Archive for the ‘LED World’ Category

Product Monday: Omega Lighting’s Revelation LED Downlight

Omega Lighting has combined MesoOptics optical technology from Ledalite with the power of a high-performance LED light engine and Omega Lighting’s optics to produce the 25W Revelation LED Downlight.
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Product Monday: Cooper Lighting Announces Major Launch of LED Outdoor Products

Cooper Lighting has announced the introduction of one of the industry’s largest LED outdoor product offerings providing relevant LED solutions for Streetlighting, Area/Site, Wall Mount, Parking Garage, Canopy and Pathway applications. The initial rollout includes 16 new energy-efficient luminaires featuring Cooper Lighting’s patent pending modular LightBAR™ technology and AccuLED™ Optics, designed to provide superior lighting [...]

52 SSL Product Designs in 52 Weeks

My friend and colleague, LED expert Kevin Willmorth, recently told me that he has set an ambitious goal of designing and producing 52 all new solid-state lighting based product designs over the 52 weeks of 2010.
“The idea is to demonstrate that LEDs are not only here and now, but far easier to design around [...]

Leviton Offers Plug-and-Play LED Modules for Luminaire Manufacturers

Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. has announced the availability of the Transcend lighting series, a line of plug-and-play LED modules offering luminaire manufacturers a solution for integrating LED lighting into their existing designs. The Transcend lighting series is self-contained and requires no additional circuitry or heat management assemblies. The net result: Luminaire manufacturers now have a [...]

DOE to Allocate $37 Million in Stimulus Funds to 17 Solid-State Lighting Projects

More than $37 million of funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) have been awarded by Energy Secretary Steven Chu for 17 SSL projects in three categories: core technology research, product development, and manufacturing. These awards are the first instance of DOE funding for manufacturing projects.
Among other recipients, the following companies will benefit: [...]

Winners Announced in Next Generation Luminaires Design Competition

Winners of the second annual Next Generation Luminaires awards were announced at the Strategies in Light Conference in Santa Clara, CA. Sponsored by the Department of Energy, the Illuminating Engineering Society and the International Association of Lighting Designers, the competition was launched in 2008 to promote excellence in the design of energy-efficient LED luminaires for [...]

Midtown Lounge in Washington, DC Lighted Almost Entire with RGB LEDs

The Challenge: Retrofit a former night club into a true lounge with a lighting scheme that would saturate the environment with color and color-changing effects, but without moving lights.
The Solution: Ryan M. Rafferty for Ohm Productions illuminated the space almost entirely with RGB LEDs, allowing a variety of colors and effects schemes without losing color [...]

Philips Executive: LEDs Will Be Bigger Than Conventional Sources by 2015

A Reuters article published today focused on Philips’ investments in LED lighting, estimating the company has invested 4 billion euros–about $5.5 billion–in green technologies:
* Philips’ sales in 2009 reached 6.5 billion euros
* In Q409, LED-based products comprised 10+% of Philips’ lighting sales
* Philips executive Niels Haverkorn: “In terms of value around 2015, LED will be [...]

Lighting Research Center Announces LED Lighting Institute May 4-6, 2010

The Lighting Research Center has announced that it will hold a three-day hands-on seminar on May 4-6, 2010, where participants learn the basics of LED technology while building an understanding of LED system integration issues involving the electrical, optical, and thermal characteristics of LEDs. Participants learn how to measure and evaluate LEDs and LED systems, [...]

Energy Center of Wisconsin to Present Live Webinar on LED Lighting on March 10

LED lighting offers tremendous promise for reducing energy use in buildings. On Wednesday, March 10, 2010, from 1:00–2:30 PM CENTRAL TIME (last half hour reserved for Q&A), the Energy Center of Wisconsin will host a webinar to help designers learn the latest strategies to use LED lighting effectively.
Avraham Mendall Mor, IALD, LEED AP, IESNA of [...]