China’s LED exports are impacted by a new wave of foreign technical barriers. According to market statistics, since 2012 the U.S., EU, Japan and other country and regions are implementing new LED standards. On Feb. 1, 2013, the EU ...
Tags: LED Exporters, Technical Barriers
Growing demands in the LED market were fueled by decreased product prices, government bans on incandescent light bulbs, and shift away from traditional lighting to more energy efficient LEDs. Financial service company Credit Suisse believes ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Lights
Traditional halogen track, spotlights, down lights and other common lighting can be easily and inexpensively upgraded to super-efficient LED Lighting. LED Canada's new 5-watt COB LED GU10 and 5-watt COB LED MR16 are now available under CA$ ...
It has been reported that the call was met with great relief from the lighting industry, with 256 responses received in total between April and June. The reaction was that the first option of maintaining the status quo was not sustainable, ...
International semiconductor industry show SEMICON Taiwan will open on September 4th 2013. With LED lighting application development more mature than ever before, intelligent lighting, high energy efficient lighting and household lighting ...
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Power Integrations today announced a reference design for a dimmable PAR38 spotlight, developed in collaboration with Cree, Inc. The new reference design, described in DER-350, uses Power Integrations' new LYT4317E, a member of the ...
Tags: LED Spotlight, Lights, Lighting, LED
After seeking advice from their electrician, reviewing competitive product options, and installing a pilot test unit, Halton Condominium Corporation has chosen LED Canada's Canpack to retrofit their exterior lighting. Halton Condo Corp. ...
Tags: LED lights, LED
US-based LED manufacturer Noribachi has developed a prototype luminaire with integrated multiple high-end technology options. The prototype luminaire was constructed using two HIGHBAY fixtures (one HIGHBAY.S and one HIGHBAY.M), each ...
Tags: LED, LED Lighting, Lights, Lighting, Prototype Lamp
Aleddra LED Lighting, a business unit of Lightel Technologies, Inc., announces that its energy-efficient LED T8 EasiRetrofit tubes are now qualified by Design Lights Consortium (DLC) for utility rebates. Aleddra, an upstart LED technology ...
Testing time of 6000 hours is the minimum typically required to qualify for ENERGY STAR® and DesignLights Consortium® (DLC) standards for LED lighting. Remote phosphor is a lighting system architecture where a separate phosphor ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors (Osram) recently shared its insights on applications and developments in automotive lighting. According to the German semiconductor manufacturer, the future trend for automotive lighting will be OLEDs. Osram gives ...
Tags: Osram, Automotive Lighting Trend
The market for lighting controls in commercial buildings has entered a period of dramatic transformation, as the demand for both local controls, such as occupancy sensors and photosensors, and networked controls, rises and the adoption rate ...
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IC design house Weltrend Semiconductor is expected to see its third-quarter revenues climb to the highest quarterly level for 2013, thanks to growing shipments of its NFC phone chips and LED driver ICs, according to market sources. ...
Tags: NFC Phone Chips, LED Driver ICs
The market for lighting controls in commercial buildings has entered a period of dramatic transformation, says Navigant Research, as the demand for both local controls (e.g. occupancy sensors and photosensors) and networked controls rises, ...
Tags: Construction, Lights, Lighting, lighting controls
The EU has recently issued the newest LED lighting product energy efficiency regulations which will take effect September 1st. According to the regulations, all LED exports to Europe must meet the new energy efficiency standards. The EU has ...