General lighting is an industry with the same great market capacity as smart phone, and it is in the process of rapid growth. In view of general lighting market structure, energy-saving lamps accounting for almost the same proportion with incandescent lamps, about 40%, but the application of incandescent is downward, as the further implementation of global ban on the sale of incandescent lamps, the proportion of energy-saving lamps and LED lighting devices will increase. LED lighting takes up 2% -3% of the all lighting products installed. However, according to the global data in ...

According to South Korean industry news, Kingsun will hold Korea business launching ceremony on the 18th in Seoul. Kingsun founded in 1994, with China's largest lighting R & D center and production base of 300,000 square meters, mainly produces LED lights, tunnel lights and security lights. Kingsun has more than 800,000 businesses in the global LED lighting field, and recently it accelerated the pace to enter the global market. It is reported that Kingsun has signed a $ 10 million LED lighting installation contract with E-Land Group. In addition, in order...

The Michigan Baseball Foundation (MBF) acquired a grant from the Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network in the amount of $33,679 for converting lights and occupancy sensors to LED lighting on the exterior and front entries of Dow Diamond. MBF teamed up with The Dow Chemical Co. and Dow Corning Corp. in last October with the goal of enhancing sustainability practices across all aspects of the organization. The Loons announced a goal to reduce total energy use, water use and waste by 50% by 2020. The grant from Saginaw Bay WIN will assist the Great La...

According to the latest "China LED Lighting Market Report (2013 Version)” from LEDinside, Green Energy Division of Global market research firm TrendForce, China LED lighting market will reach 32.4 billion RMB in 2013, and the annual growth rate is up to 36%. Residential lighting market is the major growth momentum with a growth of 96% in 2013, it becomes the second largest general lighting applications market only second to commercial lighting. Traditional lighting manufacturers like NVC, Opple, PAK and Foshan Lighting have expand to LED lighting, while LED package plants such as Everlight, Edison, MLS and Changfang Lighting have taken full use of LED manufacturing advantages to seize Chinese lighting market.

CommScope who has played a role in virtually all the world's best communication networks has taken over Redwood Systems, a start-up offering LED lighting solutions and integrated sensor networks for data centers and buildings. Financial terms were not disclosed. Redwood Systems is based in Fremont, California. Redwood Systems developed what is believed to be the world’s first smart building platform that powers and controls lights with a high-density sensor grid. This platform provides granular monitoring of space utilization, temperature and power consumption. ...

Honeywell announced that a newly formed business—LED Lighting Solutions—will offer a new line of high-efficiency industrial LED lighting fixtures in North America, expanding Honeywell’s portfolio of energy efficiency products and solutions, and offering customers a significant new source of energy and operational savings. Lighting comprises 26% of energy consumption in commercial buildings and 11% in industrial facilities, and commercial-industrial buildings combined consume approximately 72% of all electricity, making lighting an important source of potenti...

United States Department of Energy (DOE) released the latest report that the installs of LED lamps in United States increased 10-fold in the past two years from 4.5 million units in 2010 to 49 million units in 2012, it is estimated that annual savings in energy costs is about US $ 675 million. By 2030, LED lighting is expected to account for 75% of the total lighting sales, and the saved energy is available for 26 million American families. Ernest Moniz, Energy Minister, recently announced that the Department of Energy will subsidize five manufacturing research an...

As a benchmark to the development of the lighting industry, Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition was recently concluded. Taking an overview of the exhibition this year, it can be learned that the market demand for high-quality, cost-effective lighting products is urgent, many industry insiders believe that to develop upstream core technology will be an important factor for the popularity of LED lighting. Guowei Xiao, CEO of APT Electronics Limited (hereinafter referred to as APTE), said that the LED lighting market will focus on the replacement of the trad...

With the great growth in LED TV backlighting demand in last year, lots of LED chip production capacity has been utilized, although the oversupply in the market has not yet been fully resolved, it has significantly reduce the gap between supply and demand, so manufacturers from Taiwan and Mainland have released news about expanding capacity, including Sanan, Silan Microelectronics and Aucksun, while Epistar and Lextar also are expanding chip production capacity by 25% to 33%, mainly betting on the rapid development of LED lighting in future, chip manufacturers are first ex...

According to industry sources, the demand for indoor LED lighting in the first-half of 2013 has been strong, some Chinese LED enterprises pointed out that there has been a shortage in supply of mid power LED indoor lighting products, including bulb, light tube and recessed Lighting. Industry sources estimated that Chinese LED lighting market will achieve a growth of 50% in 2013, so some Chinese LED enterprises may restart capacity expansions. The growth in the demand for LED stimulates the Chinese LED firms to restart capacity expansion. In particular, Sanan...

