Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, announced it has completed the renovation and upgrade of its headquarters (HQs) office for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region into a green building capable of achieving up to 45% expected annual energy savings, certified as a BREEAM sustainable facility with "Very Good" rating by the Dutch Green Building Council, and boasting a Dutch "A-class Building" energy label.

Elemental LED, a major U.S. based engineering and technology company that manufactures LED lighting solutions announced a partnership with ERT Lighting & Sales, Inc. that extends its Diode LED product brand into the San Antonio and south Texas region. Elemental LED and its manufacturing and wholesale division, Diode LED, provides a wide variety of superior quality linear, task, and accent LED lighting solutions for both commercial and residential applications.

MaxLite will introduce the MPulse Surface Mount Luminaire, part of a sleek new outdoor lighting range with high-performance optics and a distinctively clean design, at LIGHTFAIR® International 2017, May 9-11, in Philadelphia. 

39 experts, including independent designers, design professors and specialist journalists, from all over the world convened in Essen to assess each individual object live and in situ in a process spanning several days. The internal jury tested, discussed and assessed each individual product and then only designs that won over the jury with their high design quality were awarded the sought-after Red Dot.

Eclectic-ware offers superior kitchen cabinet and display LED lighting from Hera Lighting. Since 2001, the Tampa Bay-area company has supplied stunningly bright halogen, fluorescent, and LED lighting from one of the World's top manufacturers of cabinet and display lighting.

CLEANLIFE Energy, an LED lighting solutions company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, was recognized as one of 28 honorees to receive the inaugural Smart Culture Award presented by Smart Business and Alliance Solutions Group. The Smart Culture Conference and Awards puts a spotlight on companies in Northeast Ohio whose strong and distinct work cultures directly influence their success.

Internet of Things pioneer Echelon Corporation unveiled a patent-pending cognitive vision-based technology that can enable a wide range of smart city and smart campus applications.  Echelon InSight™ utilizes artificial intelligence in vision-enabled edge devices, optimized for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications. 

If you’re looking to update your fluorescent strip luminaires, the RCL LED channel retrofit kit from LumenFocus is a simple and efficient solution.

Soraa, the world leader in GaN on GaNTM LED technology, announced that its VIVID LED lamps have been installed at historic M.S. Rau Antiques located in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. With 25,000 square feet, M.S. Rau Antiques is one of the largest premier fine arts and antiques galleries in the world.

The lighting experts at ULUXUS have taken to Kickstarter for the launch of their newest solution, the ULUXUS Link LED Retrofit System. The campaign begins on May 1 and has a fundraising goal of $100,000.

Cree, Inc. announces a major LED breakthrough with the revolutionary NX technology platform that will power the next generation of Cree’s lighting-class LEDs. The NX technology platform enables the new Extreme Density (XD) LED family that delivers up to four times higher lumen density than Cree’s previous generation of high power LEDs. This new technology platform makes possible innovative new designs, eliminating current constraints for a wide spectrum of lighting applications such as color-mixing, directional lighting and industrial lighting.

As LED lighting technologies continue to advance, the demand for efficient thermal solutions has increased drastically. In addition, high power LEDs have triggered manufacturers to redesign heat sinks to make them more compact and have better heat dissipation. To better understand the development trends of thermal solutions, LEDinside interviewed Koen Vangorp, General Manager of Taiwan-based MechaTronix, at the 2017 Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS). 

Cree, Inc. announces the next generation of its groundbreaking Cree RSW LED Street Light portfolio with the introduction of 2700K, 5000K and 70 Color Rendering Index (CRI) configurations, giving cities and municipalities the ability to meet the full range of lighting preferences for their communities without sacrificing energy savings. The enhanced series includes RSW™ Small and Medium models that offer warm, inviting light for residential streets and clean, white illumination for roadways. Both deliver improved performance for superior efficacy with uniform and dark-sky friendly LED lighting.

Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company, a division of Panasonic Corporation of North America that specializes in implementing advanced technology solutions serving sports, entertainment and retail industries, in partnership with the Atlanta Braves, showcased their latest innovations and technologies at the new stadium SunTrust Park and entertainment district The Battery Atlanta, at the Braves home opener Friday night against the San Diego Padres.

