Lighting Science Group’s PROLIFIC series LED street lights will soon line the streets of Salt Lake City, Utah. Compared with traditional high pressure sodium (HPS) street lights, the PROLIFIC LED series street lights are 50% more efficient, provide more uniform light distribution, increase light levels, and will save Salt Lake City tens of thousands of [...]
Craig DiLouie
A Little Rolling Stones For Thanksgiving
Here’s a great song for Thanksgiving. Enjoy!
NEMA Announces Global Lighting Forum Initiative for LED Technology
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), a member of the Global Lighting Forum (GLF), has announced an initiative to coordinate and promote LED (light emitting diode) technology on a global level. In order to accelerate the uptake of LED lighting, GLF held the inaugural meeting of its LED Working Group recently in Shenzhen, China. In [...]
Mule Lighting Launches DYNalux Induction Lighting Division
Mule Lighting, a manufacturer of lighting and battery related products since 1923, has established a new division to focus on the development of induction lighting technology and solutions. Click here for more information.
LED + SSL, Products + Technology
TED Publishes Article on LED Modules
I authored an article for the October issues of TED Magazine, the official publication of NAED, covering developments in LED modules, which promise faster to market, easier to service, more durable LED luminaires. Read the article here.
LED + SSL, Products + Technology
Product Monday: Decorative LED Lighting by LSI
LSI’s three decorative pedestrian-scale area lighting products—the Enterprise, Intrepid and Lexington—are now available with LED lamping. Built around the company’s SmartTec intelligence platform, these decorative pedestrian area lights are designed specially to illuminate pathways and walkway areas. Click here to learn more about this product. Update: Bad link fixed!
Controls Friday: Vizia RF Wireless Lighting Controls by Leviton
Nice video from Leviton describing the company’s Vizia wireless RF home and lighting controls. I’m using a Lutron Maestro wireless dimmer switch now, which enables my family to activate the house outdoor lights from our detached garage, and it works great, a real problem solver.
Controls Friday: Lutron Announces New Dimmer Designed and UL Listed for Controlling Dimmable CFLs, LEDs, Halogen and Incandescent Lamps
Lutron Electronicshas introduced two styles of dimmers, Diva/C•L and Credenza/C•L, that work not only with today’s most popular lamps such as incandescent and halogen, but also with dimmable CFLs and LEDs, which are expected to become even more widely adopted over the next 10 years. By installing one of these new dimmers, homeowners will be [...]
Carmanah Unilaterally Terminates Lightech Merger
On November 4, LightNOW reported that Carmanah Technologies, a manufacturer of solar LED lighting and power systems for industrial applications, had entered into a process to acquire Lightech Electronic Industries Ltd., an Israeli manufacturer of power supplies for LED lighting, for $18.5 million. The agreement and plan of merger had been entered on September 21, [...]
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