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Solid Apollo LED Introduces New LED Puck Lights

Solid Apollo LED introduces a new line of LED Puck Lights which install easily on almost any flat surface. The new brighter, more compact and low-profile design is UL listed and fully dimmable for easy controllable lighting. The LED Puck Light can quickly be installed using the center mounting screw and comes with a barrel connector for simple no hassle wiring connections. Solid Apollo’s LED Puck Lights are perfect for bringing bright useable lighting to under cabinets, in closets, pantries and more.

Currently, Puck Lights using traditional incandescent lighting are just too large and cumbersome, and usually require extensive installation to correctly work, with drilling required for routing the wires, and recessing to correctly fit the Puck Lights. Most offerings also include very few features and rely on the do-it-yourselfer or electrician to figure out where the wiring goes and how to splice multiple Puck Lights together without creating a jumbled mess of wiring. Even current LED puck Lights on the market are designed with large metal bodies, focusing little attention to bringing as much light as possible from their supposedly compact designs.

Solid Apollo has solved these issues by creating a user friendly design easy to mount while bringing the most light from an incredibly low-profile shape of just 5/16” tall. “Each super energy efficient design includes 42 powerful and dimmable LED’s which use just 3W of power making for an incredibly compact and precise spot light” stated Manuel Barquin, CEO of Solid Apollo LED. Each LED Puck Light has a large light projection area with a lens specifically created using anti-glare technology, ensuring the light is controlled and will not throw excess lighting where it’s not needed. This ensures that when the LED Puck Light is installed at eye level, no unwanted glare will blind anyone trying to use the lighting below the Puck Light.

Each LED Puck Light is fully UL rated guaranteeing the lights will be just as bright and reliable throughout the entire lifetime of the Puck Light. The UL Rating ensures the lights are also safe to use in the home or office, and as LED’s are used, the surface is always cool to the touch compared to traditional puck lights using incandescent lights which become too hot to touch.

The LED Puck Lights from Solid Apollo are perfect for bringing bright controlled lighting to almost any location as the low profile design fits in places traditional lighting could never go. Use LED Puck 

Lights for under cabinet lighting, inside the cabinet, in the ceiling of any closet, or on each shelf of the pantry for quick plug in lighting. The LED Puck Lights are also perfect in the wine cellar for the tasting area, as the bright and dimmable lighting is perfect for highlighting a specific area. LED Puck Lights are even great for task lighting in the hobby room or garage for bright easy to work under lighting.

Solid Apollo’s LED Puck Lights are available in two colors and two finishes ready to compliment a variety of LED lighting projects. The LED Puck Lights are available in Warm White, 3100 Kelvin, or Daylight White, 4200 Kelvin. The LED Puck Lights also come in two finish colors, either White or with a Brushed Nickel Finish and can be chosen with each light color.

Each Solid Apollo LED Puck Light includes 40 inches of cable for convenient mounting, and a male barrel connector for simple plug and go convenience. The LED Puck Lights are also available in money saving kits, which include 4 LED Puck Lights available in each color and surface finish, and include every part needed from plug to light. The kits include a simple plug in distribution block, a power supply and convenient low-profile dimmer switch for simple on/off operation and full dimming control.

The LED Puck Lights from Solid Apollo bring bright controllable spot lighting to any location with simple and fast installation. Solid Apollo also offers a range of accessories for the LED Puck Lights, from dimmers, for easy brightness selection, to motion sensors, which are easy to mount and perfect when hands are full or it’s too dark to find the switch at night.

Nanowires could be the LEDs of the future

The latest research from the Niels Bohr Institute shows that LEDs made from nanowires will use less energy and provide better light. The researchers studied nanowires using X-ray microscopy and with this method they can pinpoint exactly how the nanowire should be designed to give the best properties. The results are published in the scientific journal, ACS Nano.

