Popular Laredo® LNC LED Wallpack offering is expanded with addition of two powerful lumen options. Hubbell Lighting Inc. is proud to announce the expansion of the Laredo® Southwest Series with two new powerful lumen packages to their recently launched Laredo® LNC Compact LED Wallpack offering.  Designed for perimeter illumination, the Laredo LNC Architectural LED Wallpack is now available in three versatile lumens packages of 850, 1147 and 1460 lm. Originally introduced with a 12.6W Type III distribution that features 5 LEDs that...

Borden Lighting has installed modern LED walkway lighting in the Presidio of San Francisco to enhance the beauty, safety and energy efficiency of the national park. Using Bridgelux LED arrays, Borden Lighting designed a unique indirect post top walkway luminaire. The Borden luminaire was developed to conform to "Dark Sky" lighting design concepts that effectively illuminate the pathway while preventing glare and light pollution. The original lighting design plan called for the use of Metal Halide luminaires, not for LED lighting. Borden decided to us...

UL (Underwriters Laboratories) has been named a Zhaga authorized testing center, to expand LED Lighting testing capability. Coupled with UL's LTL, Europe, and Nansha, this credential,positions UL as one of the most comprehensive LED testing organizations in the world. This new testing service offering will be available separately or as a bundle with other UL lighting industry services such as Energy Star, performance testing and safety certification. Zhaga is an industry-wide cooperation aimed at the development of standard specifications for the inte...

Cree will install its exterior and interior lighting at US Embassies of Europe in Vienna, Rome, Madrid, Berlin and Lisbon, as part of the program led by the Alliance to Save Energy and The League of Green Embassies. The US Department of State provided $500,000 to partially subsidise the initial costs. And the completed installations are due to be unveiled over the course of 2012. According to Cree, compared with current lighting, the new installations will offer an energy saving between 45 per cent and 76 per cent, depending on the individual requirements of ea...

Joining the ever-growing number of smart cities that have chosen more efficient technology to light their streets and saving money in the process, the City of Carpinteria in November 2011 completed its retrofit project of replacing all its existing city-owned high-pressure sodium (HPS) decorative street lights with energy-efficient LEDs. The lights are located on several blocks of Linden and Carpinteria Avenues in the downtown area and include lights on the Amtrak rail platform and its adjoining public parking lots.   According to the city’s calculations, each of...

By Scott Patterson In the U.S., government and environment activists are pressuring its people to convert from using old traditional incandescent lamps to LEDs (Light-Emitting Diodes) and CFLs (Compact Florescent Lamps). The public resist the notion that their freedom of choosing the type of lights they can use being strip away. Radio talk-show and TV-show hosts have rebelled and said that the new policy is unconstitutional. The government has no rights to tell its people what kind of light they can use.   This adaption process will take time as what we hav...

GT Advanced Technologies Inc., a leading global provider of polysilicon production technology, and sapphire and silicon crystalline growth systems and materials for the solar, LED and other specialty markets, has successfully hosted China LED media event at Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou on 21, February, 2012. During the event, Paul Beaulieu, the vice president of sapphire materials group, has given a presentation about the overview of GT’s Material Characterization Project, the Impact of Sapphire Quality on LED Wafering, and additional material characte...

Partnership aims to speed up global switch to LED lighting and reduce lighting energy consumption by 40% worldwide Philips Lighting, a world leader in innovative lighting solutions, is the first corporate partner to join The Climate Group’s 3-year Clean Revolution campaign. The campaign’s main aim is to reach-out to the world’s decision-makers to inspire and enable them to spur low carbon economic growth. The partnership is aimed at speeding up the global switch to LED lighting (light emitting diodes).  LED lighting offer extraordinary opportun...

IMG Lighting has launched Beacon 600 Generation III, which is claimed to be the world’s brightest, dual warm & cool diode LED desk lamp. The Beacon 600 Generation III is the latest upgrade to the highly successful Beacon 600 and Beacon 600 LE by IMG Lighting LED Desk Lamps. The Beacon 600 Generation III employs the IMG Lighting High Modulus Chipset that drives an array of premium OSRAM50, 000 hour LEDs to produce 600 lumens with a mere 8.7 watts of power. It achieves a 32.5% energy efficiency gain over previous generatio...

According to Viper Networks, its first office building clients which purchased the LED-O(R) T8 Tube products nearly six months ago, has received an annual 35% ROI (return on investment) based on reduced lighting cost and lower KWH usage charges. Over the last four months of 2011 (including mid-month installation in September, and October, November and December) compared to the corresponding months in 2010,reduced monthly electric utility bills have continued to grow. With an initial lighting investment of $12,400.00 to replace all existing T8 tubes in their offic...

