LEDs to light up city roads

City roads are set to be illuminated with energy efficient LED lights. Municipal Corporation Bathinda (MCB) and private company Energy Efficiency Service Limited (EESL) company will be conducting a survey jointly for installing 25,000 LED lights in the city. In the joint survey, it will be checked how much power will be consumed by these lights and how it will benefit the Municipal Corporation in paying the electricity bills. If found viable and beneficial for the corporation, then only the lights will be installed in the city.

Cities respond to AMA warning on LED lighting

Some cities are looking closer at LED lighting after a warning from the American Medical Association, reports The Washington Post. The AMA's warning, issued in June, cautioned that while there are energy efficiency benefits associated with LED lighting, some LED lights may be harmful when used as street lighting. The AMA said high-intensity LED streetlights — such as those in places like Seattle, Los Angeles, New York City and Houston — emit a large amount of blue light that appears white to the naked eye and create worse nighttime glare than conventional lighting. "Discomfort and disability from intense, blue-rich LED lighting can decrease visual acuity and safety, resulting in concerns and creating a road hazard," the group said.

Global Sales of High-Bay Luminaires and Lamps Are Expected to Total Nearly $20.4 Billion by 2024

Falling prices and increased efficacy have allowed light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to penetrate the high-bay and industrial lighting markets, both of which are currently led by fluorescent lighting. Payback periods are reaching the point where LEDs are being selected for their relatively quick return on investment, added controllability, long lifespans, and low maintenance.


There is still a fair amount of resistance from facility managers to the technology’s increased upfront capital costs,” says Benjamin Freas, principal research analyst with Navigant Research. “However, they are also beginning to understand that while LEDs are currently more expensive, future controls applications will depend on LED functionality to operate properly.”

Globally, networked lighting controls are expected to see consistent revenue increases through 2024, according to the report. While the same trend of increasing LED sales is expected to continue beyond 2020, average selling prices are anticipated to continue falling and lamp replacement sales are expected to slow as the installed base of longer-life LED lamps grows.

Taiwanese Manufacturers Benefit from AlInGaP LED Shortages

Rising VR, security and small pitch LED display demands has led to severe shortage in AlInGaP LEDs, reported Chinese-language newspaper Commercial Times. Drivers behind the recent shortage include large demands of IR LEDs in VR headgear, where 30 to 40 IR LEDs are required for motion sensors and others in the device. Additionally, rising IR LED demands from airport security, additional sensors built into smartphones, wearables and industrial applications are also rising.

The multi-functional Balldur is a Swiss Army lamp

At its minimalist worst, the Balldur is a cool-looking lamp. It’s made of smooth wood and ceramic and has a bulb that would make Thomas Edison proud. The Balldur (whatever that means) feels like an artifact from a Terry Gilliam movie—and that my friends is a good thing. In some ways, it is also reminiscent of boutique guitar amplifiers. In short, it is nice looking. The Kickstarter campaign behind it claims it “has so many functions is [sic] such a small device.” It’s true, it does. It’s on the brink of almost having too many to get a little confusing, but in the end, I think the beautiful design of this solid-looking device wins the day.

New Program Offers Discounted LEDs

Xcel Energy has announced a new energy efficiency lighting program in its Texas service area communities that provides discounted LED bulbs to help residents save energy and money. The utility is partnering with several regional Walmart stores to offer the high-efficiency LED bulb discounts on select models. The discounts will average $2 per bulb on standard bulbs and $4 on flood lights. LED prices have dropped significantly in recent years and the added discount makes them more affordable.

74,000 new LEDs for Chennai streets

Buoyed by the success of installing solar panels with a capacity of 85-kilo watt and by reducing the electricity bills by Rs 1.5 crore per month, the Chennai corporation has now intensified its renewable energy campaign. “The corporation planned to install roof top solar panels in 77 buildings by 2016. Of this, power generation has started in 36 buildings and another 15 buildings are ready for installation and by next year the remaining buildings will get the solar panels making the total installed capacity to 168 KW,” a senior corporation official said.

LED Streetlights Are Giving Neighborhoods the Blues

You may have noticed them going up in your town’s streets and parking lots: a new generation of pole-mounted lights that pour down a cool torrent of lumens from an array of light-emitting diodes. For some, those first LED lights have been a fiasco. The harsh glare of certain blue-rich designs is now thought to disrupt people’s sleep patterns and harm nocturnal animals.

