New Vishay Intertechnology LED Family Handles Drive Currents to 70 mA

A new family of LEDs in a PLCC-2 package that can handle higher drive currents and thus produce improved luminous intensity is the newest product from the Optoelectronics group of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH). The new VLM.334.. series LEDs, an advanced modification of Vishay's VLM.31.. series LEDs, can incorporate larger chips and are thus capable of withstanding drive currents up to 70 mA.
The AEC-Q101-qualified VLM.334.. LEDs are offered in super red, red, amber, and yellow to serve a wide range of applications, including traffic signals and signs, interior and exterior lighting, automotive dashboard illumination, indicators and controls for audio and video equipment, LCD switches and symbols, illuminated advertising, and many other uses.
Utilizing the latest advanced AllnGaP technology, the VLM.334.. series devices provide exceptional brightness with a typical luminous intensity of 3760 mcd and maximum luminous intensity of 6052 at 70 mA while delivering improved thermal performance compared to previous-generation LEDs. At 300 K/W, junction-to-ambient thermal resistance is 25 % lower than the former VLM.333 product.
VLM.334.. series LEDs are available in 8 mm tape. RoHS-compliant, halogen-free, and Vishay Green, the devices are compatible with IR-reflow soldering processes and preconditioned according to JEDEC Level 2a.

LED pioneer sets sights on clean energy

You might not know what "lattice-matched heterojunctions" are, but if you stopped at a new stoplight, played a DVD or used a laser pointer, you've made use of technology pioneered by Jerry Woodall, distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Davis. Woodall's work, begun in the 1960s at IBM Research, is the basis for cheap, energy-efficient light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, and lasers.

Philips unveils the SlimStyle LED Bulb

Consumers looking for new lights in wake of the looming phase-out of 40- and 60-watt incandescents are going to have a new option next month, as today Philips introduced their new SlimStyle 60-watt replacement LED. Using just 10.5 watts to give off 800 lumens, the SlimStyle LED offers the usual upgrade in energy efficiency, but the true story is the shape of the thing. Unlike traditional bulbs, it's flat, with a string of LEDs arranged into a horseshoe that arcs out from the base of the bulb. The new shape is designed to do a better job of dispersing heat than traditional LEDs, and eliminate the need for weighty aluminum heat sinks.

Lighting up the night

As anyone with an ounce of nocturnal awareness has surely noticed a profound street light change is underway throughout Napa. A week ago Monday, everything in my neighborhood was status quo. My pre-dawn jogging route through Browns Valley was as poorly lit as always. I ran under the yellow glow of sodium vapor bulbs, Napa’s traditional street light. Also per usual, an alarming number of these lights weren’t doing their job. They were either dead or flickering.

New law leads to light bulb hoarders

Stephanie Leggett refuses to be caught in the dark next year when the next phase of 2007 energy legislation takes effect. Leggett, owner of Oldile's Interiors in Orange, is an unapologetic advocate of the incandescent light bulb, and she's been prepping for the coming incandescent apocalypse for the last couple of years. "I hoard incandescent light bulbs," she said Tuesday with a laugh. As of Jan. 1, federal legislation will ban the manufacture of bulbs rated at 40 watts or more. The move is intended to usher in more energy-efficient lighting technology and replace incandescent bulbs, which helped beat back the night for more than a century, but expend most of their energy producing heat rather than light.

Shine on, you crazy light bulb

Thomas Edison had a really good run; for 134 years we lived under the golden glow of his incandescent bulb. The problem is that his bulbs are not energy-efficient, hence the birth of new technologies with new nomenclature. A comparison of light given off by three 60 watt-equivalent bulbs, from left: a Living Solutions compact fluorescent, a Cree LED filament and a GE incandescent. I might as well have been shopping for a carburetor. There were too many options with too many symbols and verbiage that I couldn’t decipher (LED, CFL, halogen, lumens, Kelvin, CRI), not to mention all of the various brands (GE, Philips, Cree, EcoSmart — each with its own packaging lingo).

Now That’s a Smart Light Bulb!

You know all of those “smart” LED bulbs like Philips Hue with their wireless technology and apps for controlling brightness and color? Not a fan. But this Kickstarter project called SmartCharge is a different kind of smart. The bulb, which screws into a standard light socket, packs a lithium ion battery for four hours of “on” time in the event of a power outage. And it can tell the difference between an outage and an “off” command.

LEDs won't light up bill

When it comes to holiday lights, do you like a dazzling display and don't care that it makes the electric meter spin like crazy, or would you rather see the meter moving at a glacial pace befitting the winter season? For most people, saving money is important, even while they seek to keep the season bright with holiday lighting displays. One way to do that is to switch from old-fashioned incandescent bulbs to LED lights — short for light-emitting diode — that can use up to 90 percent less power, are much cooler and last many times longer.

