Lighting Project Will Save Carmel Thousands on Energy Bills

The town of Carmel has taken part in a New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) program that will save taxpayers thousands of dollars on the town’s utilities bill.

The town joined utility’s energy-saver program in which the company would install new energy-efficient LED lights and reduced-power ballasts throughout the Town Hall and the Recreation and Parks Department building at Sycamore Park.

Current cost for the town is $22,502 annually just for the lights. With the new lights, we save $14,429. That’s a 36 percent savings. 

Photo Daniel Case

New Acropolis lighting to be unveiled

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to preside over the unveiling of the new lighting system for the Acropolis on Wednesday night, in a ceremony that will also be attended by three European counterparts.

The presentation of the new system created by lighting designer Eleftheria Deko to showcase the sacred hill and the Parthenon will coincide with a visit to Greece by Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Danish Premier Mette Frederiksen.

Seoul Semiconductor’s SunLike Series Natural Spectrum LEDs Selected for German Lighting Brand Simprolux’s Human Centric Lighting

Seoul Semiconductor announced that its SunLike Series natural spectrum LEDs, which implement light that closely matches the spectrum of sunlight, has been adopted by German lighting brand Simprolux for its pendant luminaire “ORTUS”.

ORTUS is a premium product line that delivers residential lighting for dining table and study or work spaces, combining with Casambi Technologies Oy’s state-of-the-art automated wireless Bluetooth.

With SunLike Series natural spectrum LEDs, the fixture are designed to bring out the natural color tones of objects achieving a lower blue light peak, similar to the sunlight spectral curve, which enables the reduction of scattered reflection and glare. It also provides healthy and comfortable light, improving the environment for living, reducing eye fatigue, and displaying colors and textures more accurately with CRI 97 and TM30 = 100.

There has been a significant increase in research activity on the relationship between light and human bio-functions, including a recent scientific study focused on the effects of light spectrum on sleep quality, visual comfort, overall well-being, and daytime alertness; encompassing the interaction of both visual and non-visual light on humans. Based on the results of a comprehensive sleep study conducted by Professor Christian Cajochen and his colleagues at the University of Basel in Switzerland, SunLike Series natural spectrum LEDs have been identified as a key light source for promoting human well-being. The study, published in the Journal of Lighting & Research Technology on March 24, 2019, found “evidence that a daylight [natural spectrum] LED solution has beneficial effects on visual comfort, daytime alertness, mood, and sleep intensity in healthy volunteers.”

Sportsbeams and Austin FC Partner to Introduce LED Lighting Features for New MLS Stadium

Major League Soccer (MLS) club Austin FC has selected Austin-based stadium lighting specialists Sportsbeams Lighting to install state-of-the-art Chromabeams LED 900 fixtures within the Club's new stadium, presently under construction.

When Austin FC's new stadium opens in Spring 2021, the facility will be the first new-construction stadium project in the world to feature tunable white and full RGB capable lights throughout the entire venue.

Austin FC's stadium will be illuminated unlike any other soccer stadium worldwide, as each of the 396 lighting fixtures in the venue will be capable of instantly adjusting from a traditional white light to a range of two million RGB color options across the color spectrum.

Sportsbeams Chromabeams are armed with patented technology that is unprecedented in the sports lighting industry worldwide. Housed in full aluminum die-cast body and single-optic tempered glass lens, these are one of the only lights in the entire industry that do not have any plastic in the light path or its housing. Additionally, Chromabeams LED 900 lights also have three levels of active and passive cooling and can deliver up to 85,000 lumens per fixture with intelligent power supply management and controls.

New EarthBulb Smart LED Series from EarthTronics Offers WiFi or Bluetooth Control of Multiple Functions

EarthTronics introduces its high efficiency EarthBulb Smart LED Lighting Series that enables users to easily control ambiance and comfort through a wide range of white light and colors, while providing energy savings and security.

EarthTronics introduces its high efficiency EarthBulb Smart LED Lighting Series that enables users to easily control ambiance and comfort through a wide range of white light and colors, while providing energy savings and security.

The EarthBulb Smart LED Series includes the 9-watt A19 LED and the 8-watt BR30 LED, delivering 800 and 650 lumens with a high 90 CRI. Both LEDs are powered by the Tuya Smart App, available from Google Play or the App Store, to control white light from 2200K warm light to 6500K crisp daylight, as well as offering an RGB (red, blue, green) function that delivers infinite colors as well. These Smart LEDs can be grouped with others, coordinated by room or area, and set to turn on and off at multiple times per day or week for both convenience and security.

Lumileds appoints Matt Roney as CEO

LED manufacturer Lumileds has announced that Matt Roney will take over as CEO on Oct. 1, replacing Jonathan Rich who will remain executive chairman of the board at the company.