Venture Lighting offers LED retrofit lamps brochure

Venture Lighting Europe has released its latest brochure for its high performance Professional VLED LED retrofit lamps, which can be downloaded from the company’s new website. The high-efficiency, A+ rated Professional VLED high bay and universal retrofit LED lamps are available in a variety of sizes and outputs ranging from 20W to 150W and have a long life of 50,000 hours. Venture Lighting Europe has devised the new brochure to give full technical details of each product in the range, including the number of lumens produced per watt, colour temperatures and more.

FX Luminaire introduces QB LED wall wash light for small spaces

FX Luminaire anounces the release of the new QB, a petite 1 LED wall wash light. “The QB is our most compact and affordable LED wall wash fixture. It’s a smaller version of our popular PB fixture for areas needing only 1 LED,” said Ryan Williams, FX Luminaire product manager.

The QB LED wall wash light is engineered with solid aluminum construction and available in 10 powder coat finishes. Each fixture includes four colored filters (amber, blue, green, and clear frosted) for color temperature customization. The QB LED wall wash light is zoneable with the Luxor controller and dimmable as an option.
 

LEDs shine light on jaundice in India

Jaundice affects around 60 percent of newborn babies in the first week of life. Without treatment, it can be fatal. DW's Murali Krishnan reports from New Dehli on an LED kit could save their lives. It was the sight of a mass of babies lying naked on a government hospital floor, sweating, dehydrated and being treated for jaundice by a halogen tube hanging from the ceiling by a rope that left an enduring impression on Vivek Kopparthi, an engineer based in the US.

LEDs are gaining in popularity, a new survey finds

A survey by North American lighting giant Osram Sylvania found 65 percent of Americans have purchased LEDs for use in their homes, and that 86 percent believe at least one room in their home would benefit from smart lighting technology. KRC Research conducted the seventh annual Socket Survey in February 2015 via an online survey of 1,000 Americans aged 18 and over. The survey showed that 78 percent of those polled switched to a more energy-efficient lighting technology since the phase-out of incandescent light bulbs went into effect in January 2014, with 30 percent of respondents indicating they made the switch to LED bulbs.

AFX 'Pro' LED task lights features tunable color temperature

AFX, an industry leader in energy-efficient lighting solutions, recently introduced to their product lineup Noble Pro NLLP Series LED task lights. These versatile LED task lights feature an adjustable slide switch allowing for color temperature selection (2700K, 3000K or 4000K), 90 CRI, as well as best-in-class lumens per watt in this category.  With a 50,000 hour LED life, the Noble Pro LED task lights are Title 24 Compliant, ENERGY STAR qualified, linkable, and include a dimmable driver that can be used with a 2-wire triac or electronic low voltage (ELV) dimmer control.

Bulbs and More LED filament bulbs emit light through 360 degrees

A supplier of LED lighting solutions has included in its range a selection of LED filament bulbs. These bulbs boast numerous benefits over traditional bulbs and even over other LED light bulbs. These benefits include flexibility in design, as there are different shapes and sizes available, as well as considerable energy savings when compared to other lighting options. Another considerable advantage is that LED filament bulbs provide near instant illumination, rather than a gradual brightening which is the feature of many other LED light bulbs.

Newer Cree LEDs shine in Consumer Reports' tests

One of the big reasons to buy energy-saving LED lightbulbs is that they’re supposed to last 23 years or longer when you use them 3 hours a day. So when some Cree LED spotlights died early on in one of Consumer Reports’ tests, the most failures we’ve seen for LEDs, we called Cree and then our lightbulb experts headed back to the lab to test more of their LEDs. The dimmable Cree PAR38 Bright White LED spotlight replaces a 90-watt incandescent and the package notes it has a 27° beam angle. The model number is BPAR38-1503027T-12DE26-1U100 and we paid $24 apiece at Home Depot.

