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the products can be recommended for full deployment

Turnkey demonstration kits have been assembled and shipped to 28 municipalities across Canada to date," states CEO, Vince. "Each municipality has committed to a 2-3 month field trial to familiarize themselves with our Lumen IQ™ technology and experiment with its energy saving, performance monitoring and reporting capabilities." With an estimated 6.5 million street lights in Canada today, SLQ believes there exists an opportunity to realize major energy, led high bay maintenance and greenhouse gas emission savings - simply through more efficient operation of the country's existing street light infrastructure. The demonstrations have provided very encouraging feedback in terms of the Lumen IQ™ system's ability to significantly reduce street light power consumption and accurately measure and report power savings. For example, according to Mr. Kelly Hewson, Technical Advisor for FortisBC Inc."The Lumen IQ(tm) products performed very well, met expected criter...

LEDs will make virtually any object and surface a light source

By awarding the Orbeos OLED panel, the jury chose a completely new type of light source, which enables a glare-free, soft light with superior energy efficiency at the same time. The Orbeos is only 2.1mm thick and weighs 24g. Unlike conventional LEDs, OLEDs are not point light sources but surfaceemitting diodes, which allow for unconventional luminaire designs. The led high bay warm white light is similar to that of an incandescent bulb but requires only half the energy and lasts five times as long. OSRAM presented the first transparent OLEDs at the leading international Light + Building show in 2010. They open up a whole number of innovative application options, such as windows that light at night. In future, LEDs will make virtually any object and surface a light source. According to Dave Doherty, Digi-Key's vice president of semiconductor product, the partnership between Digi-Key and ON Semiconductor is based on each company's commitment to providing customers with high ...

our position in the general illumination market

ON Semiconductor plans to continue and expand upon the structural transformation initiated by SANYO Electric. SANYO Electric has agreed to support its original business transformation plan to restore led high bay Semiconductor's profitability. SANYO Electric has also agreed to support ON Semiconductor's future efforts to further improve SANYO Semiconductor's manufacturing and operations. For ON Semiconductor's second fiscal quarter ended July 2, 2010, the company expects that both revenues and earnings will be in line with the guidance provided in the company's first fiscal quarter 2010 earnings release which was announced on May 5, 2010. Further details of the company's second quarter 2010 results will be made available on our regularly scheduled conference call on August 4, 2010. GCA Savvian Advisors, LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor and Morrison & Foerster LLP acted as legal counsel to ON Semiconductor. Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. acted as ...

where an emissive coating promotes free convection and ensures long life

The extruded aluminum heat sink was designed specifically to conquer the thermal challenge of tight spaces and elevated ambient temperatures inherent in architectural cove lighting applications. Heat is conducted away from the removable light engine assembly to the outer housing extrusion, where an emissive coating promotes free convection and ensures long life, excellent lumen maintenance and color consistency of the LED emitters. Launched by the environment foundation Global Nature Fund, the project “Improving livelihoods of fishermen in Sri Lanka by introducing LED and compact fluorescent lamps for night fishing” aims to solve this problem. The environment foundation is sponsored by the Wuppertal-Institut, Dicota and Sika AG. Its objective is to promote the use of eco-friendly LED Linear high bay light for night fishing, as well as other forms of energy-efficient lighting in homes and public buildings. Supported by the LED Light for you (LLFY) partners OSRAM and Infineon, Diana E...

Nichia Corporation is among the largest suppliers of white LEDs in the world

The two companies will collaborate to produce LED Lighting and Display Products, according to the agreement.Nichia Corporation is among the largest suppliers of white LEDs in the world, and offers many products and technologies that can be adapted to Indian markets. Sujana Energy reportedly excels at research and development and has a strong understanding of consumer market in India. The two companies make for an ideal partnership aimed at developing products designed for a variety of uses in the Indian consumer market, Sujana officials indicated. "Renewable energy is the focus area for the Sujana Group and I am sure that this partnership, where two large corporations come together, is a sign of commitment towards making latest technology products that are applicable and affordable to consumers," Y S Chowdary, chairman, Sujana Group, said. "The demand for LEDs is almost limitless worldwide. Although competition is extremely high in the Indian market, I believe that t...

The platform is composed of three discrete elements

We are excited to work with Redwood Systems in helping them establish and commercialize their unique, energy-efficient lighting platform,” says Rob Rix, vice president of LED high bay lighting , Tyco Electronics. “Our extensive knowledge in interconnect and Solid State Lighting (SSL) packaging, coupled with Redwood’s technology will create a sensational product.” The platform is composed of three discrete elements that work in concert to create a programmable “building fabric.” The three components include the Redwood Engine, a central driver that provides and modulates power; the Redwood Adapter, a group of sensors at each light fixture; and the Redwood Wall Switch. The system, connected with Tyco Electronics low-voltage cabling, facilitates “plug-and-play” behavior to reduce installation time. announces a new LED-based troffer that delivers more than 100 lumens per Watt fixture efficacy, the first indoor fixture known to led high bay light deliver this level of performance. Cree...

with a bright white light for maximum visual acuity and safety

Our SafeSite High Bay fixture is the most durable, energy-efficient device approved for hazardous locations on the market,” said Roy Burton, Dialight’s Group Chief Executive. “These classified approved fixtures allow hazardous site operators to realize all the benefits of led high bay light technology, including dramatically reduced energy consumption, less environmental impact and lower maintenance costs, with a bright white light for maximum visual acuity and safety.” Conventional operating voltage makes change out from traditional high- or low-pressure sodium, metal halide or mercury vapor fixtures to SafeSite LED fixtures quick, safe and easy using existing wiring. The SafeSite Hazloc fixtures’ lightweight, low-profile design is about half the weight and 75% shorter than conventional fixtures, allowing for increased mounting versatility and ease of installation. Instant on/off operation enhances safety, while shock and vibration resistant construction ensures durability in the...

