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    July/August issue of LEDs Magazine

    July 18, 2011
    The July/August 2011 issue of LEDs Magazine is now available.
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    +++ Cover +++

    Lightfair 2011 delivered LED-based lighting innovation in many forms (page 34). Cooper incorporated its LED-based ALM module into various fixtures, including the Direct Recessed LED model from its Neo-Ray line.

    +++ Features +++
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    LIGHTING
    Japan’s Eco-point Program transforms market for LED lamps
    A government-sponsored program in Japan could serve as a model for other countries seeking to transform their domestic retail market for LED lamps, explains PHILIP JESSUP.


    LUMINAIRES
    Building blocks of intelligent lighting design help create successful LED products
    Engineers working on LED-based designs need to make the right decisions when faced with some basic building-block questions to yield successful, intelligent SSL products, explains GAVIN HESSE.


    STANDARDS
    ANSI evaluates revisions to SSL chromaticity standard
    A working group within ANSI is evaluating ways to improve an existing standard that defines how to communicate the chromaticity of white-light SSL products to end users, explains JIANZHONG JIAO.

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    LIGHTFAIR INTERNATIONAL Linear and A-lamp LED products dominate LFILightfair part 2Lightfair part 3 Lightfair 2011 delivered LED-based lighting innovation in many forms. A-lamp and linear products took center stage, while new outdoor-lighting fixtures and modular SSL products also emerged. Impressive general-illumination OLED products were again on display although aren’t yet shipping in volume, while other approaches to planar lighting appear close to fruition, reports MAURY WRIGHT.
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    SHIPPING INDUSTRY LED lighting enables economical cruising for giant passenger ships LEDs for lighting solutions are gaining increasing importance in the shipping industry, based on their energy-saving potential and long service life. But the application places stringent demands on the quality of LED lighting, writes UWE HOCK.

    CONTROLS
    Wired and wireless interfaces convey dimming settings to luminaires
    Wireless networks such as Zigbee, wired digital standards such as DALI and DMX, and analog 0-10V dimming can all contribute to energy efficiency and better lighting, says DAVID COOPER.

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    ASSEMBLY Thick-film technology with aluminum substrates optimizes LED assembly Thick-film insulation in combination with aluminum substrates provides a low-cost method of LED circuit assembly with good thermal management, says ANITA LAFOND.
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    BACKLIGHTING LED-based poster-box reference design overcomes optical and cost challengesLEDs can be used to replace fluorescent tubes in advertising poster boxes, offering long-term savings in energy and maintenance costs, which are set against the higher up-front cost of the LED system, explains MATTHIAS SCHMIDER. DESIGN FORUMLED lighting and control systems evolve for optimal efficacy New SSL system designs and control architectures will allow LED-based lighting to better realize the efficacy potential of the technology, explains JOE DENICHOLAS.

    LAST WORD
    The time for intelligent LED-based lighting systems is now
    LED–based light sources are uniquely controllable, and intelligent SSL systems with adaptive controls can greatly enhance energy savings, so what are we waiting for, asks MAURY WRIGHT?

    +++ Columns/departments +++


    COMMENTARY
    LED lamps may solve Japan’s energy woes

    NEWS + VIEWS

    • Philips to acquire LED outdoor lighting specialist Indal
    • Osram targets Samsung and LG with LED patent litigation
    • Program unveiled for Strategies in Light Europe 2011
    • LED driver IC market booms
    • GE collaborates with Cree on L Prize submission…and more
    FUNDING+PROGRAMS
    • DOE provides $14.8 million in new funding for SSL R&D
    • EPA postpones date for Energy Star Luminaires spec
    • UL adds component certification program for packaged LEDs