Larson Electronics Releases 60W Magnetic Mount LED Wall Pack Light, 5,400 Lumens, 120V AC

Larson Electronics, a Texas-based company with over 40 years of experience spearheading the industrial lighting sector, announced the release of a 60-watt magnetic mount LED wall pack light producing 5,400 lumens of light output in a flood beam configuration with a color temperature of 6000K. The LEDs provide 50,000 hours of life while drawing on only 0.5 amps at 120V AC. This light features 45 LEDs paired with high-quality specular optics overpowering a 500-watt quartz flood light.

The LEDWP-600E-M-E2E-1C magnetic mount LED light pack is made of three angled boards that provide a wider beam spread, with the center board pointing straight and the two side boards set at a 45˚ angle. This unit is waterproof, vapor proof and designed to withstand harsh conditions in damaging outdoor environments. This daisy chain unit is equipped with a one-foot line-in power cord for electrical connection, a one-foot line-out power cord with a connector, and one foot of 16/3 SOOW cord fitted with an industrial grade cord cap.

Larson Electronics’ LED light pack’s LEDs are housed in a waterproof aluminum housing that is powder coated for added durability. The housing has integral cooling fans for efficient heat dissipation and increased LED lamp life. The LED assembly is protected by a shatterproof polycarbonate lens and the mounting hardware includes a steel-coated bracket with a 200 lb. grip magnetic base and stainless-steel screws for mounting. The mounting assembly allows for 360/180 degrees of rotation and tilt.

As Demand Stagnates, China LED Lighting Giant Feels the Heat

The future is looking less rosy for Sanan Optoelectronics Co., China’s largest LED lighting manufacturer, at least for now. Driven by concern about weakening demand for light-emitting diodes from the domestic property and automotive sectors, Sanan’s Shanghai-listed stock has lost more than half of its value in the past 12 months and seen its valuation decline to record lows. Investors were recently spooked by a social media report questioning the financial dealing of its controlling shareholder, prompting Sanan to issue statements to dismiss the concerns.

LED Lighting Market Likely to Cross USD 54.28 Billion by End of 2022

Residential application sector ruled the LED lighting market and added up for more than 40% of LED lightening market share in 2016. Residential applications for LED lighting comprise lighting for bathrooms, dining rooms, kitchens, and hallways. Elevating employment of LED lighting for outdoor application such as parking lots, traffic lights, garages, roadways, and tunnels is likely to offer significant development opportunities to LED lightening market in years to come. The architectural application comprises both decorative as well as functional lighting. Decorative LEDs are employed to light up fountains, pools, statues, and gardens and thereby boosting LED lightning market. The functional application comprises building and landscaping facades.

The growth of LED lighting market is mainly attributed to benefits offered by LED lights over incandescent and fluorescent lamps. In additions, energy efficiency of LED lights, higher brightness and longer life span are some of the major reason offers tremendous market opportunities for LED lighting in coming years. Continuous introduction of new product by manufacturers such as Phillips and GE with innovative technology are attracting the consumer’s attention globally.  On the other hand, high production cost is expected to have adverse impact on LED lighting market. Even so, screen and display backlighting market development is likely to open new doors for the LED lighting demand.

Residential application sector ruled the LED lighting market and added up for more than 40% of LED lightening market share in 2016. Residential applications for LED lighting comprise lighting for bathrooms, dining rooms, kitchens, and hallways. Elevating employment of LED lighting for outdoor application such as parking lots, traffic lights, garages, roadways, and tunnels is likely to offer significant development opportunities to LED lightening market in years to come. The architectural application comprises both decorative as well as functional lighting. Decorative LEDs are employed to light up fountains, pools, statues, and gardens and thereby boosting LED lightning market. The functional application comprises building and landscaping facades.

The growth of LED lighting market is mainly attributed to benefits offered by LED lights over incandescent and fluorescent lamps. In additions, energy efficiency of LED lights, higher brightness and longer life span are some of the major reason offers tremendous market opportunities for LED lighting in coming years. Continuous introduction of new product by manufacturers such as Phillips and GE with innovative technology are attracting the consumer’s attention globally.  On the other hand, high production cost is expected to have adverse impact on LED lighting market. Even so, screen and display backlighting market development is likely to open new doors for the LED lighting demand.

North America is another leading regional market for LED lighting and is expected to witness noteworthy growth in the near future. Regulation over energy efficient product and high disposal income will help to drive demand for LED lighting for architectural application. U.S. is expected to be one of the lucrative markets for LED lighting manufactures.