HP’s new photo printer is almost as good as owning an instant camera

You could go in for the full-throated nostalgia of an instant printer like the Fujifilm Instax or that new dealie from Leica, or you can pick up one of these things and let your smartphone do all of the heavy lifting. HP’s new Sprocket is a pint-sized affair, priced at $130 — $70 less than the long-awaited Fujifilm Instax Share SP-2 and about the same as the company’s Instax Mini 70 instant camera. The handheld peripheral is likely shorter that you smartphone, measuring in at 4.53 x 2.95 x 0.87 inches and weighing in at 0.38 pounds.

Cree Announces the Next Generation of High-Power XP-L LEDs

Cree, Inc. introduces the XLamp XP-L2 LED, delivering up to seven percent more lumens and 15 percent higher lumens-per-watt (LPW) than the industry-leading XP-L LED. Leveraging elements of Cree’s breakthrough SC5 Technology Platform, the high-power XP-L2 LED improves the lumen density, voltage characteristics and reliability of the XP-L LED in the proven XP package. The new XP-L2 LED provides an easy drop-in upgrade to achieve higher system LPW for lighting manufacturers with existing XP-L designs, eliminating redesign costs. It also enables reduced size and cost for new designs.

The XLamp XP-L2 LED raises efficacy of warm white (3000K, 80 CRI) at 85°C up to 171 LPW. In addition, the XP-L2 LED is now available in EasyWhite® 2-, 3- and 5-step color temperatures from 2700K to 6500K to enable luminaire color consistency. The XP-L2 LED has LM-80 data available immediately, enabling luminaires using XP-L2 to be qualified for ENERGY STAR and DesignLights Consortium

Lumileds Launches LED Chip for Horticultural Applications

Lumileds introduced the LUXEON SunPlus Series, the company’s first line of purpose-built LEDs that provide the exact wavelengths of light required for horticulture applications. Based on the rapidly expanding world population and the increasing population in city centers, the horticulture industry is responding by growing more food indoors using LEDs, allowing a greater amount of food to be grown in smaller spaces, using up to 90% less water than growing outdoors.

LED Streetlights Bring Cost Savings, And Headaches, To Colorado Cities

The city of Denver is in the midst of a nearly $2 million project to replace lighting poles, fixtures and bulbs on the 13-block 16th Street Mall. On their way out: High-pressure sodium lights that have an orange hue. On their way in: White LEDs. “These street lights are about 30 years old. It was time for an upgrade,” said Denver Public Works spokeswoman Heather Burke. “Technology changes. It was time to change with it.”

Town seeks options for new lighting at crosswalks

The town is looking at introducing new additions to crosswalks in Hinton. Transportation Alberta has approved the use of Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs), and flashing crosswalks could eventually become a thing in the past. The RRFBs are powered by solar panels and flash LED lighting on each sign indicates a pedestrian is crossing. Gordie Lee, Director of Infrastructure Services, says the panels are a cost-effective alternative to the current flashing lights at crosswalks. He added that Hinton could enter into a trial program to see how well the RRFBs work.

Dubai Utility Company to Convert Streetlights with LEDs in 500 Villas.

Traditional light bulbs in three areas in Dubai will be replaced with LED lights, the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) stated recently. The project is DEWA’s first joint venture with Mohammed bin Rashid Housing Establishment (MBRHE), in collaboration with Etihad Energy Service Company (ESCO). DEWA will send six teams to replace traditional lights in 500 villas located in Al Barsha, Al Warqa and Oud Metha.

Spotlight On: TM Lighting

We meet Andrew Molyneux and Harry Triggs, founders of TM Lighting, a company that specialises in creating supreme lighting for one’s artwork, Before the days of electricity, artists like William Turner had to go to laborious lengths in order to bring light to their masterpieces. If only they had known then about the transformative power of LED lighting, it undoubtedly would have saved them a lot of trouble. Unlike 1970s picture lights, TM Lighting LEDs don’t emit damaging heat, UV or infrared.

