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MLS Eyes IC Semiconductor Industry and Emerging Markets
Dec 15, 2015Certain LED manufacturers have turned their attention to niche lighting market applications in the wake of declining LED profits, but MLS is ambitiously vying the IC semiconductor industry and emerging markets to boost its profitability in ...
Tags: MLS, IC Semiconductor, LED display
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Vietnam Blames High Costs for Delayed LED Installation
Nov 11, 2015According to the HCM City Energy Conservation Center, only 1,200 LED lights are used out of the total 102,500 bulbs for public lighting. Most of the other lights are high-pressure mercury (HPM) or high pressure sodium (HPS) lights, reported ...
Tags: LED lighting, public lighting
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GLA Releases Position Statement on CRI
Oct 14, 2015The Global Lighting Association (GLA) cautions against the establishment of regulatory or other minimum performance requirements for a colour rendering index (Ra) of greater than 80 for indoor lighting applications. For Europe, the GLA ...
Tags: LED lighting, GLA, Colour Rendering Index
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White LEDs Using Blue LED Chips to Disappear?
Aug 18, 2015“It is only a matter of time before white LEDs using blue LED chips will disappear from the market,” said Shuji Nakamura at a forum on GaN technology in July organized by Nikkei Asian Review. The comment from the inventor of ...
Tags: LED chip, Blue LED, Purple LEDs
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Cree Received The 2014 Lighting for Tomorrow Award for Solid State Lighting Design
Sep 23, 2014At the American Lighting Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Nashville, LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA received the 2014 Lighting for Tomorrow Award for Solid State Lighting design in the ...
Tags: Cree, LEDs, Electronics
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AFX Wins Tomorrow Lighting Award in 2014
Sep 18, 2014AFX, an industry leader in energy-efficient decorative lighting solutions has won the 2014 Lighting for Tomorrow award in the Decorative Lighting category with their Cortez LED Pendant. Equipped with a 30W 3000K LED module, the stylish ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, LED, LED Pendant
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LED Lighting in Taiwan Must Have a Minimum Efficacy of 70lm/w
Jul 10, 2014LED lighting in Taiwan must have a minimum efficacy of 70lm/W, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has announced. The new legislation requires all indoor warm-white LED lamps to have a minimum efficacy of 70 lm/W, while cool-white LEDs ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED lamps, LED
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Lighting in The Information Age
Jun 16, 2014Philips, OSRAM SYLVANIA, Xicato, Qualcomm, the American Lighting Association and more will share their vision for the future of solid state lighting at?LEDs and the SSL Ecosystem 2014: Lighting in the Information Age. This 15th annual ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, solid state lighting, LED
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The Standard Will See The Introduction of Safe
Feb 27, 2014The standard will see the introduction of safe, high quality and energy efficient lighting products to the UAE market, as well as the phasing out of low quality, inefficient lighting products. These measures will reduce energy consumption ...
Tags: Indoor Lighting Standard, safe
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After The Incandescent Light Bulb, What Is Next?
Jan 7, 2014Under a little-known requirement that went into effect this week, the last of the “general service” incandescent bulbs—descendants of the original light bulb invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879— can no longer be ...
Tags: LED, incandescent bulbs
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Why Consumers Still Prefer Incandescent Bulbs
Jan 7, 2014Although, LEDs have the benefits of longer lifetimes and higher energy efficiency then other light bulbs, many consumers would rather stick to incandescent bulbs. With the U.S. incandescent light bulb bans effective as of Jan. 1 this year, ...
Tags: LED, incandescent bulbs
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Obtain Two Awards at Lighting for Tomorrow LED Competition
Oct 9, 2013Nesora Light Technologies earned high praise from lighting industry judges and took top honors in two key LED categories in the annual Lighting for Tomorrow competition that serves to advance the arts and sciences of LED lighting for a ...
Tags: LED Competition, Lighting
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The Sparc International Lighting Event 2013 Was Held in Sydney International Passenger
Jun 13, 2013During June 4 and 6, the SPARC International Lighting Event 2013 was held in Sydney international passenger traffic hub at Circular Quay. The biennial Australian International Lighting Fair is a professional lighting exhibition jointly ...
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Specialists Are Questioning The Validity of a Report by Researchers
May 22, 2013Lighting specialists are questioning the validity of a report by researchers at the University of Madrid which claims that the blue light from LEDs causes damage to human retina cells. In the study, researchers at Complutence University ...
Tags: LED Eye Damage, Lighting
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Solar-Powered Lighting Would Significantly Lower Global Carbon Emissions
Feb 25, 2013The UN study suggests solar-powered lighting would significantly lower global carbon emissions The United Nations has carried out an assessment into the benefits of solar-powered lighting. The report which was carried out by the United ...