LED lights for task lighting and walkway lighting

AUO says that currently LED BLU equipped models have a 90% share in notebook and 20% in TV and monitor applications. The company predicts that at the end of 2010, the penetration for TV application will reach 30~40%. Additionally the company says that LED penetration for TV application depends on the factor whether LED supply can cover the growing demand of the application. 

 Larson Electronics’ magnalight.com announced the addition of several high powered, compact, low amp draw LED lights for the interior and exterior of boats. Newest additions to the LED light line-up include long, low profile LED lights for illuminating areas around the boat, interior LED lights for task lighting and walkway lighting and LED underwater lights. For exterior boat illumination, one of the longest low profile LED lights, producing 19,800 lumens, the LED10W-22R is 40 inches long, 2.75 inches tall and 2.5 inches deep. Available in a tight spot beam or a wide coverage flood beam, the LED10W series off...

The proposals were reviewed by a panel of Veeco scientists based on a broad range of technical criteria

Veeco Labs is a competitive grant program that was created to facilitate collaboration between Veeco and the leading scientists in the SPM community. This phase of Veeco Labs solicited development and validation proposals for using an SPM to speed the characterization of, facilitate the development of, improve the yield/efficiency of, or enhance the fundamental understanding of energy generation ( LED linear high bay light ), storage (e.g., batteries, hydrogen), or conservation (e.g., LEDs, engineered materials). The proposals were reviewed by a panel of Veeco scientists based on a broad range of technical criteria. Stephen Minne, Senior Director of Applications Development of Veeco’s AFM Business, commented, "We thank all those who applied, and are pleased to congratulate those who won this second phase of the Veeco Labs Research Grants. Energy research is an area of utmost importance in today’s world, and it is an area where electrical and mechanical nanotechnologies are provi...

all products will also be available for use in other regions

The goal of the alliance is to bundle the members' core competences - long-term LED technology know-how as well as a profound knowledge and experience in the lighting area - to be optimally positioned for the challenges to come of the global lighting market, and to take on a worldwide leading role.The Zenaro Lighting Alliance is meant to grow over the next years by adding new members to further extend its technological lead in the development of intelligent LED linear high bay light solutions and corresponding infrastructure. In addition, further alliance partners will be integrated to gain access to not yet exploited markets. As a combined result, the Zenaro Lighting Alliance will provide street, interior, office and consumer lighting solutions that combine the advantages of LED technology with state-of-the-art and innovative design concepts. The products, all of them developed in their respective regions, will be designed to consider their regional peculiarities. But if needed...

with initial availability in professional sales channels

With legislation to phase out older, inefficient lighting technologies increasing demand for replacement light sources, YAHAM is to introduce the first ever high-quality 60 watt-equivalent led high bay light .To be launched commercially towards the end of 2010, the dimmable 12-watt bulb will deliver an industry benchmark 806 lumens of comfortable, warm white light, complying fully with European performance norms for replacement lamps.For businesses such as hotels, replacing high concentrations of 60 watt lamps with YAHAM’ LED replacement solution will potentially help them save up to 80% of the energy used by older technologies, potentially saving a business over Eur 20 per lamp, per year, with lower maintenance costs due to 25,000-hour lifetime.YAHAM will introduce the 60 watt-equivalent lamp globally within its MASTER LEDlamps range towards the end of 2010, with initial availability in professional sales channels. This new product launch demonstrates the enormous advantages of soli...

YAHAM is a lighting industry veteran with more than fifteen years

YAHAM is a lighting industry veteran with more than fifteen years experience who previously served as Chief Business Development Officer of Lighting Science Group, responsible for overseeing business development efforts globally, including sales and marketing, brand identity and channel partnership programs. He has also led the build-out of the Company's global sales force and LED linear high bay light solution product launches. Prior to joining Lighting Science Group in June 2007, Gibler served as a vice president at lighting fixture leader Acuity Brands, Inc. He began his career at Acuity in 1994 and has held a variety of positions in sales management, marketing, and technology development. Gutierrez was the United States Secretary of Commerce from 2005 to 2009, appointed by President George W. Bush. Gutierrez is also formerly the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Kellogg Company. Gutierrez is currently a television news contributor for CNBC and serves a...

LED lighting extends an invitation to all business

Specializing in a wide range of products, services and total solutions, Arrow's lighting group provides LED alternatives to traditional lighting. Arrow offers an extensive line card of component suppliers, supply chain management services, design services, and an experienced technical team to help customers achieve their goals in solid-state lighting. LED lighting extends an invitation to all business and media partners from around the world to attend their display at the world's leading trade fair for Architecture and Technology to be held in Frankfurt from 11th to 16th April 2010.Besides GlacialLight, the event in Germany will host more than 2,000 exhibitors; and market leaders from the fields of lighting, electrical engineering and building automation will participate in the biennial trade fair for the sector. The vibrant and successful show will be an ideal venue to meet the leaders in GlacialTech/GlacialLight and to make the one-to-one business deals according to your most...

Levinson brings broad lighting industry experience

Levinson comes to Xicato from Philips Lighting Electronics (Advance) in Rosemont, Illinois where he most recently served as VP & GM of the Fluorescent Electronics Business Line. Prior to this role, Levinson held senior executive leadership positions with Philips over the past 18 years, including Vice President of Marketing & Product Management and Vice President of Distribution Sales. Levinson brings broad lighting industry experience, a successful track record and a strong background in multi-channel distribution. According to Levinson, “LEDs have made major strides in recent years. Putting that together with Xicato’s ‘no compromise’ philosophy on genuine halogen light quality will make possible mass adoption in the near future.” Xicato is a dynamic Solid State Lighting company founded by seasoned industry professionals, with offices located in Silicon Valley, California (HQ), London, and Tokyo. Xicato develops, manufactures and globally markets LED modules that are functional...

The conference topics are determined as below

LED Systems, Technology and Application Conference will take place from 30th September to 1st October. led highbay light will be held concurrently with LED Systems, Technology and Application Fair between the dates of 30th September to 1st October 2010. On 25th February, a meeting has been held in the offfice of Marmara Fair with participation of Ministry of Energy, which is supporting LED Conference as well as LED FAIR.The members from Turkish National Committee on Illumination, the academicians working on LED from different universities and sector professionals from Philips, Osram and Elisolar companies also attanded this meeting which conference topics and committees have been formed. The conference topics are determined as below. The committees of LED Conference, which will cover lots of different features of LED next to energy efficiency, have been also formed. The abstracts of presentations should be sent to the address of application@ledconference.com until 1st July, 2010. Th...

the color always varies even if the products are produced in the same lot

PowerSecure’s plan to exercise its option to increase its ownership of EfficientLights from 67% to 100% recognizes the highly successful results EfficientLights has posted to date, its strong backlog of orders for 2010, and its strong prospects for future growth. The transaction is expected to be accretive, and will involve the issuance of PowerSecure common shares in exchange for the remaining one-third minority interest in EfficientLights. The number of shares to be issued in exchange for the remaining one-third interest will be 1,000,000 shares, provided that if the average closing price of the PowerSecure shares over the ten days preceding the transaction is less than $10.00 per share, then the number of shares delivered increases to maintain a transaction value of $10.0 million. After the exercise of the EfficientLights option, EfficientLights will become a wholly-owned subsidiary and the Company will realize 100% of the EfficientLights profit, and will no longer reduce its net in...

LED recessed downlighting options for general lighting in commercial

Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), has expanded its Halo LED H7 Collection offering additional choices in LED color temperatures and higher lumen options. The 6” LED downlight product line expansion–from the original Halo LED 600 Series–now includes the Halo LED 900 Series and Halo LED 1200 Series, offering a wide and versatile selection of energy-efficient LED recessed downlighting options for general lighting in commercial, retail, institutional and residential applications. Designed for new construction projects or to retrofit existing 6” nominal compatible housings (with an Edison screw base adapter included with the module), the Halo LED H7 Collection features excellent color rendering (80 CRI) and offers the industry’s widest selection of color temperatures (2700K, 3000K, 3500K and 4000K). The superior optical design yields productive beam lumens providing smooth, even illumination, excellent cutoff and extremely low glare. Consuming less than 15W, ...

the LEDs are still operated at the same voltage and current as during full light output

Fluorescent lights do not dim and often contain a warning on the package to not use the products on a dimming system. Dimming a CFL can cause serious damage to a product that contains mercury. This presents a potential environmental hazard in your home or business. While LED lights are completely safe and have no harmful elements like mercury, most are not dimmable. Because LED lights are a significant investment, it is important to ensure the lights you buy will work on your dimming system. Some manufacturers claim to have dimmable LED lighting solutions. All too often, consumers spend hundreds of dollars on a LED lights only to find out later that the products do not work on US dimming systems. Green Lighting LED dimmable solutions last for 50,000 hours, retrofit standard fixtures at a fraction of the energy usage, and utilize the most updated dimming technology in the industry. Dimming does not result in a loss of efficiency. During dimming, the LEDs are still operated at the same v...

the light energy of LED chips to not only stimulate photon bunching

YAHAMLighting Shenzhen 2010 will display numerous privately owned, innovative technologies and products. Philips LED lighting solutions - like the Master LED – can replace halide, incandescent and energy-saving lamps. LEDs are preferred to traditional neon lamps in decorative applications because of their smaller carbon footprints, higher brightness, longer life and lower maintenance charge.  They also have low pressure capabilities.  Philips will also showcase its LED-based AmbiScene Lighting System and a series of uniquely designed, colorful LED lamps for home use. The street and tunnel lamps from Shanghai Sansi Engineering are based on its wholly owned, unique light distribution design software as well as heat sink technologies.   This new innovation has overcome the problems presented by traditional structures with its heat sink and secondary light distribution design.  These not only reduce lamp volume and weight, they also improve the heat sink effect, extend...

the live sports experience for fans without detracting from the action on the field

Sports fans have their own version of the pre-game warm up,” Whitaker concluded. “The placement and size of Lighthouse’s LED video screen at McCoy Stadium transfers the pre-game hype and patterns sports fans are accustomed to experiencing in their living rooms to the ballpark experience at Pawtucket. Because our high-definition LED video screens installed in sports facilities are proportionally similar in size and clarity to your living room flat screen, Lighthouse is able to enrich the live sports experience for fans without detracting from the action on the field.” Solid-State Lighting (SSL) is type of energy-efficient lighting that uses semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), or polymer light-emitting diodes (PLED) as sources of illumination. With worldwide electrical lighting using 19 per cent of all electricity, the use of energy-efficient lighting will significantly reduce energy consumption around the world and thereby cut harmful CO2 ...

the competence center for tiled LED solutions

The end of production of general-use incandescent bulbs marks the end for a total of 103 products, and it is expected to bring down CO2 emissions by 430,000 tons[1] a year against the benchmark year of 2008, when Toshiba manufactured some 20 million units a year. Though it will continue to produce specialty incandescent bulbs, Toshiba will now direct its attention to further promoting LED lighting. With immediate effect, the name “Element Labs” ceases to exist. Structured as an asset sales transaction, Barco obtains all product designs, rights and intellectual property of Element Labs, without assuming the liabilities of the former EL-company. As of today, the core team of Element Labs in Santa Clara, California, will function as Barco's competence center for creative LED solutions, whereas Barco Kuurne (Belgium) will remain the competence center for tiled LED solutions. Barco will announce its new mid-range LED products in the coming months. With headquarters in Beijing and op...

the global electronics industry to provide more energy-efficient products

Managing Director for Sabik said, “Carmanah’s understanding of energy management is evident in the performance of their short-range solar LED marine lights, and we believe the Carmanah lights will be an excellent complement to Sabik’s marine product family.” Sarvikivi added that he expects future joint product development that will combine the best of Carmanah and Sabik’s technology to bring new products to the marine lighting market. The investment, which was supported by Wirral Council and The Mersey Partnership (TMP), who helped secure additional funding of 300,000 pounds from the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), is expected to enable SAFC Hitech to strengthen its position as a leading global supplier of TMG and satisfy the growing demand for the material in the production of high brightness LEDs (HBLEDs) for use in applications such as backlighting in flat panel television sets and energy efficient lighting. Reducing energy consumption and extending energy efficiency a...

The acquisition expands Johnson Controls lighting services beyond the school

Patriot Taxiway Industries, Inc stepped into aerospace and aeropart manufacturing a little over 20 months ago in Omro, Wisconsin, then transferred to a superior manufacturing plant in Lomira, Wisconsin. Patriot Taxiway president and vetrepreneur, Steven A. Smits, who served in the U.S. Air Force and is still enlisted in the Air National Guard, had a lot weighing on the fulfillment of their first contract. The team comprised of more than 70% veterans, produced and delivered all 2,000 remotely controlled lighting systems on schedule to their international destinations. Smits credited their manufacturing efficiency and the quality of the LED products they provide to the veterans and other team members. The acquisition expands Johnson Controls lighting services beyond the school, healthcare and government markets it currently serves as NES provides lighting upgrade and maintenance solutions largely for retail, commercial, and industrial customers. Johnson Controls also will provide effecti...

support to the supply of world leading LED products

Opto specialises in the supply, integration and distribution of LED products and associated components to OEMs and CEMs.  Together with their manufacturing partners and group resources, YEG Opto offer a complete package from design-in support to the supply of world leading LED products and associated technologies including Lighting and Indicator LEDs, Drivers and Controllers, Secondary Optics, Thermal Solutions, Sub Assembly Services and Logistics. We’re energized that we had another strong year in our MBE business, despite the state of the worldwide economy,” said Jim Northup, Vice President and General Manager, Veeco MBE.  “As the number one manufacturer of MBE, we continue to take a leadership role advancing this important technology. Our successful introduction of the GEN10 for R&D applications last year is the most recent example of Veeco’s technology leadership.” Among recent orders, Professor Sergey Nikishin of Texas Tech University, purchased an automated GEN10 R...

The Lighting Science WallPack fixtures are designed to illuminate exterior walkways

Sunovia introduced its proprietary LED cobra head light fixtures during the 3rd quarter of 2009, and quickly secured a contract to install more than 1,000 of the high performance lights at the Camp Lejeune Marine base in North Carolina. Since that time, the Company agreed to provide numerous samples of its high performance LED light fixtures to select organizations and potential customers for testing purposes. The recent PG&E approval and now the GSA certification indicate that the fixtures and the company have passed the tests. Sunovia marketing and public relations manager, Kristen Watson, said, “The GSA schedule is a vetting process whereby the government examines the integrity of our products and our commercial sales policies. As an authorized government vendor with a GSA schedule award, we have strengthened our marketing efforts to the governmental and military channels and reached a key milestone in our government sales strategy.” Five-hundred forty-nine Lighting Science Wall...

Borealis LED streetlights produce a sharp

The test concludes that Borealis LED streetlights consumed a remarkable average of 57.6% less energy than the HPS streetlights. The goal is to replace all public lighting with LEDs to significantly reduce electricity use and green house gas emissions...a win-win situation for our city budgets and for the environment.” PolyBrite’s patented LED technology, used in all Borealis lamps and lighting systems, will reduce the city’s operating costs, including lower energy usage and reduced maintenance and bulb replacement. The City of Naperville’s cost saving calculations project an annual GHG (green house gas) savings by 2015 to be 4,739 metric tons of CO2e (Carbon dioxide equivalent) per year and an annual financial savings, by 2015, of at least $500,000 per year once all the streetlights and traffic signal are converted to LED. These estimates are based on a conservative electricity rate and increases in energy costs would result in higher cost savings. Borealis LED streetlights produce a s...

The Condor LED will further entrench our leading position in this market segment

The Condor LED will further entrench our leading position in this market segment. Throughout the past year, we have been benchmarked a number of times against competitors, and we have been chosen as the 'tool of choice' several times. The Condor 5LED will strengthen our position in this market, and will allow us to maintain and build on our technological leadership." Porat concluded, "We are optimistic with regard to this segment in 2010. Given indications for significant growth from our customers in the LED Market, we aim to grow our business with the Condor 5LED in the coming quarters and years." Recently, Michigan businesses won $242 million in Advanced Energy Manufacturing tax credits as part of a White House effort to create 17,000 green manufacturing technology jobs through a $2.3 billion tax credit. ilumisys received $1.3 million in tax credits from this effort to automate production of LED replacements for fluorescent lights. “The support from the State o...

projects focused on achieving significant cost reductions

In total the Department of Energy awarded more than $37 million in funding for solid state lighting programs. Veeco’s proposal was one of eight selected as part of U.S. Manufacturing FOA DE-FOA-0000057, projects focused on achieving significant cost reductions and enhancing quality through improvements in SSL manufacturing equipment, processes or monitoring techniques. Projects address the technical challenges that must be overcome before prices fall to a level where solid state lighting will be competitive with existing lighting on a first-cost basis. The total value of manufacturing selections is $23.5 million; the performers will provide an average of 51% as cost-share. Accepting the award, Adrian Rawlinson, Managing Director of Marl International said, "We are delighted to receive this award and for the judges to recognise the significant developments we have made with our new intelligent Sci-Light technology, which provides passengers with an ambient and comfortable enviro...

While highlighting the possibilities

AV Concept intends to finance its investment in the JV Company by its internal resources. Yaham is one of the leading manufacturers in the LED industry and it has a sale network of over 50 countries and regions in the world. AV Concept Directors consider that the proposed formation of the JV Company with LEDMAN demonstrates the continuance of the growth of LED business of the Group and enable the Group to increase its competitiveness in the LED industry With the new website,YAHAM Opto Semiconductors is providing its customers with a comprehensive, in-depth information and communication platform for LED technology. While highlighting the possibilities and versatility of the light sources, it also showcases optimum LED applications in energy-efficient lighting solutions and development opportunities for new products and application concepts. The new website offers an additional interface to the end consumer. For it is not only the individual compenents that testify to the quality of ...

LED offers a wide range of LED based troffers

Samsung has enjoyed an early lead in the market but faces deepening competition. As the price premium for LED-backlight models have fallen, Samsung plans to offer a broader lineup in 2010 to expand the market. Samsung said in September it aimed to sell at least 2 million LED TVs in 2009 and 10 million or more in 2010. Aside energy conservation, lighting solutions from General LED comprise of a variety of other benefits such as the reduction of electricity bills as well as disposal costs. LED lighting products from General LED are also of capable of long life, with up to 50,000 hours of use, resulting in lower maintenance costs. Furthermore, the lights are eco-friendly as they use lower energy, and reduced light pollution. General LED Fze is a wholly owned subsidiary of General LED Inc, a holding company headquartered in California, USA that is dedicated to the advancement of LED based technologies and the development of innovative LED products. The company deals with architectural ...

its manufacturing processes to yield significant increases in capacity and efficiency

The company also announced that it has successfully raised an additional $50 million Series D financing, led by VantagePoint Venture Partners. DCM and all other existing investors also participated. The round, which is oversubscribed, also included new investors. The company intends to use the capital to aggressively develop its manufacturing technologies and expand its global manufacturing infrastructure to meet increasing market demand while continuing to drive its technology research and development activities. Watkins joins Bridgelux after a distinguished 13-year career at Seagate Technology, the world's largest hard disc drive and storage solutions company, where he most recently served as chief executive officer. During his time at Seagate, Watkins, 57, led growth strategies and improvements across all areas of the business, increasing revenue from $6.5 billion to over $13 billion in his five years as CEO. From 2000 to 2004, Watkins served as Seagate's president and chi...

which uses LEDs and LEDs instead of incandescent bulbs

Lumination began as a YAHAM joint venture called YAHAM Lcore in 1999. Its experience is in LED system development and applications such as signals, signage, architectural, display and general lighting.YAHAM Lighting Systems, which traces its roots to late 19th century Lynn, Massachusetts, has maintained its headquarters, manufacturing and warehouse facilities in Hendersonville, North Carolina since 1955. Its commercial channels, sales representative network and infrastructure will be invaluable to YAHAM Lighting Solutions as it responds to customer demand for energy-efficient outdoor LED lighting. “We like how YAHAM Lighting Solutions positions us to do even more for customers right out of the gate,” notes Petras. “We have a head start in these market segments because we're combining our specialized LED application expertise and our penchant for quality with our outdoor fixture heritage and established distribution.” Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced more than $37 mil...

the greenest light source for the applications discussed in this paper

An applications-based analysis of life-cycle energy use is more reflective of what users will experience," said Steven DenBaars, professor and co-director of the Solid State Lighting & Energy Center, University of California Santa Barbara and Cree technical advisor. "LED lighting is clearly the most efficient and the greenest light source for the applications discussed in this paper." The usage phase of energy-efficient lighting dominates the lifetime energy consumption – with 96 to 98 percent of energy used to generate light and less than four percent due to the manufacturing process. To meaningfully compare lighting efficiencies, lighting applications must be included, not just light sources. Today LEDs are the most efficient choice for the high-volume lighting applications of residential and commercial recessed downlights and narrow-beam spotlights.

LEDs offer completely new opportunities in the field of displays

An important part of the project work is to generate studies on applications and demonstrators as well as to work on integrating technologies for special application areas (automotive, architecture and backlighting for large displays). Organic Light Emitting Diodes are seen as the first self-emitting area light source in history. OLED belongs to the family of Solid State Lighting (SSL) technologies, a hyponym for light sources based on semiconductors which emit light due to electroluminescence. As OLEDs are highly energy efficient (nearly no heat generation), consume very little raw material and are mercury free, they are considered as a promising clean and sustainable technology and as a capable alternative for present lighting solutions. Thanks to characteristics such as being ultra flat, transparent, flexible and colour tunable, LEDs offer completely new opportunities in the field of displays and special luminaires. “Europe is not only a pioneer when it comes to energy efficie...

Using a new LED outdoor luminaire from YAHAM

Chairman B.C. Fan of Neo-Neon, which is reportedly the world`s No.1 manufacturer of decorative lights, touted that the mainland`s LED lighting market would show explosive growth as soon as the standards are introduced. Fan was born in Taiwan but has headquartered his company in Guangdong. The company is operating 21 sales outlets across the mainland. His company is working with the mainland`s authorities on the standards. Neo-Neon is said to have won contracts to supply 100,000 LED streetlights to the mainland`s local governments. Cities account for over 70% of global energy consumption and increasing urbanization will add to that burden: by 2050 more than 75% of the world’s population is expected to be living in cities and towns. Up to 50% of municipal electricity usage is attributed to lighting, and yet three-quarters of all installed public lighting today in cities relies on aging, inefficient lighting technology. YAHAM is to highlight the ready availability of energy-efficient ...

the functions necessary to implement a supercapacitor based LED flash driver solution

Increased resolution in camera phones and standalone digital cameras requires a high intensity LED flash current beyond the capabilities of standard lithium-ion batteries. The XRP6840 alleviates such peak current requirements by constantly sourcing a low controlled current from the system's battery to charge a supercapacitor which in turn provides the power for peak load functions. Charging and discharging parameters of the supercapacitor are completely managed by the XRP6840 and fully programmable via an industry standard I2C interface. The XRP6840 supports high peak current functions in battery operated portable systems while significantly increasing battery life. The XRP6840 combines and manages in a single device all the functions necessary to implement a supercapacitor based LED flash driver solution. Supporting programmable current in torch and flash modes, the device comes in both two and three channel versions for increased design flexibility and supports up to 600mA of c...

Due to growing popularity of LED backlight

The major characteristic of the two series is fully potted by heat-dissipating glue, so they can reach IP 65 or IP67 waterproof/ dustproof level. In the meantime, users can adjust DC output voltage range from 95 to 105% and current range from 50 to 100% by the following methods: A and C type by removing the rubber stopper on the cover, and B type by adjusting through the output cable. This flexibility can fulfill the demands of LED lighting system designers when they need some slight adjustment of output voltage and current. Due to growing popularity of LED backlight used in notebook PCs and LCD TVs, Epistar is actively planning to expand capacity to meet increasing demand for LED chips. 30 sets of MOCVD equipment will be purchased in the first stage of the construction, and will go into production in the first quarter of 2011, the company indicated. That will represent an added 40% to the current output of the company. The firm now has one plant each operational in Fujian and Liaoni...

the LED lighting market is expected to see significant growth

The luminance of future LED lighting application products will surpass 80 lumen/W, he said, with the light decline between 3%-5% in two years and failure rate below 10ppm, and the price and other issues like safety and CRI of LED lighting products will all be more satisfying to consumers. By then, the LED lighting market is expected to see significant growth and the industry will thrive. As for the development of LED-Backlit LCD TV (LED TV), Alpha Wu, Chairman of Amtran, states that after Samsung, the forerunner of LED TV, launched its first LED TV in the first half of this year, numerous companies joined the production in second half of the year; this may affect the high-margin. Shipments in 2010 are estimated to grow up to 344%, while a 10% drop in gross margin is expected. In the LED backlight, Witsview Research Manager Eric Chiu, said the penetration of LED-backlit notebooks is estimated to reach 80% in 2010. As for LED monitors, the price is the key, because onc...

YAHAM Light LED grow lights provide the red

As we put together more powerful LED lights, like the LED10W-10R, with 9000 lumen output, we are seeing operators of vehicles, boats and equipment switching from high voltage metal halides and high pressure sodium lights to these LED lights. Operators can discontinue use of onboard generators and remove the extra wiring associated with high voltage. A few of the larger led high bay light can operate off of the same alternator and battery configuration already available on the vehicle, boat or equipment. With 50,000 life hour ratings, 9000 lumen output, waterproof construction and a low profile form fact, the white, even lighting produced by the LED10W series, new applications like license plate recognition and other types of vehicle and personnel recognition with video capture are proving to be an effective solution. Plants need a certain spectrum of light to enable them to do photosynthesis and grow correctly, and while natural light provides this, not every plant has the right dos...

the efficiency improvements and market acceptance of Acriche

This new technology applies the company’s proprietary Epi Film Bonding technology to mount thin-film led high bay light onto a metal board in a manner permitting high reflection and radiation. Featuring the world’s first 65-micrometer pitch between LED chips, this LED display also realizes high density to deliver high-definition images while maintaining diminutive dimensions. Since it is self-illuminating, the new display features faster response, more compact dimensions, and lower power consumption than LCD displays that require a separate light source. It also features high contrast for high visibility even in bright daylight. OKI Digital Imaging will manufacture the LED display at the newly-acquired LED manufacturing facility in Gunma prefecture, Japan. Shipments of samples are expected to begin by the end of fiscal year 2010. Officials of Seoul Semiconductor and Seoul Optodevice indicate that these funds will be used for addressing increased product demands. This demand is d...

the luminance of chip LED devices via its high efficacy and current handling capabilit

EDN is a specialized electronics magazine that is well respected and distributed all over Europe, Australia, Japan Asia, and the United States. EDN honors outstanding engineering products and technologies that have a great influence on the electronics industry during a given year. EDN sums up the evaluations of EDN Editors and Engineering Specialists as well as online votes through the EDN Innovation Awards held in the United States and China every year. The EDN Innovation Awards honors outstanding engineering products and technologies that have a great influence on the electronics industry during a year. This award is all the more significant because it is given to the products suitable for the local region and selected by local Engineering Specialists. By winning the 2009 EDN Innovation Award Seoul Semiconductor has proven its world-class excellence in technical capability of both DC LED lighting products, and the award-winning Acriche product group of AC driven LEDs. Most of all...

production expected to grow by three times within a period of three years

LED chip manufacturer, today announces the establishment of its new state of the art fabrication facility in Foshan, China. The brand new, state-of-the art facility will produce LED wafers and high power LED chips using SemiLEDs’ patented vertical LED on metal technology. The development for SemiLEDs new facility will be in three stages with the initial stage, seeing an investment of USD $96 million, set to be ready for full scale production by October, 2010. Initial monthly production capacity at the impressive facility will be 20 million 1mm x 1mm LED chips per month with investment and production expected to grow by three times within a period of three years. SemiLEDs Chairman and CEO, Trung Doan said “Developing a fabrication facility in the NanHai Economic Development Zone will allow SemiLEDs to be in the center of the LED industry in China. This is especially true since NanHai has invested RMB $2 billion to support the industry’s development. The government provides great suppo...

Among the well known LED lighting companies

Among the well known LED lighting companies, running from name brands of Philips and Osram, to leading LED packaging players including Cree, Nichia, Citizen and Seoul Semiconductor displayed on site, Taiwan vendors include Edison, ProLight, Neo-Neon and Hight House. According to LEDinside’s observation at HK light Fair, major exhibit LED products at this year’s fair range from LED decorative lighting, spot lamp, street lamp to the replacement lamp for incandescent lamp and fluorescent lamp, including E27 and T-bar lamp. Among, the CRI and power saving are focuses of these replacement lamp. Under the alliance, Epistar, the world’s second-largest maker of expitaxy, will buy into NPI and provide it technological support. The alliance may also involve acquisition of stake by NPI in Epistar or the setup of a joint venture. An FPG official noted that the alliance was initiated by Epistar and accepted by FPG after careful evaluation. The alliance further manifests FPG’s aggressive plan ...

focusing primarily on main lighting products for both indoor

During the product launch event, James Liang, CEO of Aeon Lighting Technology, outlined ALT’s product strategy for 2010, focusing primarily on main lighting products for both indoor and outdoor applications, as well as indoor dimmable lighting products. “This without doubt is where the trend of the whole LED lighting industry is heading,” Mr. Liang explained. ALT’s exclusive linear dimmable technology, which has been implemented in to the newly-launched dimmable LED lighting products — AC MR16 and AC BR series—allows users to adjust the brightness without any flickering, which has been a major fault in many manufacturers’ products. Additionally, the 25° MR 16, which implements ALT’s advanced technology and is available with either Cree or Lumileds High Power LED chipsets, has become ALT’s best performance light offering an impressive 520 lm and 2160 lux—a significant improvement compared with similar products. an analog semiconductor company focused on powering innovative solutions...

the well known LED lighting companies

 Among the well known LED lighting companies, running from name brands of Philips and Osram, to leading LED packaging players including Cree, Nichia, Citizen and Seoul Semiconductor displayed on site, Taiwan vendors include Edison, ProLight, Neo-Neon and HightHouse. According to LEDinside’s observation at HK light Fair, major exhibit LED products at this year’s fair range from led high bay light , spot lamp, street lamp to the replacement lamp for incandescent lamp and fluorescent lamp, including E27 and T-bar lamp. Among, the CRI and power saving are focuses of these replacement lamp. Under the alliance, Epistar, the world’s second-largest maker of expitaxy, will buy into NPI and provide it technological support. The alliance may also involve acquisition of stake by NPI in Epistar or the setup of a joint venture. An FPG official noted that the alliance was initiated by Epistar and accepted by FPG after careful evaluation. The alliance further manifests FPG’s aggressive plan ...

spectrum over a wide range of temperatures

As part of the design process, engineers must predict the performance of their LED system and determine if it will meet specifications at real operating temperatures and electrical drive conditions. To do this, engineers must have a means of collecting data. This is the crux of the engineering work for successful LED implementation across a wide range of products. ETO LED Characterization Systems assist engineers by solving the problem of measuring the quantity and color of light from LEDs over a range of temperatures and electrical input power variables. ETO LED characterization systems have both automated data acquisition and mature data analysis features. ETO systems allow engineers to automatically sequence measurements of light output and spectrum over a wide range of temperatures and currents, and comprehensive data analysis features allow users to view different groupings of data in over 300 graphs. The LED Lighting Zone has attracted 440 exhibitors offering a range of LED light...

The IC LED is not only more reliable

an innovative new chip that will be featured in SemiLEDs’ ultra high bright LED product portfolio. The IC? is the first product released in the I-core series of LEDs from SemiLEDs which are designed to provide further improvements in brightness, reliability and overall efficiency. LED features a sleek new design with new electrodes convenient for wire bonding. The advantages of the IC? LED are realized in improved reliability which is delivered through the optimization of stress management for the chip at high current operation. The IC LED is not only more reliable, but significantly brighter as the creative robust design of the IC LED results in significantly improved light extraction.  The advantages of the IC LED are further emphasized through SemiLEDs’ patented and proprietary Mvp LED chip technology which features a vertical structure with a copper alloy base for thermal dissipation effectiveness. The results of the IC LED have been impressive as an optimized white light packa...

the panel by means of an optical light guide system

This new agreement builds on a very successful existing relationship between Nu Horizons and Sharp in North America," comments Rick Fullarton, Distribution Sales Manager Northern Europe at Sharp Microelectronics Europe. "Nu Horizons' combination of world-class engineering support, technical sales and marketing resources, alongside their clear focus on demand creation, makes them a perfect fit for Sharp Microelectronics Europe." LCD panel to a new level of smoothness. BeoVision 10 is discretely hinged in the left or right-hand side, allowing you to manually pull it out to an angle of 45 degrees from the wall which offers you extended viewing comfort.The slim design of BeoVision 10 is obtained by applying a new LCD technology, where an edge-type LED backlight is used, and by placing the chassis and the loudspeakers below the LCD screen. The backlight unit consists of a large number of white LEDs positioned all around at the edge of the panel. The light from the LED’s...

the adoption of energy-efficient LED lighting across their campuses

Nuventix SynJet coolers are available now and already providing silent operation, long life, and optimal cooling to allow designs to incorporate the increased brightness necessary for large-scale commercial and consumer product acceptance. Bias SynPower modules are available in sample quantities. The workshops were key first steps in the launch of a new DOE SSL research and development (R&D) manufacturing initiative to enhance product consistency and quality and to accelerate cost reductions through manufacturing improvements. More than 350 total participants—chip makers, fixture and component manufacturers, and others—joined DOE at the workshops to examine underlying issues related to materials, equipment, and other factors that influence SSL product quality and cost. The Fairfax workshop attendees identified key barriers and recommendations toward lower-cost, higher-quality SSL products, and this input was used to develop a “strawman” roadmap for review at the Vancouver worksho...