Roney just joined Lumileds back in January, becoming president of the Lumileds Automotive Business Unit.

The CEO change marks the second with Lumileds operating under Apollo Global Management, which announced the acquisition of Lumileds from Philips at the end of 2016. Moreover, the announcement hints at an increased focus on the automotive solid-state lighting (SSL) sector for Lumileds.

Google Pay adds NFC contactless support in India

Google Pay has added NFC-based tap-to-pay for users in India. With this tool, users can add their credit or debit card as a payment method and use it for tokenized card payments at NFC-enabled terminals.

"We're committed to offer the most secure payments experience to our growing base of users, and tokenization helps tor replace sensitive data such as credit and debit card numbers with tokens, eliminating any chance of fraud," Sajith Sivanandan, business head, Google Pay and NBU, India, said in the report.

Duelling mini LED suppliers could cut cost on Apples display tech

Apple may not limit the sourcing of mini LED chips for a rumored future iPad model to just one supplier, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests.

Mini LED is a display technology that could help TFT screens have a better backlight than existing displays.

According a research note seen by MacRumors, supplier Epistar was previously predicted to be the only supplier of mini LED chips to Apple in 2021. However, progress made on mini LED at Sanan Optoelectronics has been rapid enough to potentially change Apple's schedule for inclusion.

Surgical Lighting System Market To Garner US$ 579.6 Million By 2026

The global surgical lighting system market was valued at US$ 394.1 million in 2017 and is estimated to exhibit a CAGR of 4.4%, over the forecast period (2018-2026), as highlighted in a new report published by Coherent Market Insights.

Surgical lighting is one of the essential components in the operating theater (OT). Surgical lighting system aids medical professionals to focus better on the space to be operated, as well as it enhances the efficiency of the operation to obtain better outcomes. Moreover, key players are focusing on developing surgical lights, in order to cater to the requirements of surgeons, which include features such as brightness, color rendering index (CRI), homogeneity, correlated color temperature (CCT), and shadow dilution.

The increasing number of hybrid operating rooms to perform minimally invasive procedures is expected to augment demand for surgical lighting systems over the forecast period. For instance, in July 2018, Covenant HealthCare launched new hybrid operating suite and home of the ARTIS pheno, a robotic C-arm angiography system, used for minimally invasive interventional procedures.

Dover Food Retail Launches Optimax 7 Series LED Lighting

Dover Food Retail, part of Dover, announced the launch of the newest generation Optimax lighting series, the Optimax 7 Series LED. The newly designed Optimax 7 Series offers food retail operations optimized refrigerated case merchandising by providing superior uniformity, high-color rendering, optimal product illumination and reduced energy usage.

The Optimax 7 Series is specifically designed to help retailers enhance the presentation of merchandise and increase cold-vault sales. This new series features high-color rendering LEDs for displaying natural colors, enhanced product visibility, color saturation and clarity, creating a merchandising pop. Dover Food Retail's Optimax 7 Series does this by optimizing all aspects and values of Lumen output, LUX incidence on targeted areas and color rendering.

The Optimax 7 Series LED lighting features Low Power for walk-in applications only; Standard Power designed for single-swing doors; and French for French Swing applications. Both the Standard and French are being offered in 3500K or 4000K CCT and have longer fixture lengths for improved lighting distribution.

Micro LED Technology Developers to Increase Production Lines

Two Micro LED technology builders unveiled their plans to set up new Micro LED production lines this week, including Taiwanese company PlayNitride and French Aledia.

PlayNitride is going to commence construction of its second Micro LED chip production line with its secured funds of US$50 million.

On the other hand, Aledia, the spinoff of French research institute Cea-Leti, announced that it will invest EUR 140 million to build GaN-on-Si Micro LED production line in France. The new site is scheduled to begin production by 2022.

Autel Enterprise is Announces Its Partnership with FoxFury Lighting

Unmanned Aircraft manufacturer Autel Robotics and FoxFury Lighting have come together with lighting equipment made for Autel Robotics EVO II Series Aircraft.

The FoxFury-designed, Autel-owned platform will support multiple FoxFury D3060 or D10 lighting systems, enabling pilots to be creative with lighting, dependent on need. A single D3060 might be mounted to fulfill FAA anti-collision lighting requirements, or mount multiple lights for daylight flight, indoor flight, or creative photography. The lights are rechargeable via USB-C connector.

The FoxFury-designed, Autel-owned platform will support multiple FoxFury D3060 (Assembled in USA) or D10 (Made in USA) lighting systems, enabling pilots to be creative with lighting, dependent on need. A single D3060 might be mounted to fulfill FAA anti-collision lighting requirements, or mount multiple lights for daylight flight, indoor flight, or creative photography.