Breakthrough quantum dot hybrid LED is inexpensive and delivers vibrant color

A new, cost-effective quantum dot (QD) hybrid LED could enable LED lighting system adoption on a mass scale. University of Hiroshima (Japan) researchers created the new light-emitting diode using silicon quantum dot solution and a polymer solution on top of an indium-tin-oxide (ITO) glass ply that was used as the anode for the LED. The silicon quantum dot solution was placed in the bottom of a glass vial that sat on a rotating stage. It was synthesized through pulsed laser ablation (PLA) with Tokyo Chemical Industry Co.’s 1-octyne solution (10mL) over several eight-hour periods.

Yaham Lighting develops touchscreen LED lighting control system

Yaham Lighting will soon release its LED lighting control system, called Janus Lighting System. It uses a convenient touch-sensitive LCD screen to manage all of the lighting efficiently. PLC (Power Line Communication) technology avoids extra signal wire, for the signal is transmitted through the power wire, so it is the most reliable communication network suitable for LED lighting. Janus Lighting System is the best way to the mange the lights, and it redefines the LED lighting control system.

Litecool opens new LED packaging lab

Litecool has opened a new clean room facility to research, develop, prototype and test new LED packaging technologies. The laboratory includes all the equipment needed to mount bare LEDs into packages, COBs and arrays. This will speed up time to market for new LED packaging technologies from Litecool. The clean room hosts several wire bonding and die bonding machines as well as encapsulation and curing capabilities. This will enable Litecool to build their own LED packages and lighting arrays from scratch. Particular research programmes that will be run in the lab include the development of the Lumen Block™, trials on new dielectric and die attach materials, manufacturing development and cost down activities. Litecool has developed its own thermal testing facility and has a thermally controlled integrating sphere for optical testing meaning that the full R&D lifecycle from concept to pre-production is now in-house.

Samsung adds COB LEDs with smaller LES options and vivid color

Samsung has announced a number of new chip-on-board (COB) packaged LEDs with the goals of providing solid-state lighting (SSL) developers more options in terms of optical control and color quality. LEDs with a smaller light emitting surface (LES) enable tighter beams while 95-CRI options and LEDs designed for optimally presenting saturated colors will target applications such as retail.

The Samsung announcement was long on boasts and short on details as to exactly how the new COB LEDs will deliver on the touted features. The smaller-LED components are straightforward. But Samsung would not describe how it has improved color rendering nor would the company characterize the performance of the new Vivid series using any established metrics.

LEDs: Illuminating your light choices

The cheaper a technology becomes, the more pervasive it gets. So the precipitous price drops in the LED bulb market mean it's ready to go mainstream -- although you may need a few pointers about how to choose the right LEDs for your home. Just a few years ago, a 60-watt equivalent LED or light-emitting diode bulb cost $40 to $50. Last year, more advanced LED bulbs dropped to $10 each. A year on, prices have dropped 50 percent, with bulbs from TCP and Philips now under $5. GE is continuing the price war this summer with a new line of even smaller, less expensive bulbs dubbed the LED Bright Stik.

LED bulbs gain on CFLs in lighting market

Consumer choices in light bulbs for their homes have changed significantly over the past few years, and they appear to be doing so again. Compact fluorescent lamp bulbs, the market leader since most incandescent bulbs were phased out in 2014, are gradually giving way to LED lights, those semiconductor devices best known for their use in traffic signals and electronic appliances.

Bike light that illuminates the road launched on Kickstarter

A new bike light that illuminates the road has been launched on crowd funding site Kickstarter, by a UK car lighting designer after he was knocked off his bike in South Australia. Using LED lights shining both ahead and downwards, the Ding bike light illuminates the road in front, and a space 3m wide by 1.5m deep, around the rider.