Disregard generic statements about LED lumen maintenance performance

Lumileds announced today that it is the first power LED manufacturer to publicly publish LM-80 test report data for use by luminaire manufacturers evaluating the merits of using different led high bay light in their solid-state lighting solutions. The data clearly demonstrates that lumen maintenance performance exceeds requirements by a wide margin as well as documenting lumen maintenance performance under various conditions. Philips Lumileds LM-80 test reports adhere to and are published in accordance with the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) LM-80-08 standard. Philips Lumileds has been studying the factors that affect power LED lumen maintenance in an ongoing effort to improve performance and more accurately describe lumen maintenance behavior for the lighting community. In order to appropriately design for optimum lumen maintenance, Philips Lumileds recommends that luminaire manufacturers and the lighting industry do the following:Understand the specific lumen maintenance...

when compared to currently available LED based street lights

Through this strategic partnership, Epistar and Lynk will be sharing and leveraging technology, expertise from both companies to develop new AC LED technology, and IP and products including single-chip and system level solutions for the lighting industry according to Lynk Labs. The new PROLIFIC Series Roadway Luminaires have substantially increased light efficacy when compared to traditional lighting technologies such as high intensity discharge (HID) and significantly better light efficacy when compared to currently available LED based street lights. The new Lighting Science line of roadway fixtures perform between 80 to almost 90 lumens per watt depending on the model. This performance was validated by an independent testing laboratory that is approved for LM-79 Testing for ENERGY STAR for solid state lighting by the United States Department of Energy CALiPER program. At over 80 lumens per watt, the led high bay light series delivers industry leading performance over currently a...

the majority of customer needs in terms of light output

Peak luminance is boosted 2.5 times and enhanced by intelligent peak luminance control - assures stunningly bright whites, while the wide dynamic range achieved by backlight luminance adjustment delivers a dynamic contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1, assuring deep, detailed blacks.LED block array divides display into 512 separate areas - this increase enables much closer management of image contrast and brings out image detail to the full. Better backlight control also sharpens edge detail and the textural effect of adjacent areas of brightness and darkness. Reference design development by Future Lighting Solutions included extensive work to define ideal target performance specifications for each application to ensure that the designs meet the majority of customer needs in terms of light output, light uniformity, system efficacy, lifetime and cost. All LUXEON Rebel LEDs, power solutions, standard optics, heat sinks and connectors included in the reference designs are available at Future ...

The integrated performance heat sink provides extreme cooling in the worst environments

The Solar LED light resembles a common shoebox parking and area light fixture and pole but is powered 100% by renewable energy instead of electricity. However, instead of using solar panels and a visible battery box, the pole is wrapped in solar cells and the batteries and "brains" of the SmartPole? are completely housed within the base of the pole. The Solar LED SmartPole is made in the U.S., and operates completely independent of the electric grid. The system consists of a high-performance brilliant white LED light with a 16 year life that is provided in any standard IES light pattern; a 25 ft' pole internally houses the batteries and electronics within the base of the pole, and is wrapped with solar cells covered with a Teflon-like coating. The system offers dimming with the ability to start out at 100% light intensity, then dim at a designated time with motion detectors to bring the light back to 100% when anyone is nearby. The SmartPole has been tested in some of t...

including numerous heads of state

American Airlines and Oncor are completing a major new project that will see the airline replace more than 1,600 traditional lighting fixtures with energy-efficient LED (light-emitting diode) lighting in one of the largest single installations of its kind in the United States. This project will be showcased at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Fifth Annual Meeting on Sept. 22-25 in New York City.Oncor’s Take A Load Off, Texas? LED Lighting Program will help offset some of the cost of installing the new lighting system with incentives that will help save enough electricity to power approximately 150 average US homes for a year. The installation, which is currently underway at two multi-story parking garages near American Airlines’ corporate headquarters, will allow American Airlines to receive an aggregate of $362,887 in financial incentives from Oncor’s Take A Load Off, Texas LED Lighting Program over the next 12 months. These fixtures consume 60 percent less energy and last 50,000...

the need for quick action demands high lighting levels

With a total viewing area of over 1,058 square-metres, the Diamond Vision display is equal to around 3,268 52-inch televisions, and comprises 10,584,064 individual LEDs. Mitsubishi Electric has now been recognised by Guinness World Records five times for its accomplishments, and the Cowboys’ board is the fourth Diamond Vision screen to be honoured by Guinness. a manufacturer and supplier of energy efficient LED lighting systems, today announced that the Bowden Ice Arena in Alberta has retrofitted entirely with Albeo's C-Series High-Bay white-LED Solid-State Luminaire. Albeo's C-Series high-bay produces over 25,000 lumens at 79 lm/W, giving it a wall plug efficiency that surpasses fluorescent and HID high-bay lighting systems. With fixtures mounted at 16 feet, illumination levels on the ice were increased 160% from 50 foot-candles (ft-cds) to 80 ft-cds, while energy consumption was lowered 28% from 458 Watts to 325 Watts. "The fast pace of hockey, the high speed of the ...

lower illumination levels as needed in order to reap additional energy savings

 By fiscal year 2011, the company plans to reduce energy consumption of U.S. facilities by 18 percent compared to the fiscal year 2001 baseline. Lexus actively supports its dealerships in efforts to do the same. Lexus was the first luxury brand to introduce gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles and currently offers three models, with a fourth hybrid debuting at the 2009 North American International Auto Show. YAHAM is the first commercial and industrial lighting company to fully integrate LED lighting devices, solar power technology and advanced power management and control systems in exterior and interior lighting fixtures. The Vector line of retrofit products features the patentpending Self Powered Device Interface (SPDI), an intelligent controller that monitors the solar battery level and manages the seamless switching between battery and grid power for 100% reliability. In addition, SPDI allows fixture-by-fixture programmability based on clock time, motion detection and ambient l...

The control system has been designed for maximum flexibility

A fully corrosion resistant light, the HALSS-48-2L-LED contains two 24 Watt LED tubes and produces 4100 lumens. The Magnalight T-series bulbs are vibration-proof and last 50,000 hours, while producing approximately 15% more illumination than a common 40 watt T12 bulb. Supported by an integral reflector and encased in a stainless steel housing, the hazardous location area light is ideal for extreme vibration environments, where the fixture will be constantly exposed to saltwater and other substances that would degrade or corrode the aluminum housing based fixtures, like the HAL-48-2L. The HALSS-48-2L-LED is a four foot, 2 lamp light with a UL 844 Class 1 Division 2 rating. Like the HALSS-48-2L, the current fluorescent model, the new stainless steel model with LED tubes is available with approximately 1 week lead time. Offering a 95,000 capacity, Soccer City is located near Soweto, and will see a major part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup action, including the Final and the tournament's...