LED + SSL

The Department of Energy has completed Round 8 of product testing through its CALiPER testing program, available here. Round 8 focused mostly on replacement lamps, including MR16s, PARs and small omnidirectional replacements. Traditional sources were also tested in each application category for benchmarking and comparison with LED sources. Other products tested included three undercabinet fixtures, [...]

Over the last few years, AT&T Inc. re-branding efforts across the country included a redesign of the company logo that necessitated the replacement of 7,000 channel letter signs on more than 6,500 AT&T office buildings and retail locations. With a switch to an LED lighting system (GE Lumination’s Tetra), AT&T is expected to save more [...]

LED fixture manufacturer Renaissance Lighting has established a recycling program designed to keep Renaissance Lighting products out of the nation’s landfills. The company’s fixtures are nearly 100% recyclable, according to the company. From the reflector to the mounting frame to the LED light engine, most of the product can be recycled by returning it to [...]

Illumivision Incorporated, a Canadian manufacturer of solid-state lighting, has its new corporate identity, shown here.

GE Lighting has announced the availability of the 7W Energy Smart white LED PAR20 lamp and 10W Energy Smart white LED PAR30 lamp, targeted to restaurants, retailers and other commercial customers. Available as spots or floods, these products feature advanced optical control to concentrate the white LED light on the targeted area and effectively diminish [...]

The Department of Energy has released revised competition requirements for the L Prize–the DOE-sponsored technology competition aimed at producing solid-state lighting products that can replace the common light bulb. The revised competition requirements include updates in several key areas, including 1) a specification for chromaticity, which compliments the existing specification for correlated color temperature, and [...]

Here’s my lead editorial from the July issue of Illuminate, which you may find interesting: This year’s Lightfair International in New York City was memorable for many things, but topping the list in my mind is how LED products and standards swept the Lightfair Innovation Awards. Calculite Solid-State Downlights by Philips Lightolier, a family of [...]

Architectural SSL Magazine has launched SSL Interactive, a blog about solid-state lighting for buildings. Content will include product and project reviews, technical data and other stories. Be sure to see the “Rules” page if you are interested in contributing. There was a typo in the URL, which has been corrected.

On December 19, 2008, the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra in Jena, Germany, performed works by composers Alexander Scriabin, Igor Stravinsky and Georg Friedrich Haas in a concert hall filled with 170 weather balloons that changed color to complement and enhance the music–the joint effort between an artist and members of the Future Lighting Solutions network. The [...]