First-of-its-class product line delivers exceptional savings backed by optimal performance Finelite Inc., a leader in high performance commercial building lighting systems, unveiled a new, industry-leading 10-year warranty for its High Performance Recessed LED (HPR-LED) luminaire collection. At twice the industry standard for lifetime operating hours, this warranty also doubles the standard coverage terms for optimal performance over the extended lifetime of the luminaire. "This customer-friendly 10-year warranty demonstrates our absolute confidence in the robust...

San Francisco based LED company Elemental LED, has launched its new Reignbow LED Color Selector, to expand the uses for color-changing LED lights. The Reignbow LED Color Selector is a dual-slide dimmer and color picker. The slider on the left allows the user to dim RGB LED lights; the dimmer on the right allows the user to choose one color of light to display. The Reignbow fits into any standard light switch wall outlet. It is different from other LED color controllers in that instead of allowing the user to choose a color-changing pattern for RG...

Beaverton, Oregon’s Highland Chevron gas station and ExtraMile food market recently underwent extensive eco-renovations, including the installation of energy-efficient interior and exterior LED lighting by Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE). The addition of Cree LED fixtures supports Highland Chevron’s mission of becoming a zero-energy establishment. Rebuilt from the ground up, the Highland Chevron store is fully lit with Cree LED luminaires under the exterior canopy and inside the convenience store—delivering energy savings estimated at nearly 70 pe...

SWITCH Lighting(TM) is showing their SWITCH60 bulb displayed at two distinct exhibitions. According to the company, it is showing the SWITCH60 at the Pratt Gallery's "Bright Future: New Designs in Glass" exhibition on from February 10th to May 5th. The "Bright Future" exhibit features innovative designs in tableware, sculpture, and lighting that demonstrate new possibilities within the world of glass. Additionally, starting on February 17th, the SWITCH60 will also be on display at the Chicago Architecture Foundation&#...

Noribachi has streamlined its LED pricing, resulting in reductions of up to 31 percent across the LED product line. With the new price, the company expects that it will bolster both interest and investment in LED lighting. The company says cost has “everything” to do with how quickly energy-efficient technologies get adopted. Earlier, Noribachi launched LED Prix 2.0 an upgrade to its LED customization technology. The upgrade includes advancements in the thermal management of Noribachi’s custom retrofit bulbs and DLC certification for Noribac...

Rubicon Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBCN), a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, RFIC, semiconductor, and optical industries, announced today that it has entered into a new contract with its largest customer for large-diameter sapphire wafers. The amount of the contract is $20 million, and it represents a baseline level of shipments that will be made from June through December 2012. The previous contract expired at the end of December. “We are pleased that we will continue as a key supplier to our valued six-inch wafer customer in ...

New Lumenfacade Horizontal enables easy-to-conceal façade lighting Lumenpulse Inc. announced the release and immediate availability of Lumenfacade Horizontal, a linear, high-performance, LED projector with a slim, 2-inch profile. Developed for exterior floodlighting and wall grazing of tall structures, the Lumenfacade Horizontal’s low-profile design makes it easy to conceal and integrate into architectural facades. The unique design repositions the driver chamber to hide it from view, reducing the height of the luminaire while simultaneously concealing all wi...

Accelerates Mass Adoption of Energy Efficient LED Retrofit Bulbs Marvell’s 88EM8183 LED Driver IC, Tested for Dimmer Compatibility by Lighting Control Leader Lutron, Offers Advanced Deep Dimming Technology, the Highest Dimmer Compatibility in the Industry, and Cuts Component Counts in Half Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) today announced the Marvell® 88EM8183 deep dimming single-stage AC/DC LED driver integrated circuit (IC). The 88EM8183 LED driver IC delivers the highest dimmer compatibility and lowest component count in t...

Power Integrations has introduced new LED driver reference design (DER-286) for a 30 W LED tube replacement ballast power supply capable of achieving industry-leading efficiency levels of over 90% across a wide input-voltage range while meeting worldwide requirements for power factor (PF) and total harmonic distortion (THD). According to the company, the DER-286 is based on the LNK419EG, a member of Power Integrations’ LinkSwitch™-PH family of ICs. LinkSwitch-PH devices combine a controller and 725 V MOSFET to dramatically reduce th...

SemiLEDs has placed an order from Veeco’s TurboDisc(R) K465i(TM) gallium nitride (GaN) MOCVD System for high-volume production of high brightness LEDs at its Taiwanese manufacturing facility. Chuong A. Tran, Ph.D., President, Chief Operating Officer, of SemiLEDs commented, "We have placed Veeco's K465i system into our production facility in Taiwan. In addition to their proven MOCVD technology, Veeco's commitment to providing best-in-class LED manufacturing equipment, as well as enhanced local support with their technolog...

