Time To Change Your Light Bulbs

Many US consumers are still in the dark about the upcoming light bulb switch. Incandescent bulbs are being phased out, starting in a little over a month.  When it's as easy as flipping a switch, most people don't give their light bulbs a second thought. But they'll have to come January first when 100 watt incandescent bulbs will be phased out. "No, I didn't know that. Uh-oh, I have to stock up then," consumer David Judd said.

Philips Shows Los Angeles What LED Lighting Can Do for the Home

First Philips Lighting brought LED light bulbs to your home, and now they are bringing it to Los Angeles with the Philips LED Light Experience, a fun, educational and free interactive mobile exhibit. The Philips LED Light Experience will provide hands-on exhibits for visitors to explore what LED light can do for their homes and see firsthand where science meets style – with light bulbs.

Norwalk-based Trans-Lux Partners with University of Rochester

Most people in the Norwalk area associate the name Trans-Lux with the successful chain of movie theaters that were prominent in Fairfield County and the New York metro region through the 1980s. What you may not know is that the Norwalk-based innovator in screen projection systems, which sold-off its movie theater business (now Storyteller Theaters) years ago, has since reinvented itself to become a leader in video displays and LED lighting systems.
Recently Trans-Lux announced that has forged a partnership with Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to develop new applications for LEDs in the lighting and video display categories. As part of this, the university has committed to replacing about 20 percent of the lighting throughout the campus with Trans-Lux developed LED lighting systems, in keeping with the university’s commitment to eco-sustainability practices. In addition the university will be installing various Trans-Lux-made LED displays throughout campus that will be used for both educational and administrative purposes.

LED art as Toshiba lights up the Louvre

Leonardo da Vinci, Antoine Watteau, Johannes Vermeer, Michelangelo and Toshiba - just some of the notable names whose work lights up the Louvre in Paris. Yes, Toshiba - you read that correctly. The Japanese company has just announced that it is literally lighting up the famous Musée du Louvre, after completing the first stage of its it renewal of the external lighting at the site. The renovation has meant an end to the energy sapping, xenon lighting that was in place, and an introduction of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LEDs.

Dark red phosphor for LEDs

Researchers from Siemens Corporate Technology and Osram have unveiled a new dark red luminescent material suited for light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The material came about as a result of a material development method known as High Throughput Experimentation (THE), which allows the screening of large composition areas of complex material systems. The new luminescent material can be used for warm-toned white LEDs for general lighting, LCD backlights, and automotive LEDs.

LED streetlights switched in historic Leipzig

Braun Lighting Solutions of Berlin has worked with Future Lighting Solutions to install LED lighting in the historic Schinkel street lights in the city of Leipzig. The Schinkel lamps have been a fixture in the city since the industrial revolution in the mid-19th century, and the gas light with its warm atmosphere was characteristic of the city at night.
The conversion to LED technology will increase energy efficiency, durability and lower maintenance costs.
The LED lamps consume only 22W, compared with the 85W power consumption of the lamps they replace. The switch to energy-efficient LEDs is expected to reduce the street lights’ CO2 emissions by 60.8 tonnes per year.
Distributor Future Lighting Solutions helped in the design phase by providing a simulation of the first prototype, implemented at its Lighting Resource Center in Montreal, Canada. Future Lighting Solutions also helped with the selection of electronic lighting components and connectors.

The New UV LED Curing Association

Phoseon Technology, Integration Technology Limited and Lumen Dynamics join together to form the UV LED Curing Association. The new association has been established to address a growing need within the market for current and potential researchers, suppliers, integrators and end users to gain a better understanding about UV LED technology and the significant benefits it brings to numerous applications.
The UV LED Curing Association is focused on providing greater insight into the various UV LED solutions currently in the marketplace, as well as into developing applications which are well suited to the technology. One of the goals of the association is to demonstrate how system developers around the world can effectively integrate UV LED technology into applications and, where possible, achieve better efficiencies while saving costs.
The founders of the association will work together to help define and establish UV LED-based guidelines for UV LED curing applications. This goal will become increasingly important as the adoption rate of UV LED technology continues to rise and the need for industry collaboration becomes critical. The association will also serve as a forum for fostering communication within the UV industry in order to facilitate the exchange of information and enable the entire industry to better address market needs. While complimentary to other existing and well established associations, the UV LED Curing Association focuses only on UV LED curing technology and its applications.
"Phoseon Technology is a proud founder of the UV LED Curing Association," stated Bill Cortelyou, President and CEO of, Phoseon Technology. "Along with our fellow founders, Phoseon anticipates rapid growth and acceptance of UV LED curing technologies across a wide range of system manufacturers. The Association will bring together industry players to set guidelines and ensure compatibility across the industry."
"UV LED curing technology has been steadily evolving in the market for almost a decade," said Adrian Lockwood, Managing Director of Integration Technology Limited. "Its application successes continue to generate increased interest; however, industry inconsistencies in language and measurement practices as well as a general misunderstanding of the technology continue to breed confusion and delay implementation. It is the hope of the UV LED Curing Association's founders that our collaboration will promote the successful and more rapid adoption of UV LED technology across many different markets."
"UV LED technology has witnessed a dramatic rise in interest and experienced a corresponding rapid adoption in a variety of markets over the past five years. We are quite pleased to be collaborating with other major industry influencers to provide a forum for sharing knowledge and developing common meaningful language and guidelines about UV LED technology," stated Allan Firhoj, President and CEO of Lumen Dynamics. "In our 15 years of experience in LED curing technology, the industry has realized significant breakthroughs that have proven LEDs as a viable alternative providing substantial benefits. The UV LED Curing Association will be instrumental in helping the market gain knowledge and insight about UV LED technology and its numerous commercial benefits."

