Posted: 2015-02-05 22:15:27 Hits: 673
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)...
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 wel...
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: 377
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 m...
Posted: 2014-09-03 10:28:35 Hits: 361
Large LED displays appear in Liverpool and Times Square. Europe's largest commercial LED screen has been unveiled in Liverpool, UK, while two new giant LED displays will add to the ambience in Times Square, New York. Despite the protests of large LED screens in both Berlin and Moscow, we believe that this 31 metre in length by 7 metre high digital billboard from Ocean Outdoor in Liver...