Page 2 of LED Lighting Industry News
Posted: 2015-08-26 13:52:11 Hits: 541
Osram annouces retail-oriented COB LED to make colors pop The Brilliant Color addition to the Soleriq S 19 COB LED family is targeted at high-end retail applications where shop owners prefer fully saturated colors in product displays. Osram Opto Semiconductors has announced the Brilliant Color addition to the Soleriq S 19 chip-on-board (COB) LED family. Brilliant Color is a spectral-enhancement...
Posted: 2015-08-03 16:23:41 Hits: 539
“The filaments are designed for the surging filament bulb market where these replacement lamps have far better performance, but maintain the physical appearance of incandescent lamps,” said the firm. Called the PLF series, the chip-on-board filaments create the same amount of light as an incandescent filament, while consuming less energy and lasting longer. Terminations are unique, said...
Posted: 2015-08-03 16:17:39 Hits: 483
Sector is also beginning to shift towards smart lighting LED lighting is forecast to reach 19 percent of total lamp revenue in transportation lighting in 2015, according to the latest projections by IHS, Inc. The total worldwide revenue for office lamps is projected to reach $1.0 billion in 2015, of which $0.2 billion is anticipated to be LED. LED, which is increasing its market penetration,...
Posted: 2015-07-17 17:51:36 Hits: 494
Lamp recall affects 700,000 SSL products intended for fluorescent replacement and Cree will supply new LED T8 tubes beginning in July or offer refunds. The Cree LED T8 tube family launched back in April has been found to have a design flaw that could result in a burn hazard, and Cree is voluntarily recalling 700,000 of the tubes and cooperating with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission...
Posted: 2015-07-03 15:15:02 Hits: 515
Specific LED Lights Could Grow Veggies in Space A Purdue University study shows that targeting plants with red and blue LEDs provides energy-efficient lighting in contained environments, a finding that could advance the development of crop-growth modules for space exploration. Research led by Cary Mitchell, professor of horticulture, and then-master's student Lucie Poulet found that leaf lettuce...
Posted: 2015-06-09 12:36:06 Hits: 606
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced publication of the 2015 Solid-State Lighting (SSL) R&D Plan — a new document that consolidates elements of multiple documents from previous years. The new plan is largely based on roundtable meetings held going back to October at DOE SSL workshops, and is focused on research and development needs in both the LED and OLED technology areas. The...
Posted: 2015-05-12 16:02:55 Hits: 442
Individual control of 61 LEDs allows the OmniPoint SSL downlight to direct light on command over a relatively-wide maximum beam area with the control coming via a smartphone app. At LightFair International (LFI), Osram demonstrated a new LED downlight with a controllable or steerable beam. The OmniPoint prototype solid-state lighting (SSL) product enables a user to narrow or broaden the beam pattern,...
Posted: 2015-05-12 15:59:54 Hits: 400
A 2700K-CCT LED T8 from Cree has hit Home Depot, while the company has released a new low-end outdoor fixture with a novel optical design for rural applications in the US. Cree has announced the TW Series LED T8 tube product in North America with the ballast-compatible solid-state lighting (SSL) products due immediately at retailer Home Depot at just under $22. And on the outdoor front, Cree...
Posted: 2015-02-05 22:15:27 Hits: 679
The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America is addressing parking lot lighting, other exterior lighting, and indoor fluorescent product testing in three new standards documents. The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) of North America has announced the publication of three new lighting- centric standards – "Lighting for exterior environments" (RP-33-14), "Lighting...
Posted: 2015-01-15 22:10:31 Hits: 1217
Cree has announced entry into the residential connected-lighting sector with the debut of the Connected Cree LED bulb. The lamp is based on the ZigBee wireless network and will be priced at $14.97 for a 60W equivalent. The new Cree solid-state lighting (SSL) product will interoperate on networks created with ZigBee hubs such as the Wink Hub and with other ZigBee lamps and controls. Unlike the well-known...
Posted: 2014-12-09 22:01:07 Hits: 636
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a guidance document intended to instruct certification bodies (CBs) in their implementation of verification testing of lamps, including LED-based products, that are certified to the Energy Star lamps V1.0 and V1.1 specifications. The guidance covers mandatory and randomly-selected tests and defines limited cases in which verification testing...
Posted: 2014-09-03 10:36:54 Hits: 380
Osram Opto Semiconductors and Tong Fang Co. Ltd. use Osram Golden Dragon LEDs to illuminate the elegant dragon-shaped water fountains in Beijings Olympic Park. Dragon-shaped water fountains for the Olympic Games were outfitted with Osram's Golden Dragons, with lens and enhanced thin-film LED components, providing the "dragon" with its characteristic golden glow. Installed last month...