Next generation UVB and UVC illumination sources

NIKKISO CO., LTD., a world leader in the development and commercialization of deep UV LEDs, has announced that it has initiated shipments of commercial LED product samples emitting at a range of wavelengths in the UVB and UVC spectral regimes for industrial, biomedical, and environmental applications. NIKKISO offers several power levels and package types to meet a wide variety of applications, and the company is working closely with customers in several market segments to develop customized product solutions.
UVB and UVC LEDs offer substantial advantages over UV lamps including mercury free operation, direct on-off modulation and instantaneous analog power control, compact and lightweight form factor, flexible emission wavelength, directional illumination, low voltage and direct current drive. Applications of UVB and UVC LEDs include biomedical instrumentation and dermatology, curing of industrial resins and inks, and air purification and water sterilization.
Nikkiso's proprietary semiconductor technology enables the world's highest performance, power and efficiency, with industry leading reliability in the UVB and UVC regime. Power levels up to 40mW per package are available, with customized multichip assemblies capable emitting more than 1W. The devices can be utilized in stand-alone light sources, or integrated seamlessly as OEM components into end customers' final product solutions.

Philips Lumileds signs up with MechaTronix for partner LED coolers

With the launch of the newest generation Philips Lumileds Luxeon Chip-On-Board (COB) LED modules there was an immediate need for a wide range of standard LED coolers
In the cooperation with MechaTronix Philips Lumileds found a practical and easy way to launch a wide range of standard LED coolers fitting mechanically with the various dimensions of the Luxeon COBs and matching the cooling capacities needed for the whole series
Six passive coolers have been launched, ranging from a diameter of 50mm for the Luxeon COB 1203 and 1204, over a diameter 70mm and 99mm for the COB 1204, 1205 and 1208
With this passive LED cooler range MechaTronix aimed at spot, track and down light designs from 600 lumen all the way up to 4.500 lumen in a small size extrusion profile
The ModuLED Xtra LED coolers are developed in this way that there is an optimal balance between creating cooling surface and leaving enough intermediate space for free air convection
In this way MechaTronix was able to reach a ModuLED Xtra cooling performance of 1.02°C/W in a package of only 99mm diameter and a height of 80mm, and keeps the Luxeon 1208 COB running at 4.800 lumen at an ambient temperature of 40° Celsius below a case temperature of 80° Celsius
For those applications running at an extreme high ambient temperature, two active coolers packages where designed. The IceLED Xtra active LED coolers are developed in a package for indoor low bay use with an extremely low noise factor, this delivering a cooling performance of 0.46°C/W
This makes them extremely suitable for spot, track and down light designs in office, shop environments and silent rooms where extra noise has to be avoided
All ModuLED and IceLED coolers are foreseen from direct mounting patterns for the various Philips Lumileds Luxeon COB’s, but also offer Zhaga book 3 mounting holes so designers can use COB LED holders if they require solderless mounting of the COB’s on the coolers

LEDs begin to outshine traditional bulbs in holiday light displays

One of the hot tickets this holiday season appears to be Christmas lights that use light-emitting diodes rather than more conventional bulbs. The popularity of LEDs is the latest in the evolution of the energy-saving, long-lasting lighting alternative that homeowners, in particular, have been gradually falling in love with in recent years. LEDs have been gaining in popularity with consumers not only because of their longevity and energy efficiency, but also because they produce less heat.

Novel LEDs pave the way to cheaper displays

Researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Regensburg have developed a novel type of organic light-emitting diode (OLED). These lights are suitable for the design of particularly energy-efficient cheap displays, which find applications in smart phones, tablet PCs or TVs. Applications in lighting such as in luminescent tiles are also conceivable. OLEDs are already used in the displays of smart phones or digital cameras today. They offer an especially bright image with high contrast, but come with a serious drawback: typically, only one quarter of the electrical energy invested in running the device is actually converted into light.

How a Light Bulb Can Help You Sleep Better

Can exposure to light make you feel good, boost your resistance to disease, and make you more alert during the day and better able to sleep soundly at night? Without a doubt. And like that image we see in cartoons, the light bulb is beginning to go on above heads everywhere as the truth becomes more and more apparent: Light plays a crucial role in helping the body function normally and produce the right amount of the essential hormone melatonin. Certainly, nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle are extremely important ingredients needed for maintaining (or rebuilding) health, but what if I told you that, by making some simple changes in regard to your exposure to light, you could feel better, sleep better, and reduce the risk of some serious diseases? Would you do it?

Review: Philips Hue Personal Wireless Lighting Starter Pack

The Philips Hue Wireless Light Bulb promises full control of its functions over Wi-Fi, including per-light brightness and color settings, remote operation and geofencing capabilities. In addition, Philips includes a powerful GUI-driven app to custom tune lighting in nearly any environment. So far, the product has been popular with early adopters, but its high price tag has kept it out of reach for many would-be users. In this in-depth review, we discuss whether the color-changing Hue represents a real value on the dollar, or is merely an expensive one-trick pony.

