focus Inc. of Solon, Ohio USA, reports that its research and development team received three LED lighting awards totaling $1.6 million. Two of the awards , "Explosion-Proof Solid State Lighting for Extreme Environments" and "A Spectrally Dynamic Berth Light for Active Circadian Cycle Management" are Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants from the Defense Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

QD Vision, Inc., developer of Quantum Light™ nanotechnology-based products for solid state lighting and displays, announced today that DTE Energy Ventures has invested $3 million in the company. The funding will support QD Vision’s market expansion of quantum dot-based nanomaterials that enable major efficiency gains in high-quality solid-state lighting and flat panel displays.

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced that it has been awarded $4 million in R&D matching funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by the U.S. Department of Energy to support high-efficiency solid state lighting projects. Solid state lighting, which uses light emitting diodes (LEDs) and organic LEDs (OLEDs) has the potential to be ten times more energy-efficient than traditional incandescent light bulbs.

Marl has been awarded the Passenger Comfort Innovation of the Year award for its 'Sci-Light' LED lighting technology, at the 2009 Railway Interiors Expo 'Innovation & Excellence' Awards, held on 25th November 2009 in Cologne, Germany.

In the new version of the Audi A8, light emitting diodes from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors are responsible for the dipped and full beams as well as for other specific lighting functions. Apart from their efficiency, an excellent argument for LEDs is their long life, which exceeds that of the vehicle. Plus, with light similar to daylight they improve motorists’ safety.

New Residential Fixture Demonstrated at 2010 International Builder’s Show Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, announces the demonstration of a new 6-inch LED downlight designed for the residential market. The Cree CR6 LED downlight is being shown this week at the 2010 International Builder’s Show in Las Vegas.

Annual savings of $70,000+ expected as U of I takes on biggest green project ever Renaissance Lighting, a leading innovator in the development and manufacture of energy-efficient, solid-state LED luminaires, is proud to support the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, birthplace of the Light Emitting Diode (LED) in completing its largest sustainable energy/energy-saving lighting project to date at the University’s Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

Topco Energy Saving System Corp. (TESS), the Taiwan-based LED lighting supplier, announced the latest LED bulb on Feb. 17th. Within the new range you can find the 6W/7W/7.5W LED bulbs to replace 40W/50W/60W incandescent lamp. The best luminance output could reach 80 lm/w. The LED bulb of TESS is shock-proof and mercury-free. The long lifespan and excellent luminance helps you save the money from electricity bill. All these advantages are far superior than you can find of Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL).

According to LEDinside’s latest price trend report, the growing shipment in LED backlight and lighting application led to a shortage in the chip supply. As a result, the white LED prices remained flat in 4Q09: Prices for backlighting dropped slightly by 1-3%, while prices of high power LEDs remained stable.

Abu Dhabi---Yesterday, according to the Department of Municipal Affairs, A policy for energy efficient LED lighting for majority of roads is being developed in an effort to further conserve energy. It will showcase 12 projects from Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and the Western Region that focus on energy conservation at the World Future Energy Summit at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre beginning today. The summit will end on January 21.

Solid-State Lighting Presents Major Opportunities for Energy Savings and Manufacturing Jobs

Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) announces that it is joining the Cree LED University® program, an international community of universities working to accelerate the adoption of energy-efficient LED lighting across their campuses. College officials recently retrofitted a six-story, 900-vehicle parking garage, replacing high-pressure sodium lights with LED lighting products from BetaLED®.

Energy-saving is one of the key focuses of current social concerns. There are significant differences between various energy-saving technologies – while any technology that reduces power consumption saves electricity fees, and reduces environmental pollution by lowering carbon dioxide emission levels, some technologies consume so much energy to an extent that it offsets the amount of energy saved. Nonetheless, these technologies help lower pollution levels.

Albeo Technologies delivers record 2009 revenues with an exceptional increase in December shipments of over 250%. Albeo also tripled their manufacturing space into two buildings at their Sterling Circle location in Boulder and added new manufacturing jobs. C-Series LED high bay, T8LED troffer, and GarageLED fixture volume is driving expansion

Fun Electronics, Inc., the exclusive licensee in North America for Emerson Radio Corp., for MP players, personal computers, portable TVs, and digital cameras/camcorders, announces the launch of two more product categories to their license agreement. Fun Electronics is proud to announce Residential LED Lighting to their Emerson product lineup. Fun Electronics will now start manufacturing Residential LED Lighting Systems under the Emerson Brand.

Energy-saving product uniquely combines brilliant LED lighting and wireless ambient sound 

Lighting Facts Label is a part of the SSL Quality Advocates voluntary pledge program, to help consumers finding good LED lighting fixtures. It is also a program of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

The compact design, low power, high reliability and price of the new obstuction light were the features for FETA to award to Contarnex Europe Limited the Forth Road Bridge refurbishment project. The obstruction lights are designed to be highly visible to aircraft from long distances without being dazzling. CEL Aviation have now supplied new CEL-MI-20KW-48-X medium intensity obstruction lights Type A white 20,000cd to the Forth Estuary Transit Authority for the refurbishment of the aviation warning lights for the Forth Road Bridge.

enLux™ Lighting’s low-energy using, cool, R30 Series LED PAR lamp is now available with a gimbal ring, mini-swivel or gooseneck track lighting fixture. Either option can be readily used indoor or outdoor to illuminate areas requiring long-term lighting without the excessive heat and high energy cost of other lighting products. Fast and easy to install, the R30 track lighting units do not require an additional transformer unit or power supply.

General LED, a subsidiary of Pal GroupPal GroupPAL Group of Companies, won two contracts in Abu Dhabi to provide a wide range of high quality LED lighting products. The first win is at the Yas Island - Yacht Club for the landscape and water feature lighting. The project was delivered in record time before the start of the F1 racing. The second project is Marina Square at Reem Island and involves the supply of landscape lighting products. The site operations on this project are due to commence in the 1st week of December.

Currently, new LED markets such as for LED light bulbs, which are replacing incandescent lamps, and the backlight units of notebook PCs and LCD TVs are rapidly expanding. Recently, Sharp Corp has announced that it released two types of white LEDs (nine products) for lighting equipment. One of the two types is an LED used in the backlight units of Sharp's LCD TVs.

Neo-Neon Holdings Ltd. is stepping up presences in mainland China, which is touted as the world`s biggest market for LED lighting, in hope of influencing the mainland`s drafting of industrial standards for the new lighting technology.

Sunovia® Energy Technologies, Inc. today announced the successful installation of their EvoLuciaTM -brand LED lighting fixtures at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota.