LED lighting manufacturer GreenStar, has made a contract with Houston-based Toshiba International Corp, a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba Corp. They didn’t announce the dollar amount of deal. But according to Mark Altomare, vice president of business development for Toshiba LED Lighting Systems Division, Toshiba’s agreement calls for GreenStar to produce and market LED luminaires for use as roadway and area lighting, and in high- and low-bay applications. He added that, “These products will be available exclusively through Toshiba in No...

Nexxus Lighting has cooperated with a new strategic distribution partner, Lighting Connections, Inc. to help hotels, retail stores and other commercial lighting users benefit from converting to Array LED replacement light bulbs. Recently, over 800 new Array Par 20 lamps and over 80 MR-16 HO lamps were installed as the first phase of a multi-phase relighting of a major Miami Beach hotel. Nexxus Lighting's Array® Lighting LED light bulbs utilize a patented design and proprietary Selective Heat Sink (SHS) Technology. Selective Heat Sink is an innova...

Modules that deliver industry’s highest lux-on-target also on show LED Engin, Inc., a leader in high lumen density LED products, will demonstrate the world's first single LED emitter capable of halogen-like dimming at Strategies in Light, Santa Clara, California, 7-9th February. Using a single emitter and constant current source, together with standard 0 -10V dimmers, the color temperature of the light will get warmer as it dims. The LED emitter changes from 3200K at maximum output to a warm 2400K glow when fully dimmed. This halogen-like dimming is pa...

As part of a city-wide goal to reduce energy usage and improve nighttime visibility and overall facility safety, the South Durham Water Reclamation Facility installed energy-efficient LED lighting from Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE). The new Cree lighting simultaneously addresses the facility’s competing exterior lighting requirements – the need to improve safety and light levels and the need to reduce energy usage and maintenance costs. “This lighting project delivers multiple benefits,” said Joel Reitzer, director of the City’s General Se...

LEDs America has awarded Viper Networks, Inc. with complete sales and marketing export rights with 100% exclusivity for LEDs America’s LED products for the entire country of India, as well as Saudi Arabia for the next 5 years. The exclusivity agreement includes all products sold under the LED-O® registered brand name, along with complete rights for current products under development, and future products that may be developed and/or engineered during the Company’s exclusivity period. In addition, Viper Networks has recently begun talks with two ...

Lighting Science Group has become No. 1 LED light bulb producer in North America with its lines of top-quality fixtures throughout the past few years. In 2011, the company announced that it had sold 4.5 million light bulbs. This 450 percent increase from its 2010 sales now make it the largest producer of LED lights in North America. Jim Haworth, chairman and chief executive officer of Lighting Science Group, said that "As we celebrate 2011's achievements, we also look ahead to our anticipated opening of a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in India,...

LED Engin, Inc., a leader in high lumen density LED products, announces a family of metal-core printed circuit boards (MCPCBs) with integral connectors that eliminate soldering during the assembly of LED fixtures. The poke-home connectors, which accept 18-24 AWG wires, offer quick, solderless assembly of fixtures and can eliminate the need for OEMs to use sub-contractors because the work can be taken in-house. The boards utilize a common 50mm footprint for both the LuxiGen LZC 12 die and LZP 24 die series of high flux density emitters, helping OEMs to st...

•    Extensive Patinal® product range comprises more than 40 highly reliable vapor deposition materials •    WR Patinal® product portfolio: Anti-fingerprint and easy-to-clean surface functionality for the touch panel industry Merck KGaA has presented its developments for the optics and photonics industry at the SPIE Photonics West Exhibition from January 24 to 26, 2012 in San Francisco, California, USA. Merck’s exhibition stand will be focusing on the Patinal®, Solarpur®and Optipur® product rang...

euroLED organisers IntertechPira and Birmingham Science Park Aston are pleased to announce the full agenda for the 9th annual euroLED 2012 conference, bringing together major lighting companies, end users and industry specialists to provide key industry insight, topical case studies and technical market data. Taking place on 13-14 June 2012 at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK, euroLED comprises of an exhibition, showcasing all levels of the LED supply chain, a high profile technical conference and a highly popular gala dinner. The complete euroLE...

Lighting Internet Technology Enterprises (LITE) proudly announces that the revolutionary "LED Lamp Locator" will be expanded to include a new LED fixture portal component. Located at www.LEDFixtureLocator.com and officially set to launch in February 2012, the powerful new "LED Fixture Locator" will complement the existing LED Lamp Locator by providing lighting professionals with unprecedented access to information on thousands of LED fixture products currently on the market.   Covering such major LED fixture types as "D...

New Collections Electrify World’s Largest Wholesale Merchandise Mart The Littman Brands, renowned for high-quality lighting solutions, debuted the highly awaited 2012 collections of five brands during Dallas International Lighting Market from Jan. 19-23, 2012. The never-before-seen collections from Hudson Valley Lighting®, Troy Lighting, Corbett Lighting, Troy Landscape and CSL® (Creative Systems Lighting) wowed thousands of buyers who visited the manufacturer’s expansive 17,000 square-foot showroom (#3902) at Dallas Market Center dur...

One World Trade Center, soon to be the tallest building in the United States and one of the tallest in the world at a height of 1,776 feet, is the main building of the new World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan. The facility was in need of a lighting control system capable of flexibly and efficiently illuminating 2.6 million square feet of office space, as well as an observation deck, restaurant, parking, and broadcast and antenna facilities.   After a rigorous selection process, Brazill Brothers was chosen to provide a LonWorks®-enabled ProSys LM Ligh...

Verbatim Americas, LLC, backed by Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) group, has announces the official ENERGY STAR(R) qualification of its new line of PAR-type retrofit LED lamps. Verbatim's ENERGY STAR qualified LED retrofit lamp product line includes: -- PAR20 -- 3000K, 500 lumen output and 9 watts -- PAR30 -- 2700K, 740 lumen output and 14 watts -- PAR30 -- 3000K, 800 lumen output and 14 watts -- PAR38 -- 2700K, 920 lumen output and 17 watts -- PAR38 -- 3000K , 1000 lumen output and 17 watts ENE...

Lumenpulse Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, today announced the release of its comprehensive, new product catalog. Designed with ease of use in mind, the catalog enables lighting designers, architects and electrical engineers to select luminaires that will bring their ideas to life. Coming in at 500 pages, the high-quality, hardback volume details the entire Lumenpulse product line. Reflecting the Lumenpulse design approach, fixtures are grouped in pro...

Four landmark bridges including Platt Street Bridge, Brorein Street Bridge, Kennedy Boulevard Bridge and CSX Railroad Bridge will be bathed in a shimmering canvas of LED lights as part of the city's "Agua Luces" ("water lights") art project. According to Tampa Mayor Buckhorn, the project is a public-private partnership involving the city of Tampa's Public Art Program, Tampa Electric and People's Gas, and Lights on Tampa. it is estimated to cost about $300,000, will be funded by TECO Energy. City officials selected ...

The PROTEON LED luminaire offers one-for-one replacement of HID and fluorescent fixtures. Acuity Brands, Inc., a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, has expanded its LED indoor ambient lighting portfolio with the launch of the PROTEON™ LED high bay from Lithonia Lighting®. The PROTEON luminaire can replace high intensity discharge (HID), fluorescent and induction high bay fixtures in manufacturing, warehousing, cold storage, commercial, retail and other large indoor spaces.   The PROT...

Recently, LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs has reported its fiscal first-quarter 2012 (to end-November 2011) revenue. The company has reported revenue of $6.75m, down 48% on $13m a year ago but rebounding 27% from $5.3m last quarter (which has been down 5% on the prior quarter). This is also at the high end of the $6-7m guidance given in November). Sequential growth is due to 93% growth in LED component sales (to about 45% of total revenue). However, revenue from LED chip sales fell 29% (to 30% of total revenue). Other revenue (mainly luminaires, manufacturing ...

Californian-based firm Switch has launched new liquid-cooled LED light bulbs which is first 'eco' light that's as bright as a normal 100w bulb. The bulb was showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was set to retail for £24 when it eventually goes on sale. According to Brett Sharenow, strategy officer for the company, the big thing about this bulb is it uses 80 per cent less energy than an incandescent. The LED light bulbs are presently available only for the US 120-volt system, but the company plans to release versi...

CRS Electronics Inc. ("CRS" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:LED)(OTCQX:LEDCF), a developer and manufacturer of LED lighting, is pleased to announce that Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited ("Canadian Tire") will be the first major retailer in North America to launch the Energizer(R) branded line of LED lighting products manufactured exclusively by CRS. The originally announced agreement in August, 2011 did not disclose Canadian Tire as the customer. "The Energizer line of LED lights will complimen...

By Scott Patterson Who says crops can only be planted on vast farms in the Midwest. It is possible to grow crops in isolated city warehouses without sunlight and soil says LEDinside. By implementing LED artificial light source, this innovative idea of urban farming has been developed and quietly making progresses over the past decades. Most of these urban farmers are used to be nonprofit organizations, schools and restaurants, but a new generation of city farmers is gradually coming into existence. They are business motivated with ambition to take a chunk of the profit of ...

By Scott Patterson The requirement and impact on the consumer side: The phase out of incandescent light bulbs begins on the January of 2012, the new standards require all light bulbs to be at least 25 percent more efficient whether it is domestically manufactured or imported. On the package it should label clearly its brightness and explain it life expectancy, energy efficiency and annual operating cost. The efficiency standards will only begin to take its effect on 100 watt incandescent light bulbs on January 1 and will gradually make its effect onto 75 watt and 60 watt on Jan...

City Capital Corporation has acquired Nevada-based Solar and LED lighting company, Strategic Energy and Power (STEP). With distribution and installation agreements already in place, the company offers solar and LED installation for both residential and commercial applications around the country. Talks are upcoming with several Native American entities for systems to meet their needs, and plans are underway to bid competitively for governmental contracts....

The Company continues to invest in energy-efficient LED lighting solutions to support sustainable design practices. Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, is pleased to announce its products represent approximately 50 percent of the recommended commercial LED models on the DesignLights™ Consortium (DLC) Qualified Product List (QPL). The DLC, a collaboration of Canadian and United States utility companies and regional energy efficiency organizations ...

LED lighting manufacturer Evluma announces the release of a short mogul base version of the Clearlight 50W Beacon LED retrofit for dusk-till-dawn fixtures. This shorter version of the Beacon places the light source higher up in the fixture for those customers who wish to use the refractor optics of the legacy device to modify the light distribution. The short version of the Clearlight Beacon is also available with a medium (E26) base, or a GU-24 base, opening up the Clearlight line for use in Commercial and Industrial applications, such as can lights, soffit lights and g...

Robertson Worldwide, a global manufacturer and supplier of electronic and magnetic ballasts, and other lighting systems, is excited to announce that Pamela Stowers has been appointed Robertson’s Director of Marketing. Pamela comes with a wealth of experience having spent the last 10+ years in the electrical and lighting industries, with companies like A.L.P. Lighting Inc. and Fulham Co, Inc.  Pamela’s successful track record as a marketing manager includes new product and category launches, awareness and customer acquisition programs with a high rate of r...

Luminus Devices, Inc., is demonstrating the latest projector products illuminated by the company's projection chipsets at CES, January 10-13, in Las Vegas, NV. Visitors can get a chance to see a side-by-side demonstration featuring an LED projector with brightness comparable to a traditional lamp-based projector rated at 2200 ANSI lumens. The company will also display a 4000 lm hybrid LED/Laser projector based on its latest Red and Blue LED technology solutions. In the ultra-portable projectors category, Luminus will demonstrate several projectors ...

Advanced LED Platform Doubles Lumens-per-Dollar to Accelerate Adoption of LEDs Driving the next generation of mainstream LED lighting adoption, Cree, Inc. introduces the breakthrough XLamp® XB-D LED. The first LED based on an innovative new Cree technology platform, the XLamp XB-D LED ushers in a new era of price-performance for lighting-class LEDs. This LED can further simplify designs, ultimately removing a key barrier to widespread LED implementation—up-front system cost. The XB-D LED delivers twice the lumens-per-do...

Carmanah has released the EG500 solar LED outdoor lighting system, its latest product and most powerful solar-powered outdoor light to date. The EG500 solar LED outdoor streetlight, the largest in the EG-series product line, is capable of providing over 11,000 lumens for multi-lane highway light levels. It is a reliable and robust alternative to traditional AC lighting. The EG500 features a top-of-pole integrated design which allows for an easy and rapid installation and superior theft and vandalism protection. The EG500 leverages award-winning design elements of...

Wavien Inc. has joined hands with WattWorks Inc. to introduce a LED Point Light, designed and manufactured by WattWorks, using Wavien’s proprietary LED Recycling Technology for Visual Inspection Applications. Wavien’s RLT technology allows narrow, high intensity beams to be generated. The recycling of light allows the otherwise wasted light to be directed toward the target, increasing the intensity. This technology has been applied to spot lights, flashlight, and projector applications. The application of the RLT technology to the Point Ligh...

Vizio, Panasonic, Toshiba and RCA, and other LED companies are paving the way for CES to tap into their LED market. Vizio is working on its line of LED bulbs for the U.S. which the company says will have a "Vizio price." Panasonic already manufacture LEDs for Japan and Toshiba started selling its A19 LED through BestBuy's Web site last month. RCA said at CES that it will manufacture LED bulbs as part of a larger home theater announcement. It developed a "chip on a board" that uses a single efficient LED light source...