LED + SSL

The 2012 Next Generation Luminaires Solid-State Lighting Indoor Design Competition has officially launched! Written Intents to Submit are due by December 16, 2011, and must be submitted online at www.ngldc.org. (Due to growing interest and participation, Next Generation Luminaires has been expanded to include separate indoor and outdoor competitions for 2012.) Final submission forms are [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has completed Round 13 of product testing through the DOE Solid-State Lighting (SSL) CALiPER program. A Summary Report containing the results is now available for download on the DOE SSL website. Round 13 of product testing included three primary focus areas: LED and benchmark high-bay luminaires; LED wallpack luminaires; [...]

“LED Lighting: Fact And Fiction,” webinar produced by the Energy Center of Wisconsin, will be held Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 1–2:30 PM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. Learn about LED lighting, from how it works to where it works best, including where to find unbiased info and how to compare products. Click here for more information.

Acuity Brands, Inc. has expanded its LED indoor ambient lighting portfolio with the launch of the Lithonia Lighting RTLED RELIGHT assembly kit, which joins the RTLED, ACLED, TLED and VTLED as part of Lithonia Lighting’s recessed LED indoor ambient lighting product family. Available in 2×2 and 2×4 configurations for parabolic and lensed troffer upgrades, the [...]

Cooper Lighting recently upgraded its outdoor LED LightBAR technology to deliver improved lumen output and efficiency while continuing to offer up to 75% in energy savings over traditional HID outdoor sources, according to the company. The system’s application-specific design allows lumen and energy output to be customized to fulfill the exact needs of the outdoor [...]

The LED Lamp Locator is a new web-based tool enabling lighting decision makers to search, evaluate, compare and specify LED replacement lamps from a comprehensive database spanning the LED industry. Developed by Lighting Internet Technology Enterprises, LLC (LITE), the LED Lamp Locator provides technical information in a straight-forward format with custom comparisons.

IMS Research has extended its global lighting (lamps and luminaires) market and installed based forecasts through 2020. This new release of The World Market for Lamps & Luminaires in General & Exterior Lighting is now available to both new and existing customers. In lighting, LEDs are continually improving in efficiency and with the quantity and [...]

The Department of Energy has updated its Solid-State Lighting (SSL) website with a fresh look and new content areas. The website continues to offer the same resources, including R&D roadmaps and project highlights, reports on CALiPER testing and GATEWAY demonstrations, technology fact sheets, and guidance and tools for product evaluation. The new content areas–developed with [...]

Guest post by Jim Brodrick, Department of Energy We’re often asked to explain the difference between DOE’s Lighting Facts label and the Lighting Facts label that will soon be required by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It’s a good question, so we thought we’d take the opportunity to answer it in this Posting. The goal [...]