Solid Apollo LED Introduces a New Type of LED Strip Light

There are many applications including restaurant lighting, high-end retail lighting, and hospitality lighting where color-changing RGB LED and white LED light can be used to create unique lighting environments. However, in home and business lighting many retailers, designers and contractors have had to compromise between clear white light and the option of bright, changing color. If both were used it meant separate, expensive lighting fixtures with at least two controllers. Now, users can easily control colors and white light with Solid Apollo’s Color Pro RGB + White LED Strip, which are two lighting fixtures in one easy-to-use product!
Available in RGB with Warm White (3000K) and RGB with Daylight White (4500K), the ColorPro series of LED Strip combines two high brightness strips into one ¾” segment, and is still cuttable every 4.75” inches, meaning custom lighting projects and art pieces are still possible while having more color options than ever. Bright pastels, subtle warm colors, and new tints are available alongside traditional whites and RGB colors.
Rather than having alternating color and white LED light, Solid Apollo combined two full LED strips into one lighting fixture, meaning a new array of colors and lighting flexibility without compromising half of the LEDs on the strip. This means anywhere bright linear lighting is needed, users can now create a bright white light, as well as vivid colors at a high level of brightness, providing light to a variety of areas including cove and undercabinet lighting.
“This product is the ultimate lighting tool for unique venues, art projects, nightlife events, colorful displays, and creating custom colors not previously available with LED lighting” stated Manuel Barquin, President at Solid Apollo LED.
For those looking to get the most out of RGB-W Strip, the ColorPro RGB-W strip from Solid Apollo is perfectly combined with their 10-Zone LED Controller and the In-Wall RGB-W DMX Controller, both of which have dedicated white channel functionality. This means users can separately control white and RGB LED channels on their strip for fine tuning hues, for mood lighting and the brightness of each channel for colorful displays to light up retail displays, nightlife events, bars and pubs.
The ColorPro is perfect for home theaters, beautiful under cabinet lighting, dens, restaurants, and anywhere a variety of custom colors and white light are needed at different times. Solid Apollo, an innovator in LED custom lighting solutions, has created the perfect combination of color-changing LED light with a dedicated white channel which offers bright lighting, multiple new moods and colors not possible with just RGB light alone.

Holiday decor shoppers opting for more LED lights, live trees

Julie and Kevin started their Christmas ornament shopping Saturday thinking they might buy a Moravian star. Instead, Kevin walked out of Stauffers of Kissel Hill, 301 Rohrerstown Road, carrying an artificial twig tree illuminated by LEDs. The Bainbridge couple declined to give their last name. But their signature was all over a continuing hot trend this year in Christmas decorations: light-emitting diodes.

The World's First Full Line of LEDs Guaranteed for Life - Never Change a Light Bulb Again

Energy Saving Solutions, a national supplier of energy-efficient LED and induction lighting technology to business and government, announced that their popular ‘Forever LED Light’ and induction lighting systems, an energy-efficient, long-lasting LED are now backed by on-site repair or replacement by McCusker & Company, a leading worldwide provider of consumer and commercial extended warranty services, and Service USA, a provider of customer service management and support programs.
Headquartered in Miami, Fla. and with authorized distributors in all 50 states, Energy Saving Solutions provides businesses, government agencies, schools and non-profit organizations throughout the nation with energy-efficient and healthier lighting systems, a market that has grown rapidly due to increased public awareness of the advantages of LED and induction lighting as superior alternatives to old fashioned filament wire light bulbs.
“As a leading supplier of state-of-the-art lighting solutions to organizations of all sizes, we’ve proven over and over that switching to the latest technology available saves significant money, reduces eyestrain and increases productivity while minimizing carbon emissions,” commented Peter Stein, founder and CEO of Energy Saving Solutions. “We’ve now made it easier than ever to make the move to LED with our ‘Forever Green Savings Program™, a shared savings agreement which delivers a complete conversion to LED lighting with no up-front costs.”
According to Mr. Stein, the ‘Forever LED Light’ product line service and support will be exclusively administered by McCusker & Company and backed by Service USA, providing customers with free a replacement warrantee for all of Energy Saving Solutions’ lights and fixtures.
"We’re delighted to partner with Energy Saving Solutions in the rapidly expanding market for energy-efficient commercial lighting solutions,” stated Will McCusker, CEO of McCusker Holding Company. Will McCusker, "We expect the strength and stability of both firms to provide a winning combination for customers for many years to come.”
In addition to the ‘Forever LED Light’ warranty’s long-term maintenance coverage, Mr. Stein said that Energy Saving Solutions’ ‘Forever Green Savings Program™ shared savings agreement also sets his company apart from other LED lighting manufacturers and suppliers.

US LEDs & High Efficiency Lighting Market

US demand for high efficiency lighting is forecast to increase more than 10 percent annually to $11.7 billion in 2017, supported by technological improvements and regulatory changes designed to lower electricity used in lighting applications.

The US market for high efficiency lighting continues to adjust to the provisions of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, which is leading to a phase-out of traditional incandescent lamps and supporting demand for products such as LEDs and compact fluorescent lamps. Technological innovations that are improving the performance of LEDs and many types of high efficiency lamps are also supporting demand. In addition, particularly in the LED segment, improvements in manufacturing are leading to lower purchase prices for many products, thereby boosting market penetration for these efficient lighting products. However, because high efficiency lighting products have much longer useful lives, the average replacement rate will decrease over time, eventually depressing high efficiency lighting demand.
Demand for LEDs will grow the fastest of any high efficiency lighting product through 2017. Increased penetration in many residential and nonresidential building applications, as well as in the outdoor lighting market, will support advances. While the high initial price of LEDs has hindered their adoption in many traditional lighting applications, technological innovations that reduce costs and improve performance will make these products increasingly competitive.

