COMMENTARY
Light & Building points to growth
NEWS & ANALYSIS
• Philips hits Lighting Science Group with patent lawsuit
• Bridgelux, Albeo, Luminus secure millions in financing
• Zumtobel forms single LED group, teams with Cree
• Dialight installs 70,000 LED traffic signals in Florida
• Round 4 of CALiPER product testing shows mixed results
• LED walkway lighting evaluated
• DOE funding provides $20 million for SSL projects
NEWS: OLEDs
First OLED luminaires are highpoint of technology and fabrication developments
MARKETS
LED market growth predicted to exceed 20% over next five years
Strategies Unlimited predicts that the LED industry is emerging from a slow growth phase, and that the total market size in 2012 will exceed $11 billion.
INTERVIEW
Peter van Strijp, SSL veteran
For For Peter van Strijp, formerly of Philips Lighting, the recent Strategies in Light event highlighted the growing momentum and increased adoption of solid-state lighting in general lighting applications.
LIGHTING AFRICA
Lighting Africa helps developers of off-grid lighting systems
The International Finance Corporation aims to help suppliers establish a supply chain infrastructure in Africa for low-cost LED lighting, writes Tim Whitaker.
CONFERENCES
Strategies in Light 2008 focuses on emerging LED applications
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.
THEATRE LIGHTING
Theatrical lighting industry gets ready for Act Two with LED fixtures
Currently there are few good alternatives to the beam control provided by conventional lighting fixtures in the theatre. However the benefits of emerging LED products should potentially provide fixtures that are brighter, cooler, lighter, and faster to set up, says Noah Davis.
DEVICE TECHNOLOGY
An alternate way of driving LEDs
Several lighting manufacturers have recently incorporated AC-driven LEDs into their lighting fixtures. Tim Whitaker looks at this emerging technology.
OUTDOOR LIGHTING
LED-illuminated gas station sees higher traffic and reduced costs
The Better Day BP gas station and convenience store in Racine, Wisconsin, is the first to feature all-exterior LED lighting, writes Kevin Orth.
OUTDOOR LIGHTING
Toronto leads with LEDiscovery
A group of organizations gathered at this event to discuss the future of energy-efficient LED lighting, writes Brian Owen, our Canadian Columnist.
DRIVERS
New constant power LED driver architecture reduces the cost for offline LED ballasts
In the fourth in a series of articles on ballasts, Iain Mosely describes how the constant power operation inherent in a peak-current-controlled discontinuous mode flyback converter can deliver good drive characteristics for LED applications.
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