Busch Stadium to get state-of-the-art lighting

The St. Louis Cardinals plan to install a new, state-of-the-art lighting system at Busch Stadium. According to the team, the new lights will reduce operating costs, energy costs and have the highest, true-to-life color rendering in an outdoor sports venue. “Since we moved into the new Busch Stadium in 2006, our field lighting has received high marks in MLB evaluations,” said Joe Abernathy, Vice President of Facility Planning. “However, with the recent advances in LED lighting technology we now have an opportunity to further improve the quality of our field lights and reduce our operating and maintenance cost.” (Photo: redlegsfan21)

LEDs Are Increasing Light Pollution, Not Fixing It

Switching off street lights to save money and energy could have a positive knock-on effect on our nocturnal pollinators, according to new research. A study, led by experts from Newcastle and York universities, has shown that turning off the lights even for just part of the night is effective at restoring the natural behaviour of moths. The important role moths play in the pollination of plants - potentially even including key food crops such as peas, soybean and oilseed rape - is often overlooked. But recent studies show that moths supplement the day-time work of bees and other pollinating insects. Night-lighting disrupts nocturnal pollination by attracting moths upwards, away from the fields and hedgerows so they spend less time feeding and therefore pollinating. But in this latest study, published today in /Ecosphere/, the team found there was no difference in pollination success between part-night lighting and full darkness.

New LED lights will be coming to illuminate the Acosta Bridge

You may remember the old blue neon lights that used to brighten up the Acosta Bridge. Those lights were installed in 1999 with the expansion of theSkyway across the St. Johns River. But the blue lights haven't illuminated the bridge since 2015 when workers found problems with the wiring of the lights. The new color-changing LED system costs $2.6 million and will be installed by Miller Electric, said John Finotti spokesman for JTA. He said the new system will allow for changing the lights' colors for special events like holidays and Jaguars games (Photo: Gregory Urbano)

Weather delays WF LED light conversion project

City of Wichita Falls officials said weather has delayed their LED light conversion project. Last summer, city workers began to convert 5,700 streets with LED bulbs. So far, 45 percent is complete which includes all residential neighborhoods. Larry Wilkinson, the city’s traffic attendant, said the weather has delayed work on the city’s busiest roads. “The ground is so saturated there’s just some things that we have a hard time getting to because the ground is saturated," Wilkinson said. “If we go in there and try to do that, it could be a safety hazard or cause more problems we can repair. Being able to reach the high mass lights with bucket trucks, you have to be careful there so you don’t sink in there in the mud and create a bigger problem." (Photo: Travis K. Witt).

Osram warns of a weak first quarter as it cuts jobs

With no let-up in sight to the financial strains of transforming its business model, of relying on a soft automotive market, and of dealing with global trade wars, Osram warned that its 2019 first quarter will be weak when it reports results in two weeks. It also announced job cuts. In a short statement, the Munich-based company said that operating revenue would fall by 15% on a comparable basis, from €939 million ($107M) in October through December quarter a year ago to €828M ($945M) in its new fiscal year. Osram also warned that its adjusted EBITDA margin will likely take about a 40% hit, coming in at 11.3% compared to 18.5% a year ago.

Night-time pollinators benefit from street lights being switched off in the middle of the night

Switching off street lights to save money and energy could have a positive knock-on effect on our nocturnal pollinators, according to new research.

A study, led by experts from Newcastle and York universities, has shown that turning off the lights even for just part of the night is effective at restoring the natural behaviour of moths.

The important role moths play in the pollination of plants -- potentially even including key food crops such as peas, soybean and oilseed rape -- is often overlooked. But recent studies show that moths supplement the day-time work of bees and other pollinating insects.

Night-lighting disrupts nocturnal pollination by attracting moths upwards, away from the fields and hedgerows so they spend less time feeding and therefore pollinating. But in this latest study, published today in Ecosphere, the team found there was no difference in pollination success between part-night lighting and full darkness.

This Lamp That Doesn’t Cast Shadows

There is a Japanese lamp that doesn't cast shadows or cause glare. Ever walk into a friend's home and shutter in disbelief at the fact that they were using "cool white" bulbs instead of "warm white"? Gasp in horror whenever someone uses lamps in the middle of a prime natural lighting day? This is the type of news meant for you. The light, which is called The Light, comes from Japanese brand Balmuda. The lamp uses technology that is used in surgeon's lights that doesn't cause shadows. Compared with traditional lamps, it casts a relatively wide area of diffused light. While a lamp with a normal bulb cast light downward with the most intense light being directly underneath, The Light casts its light outward with the intensity more even.

Light bulb repair in Venezuela

Entrepreneurial light bulb technicians help desperate Venezuelans save money by repairing burned-out light bulbs, as the country’s struggling citizens deal with tight budgets during the ongoing crisis in a basket-case economy that has resulted from the type of failed democratic socialism schemes now being promoted in the US by Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Sanders (“free” everything, high taxes on the rich, government control of the economy, universal jobs guarantee, housing as a human right, Medicare for all, “free” college, etc.).

New York celebrates legalizing abortion until birth by lighting One World Trade Center pink

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) directed that the One World Trade Center's spire be lit pink overnight on Tuesday to celebrate his signing of a law allowing abortions until birth and letting non-doctors commit abortions. The law, the Reproductive Health Act, also erases the state’s recognition of preborn babies older than 24 weeks as potential homicide victims.

Employees say lighting affects their productivity

An overwhelming 77% of respondents in a British survey felt that lighting in the workplace can affect their productivity, with 33% saying that access to natural light is important and 32% saying they would be happy to work under artificial light that is designed to aid productivity. The survey results suggest that whatever lighting’s direct biological effects are, humans at least psychologically react to illumination. While a direct link to productivity has probably not yet been absolutely proven, anecdotal evidence and common sense strongly suggests that when a workforce is happier with lighting conditions, it is also more inclined to produce.

Infrared Therapy versus LED Therapy

Light therapy is one of the oldest modalities used to treat a variety of health conditions. The use of coherent light sources (like lasers) and non-coherent light sources (like light emitting diodes or LEDs) have opened new avenues in medical sciences. These light therapies have been used to treat a variety of medical conditions. Infrared therapy involves the use of infrared radiation to produce local heat; whereas LED therapy is a non-thermal therapy used in a variety of dermatological processes, and wound healing.

Illuminating the future of interior lighting

About four years ago, the French brand Blackbody lit the way to innovation at the Maison et Objet trade show in Paris. An overhead constellation dazzled, in a sinuous composition of staggered-height OLEDs (organic light emitting diodes). It was unlike what designers had seen before, intended to be experiential. Then, in 2016, another installation showed the capabilities of bendable light, which was applied like irregular pieces of stone or wallcovering against a black ground. Bolstered by such impressive installations, lighting has moved into the worlds of theater and even art. At the SOFA (Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design) show in Chicago in November, artist Anthony James created the 5-foot Portal, a polyhedron with 20 faces, fitted with LED tubes illuminating mirrors within, giving the illusion of infinity.

5 winning LED-carwash combos

As the cost of LED lights has declined, more and more carwashes have been incorporating them into their sites. LEDs not only prove more efficient and cost-effective in the long run, but they can also make a site “pop” out through a strategic use of lighting effects and color. Today’s leading carwashes have figured out that there are five critical ways to use LEDs that resonate with customers: in signage, at entry/exit areas, for package confirmation, on equipment and in the vacuum area. This article explores each of these areas in detail.

A Novel Design for Gallium Nitride LEDs Could Lead to Brighter, More Efficient Displays

Small display screens, like the ones needed for AR, VR, and other head-up displays, may soon become way more efficient and yield unprecedented resolution, thanks to a new kind of transistor made from vertically oriented gallium nitride nanowires. GaN micro-LEDs are more desirable than today’s commercial designs in almost every way. For instance, each pixel on the screen of the iPhone X is created by a collection of organic LEDs, which are much bigger in size than nanowire GaN LEDs, resulting in larger pixel sizes. What’s more, to control the color of each pixel, commercial devices rely on relatively bulky thin-film transistors (TFTs), whereas GaN LEDs can be designed to produce a color directly—and emit that color at 100 to 1,000 times the brightness and with at least double the efficiency.

Orion LEDs To Slash Lighting Energy Usage by 50%

Orion Energy Systems says that the company has been awarded a $3.6 million project to install LED lighting systems in two US government facilities. Once the lighting retrofits are completed, the federal customers expect to cut their annual energy usage for lighting by approximately 50% per facility. Although the enterprise-grade LED lighting and energy project solutions company did not specify which two US government facilities will be retrofitted, Orion did say they are replacing legacy T5, T8, compact fluorescent and HID lighting systems with energy-efficient LED lighting platforms and controls.

Fairfax County now accepting LED bulbs for recycling at waste sites

Fairfax County’s Department of Public Works and Environmental Services is offering a new recycling option for Light-emitting Diode (LED) bulbs, which can contain hazardous substances such as lead, nickel, silver, copper and arsenic. LEDs are not currently accepted in the regular blue-bin curbside recycling stream. However, “to promote environmental sustainability practices,” Fairfax County residents can now recycle those LEDs by dropping them off at the County’s I-66 transfer station in Fairfax and the I-95 landfill site in Lorton. There is no fee.

Vandalia continues conversion to LED lighting

The City of Vandalia will continue replacing the city’s lighting with LED after the city council approved an agreement with Engergy Optimizers USA for the replacement of indoor, outdoor, and out-building lighting at the Vandalia Recreation Center. This follows the recent upgrades at the Municipal Building and Fire Station #2. The cost of the upgrades is $151,135 which is nearly $7,000 below the budgeted amount. The city will make the purchase through the Ohio Council on Educational Purchasing Consortia. The agreement includes a 10-year warranty on materials and a 1-year labor warranty. The upgrade also qualifies the city for $9,102 in rebates from DP&L. (Photo: Nyttend).

Flashy Lamborghini Aventador Gets LEDs, Swarovski Crystals

Corsair shrunk the RGB LED down to be as small as the head of a pin

Corsair brought a new RGB LED technology to the show. In the space where you could previously fit four regular LEDs, you can now accommodate one hundred Corsair Capellix lights. The Capellix are up to 60 percent brighter, 60 percent more efficient, and require up to 40 percent less power than existing RGB LEDs. Their space-saving is huge: current LEDs require an assembly that makes each one occupy a space roughly the size of a fingernail, 2.8mm cubed, whereas the Capellix stuff is stripped down to a shockingly tiny 0.2mm cubed.

Lift your winter mood with these lighting ideas

Lighting alters more than the aesthetic appeal of your home — it can affect your mood as well. Studies show that we are deeply influenced by our home lighting choices. Fortunately, there are several ways light can help with common problems. Waking up without a cup of coffee is always a little bit tricky. But if you find yourself feeling overly sluggish in the morning, it could be because your sleeping pattern is off its natural cycle. Investing in a circadian lighting system may help you get back on track. No matter which new lighting scheme you decide to try out, it’s important to make sure your home finishes work with your design. Installing natural light won’t help much if you decorate with dark paint colors and espresso floors.

Array by Hampton brought locks and security lighting to CES 2019

If you’re more into lights than locks, then the Array By Hampton Video Coach Light should appeal to you. What looks like a standard lantern style light hides an HD camera that capture everything through a wide-angle, low-distortion viewing lens that is capable of capturing night vision footage along with daytime activity. A motion sensor inside the light will trigger the camera and can give you warning about any activity. You can watch the video stream light through the Array app for iOS or Android, and communicate directly through the light thanks to built-in speakers and a microphone.

Hands-on with the Philips Hue Outdoor sensor and new exterior lighting

At CES 2019, Signify expanded its Philips Hue line of outdoor lighting products with a new outdoor motion sensor and a variety of wall-mounted fixtures. 9to5Mac went hands-on with the new products to get a better look. Philips Hue outdoor products have been available since this past July, when the first wave of light strips, luminaries, spotlights, and bollard lights went up for sale. For 2019, flood lights and an “Econic” line of contemporary fixtures have been created. Additional models will be available in the European market. In person, each light in the collection offers even and clean lighting and felt suitably bright to light up a yard without casting harsh shadows.

GE Lighting introduces new dimmer switches and smart bulbs at CES 2019

While Philips has gotten a headstart in the smart lightbulb game, GE has added to its own C by GE line of intelligent bulbs at CES 2019. The company has introduced new dimmer switches that smarten-up your dumb bulbs, color-changing smart lightbulbs of their own and accessories. Coming in Q1 of this year are two new products: C-Start dimmer switches to connect to lights, one for $50 and another for $75 with built-in light and motion sensors to add triggers to brighten or dim them. There’s an additional simple on/off C-Start model coming in Q2 for $40 for users who want a more basic switch.

