LED + SSL

The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY) has announced the date for its fifth annual program on LED technology: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at the Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 Seventh Avenue, New York City. Located between 32nd and 33rd Streets (across from Madison Square Garden). Exhibit hours are from 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM EST. [...]

Juno has unveiled Cylindra LED Series track luminaires, available in high- and medium-lumen packages to offer performance similar to 75W PAR30 and 50W MR16 halogen luminaires, respectively, while consuming less than one-third of the energy. Available in 3000K and 4100K color temperatures, minimum 80 CRI, three beam spreads, integral switch, and white, black or silver [...]

Lithonia Lighting received an award for best interior commercial product for the RTLED luminaire from theLEDshow, a mini-convention and lighting industry consortium focused on marketing and promoting LED and solid-state lighting., held in August 2010 The award honors LED lighting that is innovative, provides a high-quality of light output and eliminates cumbersome installation processes. First [...]

The eighth annual Lighting for Tomorrow competition awarded the best-designed energy-efficient lighting products in the residential market. In addition to the expansion of the solid-state lighting (SSL) competition to include replacement lamps, 2010 featured a brand new lighting controls competition. Lighting for Tomorrow challenged manufacturers to continue to improve their design of SSL fixtures and [...]

The Curve by Finelite is a portable LED desk lamp that won Best in Class in the 2009 DOE LED Next Generation Luminaire (NGL) design competition as the highest ranked entry and will be featured in the 2010 IES Progress Report. Achieving nearly 50 lumens/W luminaire efficacy, the NGL judges commend on the overall “delicate [...]

Starting today, Aldo Kamper is succeeding Dr. Rüdiger Müller who, after heading the optoelectronic semiconductor business for 22 years at OSRAM and formerly at Siemens, is retiring. Kamper started his professional career at OSRAM in 1994 after completing his business administration studies. Between 1999 and 2006, he held executive positions at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors in [...]

Lunera Lighting, Inc., an LED lighting manufacturer, recently announced that its LED luminaires are now available for purchase on the General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule. The GSA Schedule program provides access to over 11 million commercial products and services at volume discount pricing. To qualify for the GSA Schedule program, all approved vendor products must [...]

Leotek, a developer of LED technology, has announced the relocation of the company’s headquarters and U.S. manufacturing operations to a new, larger facility in Silicon Valley, California housing the company’s manufacturing, warehousing adn distribution operations in addition to support departments. According to the company, the move is intended to accommodate growth in the company’s core [...]

CIE/USA, the U.S. National Committee of the International Commission on Illumination (CIE), is offering a one-day series of seminars on the photometry, colorimetry and application of solid-state lighting. Experts will present: * basic concepts * advanced techniques * state of the art research on the characterization and measurement of light and lighting * discussions of [...]