Craig DiLouie

The high-brightness (HB) LED lighting market (packaged chips) continues to grow and is forecasted to reach $4.3 billion by 2014, according to LED Luminaire Market Review and Forecast 2011, a new report by Strategies Unlimited. With this explosive growth, the HB LED fixture market will follow in the same fashion–growing to more than $8 billion [...]

The results from NEMA’s latest monthly survey of senior member company executives finds that business conditions improved for the sixth month in a row in April. The Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for current North American conditions measured 57.1. While down slightly from the 60.9 mark recorded in March, a reading above 50 indicates more [...]

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published SSL 3-2011 High-Power White LED Binning for General Illumination. This standard, first published in 2010, was produced by NEMA’s Solid State Lighting Section. SSL 3 offers categorization areas (bins) for chromaticity (colors), forward voltage measurements (an electrical designation), and luminous flux (light output) for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [...]

Pegasus Lighting recently published a great series about the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 and its energy standards for incandescent lamps, which are expected to eliminate most common 40-100W household lamps between 2012 and 2014. Truth & Lies: The Incandescent Phase Out, Part 1 The Fine Print, Explained: The Incandescent Phase Out, Part [...]

The Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, produced by the Energy Information Administration at the Department of Energy (DOE), provides incredibly valuable information about how commercial buildings use energy and energy-using systems such as lighting and HVAC. If you wanted to know things like, “How many office buildings are in the Northeast?” or “What is the [...]

Vaetros by Zumtobel Lighting is an indirect/direct luminaire available in 4- and 5-ft. lengths and T5 and T5HO lamping. Adjustable reflector wings control the indirect component. Waveguide technology controls direct glare at critical viewing angles, enabling the designer to position the luminaire anywhere relative to task locations.

Illuminex, previously known as Lighting South Asia, will showcase products and services from hundreds of Indian and international lighting industry players, attracting more than 8,000 architects, designers, lighting manufacturers, construction companies, engineers, dealers and distributors from throughout that country. The event will focus on the Indian lighting industry, which is worth more than $1 billion. [...]

Reprinted from NEMA’s eiXtra newsletter (February 7, 2011 issue), original source: Chris Rhodes, Forbes/Energy Source blog: The January issue of Chemistry World includes a warning on impending shortages of certain elements. Among them are the rare earth elements, in particular neodymium, production of which, it is reckoned, will have to increase five times to build [...]

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