Philips Lighting has given the Hendrix bridge in Zagreb, Croatia, a unique lighting makeover, transforming the railway bridge with a spectacular LED light show that is triggered by trains passing over it. 

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Solid-State Lighting Program has released a new report that estimates the installed stock, energy use, and lumen production of all general-illumination lighting products operating in the U.S. in 2015. The third such report issued by DOE since 2002, it provides the baseline that helps DOE plan its R&D program, and is used by both governmental and nongovernmental organizations for planning and evaluating lighting opportunities as well as additional research efforts.

The Tridonic portfolio has been expanded to include a complete accessory package of lenses with various beam characteristics. The lenses are suitable for all DC LLE 24 mm modules and are easy to mount. For the three-row LLE 55 mm modules, the company also provides the corresponding optics enabling various light distributions for applications in offices and shops.

Office Lighting can influence work productivity and the ability to perform office duties effectively. In order to perform their best with maximum productivity, workers need good light to see what they are doing. Office is the place where creativity comes to life, and Lumibright believes in providing modern creative illumination to spaces.

Vektrex announced the successful completion of a 650,000 lumen test, conducted in the high-power Integrated Thermal Control System (ITCS) chamber. Total LED electrical drive power exceeded 10,000 Watts. While COB LED arrays were used for this test, other ITCS models support VCSELs and Laser Diodes.

Like many large cities, construction projects in downtown Los Angeles can take a while to go from planning to breaking ground. The development of one of the city’s largest parking structures to date was no exception. When the project at 7th and Alameda was originally planned, LED lighting was a bleeding-edge technology and, in the minds of some skeptics, still unproven. So, the project was originally specified with a fluorescent lighting solution.

The chip wavelength of LED can be adjusted to produce both visible and invisible light bulbs. In light of lower production cost, companies are developing more UV LEDs, further driving the growth of ultraviolet lamps. It is estimated the market value of ultraviolet lamps will continues to increase at a CAGR of 13.32% from 2017 to 2021.

Combining energy-efficiency and aesthetics, EarthTronics is introducing its new architecturally designed square and round Mini Panel LEDs for interior and exterior commercial and residential surface-mount applications.

The 23rd edition of the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition (GILE), the most influential and comprehensive lighting and LED event in Asia, is set to take place from 9 ‒ 12 June 2018, at the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou, China.

Task light series are an optimum lighting solutions for commercial display, offering a systematic uniform beam of light over interested objects to increase visibility & aesthetical appeal.

The research team stresses that sustainable lighting technology should incorporate a new principle that includes (i) energy saving, (ii) long product lifetime and (iii) recyclability of product materials. It highlights the important point that “energy-saving technology is not necessarily environmentally-friendly if it generates lots of harmful electronic waste within a short product lifetime”.

Cree announces the commercial availability of the XLamp® XD16 LED, the industry’s first Extreme Density LED, which delivers up to 5 ½ times higher lumen density than Cree’s previous generation of high power LEDs.

Working together, Nualight, Cool Solutions and DoubleCOOL have achieved vibrant chilled product displays for international supermarket chain PennyMarkt.

Provider of smart wireless lighting control technologies Casambi announces the introduction of a new release of their lighting control app for smartphones, smart watches and tablets.

LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, reports that the global average sales prices (ASP) of LED light bulbs was generally stable in November. The global ASP of 40-watt equivalent products was US$6.2, a slight increase of 0.5%. The global ASP of 60-watt equivalent products also increased slightly by 0.2% to US$7.4. Japan saw noticeable price slide while Europe experienced price growth.

The study, utilizing a variety of commercial LEDs, compared the effectiveness of different LEDs on the growth of red lettuce Rouxai. The best combined yield and antioxidant concentrations in the lettuce was observed using LUXEON SunPlus Series LEDs.

Tonic Gyro and Tonic Gimbal expand the choice of mounting options for Tonic, while sharing the same tubular appearance and great light quality as the existing Spot. 

The international lighting group Zumtobel Group has equipped the new terminal at Oslo's airport with a modern lighting solution. 

New from Fulham is a range of Linear High Output LED modules providing an efficient, easy to install solution for high lumen linear applications.

With its Streetlight 11 range of road luminaires, Osram Lighting Solutions offers a future-proof, technological platform for the diverse elements of a smart city.  

Heliospectra AB announces a sixth order from a global Fortune 500 AgTech company. 

Thorn has focused on three key factors that define great office lighting and fulfil user requirements to create the new IQ Wave family. 

A recent study led by Christopher Kyba from the GFZ German Research Centre shows artificially lit outdoor surfaces grew at an annual rate of 2.2% between 2012 and 2016. The fact that the world is transitioning to LED lighting so as to run away from pollution caused by traditional lighting is raising another type of environmental concern— light pollution.

Heliospectra AB announces an order from the University of Adelaide. The Plant Accelerator® at the University of Adelaide's Waite Campus has received a multi-million dollar investment to upgrade technologies and has selected Heliospectra LED Light Solutions to provide new LED lighting. The order is valued at $109,494 USD [SEK 909,000]. 

DECO Lighting has overhauled its Southern California sales representation and appointed LIGHT to cover the Los Angeles and San Diego regions.

Conrad Business Supplies expands its range of outdoor lighting solutions with whcp GmbHs DIODOR 50W LED spotlights FL50W-B-Slim. 

LG Innotek today announced that the company has developed the world's first 100mW (mill watts) UV-C LED. This development is 2 years ahead of the industry forecast that predicted its development would be successful by 2020.

LED Corporations announces the completion of the much talked about captivating lighting project designed and installed at the new South Beach Anthropologie store located at 801 Lincoln Road in Miami, FL.

Lighting is the most significant part of workplace physical conditions. Proper lighting involves adequate amount of light, proper dispersal and diffusion, absence of glare, freedom from fluctuation and freedom from injurious invisible radiations. 

Municipalities, enterprises, and households are switching to LED lights in order to save energy. But these savings might be lost if their neighbours install new or brighter lamps.