Hubbell Introduces New LED Roadway Luminaire

Hubbell Outdoor Lighting Inc introduces two new versatile LED products in their leading outdoor lighting portfolio. The new Roadway RM LED Series delivers a complete and powerful LED roadway solution producing 6087 lumens in a 3G rated traditional cobra-head. The Roadway RF LED Retrofit Kit provides a versatile solution to upgrade existing 100-175W cobra-heads in any NEMA compliant fixture.
Designed to provide energy efficient LED solutions for roadway lighting, the Roadway RM LED Series delivers more visible and uniform light with state-of-the-art optics featuring 48 LEDs (68w) at 4800K which deliver an unprecedented 89 lumens per watt. A custom die-cast heat sink assures LEDs operate within design temperatures for excellent efficiency and LED life of 48,000 hr L90 / 100,000+ hr L70. Made in the USA in the traditional roadway design, the new luminaire can be easily installed on existing poles and brackets providing a quick retrofit solution that minimizes installation costs and delivers excellent LED performance and a low maintenance solution. The Roadway RM LED features a Type II medium cut-off distribution , twin clamp mounting with leveling capability, a bird shield, two door easy service, terminal block, surge protector, LED ANSI label and it is available in both a gray or bronze textured paint finish.

Philips Lumileds Deploys Camstar Platform across Three Global Sites

Philips Lumileds has deployed Camstar’s Manufacturing Execution System (MES) at all global sites in less than a year, enabling rapid growth and improved product quality in the competitive LED business. In a newly released video, Emile van de Pas of Philips describes how the solution scales with the business, adapts to complex manufacturing, enables process consistency and improvements across all sites, and complements the company’s SAP ERP. Mr. van de Pas will also detail the rapid deployment and results in a live webcast on November 15.

Breakthrough's in LED technology increase beam angle range

An engineering team at Gem Hsin Electronics is turning heads with its new patented innovations which use laser-precision technology to create direct paths for heated air to escape to the heat-sink. Gem Hsin Electronics, an LED lighting manufacturer, has made new advances in research and development of LED lighting products. The firm claims its latest developments enable wider beam angles than its competitors and unparalleled light uniformity.

New Green Scam: Light Bulb Carbon Credits

Mexico will earn a royalty on carbon credits generated from energy-saving light bulbs through a world-first deal that could pave the way for other developing countries to fund emissions cuts, an investor said on Monday. Under the project, an Australian company, Cool nrg International, advised by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, will distribute 45 million energy efficient lightbulbs supplied by Philips Electronics to 6.5 million low-income households in Mexico City.

ON Semiconductor Introduces Highly Optimized LED Lighting Chipset

ON Semiconductor has introduced two new LED drivers to help designers optimize their solutions for automotive, industrial and general lighting applications.  ON Semiconductor’s new NCL30051 stage, power factor correction (PFC) and Resonant Half Bridge LED driver, combined with the new NCL30160, a dimmable constant current step-down (buck) LED driver, provide an ideal solution for high-brightness LED driver applications where space is limited and high efficiency is important.
The NCL30051 is a dedicated LED power supply integrated circuit (IC) capable of delivering a constant voltage to a step-down DC-DC converter/LED driver (e.g. NCL30160). The device, which combines a critical conduction mode (CrM), PFC controller and a half-bridge resonant controller with a built-in 600 volt (V) driver, is optimized for off-line power supply applications - all the features needed to implement highly efficient, small form factor designs. The NCL30051’s half-bridge stage operates at a fixed frequency. Regulation is achieved by adjusting the PFC stage output voltage. The device integrates open feedback loop protection, plus PFC overvoltage and undervoltage detection mechanisms, as well as an adjustable frequency oscillator which can be set at up to 75 kilohertz (kHz).