Best smart lights announced at CES 2019

With CES 2019 wrapping up in Las Vegas, there have been a ton of cool new tech announced this week. But one of our favorite categories is smart lighting, because connected bulbs light up our homes with light and color, and make it easier than ever before to control. While smart lights weren't the biggest focus at CES, we've rounded up some of the coolest ones from the show floor this week for you here. We're eagerly awaiting the launches of these products, so hopefully, they aren't too far off. Nanoleaf has made triangles and squares so far, but at CES they've announced their next shape: hexagons. These six-sided light panels have a touch-enabled configuration, and you can have up to 500 panels when you assign them in groups of 25 across multiple power supplies.

Brooklyn schools slash $4k in expenses monthly by installing LED bulbs

As Brooklyn looks to take its school buildings off of the grid by going solar, school officials are touting smaller changes that have resulted in lower energy costs for the district. Swapping out the old bulbs throughout the district’s campus for low energy LEDs has lowered monthly energy costs by $4,000. Rather than contracting with a third party such as Eversource, which offers programs to upgrade lighting and other infrastructure to improve energy efficiency, the campus’s facilities director set to changing out each of the 5,000 bulbs in the school buildings in-house. It’s why Brooklyn is already reaping the financial benefits. The utility takes a fee upfront to perform the service, but municipalities and other customers save on their electric bills in the long run.

Use lighting to improve your mood

Lighting alters more than the aesthetic appeal of your home — it can affect your mood as well. Studies show that we are deeply influenced by our home lighting choices. Light that is too blue, bright or artificial can have a negative impact on your health. If you struggle with lying awake at night or feeling exhausted during the day, you may want to rethink your home lighting. Luckily, there are several solutions. If your emotions tend to get the best of you, installing dimmer switches around your home could help. Studies show that bright light intensifies your emotions, while lower light can keep your feelings at a steady level. Give yourself the option to move between the two without sacrificing bright overhead light when you need it.

Eve releases timeline for upcoming HomeKit Energy Strip and Light Strip

Connected home company Eve (formerly Elgato) is back again at CES with an update on its previously announced Eve Energy Strip and Eve Light Strip. Last year at CES the company introduced the Eve Room and Button and later restructured its focus exclusively on smart home devices. The new Energy Strip and Light Strip were first previewed in August at IFA 2018 alongside a wall switch for the European market. Both products offer HomeKit support and Eve’s recognizable industrial design. Eve calls the Light Strip the 'brightest HomeKit-enabled LED strip to date'.

Spectrum Brands sells battery and lighting business to Energizer for $2 billion

Middleton-based Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. has completed the sale of its Global Battery and Lighting business, which includes Rayovac batteries, to St. Louis-based Energizer Holdings Inc. for $2 billion in cash. The pending deal was announced almost a year ago, and the companies have been gaining regulatory approvals ever since. The Global Battery and Lighting business also includes the Varta brand. It makes alkaline, carbon zinc, hearing aid and nickel metal hydride rechargeable batteries, battery chargers, and portable lighting products.

Mexico looking to convert streetlights to energy-efficient LEDs

New streetlights could soon line Mexico roads in the coming months, replacing existing lamps with energy-efficient LED fixtures. Unlike other towns in Maine doing so, though, the Mexico Board of Selectmen is looking to go through Central Maine Power Co. for the conversion project in order to avoid maintenance responsibilities and costs. Town Manager Jack Gaudet said Thursday there will be a public hearing at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 15 to see if the town will enter into a 15-year contract with a CMP proposal to change over the town’s streetlights to LED.

LED lights making dent in UK energy demand

Installing a single low-energy LED bulb may make a trivial contribution to cutting the carbon emissions that are overheating the planet. But if millions choose LEDs, then with a twist of the collective wrist, their efforts will make a small but significant dent in the UK's energy demand. Studies show making products more efficient has - along with other factors - already been slightly more effective than renewable energy in cutting CO2 emissions. The difference is that glamorous renewables grab the headlines.

Samsung unveils two displays using 'groundbreaking' Micro LEDs

Samsung has announced two new displays using modular Micro LEDs, building off technology used in its The Wall product introduced last year. The two new entrants include a 75” display which was designed to be more home-friendly than The Wall, the other product is a 219” The Wall, which is a bigger variant of the 146” model from last year. Discussing the development, Jonghee Han, President of Visual Display Business at Samsun Electronics, said: “For decades, Samsung has lead the way in next-generation display innovation. Our Micro LED technology is at the forefront of the next screen revolution with intelligent, customizable displays that excel in every performance category. Samsung  Micro LED has no boundaries, only endless possibilities.”

