Sunovia Energy Technologies Inc. has completed a $20 million investment agreement with Taiwan-based Leader Electronics to start global production of Sunovia's LED lighting products. The agreement with Leader Electronics includes a direct $1 million capital investment into Sunovia at $0.08 per share. In turn, Sunovia granted Leader the exclusive license to manufacture and distribute the Aimed Optics product lines into China, Taiwan and other strategic markets within Asia. The agreement positions Leader Electronics as Sunovia's primary fixture manufactu...

LED phosphor supplier Intematix has intended to conduct a registered initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock. The IPO is expected to commence after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) completes the review process initiated by Intematix’s confidential submission on July 13, 2012 of its draft registration statement, subject to market and other conditions. Phosphors help control LED luminous efficacy and color to bring the technology on a level with traditional lighting. Phosphors used in LED lighting applications will see a market incre...

ElectroniCast Consultants announced the release of a new market review and forecast of light emitting diode (LED) light panel/lamp fixtures, which are used in TV broadcast, motion pictures production/studio lighting as well as and professional videographers, in the United States. LED lighting is well accepted by the broadcast TV and videography industry sectors and is progressing in the motion picture/film industry sector for lighting effects and set lighting, mainly because of its flexibility.  A single light source can generate a great variety of colors.  Addi...

Noribachi, a premier US based LED lighting engineering house, announces the addition of over 100 ultra bright LED light engines to the Design Lights Consortium’s (DLC) Qualified Products List (QPL) for solid-state lighting. An expansive listing on the DLC’s QPL, encompassing Noribachi’s LED light engines containing 18 to 144 LEDs, has already secured Noribachi a place in the top 4% of solid-state lighting manufacturers qualified by DLC. With the addition of more than 100 new products, specifically ultra bright solutions with 145 to...

Case Study describes Lighting Design project highlights of new Performing Arts Center. Tivoli, the original innovator of linear LED solutions, has announced the release of a new case study on the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri. The case study highlights the expansion of the Muriel Kauffman Theatre and touches on the subtle lighting accents of Tivoli products used throughout the venue from the hallway entry, to the main audi¬torium, to the great hall lounge and even the dressing rooms.   Safdie Architects and Lam P...

SL Green Realty Corp., New York City's largest commercial property owner, has selected Seesmart Technologies’ LED lighting products to replace antiquated lightings throughout 21 commercial office properties, as part of one of the nation's largest LED lighting efficiency projects. There are more than 16,000 Seesmart LED lamps to replace antiquated lighting technologies, including incandescent, halogen and fluorescent lights, to provide exceptional efficiency that reduces energy use by more than 50 percent. This is combined with superior lamp life of more...

The io® Tile Gen II luminaires receive a Gold award in the Decorative Lighting category. Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, has been honored with a Best of NeoCon® Gold award for its family of io® Tile Gen II LED luminaires. Earning top honors in the Decorative Lighting category of the 23rd Annual Best of NeoCon awards competition, these LED products add unique lighting colors to modern indoor spaces, offering architects and designers an...

DOE has finished Series 16 of testing under the DOE Solid-State Lighting CALiPER program. The Report 16 analyzes the performance of a group of 13 LED products labeled as BR30 or R30 lamps. Results show substantial improvement versus earlier CALiPER testing of similar products, and performance comparable to recent data from LED Lighting Facts and ENERGY STAR. Many of the LED lamps tested could be effective replacements for conventional directional lamps in the right application. The report also indicates that it’s necessary to boar...

Tallahassee, Fla.-based cooperatively owned grocery store New Leaf Market selected Cree’s new CS18 LED linear luminaires for a recent lighting upgrade in its 13,7000 square-foot store, resulting in significant energy savings and enhanced lighting. Here are some additional details:   •    In keeping with its commitment to advancing green initiatives at every opportunity, New Leaf Market installed 38 Cree CS18 LED linear luminaires to replace the previous T8 linear fluorescent fixtures to provide striking illumination from the enhanced co...

Phoenix schoolhouses will be LEED certified and feature Acuity Brands Smart + Simple Solutions for School Lighting   As part of its initiative to promote and deliver high-performance school lighting, Acuity Brands, Inc (NYSE: AYI) continues its support of the Green Schoolhouse Series, which has broken ground on its second project in Phoenix.   The self-described “studio-themed” addition to the Orangewood School is a state-of-the-art schoolhouse, designed to achieve Platinum status under the US Green Building Council’s Lead...

