New Jersey utility to evaluate LED street lighting 15 Jul 08
PSE&G is partnering with four cities in New Jersey to evaluate LED lamps for effectiveness and energy savings. |
German bank refurbishes lighting, saves money, with LED luminaires 07 Jul 08
The Lemgo Savings Bank plans to save 70% on its energy bill while easing navigation through specialized areas with new Zumbotel LED downlights, spotlights and recessed floor luminaires.
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GE expands into outdoor LED lighting with two new fixtures
01 Jul 08
GE Lighting Systems has debuted the first two of many upcoming outdoor LED lighting systems: the LED StreetDreams post-top fixture and an outdoor area light.
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Philips claims first with office building entirely lit using LEDs 26 Jun 08
Philips Lighting France will light an office building in Paris using LED fixtures to achieve both functional and decorative lighting. |
Cities realize advantages of LEDs 25 Jun 08
The LED street light demonstration in the city of Oakland highlighted many of the benefits that LED lighting can bring to municipalities, writes Kevin Orth.
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Texas supermarket chain to use GE LED refrigerated display lighting 24 Jun 08
United Supermarkets has replaced Lumation LED lighting in 47 stores to save $633,000 in energy and maintenance costs.
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Osram Opto unveils LED street lamp project in mainland China
23 Jun 08
Shenzhen SED Industry Co.'s light fixtures containing Osram LEDs will illuminate roads in Shenzhen High-Tech Industrial Park.
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Carmanah partners with Beta to develop solar-powered LED area light
22 May 08
Caramanah's new fixture combines its solar engine with a specially-developed BetaLED luminaire. |
Strategies in Light 2008 focuses on emerging LED applications 14 May 08
The ninth annual get-together for the LED industry highlighted the development of LED technologies and standards that are driving us into new and emerging markets, not least general illumination. Tim Whitaker reports from Santa Clara. |
Study finds US consumers warming to LEDs for energy-efficient lighting 01 May 08
A new study says 87% of consumers would be willing to try LED technology for some or all of their home lighting.
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Cree launches LED University program 25 Apr 08
A group of five universities has committed to evaluating and deploying LED lighting to reduce costs and environmental impact. |
Philips unveils LED-based solutions for general lighting at Light+Building 08 Apr 08
New LED-based luminaire systems are being introduced for use in home, office, and retail applications. |
Zumtobel Group teams with Cree to boost innovative LED lighting 08 Apr 08
A new Zumtobel LED Division will implement CREE technology in general lighting products and when entering new market segments.
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IHOP restaurants install fixtures from Cree LED Lighting 01 Apr 08
Several restaurants have installed six-inch LED downlights, which were judged as superior to CFLs. |
ilumisys and State of Michigan partner in LED lighting research 28 Mar 08
LEDs will replace fluorescent lighting in a State of Michigan office building, allowing research data to be gathered.
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Boston's Old North Church embraces Philips LED technology 05 Mar 08
Boston's oldest church building implements LED lighting to properly accentuate historic architecture while minimizing energy consumption. |
Essentials of designing efficient luminaires with LEDs 21 Feb 08
A systems-level approach for LED luminaire design is required to achieve all the expected benefits of solid-state lighting. Gerry Negley and Antony van de Ven of LED Lighting Fixtures, Inc. explain. |
Dialight Lumidrives collaborates with Illuma Lighting 13 Feb 08
The new IllumaLED range should provide Lumidrives with access to the professional lighting and wholesale market. |
Toronto condominium adopts LED lighting 08 Jan 08
In a first of its kind, LED lighting has been employed to illuminate the interior corridors throughout a 44-floor condominium building, , writes Brian Owen, our Canadian Columnist. |
EcoLEDLighting gains BSI seal of approval for LED downlights 17 Dec 07
EcoLEDLighting says that testing by the British Standards Institute shows that its LED downlights are the first of their type to comply with Part L of the UK Building Regulations. |
Lumecon, Relume to supply 1000 LED street lights to Ann Arbor 14 Dec 07
The City of Ann Arbor has placed an order for 1000 LED street lights that consume less than half the power and last five times longer than the lights they will replace. |
LED streetlighting: the Light at Night Falls Bright 07 Dec 07
Welland, Ontario has launched the first phase of its LED lighting scheme and has installed 47 luminaires from Relume, writes Brian Owen. |
LLF reports 113.6 lm/W from warm-white LED lamp 29 Nov 07
LED Lighting Fixtures Inc has built a prototype LED-based PAR 38 lamp that produces 659 lm from 5.8 watts of wall-plug power, with CCT of 2760 K and CRI of 91.2. |
Banff investigates environmentally friendly LED street lighting 06 Nov 07
A pilot project in the Canadian town in association with Osram will help identify the advantages of LED outdoor lighting. |
Cree installs LED lighting in all its facilities 02 Nov 07
As part of its LED Workplace initiative, Cree will convert all of the lighting at its facilities to LED lighting. Part of the project has been completed, and energy usage has been cut by 48%. |
LED streetlights to take over downtown Ann Arbor 17 Oct 07
Ann Arbor plans to become the first US city to convert 100 percent of its downtown streetlights to LED technology, with the installation of more than 1000 LED fixtures. |
Beta LED fixtures chosen for Sentry facility 11 Oct 07
LED lighting has been chosen for the exterior of a new manufacturing facility built by Sentry Equipment. |
Advanced LEDs and E.ON target LED street lighting 11 Oct 07