Dyson's LED lamp promises to burn brightly for 37 years

Some notable advances have taken place in the world of LED lighting of late. From Ikea's flexible lighting tiles to Phillips' $5 bulbs, those looking to switch off their incandescent globes for good have plenty of options to choose from. But, just as it did with vacuum cleaners, hand dryers and air purifiers, Dyson has arrived and is promising a superior solution. Inventor Jake Dyson, son of Dyson founder James, says the company has built the first light that cools LEDs properly, enabling them to last 37 years.

Why LED Lights May Become Standard Equipment on Most Cars

It’s pretty amazing to think about how far we have come technologically in the last decade alone. What was once considered excessively expensive and utterly unnecessary is now increasingly commonplace, and it seems like everything from a Lexus to a Ford Flex are rocking these energy efficient bulbs. As LED prices have gone down in recent years, both their value and availability have skyrocketed, all while constantly increasing in their illumination ranges. A report by the Department of Energy “highlights” these facts, and shows that the failure of current generations of Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) is a very rare occurrence indeed.

Lumileds documents long-life mid-power LED components

Lumileds has announced the results of LM-80 testing and TM-21 projections on Luxeon 3535L mid-power, packaged LEDs that the company said implies component lifetime that exceeds the requirement of all market-transformation-program requirements for solid-state lighting (SSL) luminaires. The company believes the test results prove the mid-power devices capable of serving reliably in demanding applications such as downlights, high-bay fixtures, and troffers as well as in retrofit lamps including LED-based T8 tubes.

Lower-Cost LEDs Offer Some Competition to Compact Fluorescent Lights

For years, lighting manufacturers have labored to make LED lights mimic the warm feel of incandescent bulbs. But what they offered in features and quality, they could not match in price. As a result, many consumers and businesses looking for efficiency and lower cost opted for compact fluorescent lights, even if the light quality was often seen as worse. Now, LED manufacturers say there is little need to make that choice.

This Designer Desk Lamp Has No Moving Parts

The articulated desk lamp hasn't changed much over the last 100 years. The Fade Task Light, though, might be one of the best designs in table lighting since the Banker Lamp. It is sleek, it has almost no moving parts, it articulates over 120 degrees through bending alone, and it can simulate almost any natural lighting condition, from overcast noon to nuclear sunset, thanks to cutting-edge LED technology. The Fade Task Light was designed by Fade Studio, a new lighting specific company headed by former fuseproject designers Bret Recor and Seth Murray, who broke off of fuseproject a couple years back to form Box Clever, designers of the Kube speaker and Runcible, a compass-shaped smartphone.

LED Sign Brightens Up The Beach After Dark

Warrior Rocker’s family bought a fancy new sign for their beach house. The sign has the word “BEACH” spelled vertically. It originally came with blue LEDs to light up each letter. The problem was that the LEDs had a narrow beam that would blind people on the other side of the room. Also, there was no way to change the color of the LEDs, which would increase the fun factor. That’s why Warrior decided to upgrade the sign with multi-colored LEDs. After removing the cardboard backing of the sign, they removed the original LEDs by gently tapping on a stick with a hammer.

Asus P3B Battery-Powered Portable LED projector can project a 58-inch-diagonal image from a distance of just one meter

Asus announced a Zen-inspired product lineup designed to provide users with the ultimate digital life. Asus P3B LED projector is a lightweight, and ultra-short-throw projector design that easily fits in a briefcase or bag. P3B features an LED light source with a 30,000-hour lifespan and provides crisp HD 1280 x 800 resolution projections at a maximum brightness of 800 lumens.

Chauvet Professional COLORado LED fixtures colorize Centerpoint Church

Stroll down Grant Place or Webster Street in Old Towne Arvada and you might find it hard to believe that you’re less than a half hour away from Denver. Although this picturesque village, which traces its roots back to the 1850 Colorado gold rush, has grown into a sizable commuting suburb, it’s managed to retain much of its old-fashioned hometown feeling. This is evident in Arvada’s many homegrown festivals; and it’s also plain to see in the warm attitude that prevails at the city’s Centerpoint Community Church, which welcomes visitors with refreshments before services every Sunday morning.

