LED + SSL

My friend and colleague, LED expert Kevin Willmorth, recently told me that he has set an ambitious goal of designing and producing 52 all new solid-state lighting based product designs over the 52 weeks of 2010. “The idea is to demonstrate that LEDs are not only here and now, but far easier to design around [...]

Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. has announced the availability of the Transcend lighting series, a line of plug-and-play LED modules offering luminaire manufacturers a solution for integrating LED lighting into their existing designs. The Transcend lighting series is self-contained and requires no additional circuitry or heat management assemblies. The net result: Luminaire manufacturers now have a [...]

More than $37 million of funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) have been awarded by Energy Secretary Steven Chu for 17 SSL projects in three categories: core technology research, product development, and manufacturing. These awards are the first instance of DOE funding for manufacturing projects. Among other recipients, the following companies will [...]

Winners of the second annual Next Generation Luminaires awards were announced at the Strategies in Light Conference in Santa Clara, CA. Sponsored by the Department of Energy, the Illuminating Engineering Society and the International Association of Lighting Designers, the competition was launched in 2008 to promote excellence in the design of energy-efficient LED luminaires for [...]

The Challenge: Retrofit a former night club into a true lounge with a lighting scheme that would saturate the environment with color and color-changing effects, but without moving lights. The Solution: Ryan M. Rafferty for Ohm Productions illuminated the space almost entirely with RGB LEDs, allowing a variety of colors and effects schemes without losing [...]

A Reuters article published today focused on Philips’ investments in LED lighting, estimating the company has invested 4 billion euros–about $5.5 billion–in green technologies: * Philips’ sales in 2009 reached 6.5 billion euros * In Q409, LED-based products comprised 10+% of Philips’ lighting sales * Philips executive Niels Haverkorn: “In terms of value around 2015, [...]

The Lighting Research Center has announced that it will hold a three-day hands-on seminar on May 4-6, 2010, where participants learn the basics of LED technology while building an understanding of LED system integration issues involving the electrical, optical, and thermal characteristics of LEDs. Participants learn how to measure and evaluate LEDs and LED systems, [...]

LED lighting offers tremendous promise for reducing energy use in buildings. On Wednesday, March 10, 2010, from 1:00–2:30 PM CENTRAL TIME (last half hour reserved for Q&A), the Energy Center of Wisconsin will host a webinar to help designers learn the latest strategies to use LED lighting effectively. Avraham Mendall Mor, IALD, LEED AP, IESNA [...]

Zumtobel Lighting, Inc. recently announced the launch of a new website devoted to their LED products at www.zumtobel-led.com. The new site explains Zumtobel’s approach to LED technology, introduces Zumtobel’s GENIUS, ATM and SMOOTH technologies, and provides information on new LED products including BASYS, SLOTLIGHT, 2LIGHT MINI and CAREENA. Zumtobel aims to use LEDs as a [...]