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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced it has reopened the PAR38 category of the L Prize competition. Established by Congress in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 and launched by DOE in 2008, the L Prize competition challenges industry to develop exceptionally high-performance, ultra-efficient LED alternatives for two of the most [...]

Guest post by Jim Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy Although LED lighting has many potential advantages, energy savings is the one that attracts the most attention. But the energy savings during the course of a product’s lifetime only tell part of the story. To gauge a product’s full impact – not only in terms of [...]

Cooper Lighting has introduced the Lumark Crosstour LED Wall Pack Series, a wall-mount luminaire featuring an “all-in-one” product design to satisfy a myriad of application needs by mounting in virtually any location. The product offers good optical performance, low-profile aesthetic design and easy installation while providing solutions for wall, surface, post (bollard), low-level and inverted [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium has released an economic cost-benefit analysis tool to help cities, utilities, and other organizations estimate the costs and impacts of switching to street lighting that uses LED lamping. The Excel-based Retrofit Financial Analysis Tool was developed in collaboration with the Clinton Climate Initiative. Users input [...]

Columbia Lighting has unveiled e•poc LED, its first LED light fixture featuring solid-state electronics from Universal Lighting Technologies. The product is carefully tuned using precise standards to maintain superior color consistency within each fixture, from fixture to fixture, and throughout its lifetime. The product passed through Columbia’s custom test booth where each unit receives a [...]

Finelite has announced a new 10-year warranty for its High Performance Recessed LED (HPR-LED) luminaire collection. At twice the industry standard for lifetime operating hours, this warranty also doubles the standard coverage terms for optimal performance over the extended lifetime of the luminaire. The HPR-LED collection, introduced last fall, is a distinct new ambient fixture [...]

LEDucation 6 will be closing online registration on Monday, March 19, 2012. With the exhibitor show floor once again completely sold out with more than 90 manufacturers, expectation of more than 1,200 attendees, and a strong lineup of educational programming, LEDucation 6 has positioned itself for another informative event on March 21. Exhibit hours are [...]

I’m happy to be writing again for Architectural Lighting Magazine, for which I served as editor and publisher in the late 1990s. Editor Elizabeth Donoff is doing a terrific job providing the industry with great editorial, and brought me back to contribute a technology column in each issue. My contribution to the Jan/Feb issue deals [...]

BEGA-US has announced new LED light fixtures from LIMBURG available with standard 3000K LED sources with a 4000K option, combining old world craftsmanship with state-of-the-art lamping. The ceiling and pendant fixtures are offered with new finishes, including “Brilliant Whtie” (similar to RAL 9003) and “Polished Aluminum.”