New York's Times Square will install the biggest interactive display on the side of the Doubletree Hotel in November, 2010. The Doubletree's digital billboard will serve multiple advertisers and be capable of exchanging data transmitted via cell phones and broadcasting HD video feeds.   The latest twist in digital signage from D3 LED, it's sure to prove a technology and marketing game-changer for brands who want to make a big impression in one of not just New York's, but the planet's, premier retail showcases.

Eco Depot has announced a World-wide distributor search to recruit key players for the LED lighting systems provider and its global partners in preparation for the unveiling of a unique LED financing and underwriting program for municipalities and corporations for 2011.

The Port Commissioners and Caltrans has unveiled plans for a programmable LED light show on the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge that will be 100% powered by wind turbines, which is considered as the largest interactive green energy lighting project in North America. The light show was designed by Peter Fink, Mark Major, and Buro Happold.

Luminus Devices has powered the new Strong Entertainment Lighting Solutions 650 and 900 spot lights, which features a total light output of 20,000 lumens and have a lifespan of 50,000 hours, to light the largest skyscrapers and towers in the world, antennas, amphitheaters and artwork displays.   The Solutions 650 utilizes a proprietary optics system giving the user a narrow 3 degree beam of light, with a reach of more than 1,500 feet.

GE has taken advantage of jet engine technology to produce 1,500 lumens LED bulbs which are half the size and weight of a 600-lumen LED downlight, and this without the thermal problems that come with high-power LEDs. Read on for more details. Because specializes in jet engines, GE has lots fluidics experts and technologies that allow it to study air flow and cooling. This helped it develop the cooling technology, using jet engine know-how, used in this prototype LED bulb:

Recently, ViewSonic has announced that all of its PC display products will feature LED technology by early 2011. According to Jeff Volpe, vice president and general manager, "Consumers are rapidly transitioning to LED display products because they allow for lower energy costs while delivering brilliant picture quality. ViewSonic is leading the way towards a greener, more cost efficient future by delivering an array of green LED products for our customers to choose from."

Massachusetts Congressional District Congresswoman Niki Tsongas has taken a visit to Luminus Devices at its corporate headquarters in Billerica, MA.

Skin cancer may be treated with light in the near future. A US study has show that a newly designed LED-powered device may be used in the treatment of skin cancer.

Albeo Technologies has supplied 7000 lumen T8LED Troffers to Butte College's student center, helping the college to deliver the highest light levels with quality illumination and an appealing look.

Luxury Lighting Companies Team Up With Leading Men's Magazine to Transform a Hollywood Hills Estate

Quarterly Revenue increased 59% year-over-year to $268 Million Quarterly Net Income increased 176% year-over-year to $58 Million

Providing design engineers with a worldwide source for optoelectronic components, TT electronics OPTEK Technology has partnered with global distributor TTI, Inc.

Astronics Corporation has launched its new cutting edge line of LED Landing and Taxi lights, which are capable of increasing life and reducing power consumption.

AIXTRON AG has announced a new order for an MOCVD reactor from MicroLink Devices, Inc., USA, a company engaged in the manufacture of HBT devices and the development of III-V solar cells.

Dell has rolled out eight new LED displays designed for the multimedia maven.   Dell's new Studio LED monitors are available in22-inch (ST2220), 23-inch (ST2320) and 24-inch (ST2420) sizes, engineered to provide consumers with enhanced digital content consumption and creation, upping the ante by delivering cinematic quality pictures that make watching movies, playing games, and editing photos an eye-catching experience.  

Energy Smart Industry has announced its successful zero out of pocket LED lighting retrofit program, which has encouraged many buildings in United States to opt for retrofitting. The company completed retrofitting for Ocean Palms and helped the condominium association to bring down its energy bills by almost 29%.

Bridgelux Recently has introduced a 5-year warranty on all of the company's integrated LED arrays and light sources sold worldwide. This 5-year warranty covers not only the Bridgelux LED Array product families, offering the industry's widest performance range from 240 to 4500 operational lumens, but also the award winning Helieon sustainable light module, co developed, marketed and sold by Bridgelux and Molex.

Underwent rigorous third party testing, Nexxus Lighting Array™ R30 finally became the first LED reflector lamp replacement that has qualified for the ENERGY STAR label.   The R30 utilizes the company's patented design and patent – pending thermal management system to deliver over 60 lumens per watt. The R30 uses only 8 watts to produce 500 lumens at a color rich 3000° Kelvin color temperature with a color rendering index of 84.

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, extends its lighting-class LED leadership into high-voltage LEDs with the commercial availability of new XLamp® MX-6S and MX-3S LEDs.

Eco-story’s LED Products Help New Commercial Construction in California Meet Standards Set by Title 24 Regulations

State-of-the-art LED lighting and sophisticated wiring device products lend ambiance, energy efficiency to Georgia home. The  2010 Southern Living Idea House in historic Senoia, Georgia, benefits from a range of energy-efficient lighting and wiring device products thanks to Cooper Lighting and Cooper Wiring Devices, divisions of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE).

Industry's first ENERGY STAR® qualified lighting fixture sets benchmark for optical performance and versatility at Lighting California's Future project. The Bidwell Mansion Visitor Center in Chico, California, now enjoys a variety of energy-efficient, aesthetic and cost-saving benefits thanks to the HALO® LED 600 Series recessed downlight from Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE). 

Luminus Devices's CBT-90 white PhlatLight LEDs are powering Martin Professional's new MAC 350 Entour luminaire, which is the entertainment lighting industry's first LED alternative to traditional high intensity discharge (HID)-based profile fixtures. This new MAC 350 Entour lighting features award-winning Luminus PhlatLight LEDs has win 2010 Danish Industry Prize.

Two SUPERVALU stores in Southern California has recently renovated with Acuity Brands'Lithonia Lighting®RTLEDTM system. It's said that SUPERVALU began a trial using the Lithonia Lighting RTLED at the end of 2009 in its Chestnut Hill Star Market in Newton, MA. Meanwhile, the Star Market served as a test ground for installing LED lighting and is the first grocery store in the nation entirely lit with LEDs.

America provider of digital projection and visual display products, FAVI Entertainment has been involved in the LED display market with the introduction of a 19" LED-backlit HDTV featuring high-definition resolution.   Available now in both a glossy white and piano black finish , FAVI's F19BL-TV/F19WH-TV offers best in class video and audio as well as superior energy efficiency (only 40 watts of power consumption). Both of them are at the price of $197.  

Green RG Management, LLC (Green RG) has given Green Energy Management (GEM) a license to market exclusively and distribute patented and proprietary LED technology (the "Technology"). According to the independent testing of the Technology, compared to existing LED technology that typically provides up to 25,000 hours of bulb life, it can produce lighting products capable of providing at least 50,000 hours of bulb life.

OKI Data Americas launched new LED single function monochrome printer B700 Series for small to mid-size workgroups.

Carmanah Technologies Corporation has set up a strategic partnership with the world's leading manufacturer of deep cycle batteries, Trojan Battery Company.   According to the agreement, Trojan's deep cycle batteries will provide energy storage for Carmanah's EverGEN(TM) portfolio of outdoor solar LED lights. 

According to the division's chief of General Electric, its lighting unit may draw as much as 75 percent of sales from LED products within the next decade, compared with less than 10 percent now, which means rising competition among GE suppliers is helping cut the cost of the chips used in the bulbs.   It's said that U.S. legislation will bring an end to production of the 100-watt incandescent bulb in 2012, prompting consumers to switch to other types including halogen and compact fluorescents. Lower-wattage incandescent bulbs will be phased out later.  

America Energy Conservation Program of the Navy has installed 120 W EvoLucia LED street lights. It's the first major government order for Sunovia. The General Services Administration contract was awarded in earlier 2010. A marine base in North Carolina called Camp Lejeune was the first government customer of Sunovia. And Camp Lejeune had installed the EvoLucia LED streetlights in the campus in December, 2009.