Valoya Launches Two New Greenhouse LED Grow Lights

Valoya, a manufacturer of horticultural LED grow lights, has expanded its RX-Series line of greenhouse LEDs with two new models - RX500 and RX600. The new models are higher power, higher efficiency versions of the existing RX400 model and can be used as true 1-to-1 HPS replacements.

RX500 and RX600 produce up to 1700 µmol/s of uniform light output. They have been designed to be robust and compact, producing minimal shading over the canopy.

With an Ingress Protection rating of IP65 (wet location) these luminaires are completely dust tight and can withstand spraying with water jets from any direction. The high light intensity they produce enables them to be positioned high above the canopy, as much as 4 meters above it.

Valoya's LED technology is proprietary and great efforts have been taken to create LED luminaires that last long and sustain the same light spectrum over their entire lifetime. RX500 and RX600 typically last 50000 hours whereby the intensity drops to 90% after about the 36000 hour mark. The spectrum decays evenly ensuring the grower will be getting the same plant performance and will not have to change the growth protocol over time.

National Grid and Olean Complete LED Streetlight Conversion

The city of Olean has partnered with National Grid to convert 1,300 streetlights to LEDs, which will deliver long-term cost and energy savings. The changeover represents the largest such LED streetlight conversion completed by National Grid in Cattaraugus County.

Olean’s streetlights were retrofitted as part of National Grid’s Streetlight Conversion Program, which enables communities to switch from high-pressure sodium lights. The conversion was part of the city’s Walkable Olean project, which focused on pedestrian safety improvements, streamlining traffic patterns and resurfacing busy streets.

Industrial & Commercial LED Lighting Market in Europe and Middle East to Reach $21.96 Billion By 2026, at 17.2% CAGR

The Europe and Middle East industrial & commercial LED lighting market size was valued at valued at $6.03 billion in 2018, and is projected to reach $21.96 billion by 2026, registering a CAGR of 17.2% from 2019 to 2026.

The Europe and Middle East industrial & commercial LED lighting market possesses high potential. This is attributed to the fact that in the current business scenario, there has been an increase in demand for industrial & commercial LED lighting, particularly in developing regions.

Moreover, companies in Europe and Middle East Industrial & Commercial LED Lighting Industry are adopting various innovative techniques to provide customers with advanced and innovative LED lights product offerings.

Rapid usage of LEDs has been witnessed in lamps as a replacement of incandescent light source, owing to advantages such as prolonged shelf life, low power requirement, and small sized & robust attribute. Despite such advantages, LEDs are more expensive as compared to conventional lighting, and are voltage sensitive, which impede the growth of the Europe and Middle East industrial & commercial LED lighting market trends. In the near future, the LED technology is expected to provide a superior advantage to its users than conventional lighting systems, owing to the benefits it offers.

Consumers in Europe have shifted their preference from traditional to more ecological lighting sources. Europe held majority of the market share of industrial & commercial LED lighting market in 2016. Features such as sustainability, lower emissions, and lower energy consumption drive the growth of the European market. On the other hand, the Middle East is one of the unexplored regions to a certain extent for industrialization and advanced technologies. Shifts in artificial intelligence and smart technological changes in the coming years is anticipated to reshape the future for Middle East completely.

Corsair Announces iCUE Elite Capellix Series

The newly introduced Corsair iCue Elite Capellix includes three new models, including the H100i with a 240 mm radiator, the H115i with a 280 mm radiator, and the largest of the three, the H150i with a 360 mm radiator.

Each model includes an aluminum constructed 27 mm thick radiator, with a copper split-flow cold plate and a centrifugal pump which Corsair claim operates quietly.

The Corsair iCUE Elite Capellix series will be available to purchase from the 15th September, with the H100i Elite available for $150, the H115i Elite for $170, and the H150i Elite for $180. Each model also comes backed by a 5-year manufacturer's warranty.

Signify positions WiZ for broader mass market appeal

Signify has taken a step to make it easier for consumers to set up WiZ, the lower-priced alternative to its Hue line of smart home lighting, as it positions WiZ for the broad mass market uptake that has eluded the higher-end Hue.

The company also announced general availability of the WiZ products that it unveiled earlier this year.
Addressing concerns that some consumers might find it tricky to pair their mobile phones with WiZ lights, Signify added a wireless Bluetooth connection that it says makes the process easy. Pairing is the process by which two devices know to recognize and work with each other.

Nanoparticles Bolster Performance of LED Designs

Researchers have discovered that using nanoparticles strategically in LED designs enables the production of more light for the same energy as well as boosts their lifetime, providing benefits for the manufacturers and users of this technology.

A team from Imperial College of London and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati modeled the impact of placing a two-dimensional (2D, or single layer) of nanoparticles between the LED chip, which produces the light, and the transparent casing that protects it.

