More Beijing Restaurants See The Light

Following the success of the recent installation of U-Tron's LED Helios and LED Comet lights at Tim's Texas Barbecue, three more restaurants in Beijing are enjoying the energy savings and environmental benefits of LED lighting from U-Tron. The three restaurants are, La Pizza Restaurant, Biteapitta, and Indian Kitchen; all of which are in popular dining and entertainment areas of Beijing's Chaoyang District.
At La Pizza Restaurant in the Solana development by Chaoyang Park, U-Tron installed two Helios E27 warm white lamps and two Comets MR16 Spotlights in warm white. Vittoria Zhang, the manager of La Pizza says that customers have commented favorably on the new lights and like the idea that the restaurant is helping to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse emissions.
Biteapitta (Beijing Pitta Bakery) in the Tongli Building, in the Sanlitun nightlife district of Beijing is famed for its Middle Eastern style breads and snacks. Here U-Tron installed four Comet MR16 Spotlights in warm white. Avi at Biteapitta said, "The LED spotlights bring us two major advantages over the halogen lights we were using before. Firstly they run a lot cooler, which is an advantage when one is dealing with fresh foods. And secondly we expect them to last a lot longer, which means we will not have the constant hassle of swapping bulbs in awkward places." At the popular Indian Kitchen restaurant in the north of Sanlitun U-Tron installed three LED Helios E27 warm white lights and two Comet MR16 Spotlights in warm white. General manager Movee D'souza is also very satisfied with the U-Tron LED lights. "When anyone asks about the LED lights I am very happy to recommend that they contact U-Tron." D'souza said.

Super 80 interior trailer lamps

Truck-Lite’s recent release of the Super 80 LED interior trailer lamp with IR (infrared) motion sensor uses advanced technology to boost efficiency for trailer operators. The interior dome is similar to Truck-Lite’s 80251C, while offering the ability to be activated when motion is recognized, thus eliminating a switch.

Hot home products

It’s only been about a decade that outdoor solar-powered lights have been widely available. But the roots of this immensely popular product category stretch back to the 1940s, when American engineer Russell Shoemaker Ohl invented the modern solar cell. That was to become the great-granddaddy of the solar lanterns that turn sunlight into electrical energy, and now illuminate walkways and gardens around the world.

Avago Adds Support for European Vertical Message Sign Regulation

Avago Technologies, a supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, announced its support of European Standard EN 12966-1 for variable message traffic signs with new 5mm extra high brightness LED lamps.
Avago noted its new LED products to support the variable message traffic sign requirements for 15 degrees and 30 degrees viewing angles are the HLMP-Ex1A/1B-xxxDV (15 degrees) and HLMP-Ex3A/3B-xxxDV (30 degrees). These 5 mm extra bright LEDs have minimum luminous intensity ratings of 12,000 mcd (15 degrees LEDs) and 5,500 mcd (30 degrees LEDs) and are available in red and amber colors. The visual requirements of signs set the viewing angle of the LEDs. Signs installed on highways, for example, require bright LEDs with a narrow beam width, but in cities with a requirement for short distance legibility a beam width LED is usually required.
Outdoor message signs must typically operate for over ten years in a harsh, corrosive, and exposed working environment. Avago's new 15 and 30 degree viewing angle lamps are manufactured for outdoor signal and sign applications. The maximum LED junction temperature limit of +130 degrees C enables high temperature operation in bright sunlight conditions. The lamp epoxy uses UV inhibitors to lower the effects of long term exposure to direct sunlight.

Super AMOLED pitted against LCD in direct sunlight

AMOLED (Active Matrix OLED) is a technology that takes the advantage of OLED over LCD, namely the power efficiency gained by not requiring a back light, and beefing up the refresh rate and color quality to rival the best that traditional LCD screens have to offer.

LED technology arrives in Punjab

The LED technology in Punjab has been introduced to improve the demand side efficiency for lighting purposes. Implemented with help of Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power, it has been planned to be registered as a carbon credit project under CDM of Kyoto Protocol. It acts as a successor to the ‘Bachat Lamp Yojna’ already thriving in the state using CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Lights).

LED Floodlite suits hazardous area applications

Wolf Safety has launched the Wolf LED Floodlite, a high-performance, low-maintenance, Atex-compliant hazardous area floodlight designed for use in temporary applications and installations. The LED Floodlite uses high-output, high-efficiency LEDs and is CE marked to the Atex Directive for use in Zone 1 and Zone 2 potentially explosive gas and dust atmospheres.

Your choice of 16 million colors

Ever wonder why your date prefers to dine out rather than at your house, or your pal suggests watching the game at a bar? Could it be that your home lighting is just not cutting it in the atmosphere stakes? The Phillips LivingColors LED lamp offers an almost infinite number of lighting colors to reflect your mood or the occasion.

Explosive growth predicted for LEDs in China

Demand for LED screens and lighting products in China is set to increase significantly in the next few years, according to a financial expert. Sean Peng, managing director of venture capital firm WI Harper Group, has highlighted the LED industry in China as a major focus for investment in the near future.

What options are available for lighting retrofits?

Incandescent bulbs are still the most common and least efficient models available for lighting needs. They use most of the power they consume in the production of heat instead of light. Compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) and now LED lights are much more efficient in terms of their lighting and energy use capacity. The important figure to think about is the lumens per watt number.

Rainproof LED bulb

A Hong Kong-based company says its durable, rainproof LED bulb charges during the day in order to provide two to four hours of clean, sustainable light once the sun goes down. It's mainly designed for developing nations, where the company estimates that a total of 1.6 billion people live without access to electricity and rely on dangerous, wasteful and dirty gas kerosene-powered lanterns for light.

