LED + SSL

Guest post by Jim Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy I frequently get the following question. “Why does DOE concentrate its efforts on solid-state lighting rather than on other technologies?” The simple answer is that the DOE program is specifically Congressionally-mandated and that both DOE and the Congress recognize the significant energy-saving potential of this technology, [...]

The Energy Center of Wisconsin has announced a webinar on LED lighting to be held Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at 3-4 PM EST (2-3PM Central). Instructor Avraham Mendall Mor, IALD, LEED AP, IESNA of Lightswitch Architectural will focus on cost of light criteria including energy costs, power consumption, labor costs, lamp costs, lifetime expectancy and [...]

a•light, a division of Amerillum Corporation, has introduced aire1, a vertical ground-mounted architectural bollard that provides a continuous line of LED non-glare ambient and accent illumination up to 8 ft. high. Check it out here.

NOTE: The bad link at the bottom has been fixed. The Lighting Research Center‘s DELTA program recently field tested photovoltaic-powered LED luminaires installed at three public, outdoor sites in the Catskill Mountains region of upstate New York. The luminaires were prototypes designed by Sullivan Renaissance, Philips Hadco and SolarOne Solutions. Click here to learn the [...]

Lunera Lighting, Inc., a Silicon Valley company that designs, manufactures, and markets LED lighting, recently announced the launch of an LED eBook to help commercial building owners and facility managers, lighting specifiers and others interested in LED lighting systems better understand the advantages of the new technology. The first chapter ,titled “Why LED Lighting is [...]

NOTE THAT THE DATES HAVE BEEN REVISED BY NGL, WITH THE NEW DATES INSERTED IN BOLD. The 2010 Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) SSL Design Competition “Intent to Submit” deadline is fast approaching. Intents will be accepted through September 13, 2010. Forms must be submitted online at www.ngldc.org, where competition criteria and required documents can also [...]

Kim Lighting recently introduced WARP9 LED, a low-glare, high-performance outdoor area light utilizing LED technology. Using a patented optical system, the luminaire can provide wide-throw ground plane illumination to maintain spacings without excessive glare. The product is made from more than 90% recycled materials; the housing, LEDs and drivers contain no mercury; all electronic components [...]

In support of high quality products for LED lighting, Lighting Services Inc has announced that it will provide a Lighting Facts Pledge label for the company’s LumeLEX LED Series. Verified by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Lighting Facts label reports accurate and consistent product performance results in five areas from actual IESNA Standard LM-79 [...]

LED technology continues to rapidly mature and is pursued as a street lighting alternative to traditional lamp sources categorized as HID lamps such as high pressure sodium. In order to quantify the performance of new LED street lighting options, lighting specifiers must compare the claimed benefits of LED fixtures, including long life, reduced maintenance, and [...]