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| Germany funds 10 LED outdoor lighting projects 30 Apr |
| Ten German towns chosen as winners of the Kommunen in neuem Licht competition could receive up to EUR 2 million each for LED lighting projects. |
| Progressive utility sets the pace and the rate for LED 29 Apr |
| A recent seminar hosted by Progress Energy gave participants a valuable insight into the utility’s perspective and expectations for LED lighting, writes BRIAN OWEN. |
| Kolkata unveils LightSavers project for LED lighting 28 Apr |
| Over 270 outdoor LED luminaires will be installed in Kolkata, India, in order to evaulate their performance as part of the global LightSavers program. |
| Nualight gets EUR 9.1 million to grow LED retail-lighting business 28 Apr |
| Climate Change Capital Private Equity leads investment round and is joined by Irish-government-backed ESB Novusmodus. |
| CELMA and ELC host LED Forum at Light+Building 27 Apr |
| A recent seminar highlighted the efforts of the European lighting industry to deliver high-quality, energy-efficient LED lighting solutions. |
| RPI's Lighting Research Center details LED street light field test 27 Apr |
| The LRC field test of a business-park LED street light installation confirms that visitors consider LEDs to be equal to or better than legacy lighting. |
| Business news: Philips, Sharp, CRS 27 Apr |
| Philips has reported strong sales growth in Lighting, with 10% now coming from LED products. Elsewhere, Sharp has a new President of SME, and CRS has reported solid growth. |
| Fallon successful in LED patent appeal against iLight 27 Apr |
| Fallon Luminous Products wins legal victory in US Court of Appeals, which reversed earlier verdict in LED patent infringement case. |
| Seattle will lead US LED street light consortium for DOE 22 Apr |
| Seattle City Light will lead consortium that's chartered to share LED street light experiences through meetings, webcasts, and online discussion forums. |
| OLED lighting makes an entry at Light+Building 22 Apr |
| OLED illumination was demonstrated by a number of manufacturers and designers at the recent Light+Building show. |
| Cree’s quarterly LED revenue grows 78% from previous year 21 Apr |
| Cree’s profit has grown ten-fold in the past year, based on strong LED demand and a successful factory expansion. |
| Happy 25th Birthday, CFL! Will there be another 25? 21 Apr |
| The compact fluorescent lamp is 25 years old, as Osram Sylvania has announced, but what does the future hold, asks Brian Owen. |
| Partners without Product soon to become Manufacturers without Logo 20 Apr |
| The Lighting Facts program is changing its requirements so that all manufacturing partners must have products that are registered for the program. |
| Manufacturers meet the Movers at Lightfair in Las Vegas 20 Apr |
| The Lighting and Controls Supplier Summit will be held on Tuesday, May 11, the day before Lightfair International 2010 opens. |
| Largest Canadian University graduates into LED technology for street lighting 20 Apr |
| University of Toronto adds street lighting to its LED resume, by integrating an LED retrofit kit into its existing outdoor campus lights, writes Brian Owen. |
| GE and Konica Monica partner on OLED lighting demonstration 19 Apr |
| Flexible 3×6-in OLED panels promise to enable a variety of lighting applications. |
| Luxim LEP technology enables luminaires from ComGroup, Leuchtec, and Gavita Nederland 16 Apr |
| Luxim promotes Light Emitting plasma (LEP) technology as complementary to LED lighting, and now three luminaire makers have adopted LEP for applications requiring high levels of illumination. |
| NEMA publishes white-LED binning standard (SSL 3-2010) 15 Apr |
| The new NEMA standard SSL 3-2010 covers high-power white LED binning for general illumination. |
| Target supermarkets will install GE LED lighting in refrigerated cases 13 Apr |
| Target's LED plans include 500 stores and serves as an example of the company's commitment to manage its environmental impact and save energy |
| Philips and Future Lighting Solutions extend LED relationship 13 Apr |
| An extended arrangement will provide more comprehensive LED solutions, and enable Future to offer Philips' LED modules, drivers and other components. |
| UL Environment to develop lighting sustainability standards 09 Apr |
| UL subsidiary intends to assist consumers, designers, architects, and building operators identify more sustainable options for interior and exterior lighting, LED modules, and related components. |
| LED lamp from GE is not yet available 08 Apr |
| GE has unveiled a 9W LED replacement lamp that will be available in late 2010 or 2011, and will produce nearly the same light output as a 40-watt incandescent bulb. |
| Solid State Lighting: From Technology to Marketplace 07 Apr |
| A workshop on April 13 at the University of Toronto will discuss important issues relating to solid-state lighting. |
| Progress in LED outdoor lighting energy costs 07 Apr |
| Progress Energy, a utility, will host a workshop next week to discuss the intricacies of LED outdoor lighting. |
| Luminus announces design wins with Martin and Chauvet 07 Apr |
| As well as supplying LEDs for entertainment lights from Martin and Chauvet, Luminus has joined the NGLIA and launched a UV LED. |
| Cree introduces LED modules 06 Apr |
| A new Cree LED module incorporating driver electronics, optics and primary thermal management will allow lighting fixture manufacturers to rapidly design and build new products. |
| Illumitex unveils Aduro series of high-power LEDs 05 Apr |
| Illumitex has developed 4- and 16-die LED arrays that emit uniform, narrow-beam white light without the need for expensive, inefficient secondary optics. |
| DOE publishes updated R&D plan for solid-state lighting 05 Apr |
| The updated R&D plan for LEDs and OLEDs indicates that warm and cool LED package efficacies are expected to approach 200 lm/W. |
| Philips files patent complaint against PixelRange 02 Apr |
| Philips has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against PixelRange, an LED lighting manufacturer that has not signed up to Philips’ LED licensing program. |
| Easter Bunny stands up for LED lighting 01 Apr |
| A video demonstration by Cree demonstrates how a chocolate bunny stands up to an LED lamp but is quickly melted under incandescent lighting. |