Bend Energy Challenge Installs 25,000th LED light bulb

The Bend Energy Challenge, Bend’s team in a national competition to save energy, has been installing free energy saving light bulbs  — LEDs — at homes since last November, and just hit the 25,000 milestone. The free LED program is a made possible through a collaboration with the Energy Trust of Oregon and Central Electric Cooperative. The energy-saving devices have now been provided to 1,700 homes across Bend. LEDs use 80 percent less energy than their incandescent counterparts and can last up to 20 years

As LED Streetlights Spread, Some Critics Look for Dimmer Switch

Cities around the world are replacing old streetlights with energy-efficient LEDs. Not everyone is happy about it. Streetlights that use light-emitting diodes have a lot of appeal. They require roughly 50% less energy than the common high-pressure sodium and metal-halide lamps. And they last much longer, resulting in big cost savings. But some concerns have arisen about the LEDs most commonly used in streetlights.

Soraa Launches Vivid GU24 Base PAR20, PAR30 and PAR38 LED Lamps

Soraa added GU24 base PAR20, PAR30 (short and long neck) and PAR38 LED lamps to the company’s extensive LED product portfolio. Ideal for both commercial and residential California applications, Soraa’s lamps provide a superior replacement for halogen lamps.

Soraa’s POINT SOURCE OPTICS technology produces beautiful, high-intensity and uniform beams. The optics technology enables the offering of 8, 9 and 10 degree narrow spot PAR versions with double the peak.

Soraa’s Violet-Emission 3-Phosphor (VP₃) LED technology allows for perfect rendering of colors and whiteness. Utilizing every color in the rainbow, especially deep red emission, Soraa’s VP₃ VIVID COLOR renders warm tones beautifully and accurately, and achieves a color-rendering index (CRI) of 95 and deep red (R9) rendering of 95. And unlike blue-based white LEDs without any violet emission, the company’s VP₃ NATURAL WHITE™ is achieved by engineering the violet emission to properly excite fluorescing brightening agents including natural objects like human eyes and teeth; as well as manufactured white materials such as clothing, paper and cosmetics.

Empire State Building turning green to mark the beginning of Climate Week NYC

For the third year in a row, the launch of Climate Week NYC will be marked by the Empire State Building turning green on the evening of September, 19.  This iconic moment has become a core part of Climate Week NYC, drawing the city’s attention to the various events taking part in New York throughout the week. The building, which was completed in 1931, has recently undergone an energy efficiency retrofit, leading to energy savings of 38% and US$4.4 million annually and the lights that will illuminate the top floors of the famous tower are computer-driven light-emitting diode (LED) system.

Prices of LED bulbs drop to Rs 38

Prices of LED bulbs being distributed by state-run Energy Efficient Services Ltd (EESL) under a government programme have fallen to one-tenth of their rates two years ago. A senior government official said EESL has received bids at Rs 38 for a 9-watt LED lamp. Fourteen companies participated in the tender opened last week for procuring five crore LED bulbs.

Chinese LED maker HC SemiTek orders Veeco MOCVD systems for high-volume production

Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that solid-state lighting manufacturer HC SemiTek Corp of Wuhan, China (which supplies full-spectrum visible light LED chips) has ordered multiple TurboDisc EPIK 700 GaN (gallium nitride) metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) systems and the TurboDisc K475i As/P (arsenic phosphide) MOCVD system for high-volume LED production.

GE plans to close Circleville light-bulb factory

Once a major employer, the GE Lighting plant in Circleville is now slated to close because of a drop in demand for the light bulbs made there. The company, part of General Electric, said on Wednesday that the plant would close in August 2017. It employed more than 200 employees two years ago and had more than 1,100 at its peak. The company declined to say how many people work there now.

11,000 mosquito zapper light bulbs recalled

Over 11,000 zap-bulb mosquito zapper L-E-D light bulbs are being recalled because they can pose an electrical shock hazard. These bulbs were sold at various online retailers including Amazon and Groupon.

When the sun goes down, Happy Leaf LEDs take over

The butter lettuce growing in Polly McGann and Victor Zaderej’s basement is so silky-smooth and flavorful, you’d have a hard time believing it’s not, well, butter. The leaves boast mouthwatering oils possible only in a growing space devoid of pests or the risk of the plant bolting – going to seed too quickly. Under state-of-the-art Happy Leaf LEDs that effectively mimic the sun, these plants grow faster than they would outdoors. Lettuce is ready to harvest within 3 weeks.

Verizon acquires Sensity Systems to add LED light control to its IoT platform

While Verizon continues to work towards closing its acquisition of Yahoo to boost its media and consumer Internet business (which also includes ownership of AOL, which owns TechCrunch), the company has made another acquisition to keep building out its enterprise services, too. The carrier has bought Sensity Systems, a startup based out of Sunnyvale (also home to Yahoo!) that has built solutions to help businesses and others convert older lighting systems to connected LED systems, making them controllable remotely. This is a straight push for Verizon’s wider Internet of Things “smart city” business, ThingSpace, which will integrate Sensity’s business and technology.

Cree revamps entire LED line of better bulbs

Cree, Inc. announces a completely new portfolio of next generation LED bulbs aimed at delivering better light experiences for consumers. The new bulb portfolio consists of 25 new products, offering better light quality, better dimming, better lifetime, better warranty and better pricing to deliver on the true promise of LED technology to make lighting better than it was before.

“Cree is committed to innovation and unlocking the true potential of LED technology,” said Betty Noonan, Cree chief marketing officer and general manager, consumer lighting. “Many new LED products fail to live up to the promise of LED technology; shouldn’t you choose a better bulb when it will live in your house for decades?  Cree believes it’s now more important than ever to give consumers a better choice.”

Notable features in the new bulbs include superior lifetimes, with most projected to last 22+ years and some up to 32 years.  Color rendition is improved, with smoother, quieter dimming to levels as low as 1 percent.  Cree’s market-leading “Candlelight Dimming,” available in the new candelabra bulb, mimic’s a true candle flame with a warmer 1800K color when dimmed.

The new Cree bulbs meet or surpass the requirements for ENERGY STAR product certification and are covered by a 10 year 100 percent satisfaction guarantee – one of the strongest warranties in the industry. The new bulb portfolio includes new A-lamps, BR lamps, PAR lamps and Candelabra lamps, as well as a new series of recessed downlight retrofit products.

Christus St. Vincent tries ultraviolet lamp to cut infection rate

For patients who are elderly or frail, going into a hospital can be deadly. Despite skilled doctors and new surgical technologies, hospital infections such as Clostridium difficile, known as “C. diff,” can take hold in those with a weakened immune system or who have undergone treatment with antibiotics.  Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center is now tackling its infection rate on multiple fronts with more staff and visitor education on simple things such as hand washing and with a Star Wars-like light machine that kills pathogens in patient rooms.

Why IT shops are disabling wireless AP LEDs

Having seen all sorts of makeshift fixes – from post-it notes to bandages to condom wrappers – used to block wireless access point LEDs from beaming and sometimes blinking, some IT shops have begun turning off the lights altogether even though it can make their jobs a little tougher. Lively discussion broke out online this week among a forum of university IT pros after one member inquired about this “first-world problem,” as he contemplates whether to disable LEDs on APs across the board in an effort to improve dorm residents’ quality of life (i.e., help them grab more shuteye by reducing in-room light pollution). More than a dozen peers replied that they have indeed turned off the lights, some doing so in a wholesale manner, others taking it case by case

Citing Health Concerns, Some Cities Consider Dimmer LED Streetlights

In the last several years, New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Seattle and other U.S. cities have installed high-intensity, white LED streetlights. In all, at least 13 percent of outdoor lighting is now LED, and many communities that haven’t yet made the switch are rushing to do so. But health concerns, heightened by a recent warning by the American Medical Association (AMA), are giving pause to some local officials, spurring them to consider less-intense LED alternatives. Honolulu, Phoenix and smaller cities in Arizona, California, Florida and Massachusetts are among those who are taking the health warnings seriously.

Global LED Lighting Ballast Market to Grow 26.2% by 2020

The global LED lighting ballast market to grow at a CAGR of 26.2% during the period 2016-2020. The declining manufacturing cost of LEDs will be a key trend for market growth. The manufacturing cost of LEDs have been declining since 2012 and will continue to decline during the forecast period. The decline is mainly due to the declining ASP of the chips and components used in the manufacturing process of the LED devices. The reduction in manufacturing cost of LEDs is leading to the decline in initial installation cost of LED lamps and fixtures. This is accelerating the installation of new LED lamps and fixtures across all the application segments. 

According to the report, demand for energy efficient lighting solutions will be a key driver for market growth. Escalating energy cost and consumption has been compelling both governments and consumers to reduce energy consumption and employ power-saving lighting solutions. LEDs are technically efficient in terms of lighting and power consumption. LEDs limit power consumption more effectively than conventional incandescent bulbs. In addition to providing power-efficient lighting, LED bulbs are considerably more durable than incandescent bulbs, by up to thousands of hours. Also, flexible LED technology enables the effective use of lighting controls and thus, increases the potential for saving. This factor has encouraged consumers to deploy LED lighting in many sectors, resulting in wider adoption.

