Control and dimming is an essential feature of many LED-based solid-state lighting (SSL) systems. However, there has been a shortage of standards to ensure compatibility between dimmable LED light engines (LLEs) and phase-cut dimming ...
Tags: NEMA Standard, LED Dimming
Back in February we told you about a new Lutron experience centre coming to Toronto, Ont., and this week, EBMag attended its grand opening. Located in Markham, Ont., the centre showcases a variety of wireless lighting and shading control ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics
The Zhaga Consortium has formally added requirements that LED light engines with integrated control gear support the NEMA SSL 7A-2013 dimming specification and also noted that socketable modules must meet new UL safety standards. The ...
Tags: LED Drivers, Safety Requirements
In continuing the pursuit of sustainability, Philips Lightolier's Calculite White LED luminaires are the latest in LED lighting innovation. Representing an evolution from remote phosphor technology to white LEDs, Calculite's new line up of ...
Tags: LED, LED Downlight, Lights, Lighting, Philips
More than 1,300 LED troffers from Cree have been installed in a refurbishment of NASA's headquarters in Washington DC. The CR22 architectural LED troffers, which are dimmable and digitally controlled, could help to deliver energy savings ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Lights, Lighting
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) headquarters, a leased facility in Washington, D.C., has been outfitted with energy-saving CR Series LED Troffers by Cree, Inc. The high-performance LED installation is part of a ...
Tags: CREE LED Lighting, Lighting
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA says that the 600,000 square-foot headquarters of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been fitted with energy-saving Cree CR Series LED Troffers. ...
Tags: Cree LEDs, LED chip, LED, Electrical, Electronics
In line with recent reports, Toshiba International Corporation’s LED Lighting Division recently released their new high lumen output BR40 LED lamps, which serve as a direct replacement for 65-watt incandescent bulbs (using new ENERGY ...
Tags: Toshiba, BR40 LED Lamps
A comprehensive U.S. Department of Energy report predicting the market penetration of light-emitting diode (LED) white-light sources from 2010 to 2030 is available free from the National Lighting Bureau (www.nlb.org). Titled Energy Savings ...
The Connected Lighting Alliance announced today its endorsement of ZigBee Light Link as the preferred common open standard for residential connected lighting applications, simplifying choices for both lighting companies and consumers. ...
The Connected Lighting Alliance announced today its endorsement of ZigBee Light Link as the preferred common open standard for residential connected lighting applications, simplifying choices for both lighting companies and consumers. ...
The alliance comprising top brands in lighting has endorsed the use of the ZigBee Light Link standard to ensure interoperability between connected lighting fixtures and controls in residential applications. The Connected Lighting Alliance ...
Tags: ZigBee Light Link, Connected Lighting Alliance, Residential Controls
On July 15, The Connected Lighting Alliance, founded by GE Lighting, Lutron, OSRAM, Panasonic, Philips, and TOSHIBA in August 2012 as the primary advocate of wireless connectivity in lighting applications, announced that it endorsed ZigBee ...
Tags: Philips, OSRAM, The Connected Lighting Alliance, ZigBee Light Link
"Absolutely, categorically untrue. An urban myth." That's how National Lighting Bureau Chair Howard P. Lewis (Visioneering Corporation) describes claims that compact-fluorescent lamps (CFLs) pose a fire hazard when they reach the end of ...
Over the last few years light dimmers have made some very dramatic changes due to the incorporation of new light bulb types. Urban dimmer lighting myths have surfaced and have deterred many prior dimmer users to move into more advanced ...