Larson Electronics LLC, a specialist in industrial lighting, announced the release of a new tripod mounted LED work light to be added to its expanding catalog of products this week. This portable LED work light is lightweight, compact and ideal for applications that require high voltage work equipment with the ability to step down to a lower voltage.

LED lighting manufacturer Evluma announces the availability of a 7 pin option for the AreaMax™ LED luminaire for Street and Area Lighting. In compliance with ANSI C136.41-2013 Standard for Roadway and Area Lighting Equipment–Dimming Control between an External Locking Type Photocontrol and Ballast or Driver, the AreaMax 7 pin model supports 0-10V dimming and the power and voltage monitoring features of most wireless controls nodes. 

energybank's newest LED lighting platform, ThinLine®, won the prestigious Silver Award in the Lighting category at the 29th Annual Plant Engineering Awards ceremony held April 3 in Chicago.

Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS) in 2017 has been jointly-held by Bureau of Foreign Trade (a unit of Ministry of Economic Affairs "MEA", R.O.C.), Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), and Taiwan Lighting Fixture Export Association (TLFEA). LED Taiwan in 2017 has been co-organized by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI Taiwan) and TAITRA. TILS and LED Taiwan had the joint opening ceremony at 10am on April 12th in Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1. (a. k. a TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall).

ActiveLED, Inc., a U.S. based innovator and manufacturer of performance LED lighting luminaires, announced that it has formally introduced the WP2 Series LED Wall Pack Luminaires. These compact fixtures offer highly engineered optics and a sleek contemporary design ideal for security, pathway and perimeter lighting. With 150 Lumens per Watt and 5,861 Lumens, the 39 Watt, WP2 Series Wall Pack provides nearly 1,000 sq. ft. of light coverage. 

Cree, Inc. introduces the SmartCast Intelligence Platform™, the first intuitive lighting system to leverage the Internet of Things (IoT) to deliver smart building solutions through a combination of hardware, software and services. 

JVM Realty Corp. (JVM), a vertically integrated multifamily real estate investment and property management firm, announced it saved 8 million gallons of water in 2016 through improved landscape irrigation practices at three of its communities. That's enough water to fill 12 Olympic-size swimming pools.

As the official lighting partner for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), Osram had already given excellent support to the mega show business event in 2015 in Vienna and in 2016 in Stockholm. As a powerful company for state-of-the-art digital lighting technology Osram will continue the successful collaboration this year in Kyiv (resp. Kiev). 

Streetlight 10 LED luminaires from Osram enable the town of Delbrück to simply upgrade to innovative and cost-saving LED technology.

In 1995, Denver-based Blue Moon Brewing Company got its start in the basement of Coors Field. More than 20 years later, the brand is a subsidiary of MillerCoors, but in a nod to its local, craft brewer roots, Blue Moon has opened its own brewery and restaurant in Denver’s River North neighborhood.

Noribachi, a U.S.-based technology company with a focus on lighting digitalization, announced the launch of its high-quality, full spectrum LED grow lights developed in its Northern California growlab.

With a Range of LEDs Exceeding an Extrapolated L70 of 1,000,000 hours, Lumileds Proves Outstanding Lumen Maintenance by Exceeding the Industry’s Strictest Testing Specifications in Four Main Product Families.

Seenov is excited to announce a new level of freedom for the Arduino® platform – the Mobillyo. The innovative Mobillyo board has an ATMega32U4 chip for compatibility with the Arduino IDE and software while adding a rechargeable battery, a solar panel interface and a Nordic Semiconductor nrf52 Bluetooth Low Energy radio interface.

Sony Corporation is announcing the commercialization of a new state-of-the-art 2.45 effective megapixel CMOS image sensor for automotive cameras, the IMX390CQV type 1/2.7. Sony will begin shipping samples in May 2017.

On March 31, 2017, Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd (“Seoul”) filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Germany in the District Court of Düsseldorf against Mouser Electronics Inc. (“Mouser”), a global electronic components distributor, asserting infringement of an LED patent.

Optoelectronic components have been evolving in application usages ever since its inception.  What started out as simple indicator lights for ON/OFF purposes eventually expanded to LEDs being used aesthetically, enhancing the product in ways beyond indication.