As deeply rooted as it is in tradition, however, Centerpoint is also committed to creating an engaging worship environment for modern sensibilities. With this in mind, church leaders contacted Roland Dutzmann of AcousTech (Franktown, CO) to give their 500-seat house of worship a major remodel that includes new backdrops and scenic elements, an updated audio and video system, HD cameras and a largely LED lighting rig that features nine COLORado 2-Quad Zoom Tour par-style powerhouse LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional.

LEDs Are Creating a New Shape for the Light Bulb

The iconic shape of the light bulb has become the universal symbol for bright ideas ever since Thomas Edison patented the first one 135 years ago. But nothing lasts forever. “Legislation phased out the incandescent light bulb last year, and its replacement, the compact fluorescent lamp, or CFL, has its days numbered,” says Tom Boyle, chief innovation manager for consumer light at GE Lighting. “Efficient LEDs are the next big thing and there’s no reason for them to be shaped like the lamps they replaced.”

Samsung's Mid-Power flip-chip LEDs foreshadow a larger battle ahead

Samsung's recently-announced family of flip-chip mid-power LEDs and aggressive roadmap for its chip scale packaging (CSP) technology are both signs that the Korean electronics giant intends to defend its market share against growing competition. Like Osram, Philips and other incumbent LED makers, Samsung has been encountering growing competition from upstart Chinese manufacturers who seem to be willing to buy market share with pricing that's rumored to barely cover their operating costs.

Flat Pack Elastic Band Lamp is a Thing of Beauty

[Matt] was looking for a project for his senior industrial design studio at Wentworth Institute of Technology. He ended up designing a clever lamp that can be flat packed. [Matt] started by drawing out designs on paper. He really liked the idea of combining curves with straight lines, but he wanted to translate his two-dimensional drawings into a three-dimensional shape. Having access to a laser cutter made the job much easier than it could have been and allowed [Matt] to go through many designs for the lamp frame. The two main pieces were cut from acrylic and include mounting pegs for the elastic bands. The two plastic pieces are designed to slot together, forming a sort of diamond shape.

Lower-Cost LEDs Offer Some Competition to Compact Fluorescent Lights

For years, lighting manufacturers have labored to make LED lights mimic the warm feel of incandescent bulbs. But what they offered in features and quality, they could not match in price. As a result, many consumers and businesses looking for efficiency and lower cost opted for compact fluorescent lights, even if the light quality was often seen as worse. Now, LED manufacturers say there is little need to make that choice.

Quantum dot LEDs meet wearable devices

A scientific team, from the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Seoul National University, has developed an ultra-thin wearable quantum dot light emitting diodes (QLEDs). The electronic tattoo is based on current quantum dot light emitting diode (QLED) technology (Nature Communications, "Wearable red–green–blue quantum dot light-emitting diode array using high-resolution intaglio transfer printing"). Colloidal quantum dot (QLED's) have attracted great attention as next generation displays. The quantum dots (QDs) have unique properties such as the color tunability, photo/air stability, and are printability on various substrates. The device is paper thin and can be applied to human skin like a sticker. 

Samsung Electronics' flip-chip packaged LED delivers range of operating currents

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, has introduced the LM301A, a flip-chip-based mid-power packaged LED that can operate at anywhere from 0.2 watts to 1 watt — providing a wide range of current options, resulting in much improved light efficacy. The packaged LED was announced at a press conference, in conjunction with LightFair International 2015.

Coming in a 3.0mm by 3.0mm form factor that is increasingly popular in LED lighting applications today, the LM301A’s lower and wider current alternatives are a result of Samsung flip chip technology, which allows the LED chip to have the shortest distance from the junction to the base of a package, and eliminates the need for metal wire bonding in the packaging process. These changes enable much lower heat resistance compared to conventional epi-up chip technology – an approximate five percent temperature drop per watt within a more desirable 25°C to 85°C temperature range.