Magnalight Announces Addition of Economical LED Alternative to Traditional Light Towers

Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com has announced the addition of an LED light tower that provides an economical yet powerful alternative to halogen and metal halide light towers. Designed to provide high quality illumination for large areas, the WALTP-2XWP400 LED light tower produces as much light as comparable halogen towers and rivals metal halide units for total area coverage. Costing less than traditional HID towers, this LED light tower provides further savings through greatly reduced energy consumption and no need for frequent bulb replacements.
The WALTP-2XWP400 Telescoping Tripod Light Tower from Magnalight is designed to provide brilliant illumination rivaling the output from traditional halogen and metal halide towers while reducing purchasing and operating costs. Equipped with two waterproof and vapor proof 40 watt LED light heads producing a total of 2,924 lumens, this light tower can be extended from 4 feet to 9 feet in total height. Each LED light head is constructed of aluminum and finished in a durable powder coat for durability and resistance to corrosion. Polycarbonate lenses provide impact resistant protection for the LED lamp assemblies and integral cooling fins provide efficient cooling to extend and preserve these LED's 50,000 hour lamp life rating. The rugged aluminum tripod can be extended from 4 feet to 9 feet in height and has a removable light head bracket and collapsible legs to provide easy take down and transport capability. The light weight of the LED assemblies and rugged tripod construction provides excellent tower stability, even in windy conditions. Each LED light head is wired independently, allowing operators to run either one or both of the lights if desired. The light output from this unit is equal to a dual 400 watt halogen equipped unit, but the light produced is much whiter, with better color rendering and contrasting without the yellowish tint associated with halogens. The special LED and reflector design provides a light beam that exceeds 250 watt metal halide lights in total length; all while using only 80 watts at .90 amps of total power. This unit uses far less power than either metal halide or halogen light towers, and has none of the associated high heat or fragile filaments and glass that can make traditional towers hazardous and costly to work with. This unit provides big illumination in a small package that can be easily stowed and deployed in a very short amount of time, making it an ideal lighting solution for first responders, emergency utility services, maintenance operations and outdoor events.

Based on photometric data and observation, this tripod mounted, 2 headed mini LED light tower will provide similar light output to two 400 watt metal halide flood lights," said Rob Bresnahan with Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com. "This is very cost effective, highly durable LED lighting solution for difficult environments, with the flexibility to position the lights as low as 3 feet and as high as 12 feet."

App aims to help residents find the most energy-efficient light bulbs

Your smart phone could soon help you make smarter choices about replacing light bulbs. The City of Eau Claire wants to get in on the craze. Eau Claire is one of four cities to team up with a Milwaukee-based app developer. The company has an app that helps users find the most energy-efficient light bulb. Eau Claire has been making efforts to go green. "The city is concerned about energy and reducing our own energy consumption and also renewables," says Ned Noel, City of Eau Claire Associate Planner.

LED-maker Sensor Electronic to expand

A Canadian company that makes ultraviolet light components plans to put $20 million into an expansion of its Columbia operations. Sensor Electronic Technology Inc. said Monday that the expansion will create 150 new jobs. The company now has a 15,000-square-foot facility with 68 employees. It will add 5,000 square feet and said it could grow to 130,000 square feet.

FoxFury is Bringing its Portable Crowd Control and LED Area Lights to SWAT Round-Up

FoxFury Lighting Solutions, designer and manufacturer of professional portable LED lighting, will be exhibiting at the 29th Annual SWAT Round-Up International next week in Orlando, Florida. FoxFury will be featuring its easy-on LED shield lights and portable LED perimeter and command post lights. This will be the first year that FoxFury exhibits at this event, which runs November 6-11.
FoxFury will have its powerful PRO and Discover shield lights on display. These LED shield lights mount via industrial Velcro and affix to any ballistic, riot or entry shield. These lights emit up to 560 lumen and feature a disorienting Turbo-Strobe for riot and crowd control scenarios.
FoxFury will also feature its Nomad portable rechargeable LED Area-Spot light. As a spotlight, the Nomad serves as a perimeter light that is too bright to see past, which gives SWAT and other special operations a tactical advantage. Attaching the diffuser lens quickly converts the Nomad into a wide angle area / flood light for use at an incident command post. The Nomad stores as a 33” tube, weighs 17 pounds and deploys fully in 20 seconds.

GE LED street lights deliver $146,000 annual savings in Stamford, CT

The city of Stamford, Connecticut recently replaced over 250 high-pressure sodium (HPS) lamps with GE’s Evolve LED Roadway Medium Cobrahead (ERMC) fixtures. Beyond the expected energy savings with LED technology, glare from the light fixtures was a serious consideration in the evaluation process. “When we evaluated the early LED products, we weren’t very happy with the illumination – in particular, the color temperature was in the 6000K range and glare was a major concern,” said Nancy Pippicelli, energy and utility manager for the city of Stamford.