E.ON will bid for projects to install lighting schemes using LED luminaires from Advanced LEDs, which has also signed an agreement with Enfis. |
US bill declares "lights out" on inefficient lighting 18 Sep 07
The Energy Efficient Lighting for a Brighter Tomorrow Act calls for a phase-out of inefficient incandescent lamps beginning in 2012. |
Interview: Christopher Ruud of Beta Lighting 28 Aug 07
Outdoor LED lighting fixtures from Beta LED were among the highlights of Lightfair International 2007. Christopher Ruud, Executive Vice President of Beta Lighting, tells LEDs Magazine how his company came to introduce LED fixtures, taking advantage of the positive benefits of LED technology. |
Welland is Well Lit with LED street lighting 20 Aug 07
The City of Welland, Ontario is undertaking a pilot program to evaluate LED street lighting, which could possibly lead to the installation of more than 6500 luminaires in future, writes Brian Owen. |
LEDs boast more than energy efficiency and durability 14 Aug 07
The wide range of colours available from LEDs, their versatility, their compact size and ease of installation give architects, designers and installers the freedom to devise completely new lighting solutions, as Ian Cathcart, OSRAM's LED systems manager, explains. |
LED lighting control device operates with DMX fixtures 18 Jul 07
LUX Italia has developed a sophisticated and user-friendly lighting control device that uses DMX to operate multiple LED fixtures. |
Marks & Spencer selects NuaLight’s LED lighting system 04 Jul 07
LED lighting from NuaLight is being installed in temperature-controlled food display cases in Marks & Spencer stores in the UK and Ireland. |
Warm white Cree LEDs illuminate Croatian Riviera 26 Jun 07
Schreder has installed outdoor LED lighting fixtures based around warm-white XLamp LEDs from Cree. |
Museum shines warm LED lights on antiquities 15 Jun 07
A museum in Glasgow is able to display sensitive antique objects for the first time by using purpose-built LED lighting modules. |
LED lighting shows maturity at Lightfair 14 Jun 07
If anyone thought LED lighting was going to be a short-lived phenomenon, the recent Lightfair International trade show in New York City should have convinced them otherwise. LEDs were everywhere, and more importantly the LED fixtures on display showed a new level of maturity, writes Tim Whitaker.
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Cree XLamp LEDs illuminate Beta LED fixtures 13 Jun 07
A series of outdoor lighting fixtures from Beta Lighting are built around cool-white power LEDs from Cree. |
LED lighting installed at New York City ad agency (update) 01 Jun 07
Gallium Lighting has supplied LED downlights for general illumination in a New York office space. |
Solid-state lighting market poised for dramatic growth
17 May 07
Improvements in white LED performance and price will attract the attention of larger lighting companies, LED-based fixture designs will become more efficient, and solid-state lighting products will greatly increase their penetration of the mainstream general illumination market, predict Robert Steele and Vrinda Bhandarkar of Strategies Unlimited. |
Hunter seeks realistic LED performance data 15 May 07
The keynote speaker at Strategies in Light did not hold back in his view that the LED industry needs to urgently address the inaccurate representation of LED performance in the industry. |
LED streetlights help Toronto become brighter and greener
01 May 07
An installation of 16 LED streetlights in Toronto's Exhibition Place demonstrates reduced energy usage and improved light quality.
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Survey shows LEDs improve public’s perceptions of city safety 02 Apr 07
The LED City initiative in Raleigh, NC, has been shown to yield benefits beyond energy efficiency.
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Philips leads Ban the Bulb call in North America 15 Mar 07
As part of an industry drive towards energy-efficient lighting in North America, Philips will phase out incandescent bulbs by 2016. |
LED streetlights help Toronto become brighter, greener 01 Mar 07
An installation of LED streetlights in Toronto's Exhibition Place is expected to cut costs and reduce greenhouse emissions. |
AGI and Lighting Science develop in-store LED retail displays 26 Feb 07
LED fixtures enable long-life retail displays that avoid damage due to heating. |
Power Integrations design kit enables EMC-compliant LED lightbulbs 22 Feb 07
An ultra-small power supply unit is designed to fit into an LED lightbulb socket, and enables LED lightbulbs to meet EMC requirements. |
From fossil fuels to solid state for household lighting: a "small" solution for a large problem 20 Feb 07
For a number of years, Light Up The World Foundation has been at the forefront of efforts to bring LED lighting to the developing world. LEDs Magazine spoke with LUTW founders Dave Irvine-Halliday and Ken Robertson to get an update on the Foundation's activities. |
Raleigh and Cree build LED City to evaluate LED lighting 12 Feb 07
The city of Raleigh, North Carolina has teamed with Cree to launch the LED City, and will evaluate multiple types of LED lighting fixtures and installations. |
LED Lighting Fixtures unveils LED-based recessed downlight 08 Feb 07
The first product from LLF will be a warm-white downlight with an efficacy of approximately 60 lm/W, and will directly rival 65-watt incandescent alternatives. |
NuaLight and Astron install LED lighting in retail display cases 08 Feb 07
Astron Engineering now uses LED technology supplied by NuaLight to illuminate its salad bars for displaying fresh produce. |
Gallium Lighting introduces high output white LED downlight 01 Jan 07
A new 16-LED downlight offers performance comparable to 18-26 watt compact fluorescent luminaries. |
On the verge: LEDs ready to challenge incumbent light sources in the street lighting market 26 Oct 06
Street lighting is fast emerging as a potentially strong market for LEDs, particularly now that devices have reached a level of output and efficiency to make them viable replacements for incumbent lighting technologies. |
