Products + Technology

Lunera Lighting, Inc. recently announced the 5400 SERIES, claiming the world’s first LED luminaire certified for Armstrong’s TechZone Ceiling Systems, which can reduce installation time and cost in addition to helping provide a clean visual ceiling. The 5400 SERIES features a CRI rating of 85 with an R9 measurement of nearly 70. The efficient, linear [...]

NEMA’s compact fluorescent (CFL) lamps index retreated for the fourth consecutive quarter in Q1 of 2011, registering a reading of 180.8, a decline of 16.8% on a year-over-year basis. Incandescent lamp shipments fared better, showing an increase of 6.4% over the previous quarter. With a first quarter reading of 57.0, the index remained unchanged from [...]

Lutron’s Hi-lume A Series provides continuous, smooth 100-1% dimming for virtually any LED luminaire—whether it requires constant current or constant voltage—making it one of the most versatile LED drivers on the market. ELV phase control, 3-wire phase control and EcoSystem digital control options available.

Launched in October 2009 and managed by Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) QPL provides a central place for manufacturers to submit products for qualification and for utilities and energy efficiency program administrators to distinguish high performing products for use in their incentive programs. Due to the rapid technological advances in the SSL [...]

Cree, Inc. has unveiled a concept LED replacement lamp from its lighting research and development team that delivers more than 1,300 lumens at 152 lumens per watt (LPW) using Cree TrueWhite technology, exceeding the performance goals set by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the 21st Century Lamp, the third category in its L [...]

The rare earth phosphor shortage is resulting in price increases on popular fluorescent lamps, and shows no signs of abating. Rare-earth elements are used in a variety of products, from smart phones to hybrid cars to about 85 percent of the phosphors used in fluorescent lamps. Elements such as Cerium, Europium, Terbium and Yttrium are [...]

GE Lighting’s full line of LED GE Energy Smart incandescent replacement bulbs are anticipated to be on store shelves within the next 16 months. This November marks the arrival of the 13W GE Energy Smart LED, a dimmable 60W incandescent replacement bulb. GE’s dimmable 75W and 100W replacement LED bulbs–likely 18W and 27W products, respectively–are [...]

Significant innovation in linear fluorescent lighting is being spurred on by commercial building energy codes, sustainability initiatives, new legislation and regulations, customer demands and competition from other light sources, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs). In short, fluorescent lighting is generally become more efficient, more controllable and longer life. Check out this article I wrote for [...]

Verbatim Americas, LLC recently announced the availability of color-tunable OLED (organic LED) lighting panels at LIGHTFAIR in Philly. Intended for sale to OEMs for general lighting, furniture lighting and other applications, the 14-cm x 14-cm OLED panels are based on unique materials technology developed by Verbatim’s parent company, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation. Full-scale production will start [...]