LED + SSL

The Stratus LED Linear Wall Grazer by Pure Lighting provides uniform illumination of textured walls and other vertical surfaces using warm or cool white LEDs. Mounted in the ceiling or on the surface behind a cove, Stratus evenly covers up to a 30-ft. wall down to the floor. Click here to learn more.

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has launched a new section of its LED Light site dedicated to LIGHTFAIR, available here. The page provides a virtual trade show experience including news, blog posts, video updates and Flickr photo streams leading up and including live events during LIGHTFAIR, including the OSRAM Opto Semiconductors booth, which is Booth #315.

Seesmart, Inc. recently announced that it has limited openings in specific territories for United States distribution of its LED products. For information regarding distributorships in a specific territory, email the company here.

James Brodrick, PhD, and Stephen Jones have been selected to headline the LIGHTFAIR 2010 conference and Institute as the featured keynote speakers. They will address solid-state lighting and the impact of integrated design on the construction industry. Jones takes the stage on Monday, May 10—the opening day of the Institutes—and Brodrick follows on Tuesday, May [...]

Effective June 1, 2010, NYSERDA Existing Facilities Program will only accept SSL products listed by either ENERGY STAR or DesignLights Consortium’s Qualified Products List (DLC QPL). The list of qualified SSL products will be accessible through NYSERDA’s The Right Light website (available soon).

The challenge: Create as sustainable and energy efficient environment as possible that still met the requirements of a space that would show a significant amount of artwork. The solution: The designers of Síol opted for natural lighting complemented with dimmable, ENERGY STAR-qualified white LED downlights that illuminate the entire space with the same energy consumed [...]

LED leader Cree has announced record revenue of $234.1 million for its third quarter of fiscal 2010, ended March 28, 2010. This represents a 78% increase compared to revenue of $131.1 million reported for the third fiscal quarter last year and a 17% increase compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2010. “We achieved record [...]

In its Jan/Feb 2010 issue, Architectural SSL published an article I authored about Round 9 of CALiPER testing (October 2009) covering 30 recessed downlights, 2×2 flat panel luminaires and troffers, 4-ft. linear replacement lamps and small replacement lamps. Despite continuing problems in the SSL industry, including inaccurate and inflated sales claims and a wide range [...]

Below is a transcript of a press conference given by Rudy Provoost, CEO of Philips Lighting, at Light + Building 2010 in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, April 12, 2010. Stating a prediction that LEDs will achieve 50% market penetration by as early as 2015 and 75% by 2020, he announced a number of interesting new LED [...]