Philips new sport lighting systems installed at six key stadiums in South Africa

Royal Philips Electronics announced that it installed new ArenaVision sports lighting systems at six of South Africa’s top sports stadiums. These stadiums now rank internationally with the best-lit sporting stadiums. The advanced lighting solutions of Philips contribute to enhancing the viewing experience for players, spectators and TV viewers alike, bringing the spectacle and emotion of the soccer play alive. When designing lighting for world-class sporting venues it is not only important to consider the needs of the sports people and referees but also the spectators and viewers at home.
Jeroen Jansen, Philips Lighting’s General Manager for Southern Africa says: “Light represents less than 1% of the stadium/arena budget, but determines 99% of the effect seen on TV.  It is vital that our lighting systems accommodate the stringent demands of the TV broadcasting industry in capturing the details and emotion of the sports for a remote audience. But it does not stop there. The ArenaVision also give live spectators the best possible viewing experience to clearly see what is going on from every seat. And, as we all know, every detail can be of great importance. Good and unobtrusive lighting help players and referees deliver the best performance. It is for this reason that Philips was chosen to light most of the South Africa’s top stadiums.” Philips’ ArenaVision sports lighting already equips more than half of the world’s major football stadiums, and the technology has been further improved since the Germany World Cup. New optic has been developed that allows for 10% more light and fewer luminaires to be used, saving on costs, energy use and maintenance. In fact, with the new optical efficiency the light distributed has minimal spill light.

LEDs Are a Diamond's Best Friend

What makes a piece of jewelry stand out from others doesn't just have to do with the four-C's (cut, color, clarity and carat). Sometimes it has everything to do with the way it looks on display. For jewelers, display cases help protect and highlight products. But for many, the cases also hinder consumers from seeing merchandise details that can lead to sales. As grocers and discount retailers have already discovered, LED (light-emitting diode) lighting technology helps showcase product details, attract consumer attention and reduce energy expenses. Now the LED lighting trend is making its way to the jewelry industry, where one leading jeweler is turning heads--literally--with its recent upgrade to GE's LED lighting for display cases. As one of the largest independent jewelers in the U.S., The Diamond Cellar in Dublin, Ohio, is known for its expertise in service, selection and, now, its innovative approach to showcasing products throughout its multilevel flagship store. By replacing existing display case bulbs with GE's Immersion(R) LED Display Case Lighting, the retailer is able to add sparkle to all facets of merchandise on display, while guiding a consumer's eye throughout the cases to see the wide selection of jewelry in an effort to increase sales.
GE's LED system uses multiple point sources of light to increase visual reflectivity and shine while reducing operating costs. Its reflector design focuses peak light to the center of the case and radiates light out across the case to eliminate shadows and lighting hot spots often found with fluorescent and halogen lighting. It creates a brighter, more uniform look throughout.
Immersion LED Display Case Lighting uses advanced thermal management for cooler operation and it consumes as little as 7.8 watts per foot while producing higher lux levels per watt of energy used when compared with fluorescent. While halogen systems produce higher lux levels, the Immersion LED Display Case Lighting offers better optical control and nearly 80 percent energy savings, along with a long 50,000-hour rated life to reduce maintenance hassle and costs. The new LED lighting's environmentally responsible design is not only energy efficient, but also RoHS compliant and doesn't contain lead, mercury or glass.

Everlight, LG, and Amtran form LED packaging joint venture

LED-packaging specialists Everlight Electronics has announced its intention to launch a new company focused on LEDs for TV backlights with partners LG Display and Amtran Technology. The joint venture will be capitalized with $30 million, will be based in WeJiang City, JiangSu Province, China, and plans to start mass production by year's end.

LED traffic lights may not be as thought

Federal transportation officials have been pushing local governments for several years to switch to brighter, more energy-efficient LED traffic signals. But now a new study several intersections in Middletown is casting doubt on whether light-emitting diodes are as safe for motorists as the older incandescent light bulbs.

Mesa replaces street lights with LEDs

Some $1 million in federal stimulus money is being used to replacing more than 2,500 streetlights in Mesa with more efficient LED lights. Authorities say the Arizona city will save $28,000 a year in electric bills because the new lights will cut energy use by 40%.

LED breakthrough from Toshiba

The Boffins at Cambridge University in close association with Toshiba have made a breakthrough achievement in quantum computing, that employs a new type of LED technology. The technology which has been developed is called as 'entangled light' where the energy can be produced by the process of a voltage-based power source, instead of creating it using laser beams on crystal.

MAX LED Lighting Systems Provide 43 Percent More Lumens Per Foot

GE Lighting Solutions now offers an even brighter, energy-efficient option to channel letter lighting with its new white Tetra MAX LED Lighting Systems. Similar to the existing Tetra MAX LED line, the white color LEDs (light-emitting diodes) evenly illuminate medium-size channel letters with minimal installation effort, but now offer 43 percent more lumens per foot and a 43 percent wider viewing angle than the previous generation. The new white color offers brilliant, uniform light while still improving energy efficiency and power supply loading compared with neon and other LED systems used in channel letters. In line with the rest of the Tetra MAX LEDs, the white product delivers up to 80 percent energy savings over neon, providing substantially lower operating costs.
Installation of the white Tetra MAX LED systems remains simple because it is comprised of fewer parts than other systems. The patent-pending, 12-volt design of Tetra MAX saves time and labor costs by reducing complex wiring and eliminating binning, dip switches and load balancing. The environmentally responsible system contains no lead, mercury or glass, so handling and disposal are less of a concern. And, it complies with RoHS standards and is UL recognized.