Albeo Technologies has enlarged its manufacturing space by 15,000 square feet and increased its staff by 30 percent.  Its facility at 2108 55th St. in Boulder, Colorado now spans 35,000 square feet and the company headcount has grown to 65.  The company's new employees include high level engineers, sales and marketing staff. CEO Jeff Bisberg said that,"Our growth and expansion is being driven by rapid customer adoption of our LED lighting products. We are excited to be supporting the local economy by providing quality jobs in a wide range of areas a...

O2Micro(R) International Limited has released patented Free Dimming(TM) technology for the global LED lighting market.   The patented Free Dimming(TM) technology enables LED bulbs to dim using any on/off switch, thus eliminating the burden of installing expensive dimmers. It can work with any on/off switch, including wall toggles, paddle switches, pull cords, rotary switches and other types of on/off switches commonly found on walls, extension cords and table/desk lamps. Industry has estimated that there are roughly 150 million incandescent dimmers installed i...

Triangle Sign & Service, owned by Sinclair Broadcasting, a publicly traded company on the NYSE, has joined Vantage LEDs Partner Program to help grow Digital Signage locally in the Baltimore, MD area as well as nationally.   “We have seen substantial changes in the sign industry including computerized LEDs and advanced equipment. Triangle has always strived to be at the forefront of all new developments. “states Steve Altshuler, President of Triangle Sign & Service. When asked about their goals for the future, Mr. Altshuler state...

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, Avnet Inc.’s business region and a distributor of LED components for use in general lighting applications, has set up a lighting lab in Chandler, Ariz., to enable its customers to test and measure a wide range of LED applications. The Avnet Light Lab is a 900-square-foot facility designed to measure the key optical, electrical and thermal characteristics of high-power LEDs, modules and luminaires, and its services are offered to qualified Avnet customers. All photometric, radiometric and colormetric testing is conducted in...

Branded Cities Network ("BCN"), backed by Phoenix, AZ-based EL Media Holdings USA, LLC, has signed an exclusive representation agreement to sell digital advertising and integrated marketing campaigns on a new, full motion LED measuring over 18,000 sq. ft. in the heart of the famous Las Vegas Strip. Located literally at the "50-yard line" of Las Vegas Blvd., this iconic LED structure is located on the northeast corner of Harmon Avenue and "the Strip." The 60' high by 308' wide (longer than a football field) LED wa...

LED Engin, Inc., a leader in high lumen density LED products, announced three key appointments to support the company’s continuing rapid growth. The company has named Geoff Brown as VP of Sales; Jack S. Yeh as Vice President of Sales, China and Taiwan and Seth Halio as Chief Financial Officer.  The moves follow LED Engin’s successful completion of a series E funding round led by leading technology fund GVT Fund, joined by existing investors WK Technology Fund, Partech International, NGP Energy Technology Partners, and indep...

The machine vision lighting maker Smart Vision Lights of Muskegon, MI, USA has chosen Big Chip LED technology from Luminus Devices Inc, for its new product line of illumination sources. Luminus’ SST-90 LED is at the heart of Smart Vision Lights’ SP30 Series LED structured light pattern projector for the machine vision industry. “We selected the Luminus SST-90 for the large die footprint and high lumen output,” says Smart Vision Lights’ design engineer Matt Pinter. “The SST-90 gives us better uniformity ...

North America's largest lighting sales agency, SESCO Lighting, Inc. has acquired Architectural Lighting and Design (AL+D), an independent lighting sales company in Pensacola, Florida. After the merger, AL+D (which will henceforth be known as SESCO Pensacola) will have a new sales territory stretching from Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi, and then east to Mobile, Alabama, Pensacola, and Panama City, Florida. And SESCO Pensacola is projecting sales to exceed $6.5 million over the next six months. SESCO's move into Pensacola began ...

Sentry Electric, one of North America’s most experienced and knowledgeable manufacturers of outdoor lighting, will be showcasing several new LED luminaire solutions at The LED Show 2012 in Las Vegas, NV on July 31 through August 1. Each of the luminaires incorporates the most current light engine technology configured with Sentry’s time honored, historically-styled luminaire designs, thereby delivering both aesthetic appeal and the benefits of LEDs. Sentry Electric’s newest post-top LED luminaires can be used for new construction, or can be con...

When consumers walk into their neighborhood Walgreens (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG) store, they may notice a difference as they walk down the aisles. Nail polish on cosmetic shelves may appear more vibrant and magazine covers may be easier to read. GE Lighting helped Walgreens recently upgrade its general lighting across 80 percent of its nationwide locations. The change is subtle, but noticeable to customers and to Walgreens' energy budget. "Creating the very best shopping experience for our customers is our top priority, and lighting helps us achieve that goal,&quo...