Sengled brings even more lights to Vegas with a new batch of bulbs at CES 2019

Traditional smart home bulbs are not the brightest options on the market, but Sengled hopes to change that. Sengled is one of the first companies to manufacture smart home technology, and this pioneering outlook shows once again with the announcement of several new bulbs at CES 2019.

The Sengled Smart LED extra-bright 100W bulbs are Wi-Fi connected bulbs that are designed to replace traditional 100W bulbs in the home, providing the same levels of brightness for a fraction of the energy and heat output. The 100W smart bulb follows the traditional A19 form factor and puts out 1500 lumens.

New TCP Pro Products Help Businesses Save When Upgrading to Commercial LED Lighting

Technical Consumer Products, Inc. (TCP) announced the immediate availability of its Pro Family of LED lamp products. TCP's Pro Family of LED lighting products includes the most common items for everyday applications and commercial customers are eligible for TCP Pro pricing. Combined with Switch, TCP's suite of commercial services and solutions, TCP is providing a hassle-free, money saving opportunity for customers to upgrade to LED lighting.

"Now is the right time to make the 'Switch' and upgrade to our TCP Pro brand of products from CFL to LED," said Lesley Matt, Vice President of Marketing and Product at TCP. "Distributors, contractors and end users know that TCP Pro means performance, quality and affordability from TCP Pro brand CFLs and we are excited to extend that message to our new line-up of LED products."

TCP is allowing customers to test products before investing in them, including free samples of any Pro LED products currently available. The TCP Pro products include some of the most popular lamp shapes in the market, including a classic looking glass A-lamp, BR30 and PAR38 in addition to new, cutting-edge products like TCP's low-profile LED High Bay Luminaire. All backed by a 3-year warranty, the TCP Pro Lamp line provides an affordable LED with a 15,000 hour rated life, plus its low-profile LED High Bay Luminaire provides a 50,000 hour rated life.

Seoul Semiconductor’s SunLike Series Natural Spectrum LEDs Adopted by JingDong for New LED Desk Lamps in China

Seoul Semiconductor Co. announced that the Chinesee-commerce company JingDong has adopted Seoul Semiconductor’s SunLike Series natural spectrum LEDsfor its first desk lamp product line. The new desk lamps are part of theJingDong ‘Jingzao’ brand lighting products, and feature a human-centriclighting design enabled by the SunLike Series LEDs.

SunLike Series natural spectrum LEDs produce light that closely matches the spectrum of natural sunlight, delivering human-centric lighting that lowers the blue light peak common in conventional LEDs. Light sources with SunLike LEDs more accurately show the color of objects as theywould appear in natural sunlight.

The new Jingzao LED desk lamps with SunLike LEDs incorporate technology that enables users to control the color temperature of the light sourceaccording to their needs, delivering light that eases eye strain, helps maintain stable human circadian rhythms, and reduces the risk of myopiafor children. This is the first LED desk lamp independently developed by JingDong, which has adopted SunLike technology to provide consumers with the safest and healthiest light, and popularize the concept of healthy lighting to the public.

Duke to install new LED lights

Duke Energy began installing Friday new LED street lights outside two of Cincinnati Public Schools' biggest high schools after a string of serious crashes sent at least three students to the hospital this month. The new lights will illuminate Ferguson Road outside Western Hills University High School and Gilbert A. Dater High School in West Price Hill. "No child should ever have to fear for his or her life when simply trying to walk to school," said City Council member P.G. Sittenfeld in a news release Friday. "There are a number of solutions we can and will implement, and I am glad we could deliver improved lighting on a quick timetable."

Vassalboro to convert streetlights to energy-efficient LEDs

New streetlights are expected to line Vassalboro’s roads in the coming months, replacing existing lamps, installed as early as 1921, with energy-efficient LED fixtures. Unlike other towns in Maine doing so, though, Vassalboro has decided to go through Central Maine Power Co. for the conversion project in order to avoid maintenance responsibilities and costs. In November, selectmen unanimously voted to pursue a contract with Central Maine Power Co. to replace the lights at no cost and enter into a 15-year lease for the fixtures. The town is expected to save $4,417.91 annually as a result.

Magenta Theater wins lighting grant

Magenta Theater won a matching grant from the Murdock Charitable Trust to upgrade its stage lighting system. Magenta raised $62,000 and earned an additional $62,000 from Murdock, according to a statement from founder and creative director Jaynie Roberts. The current tungsten lighting system will come down in February, as soon as Magenta’s production of “Jeeves Takes a Bow” has closed. A new LED stage lighting system will debut with the March production, “Pack of Lies.”