The market for other energy efficient linear fluorescent lamps will also register strong growth, supported by heightened penetration of T5 and T8 lamps, in place of less efficient T12 products. In addition, the rebound in nonresidential building construction will provide some prospects.
Through 2017, the building market for high efficiency lighting products will post especially strong growth, supported by a shift to higher value, longer lasting lighting products and driven in part by rising efficiency standards for lamps.

Residential demand will be bolstered by the replacement of less efficient lighting that has been phased out due to EISA. Businesses, institutions, and government entities will turn to high efficiency lighting products to lower energy expenses and to reduce the labor costs of replacing lighting products. Over the longer term, the market will be restrained by the longer service lives of LEDs and newer lamp products, which will limit replacement demand.

Larson Electronics Reveals New LED PAR 46 Replacement Bulb

Larson Electronics is excited to announce the reveal of their LED PAR 46 Replacement bulb. Bathing subjects in pure brilliant light and milspec rated for EMI, now there is no better choice for upgrading existing PAR 46 incandescent bulb fixtures to LEDs. This Par46 LED bulb provides numerous benefits and advantages over traditional incandescent lamps in that it is highly resistant to damage from shocks and vibration as well as up to 80% more efficient. The LEDs in this unit have an average lifespan rating of 50,000 hours, which reduces the costs and loss of productivity associated with maintaining and replacing traditional lamps. Producing 3600 lumens while drawing only 4 amps, this LED lamp easily outperforms 100 watt incandescent bulbs while drawing only half as many amps. There is no glass or filaments used in the construction of this LEB bulb and the aluminum body and solid state design of the LEDs results in a lamp that is as rugged as it is efficient.

One Million+ LEDs Light Up Largo Central Park This Holiday Season

Families looking for some sparkle over the holidays will enjoy an amazing light display of over a million lights in Largo Central Park. From Thanksgiving evening, November 28 to Friday, January 3 families are invited for free to walk through the park and see the dazzling displays of trains, toy bears, carolers, toy soldiers and many more!

Bet on Innovative LED Technology Pays Off-SORAA Expands its LED Manufacturing Operations in U.S.

Soraa, the world leader in the development of gallium nitride on gallium nitride (GaN on GaN) LED technology, announced today that it will open a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Buffalo, New York. In partnership with the State of New York, the company will construct a new state-of-the-art GaN on GaN™ LED fabrication facility that will employ hundreds of workers. The new facility is projected to be operational in 2015. Soraa currently operates an LED fabrication plant in Fremont, California, one of only a few in the U.S.
“We chose Buffalo as the best location for our new fabrication facility based on several factors, including the innovative high-tech vision and strategy of Governor Cuomo; the ability to attract some of the best and brightest scientists and engineers in the world; and the capacity to tightly control the product quality and intellectual property around our LEDs through our partnership with the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering,” said Dr. Tom Caulfield, President and COO of Soraa. “With the new facility, our LED lighting capabilities will be refined and expanded, product innovation will accelerate, and light quality and efficiency will continue to improve."
“Under the largest investment in our Buffalo Billion initiative, we are building a state-of-the-art campus to house high-tech and advanced manufacturing companies that will create hundreds of jobs and leverage over a billion dollars in private investment for Western New York,” Governor Cuomo said. “Today, we welcome world-renowned high-tech company Soraa to Buffalo - an affirmation that Buffalo is back and better than ever.  This project marks a giant step forward in our Buffalo Billion strategy, transforming a once vacant property into a development ready site that will create good-paying permanent jobs, make Buffalo an international hub for innovation, and attract more businesses from around the world. Today, Buffalo is truly on the move.”
In 2007, a team of pioneering professors from the worlds of engineering and semiconductors—Dr. Shuji Nakamura, inventor of the blue laser and LED; Dr. Steven DenBaars, founder of Nitres; and Dr. James Speck of U.C. Santa Barbara's College of Engineering—came together and made a bet on an LED technology platform completely different than current industry practice, a technology most industry experts at the time considered to be impossible to execute.
Soraa bet that GaN on GaN LEDs would produce more light per area of LED and be more cost-effective than technology based on other foreign substrates like sapphire or silicon carbide.  This strategy ran against every trend in the LED industry.  That bet paid off: today, the company’s LEDs emit more light per LED material than any other LED; handle more electric current per area than any other LED; and the company’s crystals are up to a thousand times more precise than any other LED crystal.

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Look How Drastically Intelligent LEDs Can Cut Energy Consumption

PG&E, California's largest utility, wanted to know how much energy controllable LEDs could save its industrial customers. It recently found its answer: a lot. Earlier this year, the utility tested the performance of a networked LED system at a 44,800-square-foot Ace Hardware distribution warehouse in California. The system was installed and controlled by Digital Lumens, a Boston-based company with more than 500 projects deployed in the commercial and industrial sector.

DOE publishes a Caliper report and subjective study on LED PAR38 lamps

The US Department of Energy concluded that all 38 models of PAR38 lamps tested surpass halogen lamps in terms of energy efficiency. Subjective testing of some models by IES members determined that single emitters performed best. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has published two reports on LED-based PAR38 retrofit lamps including an updated quantitative Caliper report on the lamps and a subjective report on light quality in which lighting designers rated various products. The Caliper report is an addendum to Report 20 in the DOE Caliper series that was initially issued in 2012, and the addendum covers six additional lamps and three additional benchmarks focused on the performance characteristics of the LEDs. The subjective report has been called Caliper 20.1 and covers the evaluation of beam quality, shadow quality, and color quality by lighting professionals.