70,000 LEDs to light up streets

The civic body of the Indian city Pune has decided to replace around 70,000 street lights with Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs).The standing committee approved a proposal on Tuesday. A private company will replace the high pressure sodium vapour lights with LED."The civic body aims to reduce its expense on electricity. It has also decided to do away with the old system in favour of better technology.

This light bulb projects Netflix onto any surface

As consumers continue to shift toward streaming content, Dutch startup Beam Labs is offering up a creative approach that takes the screen out of the equation all together. At the IFA 2016 gadget show in Berlin earlier this week, the company was showing off Beam, a smart projector packed into a light bulb. It cleverly projects video from streaming apps such as Netflix and YouTube onto just about any surface.

Nissan Stadium Using LG’s LEDs for Lighting Retrofit

Light-emitting diode (LED) conversion is happening at a rapid pace around the world in home lighting, street lighting and commercial lighting. But sports complexes are also making the switch swiftly, with more and more stadiums looking to save on energy costs as well as improvements in visibility. The latest stadium to get an LED makeover is Nissan Stadium, home of the NFL’s Tennessee Titans, which has installed LG Electronics’ Sensor Connect High Bays as part of its plan to retrofit its existing lighting infrastructure. The LED lights will be launched in time for the Titans’ season kickoff on Sept. 11.

Lowering the cost and environmental footprint of white LEDs

Replacing traditional light bulbs with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) could take a significant bite out of global energy consumption. But making white LEDs isn't completely benign or budget friendly. To help reduce the environmental footprint and cost of these lights, researchers have developed the first white LED with a hybrid, metal-organic framework material. Their report appears in the journal ACS Nano. Widespread use of low-power, long-lasting LEDs in the U.S. could save nearly 348 terawatt-hours by 2027, which equals the annual output of 44 power plants, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. But white LEDs are currently made with rare-earth elements, and mining these minerals can be costly and produce toxic waste

GlacialLight's 35W LED ceiling light is dimmable

GlacialPower, the LED lighting division of GlacialTech Inc., introduces a new, dimmable 35W ceiling feature light, the GL-CFD06DA-35, with an optional decorative LED color ring, and a choice of surface or suspension mounting. This latest addition to the GlacialLight range of feature lights is available in three color temperatures from 3000K to 5000K. With its wide variety of style variations and mounting options, the GL-CFD06DA-35 is suitable for an extensive range of commercial and household applications where an attractive, energy-efficient, low-maintenance light source is required.

Lumileds Introduces LEDs That Accentuate Fruit and Vegetables Lighting.

Lumileds last week revealed its FreshFocus Technology for produce, LEDs to showcase fruit and vegetables in their freshest and most appealing state. FreshFocus Technology is part of the LUXEON Stylist Series, Lumileds transformative line of LEDs designed to provide the perfect lighting environment to sell products in fashion retail stores, fresh food markets and restaurants. Typical return on investment for LEDs with FreshFocus Technology is within one year.

AGC Lighting releases the HiSoldier LED street light for roadway lighting

AGC Lighting announced its new professional outdoor lighting product, HiSoldier LED street light. With Type II Medium lighting distribution, it is suitable for wide range of road applications (such as fast-speed, medium-speed, and low-speed roads), and complies with many lighting level and standards.

With specially-designed Arc-shaped cooling fins, the heat dissipation performance of HiSoldier is greatly enhanced. This allows the temperature of LEDs negative electrode to be within 50°C and therefore,higher wattage is available for HiSoldier.
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With buckles for fixing the heat sink and driver, HiSoldier realizes easy maintenance and replacement due to all the jobs can be done without tools. Simple and convenient maintenance help you to reduce your labor costs.

HiSoldier is also designed for safety. When the fixture body opens, the power would automatically shut off. Besides, we adopt led driver integrated with SPD (surge protection device) so that it can well protect the fixtures from damage when in the weather of thunder.

Ergonomic LED Strobe Light produces bright, even illumination

Used for surface and print quality inspection, LED-9 is designed for facilitated, handheld operation and offers range of adjustments for controlling light output. LEDs provide bright, concentrated, even illumination, and respective flash rates for internal trigger, external trigger, and encoder modes are 30–50,000, 1–50,000, and 1–50,000 flashes per minute. Flood and spot configurations output, respectively, 1,430 and 3,120 lux at 24 in. and 658 and 1,400 lux at 36 in.

