LED + SSL

The seventh annual DOE Solid-State Lighting R&D Workshop, held February 2-4 in Raleigh, NC, drew 350 attendees sharing updates, including stakeholders from industry, academia, research institutions and government. Both speakers and attendees offered insights on key issues inhibiting SSL technology and how to move past current limits of SSL efficacy and performance, which will inform [...]

Lighting for Tomorrow is launching its 2010 competition—with a focus on lighting control devices and SSL luminaires and replacement lamps. For the first time, Lighting for Tomorrow will be looking at lighting control products including stand-alone, system-based, and whole house devices. The lighting controls competition is building on the 2009 fluorescent dimming competition by seeking [...]

OSRAM has strengthened its portfolio in the field of professional LED systems and solutions by setting up a joint venture with Traxon Technologies Ltd. The new company, in which OSRAM has the majority share, is a provider of LED technology. The company operates globally in Asia, Europe and North America. Currently, LED technology accounts for [...]

The Department of Energy has released a report analyzing the energy savings potential of SSL sources for general lighting compared to conventional light sources such as fluorescent. Using an econometric model of the U.S. lighting market, the report estimates national energy savings if SSL technology achieves certain forecasted price and performance objectives. DOE forecasts total [...]

Cree, Inc. recently announced a new efficacy record of 208 lumens per watt for a white power LED. Cree’s tests confirmed that the LED produced 208 lumens of light output and achieved 208 lumens per watt efficacy at a correlated color temperature of 4579K. The tests were conducted under standard LED test conditions at a [...]

Vice President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Steven Chu are visiting Cree company to tour and speak at the facility. Get the story here.

Guest post by Jim Brodrick, reprinted with permission from Postings: from the desk of Jim Brodrick [Recently,] DOE published the final ENERGY STAR criteria for integral LED lamps, which go into effect August 31, 2010. These criteria are the culmination of a long process of comment and revision, with the first draft published in January [...]

The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY) has announced that more than 1,000 lighting industry professionals from North America and Europe and 200 students and educators from New York’s higher educational programs attended its LEDucation IV event to learn firsthand about the latest developments in LED technology.

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