LED light transmissive carpets to provide information, direction, inspiration

Royal Philips and Desso announced a partnership agreement to develop solutions that combine LED lighting with light transmissive carpet. This innovation will further unlock the potential of LED integration into surfaces and adds an exciting dimension to interior design and space planning. The solution will transform the way people interact with information and their environment in offices, hotels, conference centers and other public buildings.
These LED light emitting carpets will provide many benefits in the areas of information, direction, inspiration and safety, such as: Guiding people around buildings, including safety exits and route. Enhancing the ambiance and atmosphere of the interior of buildings combining lighting with design and colour. Or helping to de-clutter spaces by making information visible only when needed
The solution is designed for high traffic areas and comes in different colors, shapes and sizes – enabling highly flexible application of the new technology.
The partnership is an agreement to work exclusively together in developing the markets in EMEA. In addition to this, a joint development agreement has been signed focusing on a seamless integration of this solution into new and existing buildings. The product name will be revealed in 2014 as part of the full go-to-market launch, but Philips and Desso are already working on pilot projects in key markets.
Combining the many benefits of Desso’s carpet, such as improved indoor air quality, acoustics and comfort with the benefits of Philips’ LED lighting, this innovation reflects Philips and Desso’s common goal to improve people’s lives, whilst bringing a new level of design freedom to architects, designers and end-users.

LED holiday lights increasing in popularity

Plummeting prices have resulted in a noticeable shift away from incandescent holiday bulbs and toward energy-efficient LED lights that can pay for themselves in reduced electricity costs in as little as two years or less. LED lights have been around for years, but until recently the technology was expensive and had limited appeal, The Kansas City Star reported. But dramatic price reductions have made LED Christmas lights cheap enough that retailers such as Wal-Mart and Costco are devoting much more space for them.

Urban style meets cycling function in the Eclaireur LED jacket

LED jackets built for cycling and running are nothing new. We've covered the Sporty Supaheroe jacket and other examples of this type of wearable technology. Where the new Eclaireur jacket steps it up is in integrating LEDs into a jacket you'll wear in public when you're not on your bike. On purpose.

Price drops raise popularity of LED holiday lights

Plummeting prices have resulted in a noticeable shift away from incandescent holiday bulbs and toward energy-efficient LED lights that can pay for themselves in reduced electricity costs in as little as two years or less. LED lights have been around for years, but until recently the technology was expensive and had limited appeal, The Kansas City Star reported. But dramatic price reductions have made LED Christmas lights cheap enough that retailers like Wal-Mart and Costco are devoting much more space for them. Wal-Mart is devoting half of its shelf space for Christmas lights to LEDs, with a string of 50 mini LED lights going for $5, down from $6.30 last year, the newspaper reported.

Here's How Chrysler Crams A Ton Of LEDs In The Back Of Dodges

One of the ways Chrysler has been trying to keep Dodge vehicles from looking exactly like Chryslers and Jeeps is by adding racetrack-style lighting in the rear. And designers like it so much that they're continually improving on it. The Ron Burgundy-approved 2014 Dodge Durango is the next Dodge to have the style behind the Charger, which was first, and the Dart. But if one were to look close enough at each one side by side, you'd notice the Durango's lighting is a little bit smoother. A little more refined

Washington Metro Will Install LEDs at Zero Cost

The payback time for light-emitting diodes has dropped considerably in recent years in certain commercial and municipal applications. But for many companies and cities, making the switch to LEDs still requires too much money upfront. To get around the sticky issue of multi-year paybacks, Philips has just offered its first turnkey lighting-as-a-service model to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. WMATA will upgrade more than 13,000 lighting fixtures at no upfront cost and pay for the project, plus a ten-year maintenance contract with Philips, through the $2 million savings the LEDs will provide annually.

New Compact Designer Light Bulb by LEDO LED Technologies

In the spirit of joint innovation, Swarovski, the world's leading manufacturer of high quality, precision cut crystals,and LEDO LED have teamed up to create a LED light with three distinct crystal variants mounted to the reflectors for absolutely stunning effects. The crystals give BULLED an extraordinary light quality coupled with exceptionally beautiful optics. BULLED's new radiance has an aesthetic appeal unmatched in the industry. Each of the three models has its own distinctive light reflecting properties.

Home Depot will trade in your energy-wasting Christmas lights for LEDs

Alright guys, we’re on board, as much as anyone else, with the idea that Christmas comes after Thanksgiving and that maybe we don’t need to think about shopping and decorating for another few weeks. But American retailers are not — they want you to start thinking about Christmas now. Which means we have to go against our better instincts and tell you to start thinking ahead. Because you can now go into Home Depot, trade in your old, incandescent Christmas lights, and get energy-saving, LED replacements at a discount — but only for the next few days.

Lighting up homes with PET bottles

Attach a PET bottle filled with water and bleaching powder on an asbestos roof, and lo... there is light. The 'bottle bulb' is proving to be an ecological and sustainable source of light during day time — the water inside the bottle refracts sunlight hitting the roof and lights up the room below with an intensity of a 55 watt light bulb. Residents of Ejipura have been introduced to this 'elementary' way of lighting up their lives by Liter of Light (LOL) — a global open source movement that provides slums and other areas having erratic power supply with these eco-friendly 'bulbs'.

In--ground LEDs light way on bike path

Fitchburg leaders and a local cycling group gathered at Edenberry Street and the Capital City State Trail in Fitchburg Tuesday to debut the trail’s new lights. The city of Fitchburg said a wooded, quarter-mile-long section stretch of the Capital City State Trail has been outfitted with 30 LED lights to help guide cyclists. The solar-powered lights are mounted in-ground to help bikers see the center line along the curvy path.

UCSB studies optimization, Cree licenses remote technology

Researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara say that they have discovered how to formulate LED phosphors for better efficiency, while Cree has announced a licensing agreement with NNCrystal covering remote phosphor IP. A team working at the Solid State Lighting & Energy Center (SSLEC) at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) has announced a breakthrough in phosphor research that they believe could allow LED efficacy to hit 300 lm/W. In other phosphor news, Cree licensed its remote-phosphor patent portfolio to NNCrystal, a set of intellectual property (IP) that Cree has maintained was fundamental to remote-phosphor-based solid-state lighting (SSL) products.

3 Causes You need to Believe about A Maglite Guided Flashlight

LEDs and or Light Emitting Diodes are usually around due to the fact this 1920's when it was subsequently 1st discovered by way of Russian scientist. XMAS TREES flas hlight things could state 10-80 lumens for each and every watt, where it seriously is undoubtedly claimed that 50 lumens is 1 watt. A handful of complained about specifically how heavy the Mag-Lite is when in comparison to typical flashlights they also stated it lasts weeks too. This tends to produce them seriously well-known inside the finish user sector. You'll be able to not wait till you may want one to shop for 1 although. It genuinely is employed by policemen whilst within the line of obligation, by campers together with by household owners financial savings around your house. You might have one certain that is definitely surely canister shaped so you hold inside your hand substantially like standard flashlights or LED Flashlight that you are capable to aquire 1 distinct that is definitely similar to a lantern which you may mount to help light function location. A frequent flashlight with incandescent incandescent bulbs eats up batteries quickly. It could possibly be a semiconductor diode of which emits light when a stainless steel current is readily obtainable for it. Due to the fact you aren't truly ready, you hit as well as break several pricey lamps and vases in the approach.
Precisely what motives are additionally there for either investing in Maglite LED flashlight for those who happen to haven't currently got one or convert your older 1? You are now inside a position to get LED flashlights in a collection of sizes and interests. If you're contemplating acquiring flashlight sometime soon, look at an LED flashlight as becoming a effective alternative. This implies you must just ensure that to get a LED flashlight which might be tough. LED torch engineers are costed with creating helpful, precise optics parts for totally discovering the light which LED chips give. An outcome with the big quantity with power consumed, these batteries wind up obtaining altered continually. All a cool superior characteristics make LED torch turn out to become our regular necessary gear, regardless of in property or outside. (As a consequence of this, astronomers recommend researching askance at dim objects within your night sky; this taps on the power of that rods.) Rods additionally deliver vision in dimly lit situations; they usually make monochromatic, black-and-white images from the nighttime planet.
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20KV/10KA surge suppressor for LED applications

MAGTECH SS20 Series of 20KV/10KA ac line surge suppressors protect designs from catastrophic failures caused by over-voltage surges. LEDs are designed into 24/7 applications, providing long life and low maintenance. Standard features include, integrated thermal protection device per UL1449 (Type 4), meets IEEE C62.42 surge requirements, wide-range operational temperature from -40C to +85C, LED indicator and standard 1/2? NPT threads for quick installation.

SaltySupply.com Releases a New Aqua Illumination-Hydra LED Black Light

There’s an old adage that says what’s done in the dark will come to light, and thanks to a new Aqua illumination Hydra LED light sold by Salty Supply, those who use it will see maximum performance. “Combining the control of the AI Vega and unmatched power of the AI Sol, the AI Hydra brings a new level of performance,” said Richard Gilliland, ceo of Salty Supply, one of the largest online suppliers of high-end marine aquarium equipment. Gilliland went on to explain that unlike the Sol Blue and White, the newly released Hydra uses 80 degree lenses to provide uniform light output and color blending.

LED Canada's MR16 Installed in Multimillion Dollar Smart Home Renovation

LED Canada's 5 watt COB (Chip on board) was recently chosen for primary lighting throughout the newly renovated property and utilizes over 300 Smart controlled LED MR16 bulbs. 5 watts of LED has the same light output as 50 watt Halogen and last over 10 times as long. LED MR 16's bulbs are one of the widest pricing range in LED, with value bulbs available under five dollars, while higher quality LED bulbs can fetch over $50 a piece for Museum/art gallery grade with CRI (color rendering index) of over 90.
Originally, the main electrical contractor (Andrew from Blaze Homes) had chosen a fairly high-end, brand-name LED MR16, although the bulbs were classified as dimmable, flickering, and uneven light levels were observed from many of the comparable LEDs priced at over $30 per bulb.

This Dock Turns Your iPhone Into a Bedside Lamp

Incandescent bulbs in high demand

Incandescent light bulb demand is increasing as people stock up on them before they get gradually phased out. The US government is in the process of phasing out the bulbs over the next several years. One hundred-watt and 75-watt incandescent bulbs are already no longer being produced, and as of January 1, the production and importing of 60 watt incandescent bulbs will also stop in the United States. This incandescent bulb "phase out" began early last year with a goal of promoting the use of higher efficiency bulbs.

Stage A Thunderstorm In Your Living Room With This Weird Lamp

People see things in clouds. We seem predisposed to find meaning in things, especially those things we can’t quite grasp or wholly experience. Clouds fit the bill: They’re neither sufficiently material nor close enough for us to really engage with. Unless, of course, you have them in your living room. Designer Richard Clarkson’s Cloud Lamp adds to the atmosphere at home. A heap of down fluff impregnated with a battery of electrical wires, the lamp gives you your very own cumulonimbus cloud. Not only does it approximate the gust-like shape that hovers in stormy skies, but it also produces a phantasmagoric play of lights--call it lightning design.

What's inside the Walmart 60W-replacement LED bulb?

Walmart made news recently with its announcement of a sub-$10 Great Value house-branded 60W-equivalent dimmable LED replacement bulb. As the nation's leading retailer whose name is synonymous with low prices, Walmart is one of the first places consumers look for household products like lightbulbs. So how does its new lamp perform, and what design decisions were made? The bulb was reportedly designed and manufactured by Chinese lamp vendor TCP.

NYC Is Replacing Its 250,000 Street Lights with LEDs

In recent years, we've watched with wonder as boring old yellow halogen car headlights have been replaced with futuristic, Tron-like LEDs. Now, that transition is about to take place on the city scale, as New York City prepares to replace its street lamps—all 250,000 of them—with LEDs. Mayor Bloomberg announced the massive project on Thursday, pointing out straight away that the shift to LEDs would save the city $6 million in energy costs and $8 million in maintenance—that's $14 million total, math whizzes—every year.

Nokero has sold 1 million solar light bulbs to developing countries

A video of the band Linkin Park — rocking in the glow of dozens of Nokero solar lights — plays as Nokero founder Steve Katsaros sips champagne. "Waiting for a light that never comes," Katsaros sings along with the band. The patent lawyer-turned-inventor is celebrating. His 3-year-old Nokero just landed its biggest order for 275,000 of his low-cost solar-powered light bulbs in Indonesia, pushing his total sales to more than 1 million. He has an African government negotiating for 400,000 of his lights. Nokero has a new chief operating officer with years of experience developing business opportunities in Africa. A high-profile CEO is about to join the ranks. And Linkin Park is cheering his invention.

Solid Apollo LED Offers a New, Wide Range of Lighting Control Systems

Solid Apollo LED has expanded its line of LED controllers to meet the needs of architects, designers, artist and homeowners by creating a beautiful range of dimmers, RGB and DMX Control Systems. The North Seattle Company is known for tackling unique lighting situations from home lighting to architectural and custom lighting projects, while supplying users with a variety of options for their unique lighting environment.
LED lights can be used anywhere, from new accent lighting in a single room, to building a home or upgrading an entire business. Having full control over LED lights can take a home or business to the next level of bright, efficient lighting. Solid Apollo is proud to introduce three distinct models; the Glide Dimmer, Micro Wireless Dimmer, and In-Wall DMX RGB-W controller which greatly improve LED lighting control.
Solid Apollo’s newest LED dimmer is the sophisticated and easy-to-use Glide LED Dimmer which can be used in a variety of environments including homes for under cabinet and full room accent lights. It features an all-black finish for high-end environments and smart one-touch functionality with subtle “fade-in” capability. Additionally, Solid Apollo LED’s Glide dimmer features 30 full feet of control and memory functionality, meaning controlling your LED lights has never been easier.
For those situations where LED lights need to be dimmed in a discrete and minimalist style, Solid Apollo’s new Micro Wireless LED Dimmer is the perfect solution. Its compact design (1.25” wide) packs a powerful dimming punch, with 0-100% dimming and ultra-smooth fading built in. With the Micro Wireless dimmer from Solid Apollo, you can control the brightness of any 12-36V LED lighting fixture while being able to hide your wireless dimmer discretely.
DMX lighting is a powerful technology for full control of RGB LED lights. To bridge the gap between advanced lighting systems Solid Apollo has created the perfect solution for full control of any DMX lighting fixture with the ease of RGB-W Color Changing lighting. The In-Wall DMX RGB-W Controller is a fully functional RGB-W controller for creating colors and effects through a DMX enabled lighting fixture such as a wall-washer.
Manuel Barquin, President of Solid Apollo LED, specifically designed this product as a straight-forward way of controlling high-end DMX lighting fixtures. “The In-Wall DMX RGB-W Controller is the perfect solution for controlling DMX enabled LED lights without a complicated system, but still taking full advantage of RGB-W LED Lighting.”
This new controller has the capability to control an additional white channel in addition to the standard RGB, meaning increased color range and effects. Standard control on the beautiful touch-pad interface includes brightness, 16 million color selection, program speed, color saving, and white temperature control.
These three LED controllers highlight just a small portion of what is possible with LED Lighting, which can open up a vast world of bright light and colorful displays for any home or business. To view a full line of LED Lighting controllers and LED lighting possibilities, please visit solidapollo.com.

Toss traditional lightbulbs and save with CFLs, LEDs

Old-school lightbulbs are becoming history as tests show energy-saving bulbs are better than ever.
With many homes using about 50 lightbulbs, the cost of traditional incandescent bulbs is a good reason to make the switch. "Incandescent bulbs are really only cheap if you never turn them on,” said Celia Kuperszmid Lehrman of Consumer Reports. “They cost about $8 a year to power, and that's compared with only $1.70 for an LED or CFL."

New 300 Watt LED Street Light from Larson Electronics Produces over 25,000 Lumens

Industrial lighting specialists Larson Electronics have released a new LED street light designed to provide better performance and reliability than standard HPS designs. The RWL-LED-80 300 Watt Street Light is built to provide high performance in an easy to install design and is an ideal alternative to fragile and costly to run HPS fixtures.
The Larson Electronics RWL-LED-80 300 watt LED street light is designed to provide a cost effective alternative to standard HPS lamps that offers improved performance and reliability. This LED street light is designed to act as a direct replacement for cobra style standard 600 watt HPS street lights while providing enhanced performance and longevity. This powerful LED street light features a die cast aluminum housing, rugged polyester coating, and 80 high performance LEDs protected by a shatterproof lens producing 25,250 lumens of light output. This assembly is weatherproof and designed to stand up to wet and corrosive conditions for high reliability under demanding conditions. This fixture is rated at 100,000 hours of operations, three times as much as standard HPS systems, and offers more cost effective operation through reduced maintenance costs, fewer lamp replacements, and lower energy consumption. This system is also designed with a die cast latch providing tool free access to the internals, an integral bubble level, and an adjustable mounting coupling that accepts mounting shafts 1 ¼ to 2 inches in diameter. This high power LED light is multi-voltage and available in 120-277 VAC, 347 VAC, and 480 VAC configurations. This high performance street light is ideal for industrial complexes, military installations, campuses, warehouse lots, and anywhere operators would like to improve the performance of existing lighting systems while reducing the costs associated with illuminating their grounds.

Philips renews the street lighting system of Buenos Aires with LED technology

Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting, has been selected by the government of the city of Buenos Aires to renew its street lighting system with LED technology. Philips will replace the majority of the 125,000 existing street lights with new LED luminaires within a 3-year term. Philips was awarded the contract as a result of a public bidding process. 
Philips’ LED-based lighting will enable energy savings of over 50% for the city, a significant reduction in CO2 emissions every year, and offers a lifetime that is five times longer than conventional lighting. This will significantly reduce the environmental impact of the lighting system and reduce maintenance costs for the city of Buenos Aires.
“With the rapid growth in population and the expansion of urban areas, the world needs better and more efficient light. The arrival of innovative LED lighting has brought about a radical change in the industry. In addition to enabling energy savings, it provides our customers with unique, flexible, sustainable, and integrated lighting solutions which were not even envisioned only a few years ago,” stated Gustavo Verna, CEO of Philips Argentina.
The white light of LED lighting enables better facial recognition and adequate color perception, not only by the human eye, but also by security cameras, strengthening crime prevention. The improved visibility and security through Philips’ LED lighting will enable people to enjoy public spaces in Buenos Aires.
Another important benefit of LED lighting is the ability to be remotely controlled. In addition to the replacement of street luminaires, Philips has developed a tailor-made solution for the City of Buenos Aires based on its CityTouch Tele-management platform. The system enables monitoring of each light point in the network on an individual basis, allowing the optimal operation of each luminaire and programming of potential replacements or future maintenance tasks. The system also provides the possibility to switch off or dim lighting levels, depending on specific requirements, thus dramatically reducing energy consumption.

Cree adds dim-to-warm option in LMH2 LED module family

The LMH2 product line allows SSL makers to deliver a broad range of lumen packages in the same luminaire housing and now offer products that dim from 2700K to 1800K to mimic halogen incandescent performance. Cree has announced what the company calls Sunset Dimming in its LMH2 LED module family. The new module line dims from a 2700K CCT at full brightness to 1800K at 1% of full range, and maintains a 90 CRI over the bulk of that range. The new dimming capability provides luminaire makers with even more options that they can offer using the same basic fixture design

In Cuba, murky light thrown by energy-saving bulbs

In 2005, the government decided to switch out incandescent bulbs for energy-saving ones. The process really got underway nationwide in 2006 -- officially named "Year of the Energy Revolution in Cuba" -- a title that appeared on the masthead of the Communist Party daily Granma. People were asked to turn in their regular light bulbs -- only those that were still good, please -- and were given energy-saving bulbs as a replacement with the grass root Committees for the Defense of the Revolution duly noting who turned in how many bulbs.

Price of budget-friendly LEDs to drop further with Energy Star certification

The nostalgia-hating LED evangelists over at Durham, N.C.-based Cree aren’t just skilled at murdering chocolate Easter bunnies with incandescents and convincing the public to share icky photographs of dismally lit rooms — the company has proven itself to be also quite skilled at making the price of high-quality consumer LED bulbs drop and, in effect, became all the more appealing to sticker price-sensitive folks looking to shave some serious cash off their monthly electric bills (the folks who, while interested in making the switch to LED lighting, may have recoiled in horror at this).