Recently, Energy Focus, Inc. has awarded several additional lighting retrofit contracts for 2012 totaling $2.5 million, which including retrofits to upgrade the lighting of a Fortune 500 manufacturing facility in the United States, a University in the Midwest as well as a number of school systems in the Southeastern United States. According to the company’s CEO Joseph Kaveski,, "I'm especially pleased to report the award of these new contracts. Our Solutions business is off to a great start in 2012, and we continue to see an increase in the amount of E...

LEDtronics®, Inc., the industry’s most innovative LED lamp manufacturer since 1983, announces a family of sunlight-visible, bayonet-base 6/7 LED cluster lamps as replacement for incandescent T3¼ miniature bulbs whose critical status indication is the determining factor and relamping costs are a major consideration. The LEDtronics LED lamps feature a 90% reduction in power consumption (very low power draw of 0.8-0.91 watts, depending on the LED light color) and directly replace numbers including 6MB, 44, 47, 755 (5/6V) 12MB, 756 (12/14V), 24MB ...

CAO Group, Inc. (CAO), a leading design and manufacturer of LED signage and lighting products, announces the newly enhanced Luxembright ®  LED Channel Letter Illumination system, Fire SeriesTM. The new Fire Series includes three different sizes of LED modules - Flare™, Blaze®, and Inferno® - and each module is intended for a different size of channel letter installation. The Flare™ product line is intended for small size channel letters, Blaze® is for middle size channel letters, and the Inferno® is intended for large ...

XLamp® XT-E White Designed to Accelerate LED Adoption and Lower System Cost Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announced a breakthrough in LED technology that completely redefines the lighting industry and erases old assumptions about up-front LED cost and performance. The Cree XLamp® XT-E White LED delivers twice the lumens-per-dollar of other LEDs and features the highest performance and efficacy in the industry. Based on a new silicon carbide technology platform, the XT-E LED and the recently released XB-D LED represent a dramatic ...

LED lighting has evolved into a promising solution for replacing conventional lighting sources, such as fluorescent and incandescent lights. However, designers face several obstacles in residential and commercial LED lighting applications up to 20W including bulb, down lighting (GU10/E17, E26/27, PAR30/38) and Tube/Bar. Implementing dimming capabilities in a conventional TRIAC dimmer infrastructure is challenging because of dimmer compatibility. Additionally, small space requirements remain a consideration.   To help designers address these challenges, Fair...

South Korean epi wafer manufacturer LG Siltron has ordered Veeco’s TurboDisc® K465i™ gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System for production of gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) wafers for power electronics and LED devices. Dr. Hee Bog Kang, General Manager of LG Siltron R&D, commented, “We are pleased to have chosen the TurboDisc K465i MOCVD System as our first GaN-on-Si production system. It offers unparalleled throughput advantages, and its TurboDisc technology prov...

PowerSecure (POWR) has gotten $15 million orders from three major retailers for LED lighting application in case lights, walk in freezer/cooler lights as well as shelf and canopy LED lighting.   The retailers expect to improve lighting quality while seeing a 70% reduction in energy usage. And the company said that “We are excited to announce these new orders to serve three major retail chains with our LED lighting products. Our lighting technology is designed to deliver exactly what our customers want – lights that make their product displays “pop&...

Albeo’s High Bay LED Lights provide up to 95% energy savings compared to fluorescent or metal halide (HID) Albeo Technologies, a leader in solid-state industrial and commercial lighting solutions, announced significant sales growth in 2011, making it the company’s most profitable year to date. Total company revenue increased 50 percent from 2010 and sales for retrofit and renovation grew 300 percent. All in all, Albeo shipped 26,675 fixtures in 2011 and added 10 new engineering jobs. Albeo LED fixtures currently light over 7 million square feet of space, ...

Acuity Brands, Inc. has expanded its LED outdoor lighting portfolio with the launch of the D-Series Size 1 LED Area Luminaire by Lithonia Lighting®.  The D-Series Size 1 luminaire offers a stylish, modern look ideal for many commercial and municipal applications, including parking lots, plazas, campuses and streetscapes. Its design makes a bold, progressive statement – in both aesthetics and technology – while still blending seamlessly with any outdoor environment.   When installed as a replacement for 100-400W metal halide luminaires, ...

An average American town’s biggest expense, when excluded payrolls, typically lands on its reoccurring street lighting bill. LED, a prevalent technology now implemented as backlight for many electronic devices, such as Tablet PCs, Smartphones, TVs, and more, looks promising to cut expense by reducing electricity consumption up to 50% and maintenance required in streetlights. Culpeper, Virginia, a town of approximately 16,000 people recently erected two LED streetlights, with one on North Main Street and the other on Piedmont Street. A third LED streetlight i...