The 2013 Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition (GILE 2013), currently the world’s second largest--as well as Asia’s biggest--lighting event, has recently kicked off at China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou, China. Organized by Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd. and Guangzhou Guanya Messe Frankfurt Co. Ltd., the lighting exhibition is scheduled to take place from June 9th to June 12th, and will showcase the lighting products of nearly 2600 exhibitors from 29 different countries. The grand lighting exhibition will be held concurrentl...

According to the latest report from United States Department of Energy (DOE), in the past two years, the installation of LED lamp in United States increased 10-fold from 4.5 million units in 2010 to 49 million units in 2012, it is estimated that $ 675 million can be saved in energy costs every year. By 2030, LED lighting is expected to account for 75% of the total lighting sales, the saved energy can be provided for 26 million American families. Ernest Moniz, Minister of DOE, said that the efficient lighting industry not only can save money for consumers, but also ...

LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, jointly organized "LEDforum 2013 China International LED market trend Summit Forum" with Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition. The LEDforum 2013 was grandly opened at the Chinese Export Commodities Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B, Room #8 on June 11, 2013. Many distinguished guests from LED industry participated in this forum, and there were more than one thousand of attendees, which is unprecedented, and thus it is obvious that this forum occupies a significant position in the LED industry. ...

Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance will publish the cross-strait common specifications on LED lighting products on June 18, which is the first Electrical Specifications on LED lighting around the whole world, the cost of LED lamps will be reduced by 20-30%, the LED industry and power industry will benefit most from the common specifications. Fengren Jane, chairman of this Alliance, said that the next step is to integrate the specifications of Taiwan and mainland after the common specifications are implemented. Fengren Jane stressed that the establishment of ...

According to the survey jointly conducted by LEDinside and AVANTI, the proportion that Chinese consumers can cognitive LED bulbs clear is only 25%, enhancing consumer awareness is still the key for the popularization of LED lighting. In recent years, LED lighting has been widely applied in the commercial and public lighting sectors for its energy saving, but in home lighting, its penetration rate is low, LEDinside estimated that LED lighting accounted for only 1% of the total flux required in home lighting in 2012. This study reveals that consumer awareness ...

Global lighting tycoon OSRAM made a name for itself with outstanding lighting products which have been featured globally at well known locations such as the Shanghai 2010 expo, the Beijing National Stadium, and Guangzhou International Finance Center. The role that OSRAM will play in the development of the LED industry in China is a hot topic. In an interview with LEDinside, OSRAM CEO Ai Xiaoming gave her/his opinion on the matter. Fully Devoted to the Lighting Industry   OSRAM is the world’s only company that is completely focuse...

This “pinkhouse” at Caliber Biotherapeutics in Texas, grows 2.2 million plants under the glow of blue and red LEDs. The practice of vertical farming could potentially undergo a transformation that will make urban food centres more productive. Although many people believe vertical farming is unpractical, it is becoming increasingly popular as agricultural space becomes scarcer and people desire food produced closer to home. One major problem that arises with vertical farming practice is that of lighting. By stacking plants on top of each other, it creates sha...

Chinese company Opple Lighting has launched a new range of LED products in Middle East and North Africa, and said it will help the company to get its due market share in the region. Addressing a Press conference late on Saturday, the company’s executives seek an up to 15 per cent share of the Middle East’s LED market and said Opple received a tremendous product feedback from the region in 2012.   “We have already surpassed our half-year revenue target this year as our products for home and commercial segments got encouraging response from the r...

Harbour Bridge, one of Australia's best known and most photographed landmarks, has been incorporated into the annual Vivid Sydney light festival, which draws thousands of interstate and international visitors. Featuring more than 100,000 individually programmable LED lights, visitors to Luna Park on Sydney's north shore can control the colours on the western side of the bridge with a bespoke colour pallet between 6pm and midnight each night until June 10. The ambitious project has been coordinated by lighting designer Iain Reed, who lit Sydney's tallest...

Company Asks EPA Not to Repeat Mistakes of Compact Fluorescent Lamps(CFLs) To ensure the long-term success and widespread market adoption of LED lamps, Soraa late last week urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR program to address light quality, specifically color rendering, in its new lamp specification.  Supportfor higher color rendering has been expressed bythe California Lighting Technology Center;Profs. Shuji Nakamura and Steven DenBaars; the International Association of Lighting Designers (IA...