12,000 square-foot building expansion allows customers to explore the performance and energy-saving benefits of integrated daylighting   Acuity Brands, Inc., (NYSE: AYI) announces the opening of its renovated Sunoptics® facility and new Daylighting University training center located in Sacramento, CA. The new offices and training facility provide an opportunity for industry professionals to explore the benefits of daylighting. The facility features a 1,600 square foot daylighting training center where Sunoptics will host its Daylighting University, which offer...

First Light Technologies Ltd. has completed a trial installation of 182 of its new PLB Series Solar LED Bollards at a US Military Facility in the southern United States. The 182 lights will illuminate 1.25 miles of jogging trails and highlight the location of bridges on a golf course. The sites required effective low-level illumination but did not have access to the grid. The facility had earlier tried a solar power system with wired bollards but had to remove them due to poor performance and installation difficulties, so this time wished to avoid the expense and ...

Sixth edition printed guide also available electronically on the App Store and in the Android Market. Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, has announced that the sixth edition of its Product Selection Guide (PSG) is now available. The 1680-page printed catalog is Cooper Lighting’s most complete, up-to-date product reference resource and includes 23 easy-to-use sections of the company’s lighting and controls products, including individual product descript...

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) LED lighting technology experts John Selander, director of specification sales for Acuity Brands Lighting, and Kurt Vogel, director of product development at Lithonia Lighting®, will present “The Intelligence of LED Lighting” at The LED Show in Las Vegas. The 90-minute presentation is on August 1, at 9 a.m. (session five).   Selander’s presentation defines intelligent lighting and demonstrates ways in which solid-state lighting products are suited for interactive communication between the lumina...

Recently, Digital Lumens Intelligent LED Lighting System has supported Silver Beauty, a Chicago-area company that builds and leases warehouses for lighting retrofit in a 177,413-square foot facility. Previously, the facility used 1,000-Watt high-intensity discharge lamps, which were replaced with the Digital Lumens 18,000-lumen intelligent fixtures, all with integrated occupancy and daylight harvesting sensors. The project rebate was provided by ComEd under its Smart Ideas program. In the Silver Beauty facility, the Digital Lumens system automatically provides...

Acuity Brands’ Indoor and Outdoor Luminaires and Controls Installed Throughout $1.4 Billion Construction Project More than 14,000 indoor and outdoor lighting luminaires from Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) are now illuminating the new Maynard H. Jackson International Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The new terminal, which is certified Silver under the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard, incorporates 12 new gates, eight security checkpoints, separa...

Leverages SC³ Technology Platform to Drive Performance Up and System Cost Down Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces the XLamp® XP-G2 LED to deliver luminaire manufacturers up to 20 percent more lumens per watt and 2.5 times the lumens-per-dollar over the original XP-G LED. The brighter, more efficient XP-G2 LED provides customers an immediate boost in performance and enables manufacturers to use fewer LEDs to get the same brightness at lower cost or increase brightness levels using the same LED count and power.   Characterized...

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that it will be exhibiting and presenting at the International Symposium on Growth of III-Nitrides (ISGN4) on Wednesday, July 16-19, 2012 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The symposium is part of a biannual series focusing on the growth of III-Nitride materials, nanostructures and device structures. Alex Gurary, Ph.D., Veeco’s Senior Director, MOCVD Hardware Test, will present “Reactants injector temperature effect on III-Nitrides materials deposition in the high speed vertical rotating disc MOCVD...

U.S. Cellular Field Hits a Home Run with Cost Saving Borealis® LED Panel Lighting Installation   U.S. Cellular Field, owned by the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority and home of the Chicago White Sox, is in the zone by replacing dated lighting fixtures with PolyBrite Borealis® LED Panel Lights in concession stands and workstations throughout the ballpark.  With up to 2.9 million fans passing through the hallways of U.S. Cellular Field annually, Borealis® LED Panels are improving the appearance, safety and security of busy...

Cities in northeastern Ontario are going to make LED streetlights transitions to reduce their electricity bills and save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sudbury plans to move to LED bulbs gradually, and will take a few years to do so. But over in North Bay, the light bulb change will be much faster. North Bay will spend $2.3 million to make every streetlight bulb to LED, by the end of 2012. John Severino, North Bay's manager of environmental services, said the public doesn't pay much attention to street lighting. He said, "It's probab...