A trial of nine SSL streetlights in Kansas City, MO that commenced in 2011 under the auspices of the MSSLC reveals that LEDs best HPS performance even if efficacy or lumen output trails the incumbent technology. The US Department of ...
Tags: LED Streetlights, Lighting, LED
Electron leakage causes efficiency drop, or what's known as droop, when LEDs are operated at higher drive currents according to a research group at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. For more than a decade, the LED industry has sought to ...
Cree develops unique parking garage SSL products with a reflector and multiple lenses, while Acuity's Peerless brand introduces a new linear round LED fixture and GE Lighting goes away from a light guide for an entry-level planar fixture. ...
Tags: LED, GE lighting
Sub-watt LEDs in 3014 and 3030 packages target general illumination and are based on the gallium-nitride-on-silicon technology developed by Toshiba and Bridgelux. Toshiba has announced two mid-power white LED families that are being ...
Tags: LED, Electrical, Electronics, Lighting
New RPI research proves the concept of integrating LED emitters on the same chip with other electronic components such as transistors, while other new research focuses on maximizing the light extraction efficiency of LEDs and lowering cost ...
The XI3535 LED in a low-cost plastic package targets general-illumination SSL applications, while Everlight also announces new IR products for remote controls and touch screens. Everlight Electronics has announced the XI3535 1W white LED ...
Panasonic launches expansion of its LED lighting business across Asia, Philips Lighting announced new Fortimo modules and licensing milestone, and Osram Sylvania and Comcast partner onadaptive home lighting. Phillips Lighting has ...
Tags: LED Business, Panasonic, Philips
Recently published research that questions the safety of LED lighting is misleading, according to Soraa, and the company is again asking the EPA to reconsider Energy Star efficacy requirements for SSL lamps. Despite many recent stories to ...
Tags: Soraa CTO, LED Safety
Outdoor downlights that produce only longer-wavelength light using amber LEDs ensure that hatchling turtles aren't attracted away from the ocean. Dasal Architectural Lighting has announced two outdoor LED-based downlights that are ...
Tags: Dasal, LED Lighting
Cooledge and Dow Corning took top spots in the Lightfair Innovation Awards for SSL enabling technologies, winning both individual categories against stiff competition and gaining special recognition from the judges. While the awards ...
Electrical product, system and services provider CG of Mumbai, India has entered into a technology licensing agreement with LED chip and lighting array maker Bridgelux Inc of Livermore, CA, USA for its LED light engine, optics and luminaire ...
At the Strategies in Light conference, a US Department of Energy representative said that later this year manufacturers can get Lighting Facts Label recognition for all members of a product family, while only fully testing one product. In ...
Tags: DOE, Lighting Facts Label recognition, SIL
A programmable controller for LED lighting combines state machines for autonomous current control with the capability of DALI network support and flexibility in topology. The new STLUX385 digital lighting controller IC from ...
Tags: LED lighting, STMicroelectronics, SSL-Targeted Microcontroller, SIL
SSL manufacturers can utilize the Molex LED array holder to simplify the luminaire assembly process and allow for easy service. Molex has announced a new plastic LED array mounting scheme that includes a holder or retainer for ...
The distribution agreement between Philips Lumileds and Future Lighting Solutions has been restructured, so now Philips Lumileds LEDs can be sold through additional partners, and Future Lighting Solutions may distribute other suppliers' ...
Tags: Philips Lumileds, Future Lighting Solutions, LED, lighting(SSL)products