LED + SSL

HUNT Dimming’s Simplicity LED Controller provides state-of-the-control for select LED drivers/sources for high-end applications. If you went to Lightfair, you may have seen the controller in a number of booths. Click here for more information about the product.

Radionic Hi-Tech, Inc. of Chicago, IL has told LightNOW that they have the distinction of being the first manufacturer of undercabinet LED luminaires to receive the Lighting Facts label. Sponsored by the Department of Energy and endorsed by major retailers including The Home Depot and W.W. Grainger, the Solid-State Lighting Quality Advocates label was “created [...]

This article for Architectural SSL Magazine by Kevin Willmorth and me outlines the important progress that has been made in LED standards that are essential for future growth, and talks about standards still in the works. You can read the article here.

Dresden University and German OLED company Novaled are claiming that they have achieved a source efficacy of 90 lumens/W. With this accomplished, researchers say they must now achieve their next breakthrough in increasing service life to make OLEDs competitive with other sources in general lighting applications. Get the story here at EE Times.

Check it out here at SPIE.org.

Lighting Science Group Corporation and Martin Professional A/S have announced a distribution agreement that will give Martin access to Lighting Science’s X16 DOTZ LED strings for global distribution. The X16 DOTZ LED string will be marketed under the name FlexDOT in Martin’s line of LED video products. FlexDOT is a string of high-brightness RGB LEDs [...]

Guest post by Jim Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy Reprinted with permission from “Postings: From the Desk of Jim Brodrick.” For more information about the DOE’s solid-state lighting program, click here. As you probably know, long lifetime is considered to be one of the major advantages of solid-state lighting over other lighting technologies. It’s something [...]

WAC Lighting showcased two innovative OLED fixture prototypes at Lightfair last month, including an OLED mini chandelier and an OLED wall sconce. The OLED Wall Sconce features six color changeable three-inch OLEDs. The mini chandelier uses eight colorful, transparent, one-inch OLEDs, including a panel depicting the WAC Lighting logo. Each OLED draws only 0.18W; each [...]

Braemar Energy Ventures, a venture capital fund making early- to mid-stage investments in the energy technology sector, recently announced a $10 million investment in Fulham, an assembler and distributor of electronic ballasts and drivers for fluorescent, HID and LED lighting. Fulham joins Braemar’s energy efficient lighting portfolio comprised of Laser Light Engines, Nuventix and Luminus [...]