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June 2014

Products + Technology

Product Monday: OLED Marker Lights by Acuity Brands

Acuity Brands’ Marker Light Series concept OLED luminaires create a directional beacon in high traffic areas, add visual appeal, provide subtle orientation along a movement path, and provide low-level illumination in critical care areas as part of a 24-hour lighting scheme. The series also demonstrates use of an amber OLED at a 590 nm peak [...]

People

Call for Donations to the Jonathan Speirs Scholarship Fund

The Jonathan Speirs Scholarship Fund (JSSF) is a UK-registered charity which provides support to students of architecture who wish to enter the architectural lighting design profession. It has been set up at the request of the late Jonathan Speirs, who passed away two years ago, on June 18. The aim of the charity is to [...]

LED + SSL

Jim Brodrick: Reflections on LIGHTFAIR

Republication of Postings from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solid-State Lighting Program by Jim Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy If you attended LIGHTFAIR International last week in Las Vegas, we hope you got a chance to stop by DOE’s booth and catch our SSL educational presentations that played to SRO crowds throughout the show. [...]

Energy + Environment

Greenbuild Registration Now Open

Online attendee registration is now open for Greenbuild, the sustainability conference, which will be held in New Orleans (great city) this year. Click here to register.

LED + SSL, Research

Testing the LED A-lamp Market

The California Lighting Technology Center recently tested 26 LED A-lamp products marketed as alternatives to 60W incandescent A-lamps. Data collected on power (W), voltage (V), luminous output (lumens), correlated color temperature (CCT), color rendering index (CRI), rated life, and dimming performance allowed for comparison with manufacturers’ claims as well as current lamp quality standards. The [...]

Products + Technology

Product Monday: SwitchSense Bulb Adapter by Wireless Environment

Wireless Environment’s SwitchSense Bulb Adapter is designed to enable LED and CFL lamps to operate for up to three hours during a power outage. When power is available, the product constantly stores power in an embedded battery using a trickle charge. Onboard intelligence detects a failure of power and switches to backup power, during which [...]

Education + Resources, LED + SSL

DOE LIGHTFAIR Presentations Posted

AT LIGHTFAIR, DOE experts presented on a wide range of solid-state lighting topics. These presentations, plus other materials, are now available for free download here.

LED + SSL

Utility Rebates for LED Upgrades of T8 and T12 Fluorescent Systems

There are many LED solutions available to upgrade from fluorescent T8 or T12, from new luminaires to retrofit kits and replacement lamps. Utility rebates for these LED solutions are growing but still not widespread. Here’s a BriteSwitch graphic showing what’s available now, based on their database. Learn more here.

Research

Lighting Research Center Authors National Academies Report on New Roadway Lighting Technologies

The rapid development of lighting technologies, particularly solid-state systems using LEDs, has opened a universe of new possibilities as well as new questions about roadway lighting in the United States, which for decades has been dominated by the use of HPS lamps. Other light source technologies have also been angling for roadway market share. There [...]

Awards, LED + SSL

DOE Suspends L Prize PAR38 Competition

Effective June 13, 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy suspended the L Prize PAR38 Competition. No entries will be accepted. The L Prize Competition launched in 2008 as the first government-sponsored technology competition designed to spur development of highly efficient, high-performance LED replacement products. A winning entry in the 60W replacement lamp category was awarded [...]

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