Edison Opto will showcase LED modules and packaged LEDs

The Taiwanese LED packaging manufacturer Edison Opto has been focusing on new product and technology development. Recently, they have introduced several highly competitive products, including Flash Series, CSP 1616 and AC COB LED modules. Combined with application examples, Edison’s new LED modules and packaged LEDs will be showcased in 2015 Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition. Aiming for the business opportunity of smartphone, Edison Opto has invested in the R&D and production of flash LEDs, and introduced the industry’s brightest Flash ES03 LED module which breaks through the technology threshold to obtain the exclusive phosphor film patent.

Access Fixtures LED high bay luminaire available in 126W and 95W

Access Fixtures, a U.S.-based manufacturer of commercial and sports lighting, is expanding its LED high bay line by introducing a new high output LED high bay with a traditional form factor that includes an aluminum reflector. Available in 126w and 95w, the LED high bay uses up to 80 percent less energy compared to traditional light sources such as metal halide. High output LED high bays are ideal for energy-efficient indoor lighting. This industrial-style fixture is designed for warehouses, manufacturing facilities and retail stores.

“LED high bays are becoming increasingly prevalent in high output applications, a market previously dominated by metal halide and more recently by T5HO high bays.” said Access Fixtures CEO Steven Rothschild. “As efficacy increases and prices continue to fall, LED luminaires are becoming the first choice for lighting commercial and industrial spaces.”

The new LED high bay with aluminum reflectors expands the line of LED high bays, which already includes LED high bays with acrylic reflectors and high bay designs that do not emulate traditional high bay form factors.

Ningbo Mayyard's Cloud Tri-Proof linear LED lamp is available in custom sizes

Ningbo Mayyard Photoelectricity Co., Ltd. has launched a new product: Cloud Series Tri-Proof Lamp (MY-lighting 1). The linear LED lamp is an integrated illumination solution which comprises a Mayyard light engine and molded tri-proof lamp sets. Its features include: High luminous efficiency, high PF and long lifespan, integrated and streamline design, light weight, easy installation and reliable safety protection.

Audit predicts LED savings for city

During its annual round of budget writing later thus summer, the Maryville City Council is expected to seek illumination on a proposal to equip municipal buildings with highly efficient LED lighting fixtures. Municipal staff recently received the results of a multi-building lighting audit conducted b Brightergy, a Kansas City-based energy management firm.

A Clever Lamp That Requires No Batteries, Outlets, or Sun

About a billion people live without electricity, and they often turn to kerosene lamps: ultra dangerous, carcinogen-spouting, open flames that could turn homes into tinderboxes. So a new Indiegogo campaign’s out to provide safe, reusable lights that need zero outside energy sources. It’s called GravityLight, and it’s kind of like those hand crank-powered camp lanterns you see at Bed Bath & Beyond, but instead of 10 minutes of manual cranking, the light is powered by gravity.

Cree’s Next Generation LED Flood Light Enables Consumers to Save Without Settling

Cree, Inc. CREE, announces the next generation of the Cree BR30 LED flood light, the first LED BR30 replacement to deliver a no-compromise, high performance LED lighting experience at the lower price of just $9.97. The bulb’s advanced design uses only a quarter of the LED components previously required to look and light just like the traditional incandescents it replaces while using 86 percent less energy and lasting 25 times longer. Conceived to make high performance LED lighting affordable, Cree BR30 LED flood lights are ENERGY STAR compliant and available at The Home Depot.

The new Cree BR30 LED uses elements of Cree’s groundbreaking SC5 Technology Platform to produce more light with fewer LEDs, resulting in a lower cost system that does not sacrifice functionality.