When a utility responds quickly in the wake of a natural disaster, it can make a world of difference for affected residents who need to feel secure and see progress on the path back to normalcy. As Superstorm Sandy struck the East Coast last fall, for example, power was knocked out to millions of homes and businesses. Upwards of 5,000 street lights operated by FirstEnergy were destroyed by flooding and 80 mph gusts of wind. FirstEnergy moved immediately to press GE Lighting’s Hendersonville, N.C., manufacturing plant into action. In just one day, nearly 40 GE Li...

Visitors attending the 2013 International Parking Institute (IPI) Conference and Expo at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale will be introduced to high performance lighting products from Lighting Science Group Corporation® (OTCQB: LSCG). Lighting Science (booth #1335) will showcase recently launched LED lamps and exterior luminaires that are environmentally-friendly, energy-efficient, and support their mission of unleashing the science of light to make people and the planet look, feel and heal better. New technologies are revolu...

GE Lighting isreplacing traditional high-pressure sodium lamps on Gulangyu Island with its  LED Iberia, a versatile outdoor luminaire that combines design excellence with energy savings and an extraordinary luminous quality. Gulangyu Island is a high impact eco-tourism destination in Xiamen, China, renowned for its delicate natural beauty, ancient relics and varied architecture. It is one of China’s National Scenic Spots and top scenic areas in the province. GE’soutdoor lighting project will bring improved visibility to the island’s residents and to...

Under the award of £250,000 in matched funding from the UK Innovation Agency – Technology Strategy Board (TSB), Cambridge Nanotherm is to build its first prototype manufacturing plant in Haverhill, UK. Cambridge Nanotherm has developed and patented a nanoceramic-aluminum substrate for thermal management of electronics, which can be used in LED lighting modules. The investment from the TSB and company shareholder Enso Ventures will create a facility to develop applications for the technology such as LED lighting and power electronics. It will t...

According to new research by Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture in collaboration with Philips, exposing tomatoes to extra light from LED lamps during the growing process boosts the fruit’s nutritional value by nearly doubling the amount of vitamin C. The partnership will be continued in a joint facility for research into the application of LED lamps in horticulture (IDC LED) that will open May 16 in Bleiswijk. Scientists at Wageningen UR studied several tomato varieties and various intensities of light. They used special LED modules that were sus...

Philips announces a number of innovations making Philips Hue - the world’s smartest connected LED lighting system – even more intelligent, convenient and accessible to homes across the world. These updates reflect valued feedback from the growing community of Hue enthusiasts and developers worldwide.   Now connected light can keep you up-to-date The next generation of the Hue app (version 1.1) can now hook up to your essential internet services via your smartphone or tablet, meaning your bulbs can act as indicators for weather, stock quotes, sports scores, emai...

LED Lighting Manufacturer, MHA Lighting, announces a strategic partnership with Solar Bright Ltd, a leading New Zealand-based LED lighting solutions provider.   This new partnership sees Greater Manchester-based MHA Lighting granting Solar Bright, an agreement to distribute MHA’s waveguide products throughout New Zealand. The strategic partnership was formed in response to the rapidly-growing demand from New Zealand companies to make the switch to energy-efficient LED lighting, which is of high quality and reliability.   Solar Bright...

LSI Industries Inc. (Nasdaq:LYTS) announced the introduction of an innovative and technologically advanced LED canopy lighting solution unlike anything available in the market today. The Legacy™, a revolutionary advancement in petroleum canopy lighting that is poised to revitalize the market, provides a combination of high performance, low cost and attractive design, and flexibility in light distribution options. The Legacy is purpose-built to achieve high performance and low cost, while allowing for fast, easy installation. It is performance-driven to provide the h...

Latest Innovation Delivers Unique Combination of Increased Performance at a Lower Initial Cost Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces a breakthrough innovation in canopy LED lighting with the introduction of the CPY250 canopy and soffit lighting series. Consuming 75 percent less energy than the MH (metal halide) systems it’s designed to replace and 5–15 percent less energy with more than 35 percent increased performance compared to competing higher-cost LED luminaires, the new CPY Series delivers exceptional visual environments across a range of ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has come out a report "Adoption of Light-Emitting Diodes in Common Lighting Applications," providing estimates of current energy savings, as well as potential savings if these markets switched to LEDs overnight. Nine markets were analyzed: --Four indoor lamp applications (A-type, directional, MR-16, and decorative) --Three indoor luminaire applications (downlight, troffer, and high-bay) --Two outdoor luminaire applications (streetlight and parking lot/garage). In 2012, about 49 million LED lamps and luminaires...