Organic LEDs with low power consumption and long lifetimes

An LED with an emissive organic thin film sandwiched between the anode and cathode is known as an organic-LED (OLED). The emission mechanism of an OLED is superficially similar to that of a standard LED, i.e., holes and electrons are injected from the anode and cathode, respectively, and these carriers recombine to form excited states (excitons) that lead to light emission.¹ In recent years, smartphones and TVs with OLED displays have rapidly become widespread because OLEDs provide high contrast, a wide color gamut, light weight, thinness, and flexibility for the displays. OLEDs also have great potential for the creation of new lighting applications.² The high power

State-distributed LED bulbs can save 24L-kWh of energy

Post offices and JBVNL distributed over 70 lakh 9W LED bulbs distributed across 12 centres in the state under the Centre's UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for all) scheme.The efficient domestic lighting is one of the largest contributors to energy savings. The distribution has led to a daily savings of over 24.9 lakh kWh, which is capable of lighting over 1.8 lakh homes for a year.

The incredible rise of the LED

While scientists discovered the phenomenon of electroluminescence — where a material gives off light when an electric current or field is passed through it — more than one hundred years ago, it wasn’t until the 1960s that LEDs as we know them today started to appear. However, 1960s LEDs were a far cry from the ones now used to light houses, streets, television screens, and mobile devices. In fact, it’s only really in the last ten years that LEDs have matured enough to underpin the wide-scale luminescent revolution now taking place. So how do LEDs work, and what’s the story of their rapid rise to prominence?

Achieving Optimum LED Performance With Quantum Dots

The invention of blue LEDs and the subsequent rapid rate of development of new phosphor and down-converting technologies have enabled the phenomenal growth of all LEDs in general lighting applications. White LEDs initially employed the use of a blue LED combined with a single phosphor with broad yellow emission. However, the light quality provided by this relatively simple solution was less than satisfactory, particularly in the red part of the visible spectrum. But more recently, new phosphors and phosphor combinations (green-yellow plus red) have been developed to provide a higher quality of light.

Ole Miss Gets Campus-Wide LED Display Upgrades from Daktronics

Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota will provide four new LED video displays for Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in University, Mississippi, as part of a campus-wide project bring a total of 11 new video displays to the campus. Seven sports and eight campus facilities are impacted by the project.
 
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium will feature a new LED video display and audio system from Daktronics in 2016. A total of 9,415 square feet of LED displays comprised of 7.3 million LEDs inserted into more than 6,500 modules will bring live video, instant replays, crowd prompts, game stats and sponsor messaging to Rebels football fans on game day.

Included in the stadium project, new audio equipment is installed for the 2016 season, including 33 large speakers, 302 JBL outdoor loudspeakers, 60 four-channel amplifiers and seven digital processors. This system will provide thumping, full-range sound while also delivering clear speech from announcers for a complete and powerful audio experience.
 

A transforming interactive wall light by Albi Serfaty

The thing that impresses me the most about lighting design is when the maker can go the extra mile and almost transform their product into art. This is what designer Albi Serfaty has achieved through his Lucky Lamp interactive wall light, working alongside LED expert, Michael Zeron. With a laser-cut aluminium base, the lamp holds over 900 LEDs, all hidden behind a sculpted, handmade polymer-sprayed shade. Each light is programmed on a loop, flashing colours that mimic fire, earth, wind and water. There are also colour temperature options in various themes such as warm, cold and natural, so you can really make the lighting your own.

LEDs may light up harbor

A proposed purchase of $30,000 in light-emitting diode lights for one harbor mast light pole could save the city Homer up to $6,200 per light pole annually. The council introduced on first reading Ordinance 16-45, a sole-source contract to Puffin Electric to purchase 12 LED fixtures. The city spends about $66,000 annually in electricity to run seven 150-foot light poles with 69 1,000-watt high-pressure sulfur lights. According to a memorandum by Harbormaster Bryan Hawkins, a cluster of 12 LED light fixtures would cost $6,733 a year in electricity to run compared to $13,000 for a cluster of 12 high-pressure sulfur lights. Hawkins calculated that initial capital cost of installing new LED lights would be paid back in about 4 years.