Digi-Key recently has launched TE’s innovative solid-state lighting solution,known as  the NEVALO SSL system , designed for LED lighting fixtures. The NEVALO system features over 60 LED Light Modules options, ranging from 300-to-3400 lumens, in form factors for popular lighting applications; optics in total internal reflection and reflector styles; drivers with constant current output, dimming-control capabilities and temperature monitoring; and a new ribbon-based, four-wire configuration wiring system that is physically keyed and colour coded for po...

South Carolina city of Greenville has made its first  LED streetlight program. Curently, the city has installed four different types of pedestrian fixtures designed by Hubbell Lighting in one city block. Cobrahead styled fixtures designed by GE Lighting will soon be installed. To complement downtown area’s pedestrian friendly zone, the light fixtures from Hubbell will be equipped with features such as dimming capabilities and movable shades. In the downtown region, there are a total of 1400 mercury vapor streetlights.And mercury vapor fixtures that needed ...

Fresno and Tempe Bollards now available in LED.   Spaulding Lighting, a Hubbell Lighting Inc. brand, is proud to announce that two of their popular bollard series, Fresno and Tempe, are now available with LED Lamp technology. Both bollard series feature a rotatable LED assembly that allows for easy adjustment to deliver both symmetric and asymmetric distributions.  At 40 watts of power, the energy-saving solid state lighting system delivers a superior walkway, courtyard or low level pedestrian lighting solution vs. a typical 100w PSMH bollard. The st...

Acuity Brands has introduced the Winona(R) Lighting Winline(TM) 607 LED Submersible Light, designed for decorative landscape applications. The Winline 607 LED Submersible Light is an LED linear water-cooled submersible luminaire. Available in various color temperatures and in sizes from 30" to 54" in length, the fixture delivers up to 1840 lumens per foot. According to the company, the Winline 607 LED Submersible Light incorporates a patent pending method called Cool Core Technology, used to keep the fixture from overheating. This technique ...

Leotek Electronics USA Corp., a subsidiary company of LITEON, has received ISO 9001 certification for the company's American manufacturing facility, located in Milpitas, California. With this certification,Leotek will continue commitment to providing LED products of the highest quality, and clearly qualifies the company as a United States manufacturer of LED traffic signal modules. Leotek Electronics USA Corp., located in Silicon Valley, California since 1997, is globally recognized as a pioneer in LED technology....

Dialight’s new StreetSense™ LED street lights have supported Historic Missouri City for an upgrade to its municipal lighting, replacing 104 high-pressure sodium street lights. As part of an overall plan to achieve more sustainable operations, officials secured a $190,000 grant to make energy-efficiency improvements to city-owned facilities. Part of the funding received through the EECBG was designated to replace 104 streetlights with LED street lights that would save the city money and free up precious resources to attend to other, more pressing issues be...

v2 Lighting Group Inc., presents the Tripod™ collection of luminaires suitable for inside, outside and seaside applications. Creating beauty from strength, Tripod is CNC machined from solid stainless steel, brass or aluminum and uses all stainless steel hardware. Available in a wide array of finishes, the collection includes indoor and outdoor wall sconces, pendants, landscape bollards and custom configurations. This versatility allows the lighting design to flow continuously from indoors to out and vice versa, creating cohesiveness throughout the project. v2 Lighting...

First Cree LED Lighting Fixture Designed for International Markets Replaces MR16 Downlights, Delivers Rapid Payback, Highest CRI and Lowest Power Consumption Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces the industry’s first system-level LED downlight for the international 80 to 100mm MR16 market. A direct replacement for the 50-watt MR16-based fixture, the Cree CR100™ downlight surpasses its antiquated counterpart in brightness and efficacy. Commonly used in residential and retail lighting applications, Cr...

According to Premiere Opportunities Group, Inc, its LuminX Holdings, Inc. subsidiary Superior Digital Displays,  has acquired $430,000 order for LED display from a New York City client. Superior Digital Displays will handle the sale and installation of all the LED displays that occur under the LuminX Holdings Inc. umbrella starting with this order and all future orders. Chris H Giordano, Co-Chairman of Premiere, exclaimed, "This is the first in a series of potential sales that should occur between now and year end for LuminX Holdings, In...

Researchers from University of Illinois have utilized an epitaxial approach to develop a 3-D photonic crystal LED, the first such optoelectronic device. According to Paul Braun, a professor of materials science and engineering and of chemistry who led the research effort, "We've discovered a way to change the three-dimensional structure of a well-established semiconductor material to enable new optical properties while maintaining its very attractive electrical properties." Photonic crystals can control or manipulate light in unexpected ways with their unique ...

A US-based organization Grid Earth, has donated solar powered LED lighting to all the residents of Corozalito, to deliver the mission of replacing harmful kerosene lighting in the underdeveloped villages. Bomba, Corozalito is a small hardworking village off the Old Northern Highway running up the east side of Belize. Totally dependent on Kerosene for light, the families of Corozalito will now have safe solar powered LED lighting for reading and studying at night. Grid Earth, an Austin based US organization, which dedicates to save lives, improve health and edu...

Recently, the McGraw-Edison Marquis LED Sign Light  from Cooper Lighting was selected as a winner in the 2011 LIGHTFAIR International (LFI) Innovation Awards,which honor new and truly innovative lighting technologies, products and designs introduced in the past year. The LED product was named category winner in the Roadway, Sports, Outdoor Architectural and Site Lighting category. The Marquis LED Sign Light was designed to meet stringent roadway sign lighting standards as well as commercial billboard and floodlighting application standar...

Magnalight has inrtoduced its LEDPB10W-240X2E LED light bar using twenty-four Cree XLamp MC-E LEDs for boating and sailing applications. The new product produces 20,640 lumens of intensely bright light output in a compact housing size. IP68 rated and waterproof to 3 metres, the  LEDPB10W-240X2E LED light bar is designed to resist the destructive effects of salt water and the elements, and is made of extruded aluminium with an unbreakable LEXAN lens and stainless steel mounting hardware for extreme durability and resistance to the usual corro...

The City of San Fernando, Calif.,has chosen Irvine-based US Lighting Tech to deploy energy efficient induction street lighting. USLT was awarded the contract in a competitive bid process, which included both LED manufacturers and other induction system providers. It will take USLT the whole summer to provide 500 units of its Cobra 100 Series Induction Streetlight to San Fernando, replacing the city’s outdated High-Pressure Sodium and Metal Halide lighting technologies. It’s said that USLT has installed its induction products in 220 muni...

Reportedly, twenty LED lamps from Toshiba International Corporation have received the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy StarR label. The Toshiba lamps listed on the Energy Star certified product list include select models of the MR16, PAR 20, PAR 30, and PAR 38 product offering.Additional products are currently in the process of Energy Star testing and will be certified in the near future. An Energy Star qualified LED lamp uses up to 75% less energy and lasts at least 15 times longer than incandescent lighting. As Toshiba abando...

Nexxus Lighting’s President and CEO Mike Bauer has scheduled to  present at The LED Show 2011 on July 27th at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. TheLEDshow™ 2011 is an industry symposium and tradeshow which focues on displaying the latest technologies, identifying trends and gaining competitive insights into new applications for LED technology. At the show, Mr. Bauer will discuss the current state of the LED replacement light bulb industry as it relates to both the commercial and residential markets.  ...

Following its official incorporation in May this year, and official launch at Lightfair International 2011, Zernaro Lighting Inc. has opened operations in Boynton Beach Florida, where it will assemble and distribute LED products for commercial, industrial, and outdoor lighting applications. Zenaro Lighting Inc. joins its sister company Zenaro Lighting GmbH, located in Kamp-Lintfort, Germany, as part of the Zenaro Lighting Alliance, a global alliance between Everlight Electronics (Taiwan), Lighting Competency Center (LCC, Germany), and Aphos Lighting (US...

The Guam Power Authority (GPA) has received  $14K DEED grant from the American Public Power Association (APPA) to complete the installation and continue the monitoring of efficient streetlights at various locations on island with the final location in Dededo. In 2010, GPA received official notice of a DEED (Demonstration of Energy Efficient Development) grant award for an LED  and Induction Streetlight Pilot Program to study the feasibility of energy efficient lighting for public roads on Guam.  GPA will complete installation o...

Reportedly, GE Lighting has injected  $15-20 million to acquire  Lightech Ltd., which is still caught in legal proceedings following the failure of its acquisition by Carmanah Technologies Corporation. It’s said that Lightech was formed by David Schreiber and his son Zvi, who serves as CEO in 1992. The company specializes in components for managing the energy supply to lighting units in order to save energy. The company designs drivers and transformers for use in LED and halogen lighting which it manufactures in China....

Expansion of Selective Heat Sink Intellectual Property and Building of ARRAY® Brand Continues Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEXS) announced that it has been awarded two new U.S. utility patents: U.S. Patent Number 7,974,099 - APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LIGHT EMITTING DIODES and U.S. Patent Number 7,960,921 – CURRENT REGULATOR APPARATUS AND DEVICES. In addition, the Company is pleased to announce the registration of it...

Future Lighting Solutions has collaborated with enLighten Australia, in designing and implementing a low energy replacement for multi-purpose lighting in commercial environments. The project required an analysis of how the market currently uses multi-purpose lighting for areas such as fire stairs and back rooms, which wastes a lot of light and therefore a lot of energy. The first step was to investigate the way such spaces are used and how they are lit, in order to identify key issues and to determine the most effective, efficient solutions. Future Lighting Solutions worke...

First Source Bank held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday to celebrate their new energy saver project  of implementing new LED lights to reduce carbon footprint. The Bank has replaced 20 exterior lights with new LED lights saving  62 percent energy use as well as reducing the amount of green house gas emissions of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide that goes into the atmosphere. Under this project, Bank officials hope it will open more doors to save more energy in the future.  ...

Diodes Incorporated  has hosted a ground breaking ceremony for Diodes Technology (Chengdu) Company Limited at the Company’s new production site at Chengdu Hi–Tech Industrial Development Zone (CDHT) on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. It’s said that Diodes Technology (Chengdu) Company Limited was Established in December 2010, as a joint venture between Diodes Incorporated and Chengdu Ya Guang Electronic Company Limited (5% ownership). The new facility will focus on performing semiconductor manufacturing assembly and test functions. It ...

According to Luminus Devices, its CBM-380 color mix Big Chip LEDTM  powered Philips Vari-Lite VLX Wash luminaires , are at the heart of the replacement lighting rig recently installed at the iconic Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. The new rig not only need to replace the flood damaged rig, it also had to be flexible enough to light a wide variety of stage performances and TV broadcasts yet mobile enough to make the Opry’s seasonal move for their Winter Series performances. Luminus’ CBM-380 chip that is the solid-state light engine o...

Energy Focus has received a $1 million grant from the Ohio Third Frontier Sensors Program to develop an ultra-low cost light sensor to complement IntelliTube(TM), Energy Focus' LED based fluorescent replacement technology.   Roger Buelow, Energy Focus CTO thought it was exciting to be selected for the Ohio Third Frontier Sensor grant. He thought the funding would accelerate the development of CRICKET ('Cost-effective Real-time Intelligent Collective Knowledge Environmental Transmitter'), the world's first ultra low-cost wireles...

New UV LEDs also lower energy consumption by 70% while providing superior light performance Lumex announces the global expansion of the QuasarBrite™ UV family of LED technologies to include three new standard wavelengths and also announces the availability of custom UV LED arrays.  QuasarBrite UV LEDs provide up to 10 times longer lifespan, up to 50% cost savings , up to 70% energy consumption savings,  and superior light performance compared to alternative technologies. The RoHs compliant QuasarBrite UV LEDs are now available in stan...

Nuventix, creator of an LED cooling technology for energy-efficient lighting, announced that GE (NYSE: GE) has provided capital alongsideother investors and recently entered into a license agreement to access Nuventix’s extensive patent portfolio.   GE unit GE Energy Financial Services and The Bergquist Company joined existing investors Braemar Energy Ventures, CenterPoint Ventures, InterWest Partners and Rho Ventures to complete a $10 million investment round to fund Nuventix’s global expansion and technology advancements.  GE&rsq...

NexPhase Lighting, a subsidiary of Onteco Corporation, has completed the delivery of product to 1050/1060 Brickell. According to Ty Ramsey, COO of NexPhase, this installation of NexPhase LED product is expected to save 1060 Brickell over $ 425,000.00 of energy, maintenance and HVAC costs over the next five years. And they will continue to implement a proactive selling strategy....

There is a 60” LED video display installed over a jacket’s body  and sleeves,which is desigend for wearable and interactive bicycle lighting. LED jackets can provide a high-tech alternative to the luminous yellow tabards favoured by soem cyclists.   The jacket gives off more than enough light for the urban cyclist. In addition,the moving images could display messages to other road users.Large flashing arrows be highly-visible turn signal and messages such as ‘too close’ , ‘thank you’ and ‘stopping’ would prove useful...

OSRAM SYLVANIA is honored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) with a Special Recognition for going above and beyond typical consumer education efforts by integrating Lighting Facts into everyday business practices and demonstrating staunch commitment to product evaluation. It is one of nine Lighting Facts partners recognized by the DOE at the Solid-State Lighting Market Introduction Workshop yesterday in Seattle. The Lighting Facts program is a voluntary pledge that showcases LED products for general illumination from manufacturers who commit ...