The Cree BR30 LED flood light is ideal for use in recessed lighting fixtures and provides a wide-beamed, balanced light source within a real glass bulb, just like a traditional incandescent BR30. The soft white 65W (2700 K) and daylight (5000 K) incandescent replacements feature a traditional shape and glass dome to blend seamlessly with existing BR flood lights and provides consumers with the flexibility to upgrade one or multiple bulbs. The Cree BR30 LED flood light turns on instantly and is dimmable with most standard dimmers. Both versions of the new Cree BR30 LED flood light deliver 655 lumens, consume only 9 watts are designed to last 25,000 hours. As part of Cree’s commitment to providing consumers with superior light quality, the Cree BR30 LED flood light is ENERGY STAR® compliant with a 5-year consumer limited warranty.

Greenfield to replace streetlights with energy-efficient LEDs

The town expects to replace all of its cobrahead streetlights with energy-efficient ones by the end of summer. Greenfield received $65,000 from the state Department of Energy Resources last year for the project. Mayor William Martin said the town is expected to save $44,000 a year in energy costs when the project is complete. There are 1,162 cobrahead streetlights throughout town, and Greenfield has already upgraded 407 of them.

LG Innotek supplies independent-type LED driver to the EU market

LG Innotek, a leading global materials and components manufacturer, has announced that the company starts its mass production of a super-slim, independent-type, 37W class LED driver for LED lighting.

In particular, this LED driver product is an independent type that can be mounted outside lighting appliances. It offers enhanced convenience since it can be installed either inside or outside to satisfy the illumination application conditions.

LG Innotek intends to apply the new independent-type LED driver to all outdoor and indoor lighting applications within this year. It also plans to enhance earnestly its efforts to explore the European market, including recruitment of local distributors in Europe.

LG Innotek has succeeded in the production of this LED driver by applying its core technology and know-how to LED lighting. In particular, the company accumulated technological know-how while developing and manufacturing LED drivers for electronic appliances for the past 15 years. Since 2010, the company has supplied LED drivers and wireless control system for LED lighting to lighting manufacturers in Europe, the US and Japan.
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Seoul Semiconductor automotive LEDs pass GM reliability tests

Seoul Semiconductor (CEO: Chung-hoon Lee), a leader in LED technology, has announced that it will increase its global automotive LED market share by strengthening its high efficient and high reliability LED product line-up for automotive applications.

Since 2011 Seoul Semiconductor has developed efficient and reliable automotive LEDs and has supplied packaged LEDs for headlamps to global auto makers. Seoul Semiconductor’s 14 specifically designed automotive LEDs have passed reliability tests at General Motors earlier this year. The company views this achievement as being recognized as delivering the world's best level of reliability with its automotive LEDs. SSC is the first Korean company with LEDs that conform to GM’s reliability standards and its automotive LEDs have been used in various GM vehicles.

Lae-hyun, Kim, the vice-president of the automotive business division, says, “LEDs for automotive applications have to meet strict certification standards for reliability, lumen output and efficiency set by automobile manufacturers in Europe, U.S and Japan. Seoul Semiconductor is already recognized for its performance and now the sales revenue for its automotive LEDs continues to grow.”

Novolux offers compact Elite LED high bay for industrial lighting applications

Novolux launches its Elite LED high bay with outstanding performance, yet incredibly compact and slim design. The Elite LED high bay is available in 100W, 120W and 150W models, with energy saving up to 75%, ideally for the replacement of HID lighting system up to 600W. This new LED high bay features an elegant design with superb quality components. It utilizes original Nichia LM80 SMD LEDs which feature low lumen decay over time and high system efficacy, around 100lm/W or above.

DOE Funds Projects to Improve LEDs and OLEDs

As part of the overall goal to cut consumer costs and reduce energy consumption in the U.S., the DOE has announced funding for several solid-state lighting projects to improve the performance of LED and OLED lamps. Initial targets include increasing LED energy efficiency by 66% and improving the color tuning and adaptive lighting elements of controls. The projects will receive around $8.2 million, withprivate sector companies also investing to bring the total over $11.5 million. The funding will support the development of: