LED + SSL

Lighting Services Inc, a luminaire manufacturer, has introduced a new channel on the popular website YouTube. The first five-minute video features the LumeLEX Series and demonstrates its features as well as the benefits of remote phosphor LED technology. Check it out here. BE sure to subscribe if you’d like to be automatically alerted about new [...]

On May 18, LightNOW reported that Cleveland was considering a 10-year deal giving Sunpu-Opto Semiconductor Ltd. exclusive rights to sell millions of LED lights to the city in exchange for the company making Cleveland its North American headquarters, creating an estimated 350 jobs. The proposed deal naturally irritated GE Lighting, which is based in Cleveland. [...]

Guest Post by Jim Brodrick, Department of Energy One thing that struck me at LIGHTFAIR … was how quickly solid-state lighting has progressed from being little more than a “sideshow” at that annual event – a curiosity rather than something of real significance – to being by far the predominant lighting technology on display. Just [...]

On June 21-22, lighting manufacturers and designers will converge on London at the OLED Lighting Design Summit to discuss the exciting opportunities and possibilities presented by OLED Lighting technology. The agenda includes: • Philips, OSRAM, Novaled, GE, LEDON, Thorn and other developers discussing the latest developments and application focus of their OLEDs • Ingo Maurer, [...]

LEDs Magazine just reported that the Department of Energy caught a fake Lighting Facts label on an LED lamp displayed at LIGHTFAIR. The lamp was manufactured by Greenlite, based in Montreal. The company is not an SSL Quality Advocates partner and should not be using the Lighting Facts label. Be sure to take a little [...]

On May 18, LightNOW reported here that Cleveland was considering a 10-year deal giving Sunpu-Opto Semiconductor Ltd. exclusive rights to sell millions of LED lights to the city in exchange for the company making Cleveland its North American headquarters, creating an estimated 350 jobs. The proposed deal naturally irritated GE Lighting, which is based in [...]

According to a new report from Pike Research, LED lighting will achieve a 46% penetration of the $4.4 billion U.S. market for lamps in the commercial, industrial and outdoor stationary sectors. “LED lighting will reach an inflection point in the next five years,” says managing director Clint Wheelock. “As solid state lighting costs come down [...]

The Department of Energy has announced that “Voices for SSL Efficiency 2010,” its fifth annual SSL Market Introduction Workshop, will be held July 20-22, 2010 in Philadelphia, PA. More information will be available soon. Until then, if you’re interested in attending, save the date.

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has launched a new website dedicated to serving as an interactive online resource to educate, empower, connect and communicate with customers in the burgeoning LED and solid state lighting space. The LED Light site, available at www.ledlight.osram-os.com, provides LED-related resources and information tailored to customers in the outdoor, indoor, retail and architectural [...]