HiPhi X Launches First Programmable and Customizable Matrix Lighting System

 HiPhi, Human Horizons' premium, smart, all-electric vehicle brand, is excited to announce that the HiPhi X will be equipped with the world's first programmable and customizable matrix lighting system, comprising of dual-core lighting modules with Programmable Matrix Lighting (PML) and Intelligent Signal Display (ISD) panels. HiPhi X is designed for real-world applications with the capability to detect road environments and autonomously adjust accordingly.

PML is equipped with a built-in Electronic Control Unit (ECU) that contains a chipset which is able to directly control the lamp and its micro-mirrors. When the infrared camera detects a pedestrian or vehicle, the ECU will compute a solution within milliseconds based on its intelligent algorithms. The path and brightness of the light is changed by modifying the angle of the micro-mirrors, thereby allowing more or less adaptive lighting which ultimately provides for safer driving. 

HiPhi X is the first model in the industry to combine infrared night vision technology and smart headlamps in this way. The powerful night vision capability allows the PML to detect objects and people with more precision and allows the light to shine further. HiPhi X can simultaneously perform real-time detection on up to six entities including pedestrians and vehicles within 400 meters range at night.

New Zigbee smart lighting controls are already available to Xfinity Home users

Leviton announced a new line of Decora Smart Zigbee 3.0-certified smart lighting controls, and Comcast almost simultaneously announced that it will support the new products in its Xfinity Home smart-home service.

There are four new devices in Leviton’s lineup: A 600-watt in-wall dimmer (model DG6HD), a 15-amp in-wall switch (model DG15S), a plug-in switch (model DG15A), and a plug-in dimmer (model DG3HL).

As do Leviton’s Decora Smart Z-Wave and Wi-Fi in-wall lighting controls, these new Zigbee in-wall switches will require the presence of a neutral wire in the box into which they’re installed.

Sidney City Schools Lighting Project Underway

Ohio based Sidney City Schools broke ground on a $481,000 project at the district’s facilities including the high school, middle school, and administrative offices to replace existing fluorescent lighting systems with new, efficient LED fixtures.

The District worked with Plug Smart, an Ohio-based energy services company, to qualify their project and secure $215,000 in grant funds, disbursed from the U.S. Department of Energy via Ohio’s State Energy Program. Plug Smart also oversaw the design and construction of the project, assembling a local team of well-qualified distribution partners and competitive installation contractors to meet the grant program requirements and secure utility incentives without impacting the District’s plans for reopening this school year.

U.S. team has designed a structure for an electrically powered nanoscale-LED

Wide-band-gap semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been among the most successful of photonic technologies. As with everything else, researchers continue to seek ways to make these devices ever smaller, to drive new nano-applications. But electrically pumped nanoscale LEDs have an Achilles’ heel: efficiency droop, the tendency of the LEDs’ quantum efficiency to fall off when the current density pumping them exceeds a certain threshold.

Now, a multi-institution U.S. research team reports a tiny LED that seems to get around these limitations. The new device, based on a p-n hetrojunction featuring slender fins of zinc oxide, reportedly continues to gain brightness as more current is pumped in.

The lighting as a service market is expected to grow at a CAGR of approximately 50.4%

The lighting as a service market is expected to grow at a CAGR of approximately 50.4% during the forecast period of 2020-2025.

The primary driver for the market includes the increasing demand for efficient lighting systems. The growing convergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the lighting system has a lower consumption of energy across various parts of the world.

However, the service's subscription program typically imposes a higher overall cost than the owner pays for the self-installation system, which can likely pose a challenge.

Lighting-as-a-Service (LaaS), also known as Light-as-a-Service, is a service-based business model in which light service is charged on a subscription basis rather than via a one-time payment.

It is managed by third parties more precisely by specialized service providers and may include light design, financing, installation, maintenance, and other services.

The LaaS model has become more common in commercial and citywide installations of LED lights, specifically in retrofitting buildings and outdoor facilities, with the prior aim of reducing installation costs. Light vendors have used the LaaS strategy in selling value-added services, such as Internet-connected lighting and energy management.

2021 edition of LED CHINA will take place April 1-3

The 2021 edition of LED CHINA, Commercial Integrated Systems China, Entertainment Design Expo, Digital Signage China will take place April 1-3, the venue remains at Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center in China. The exhibition will be continually running in both physical and virtual models.

LED CHINA 2020 has concluded at Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, China, from 1-3 September along with the debut of its B2B online webcast platform.  

Latest technology and products related to LED displays, such as acoustics, stage lighting and stage equipment, were included into the show.

At the LED displays pavilion, all big names in the LED industry gathered under one roof. Top LED manufactures such as Leyard(Planar), Unilumin, INFILED, Gloshine, Lightlink, Dicolor, LAMP, AOTO, Esdlumen, Desay, Univiewled, control systems providers such as Novastar, Colorlight, Magnimage, RGBLink can be all seen at the show, as well as the latest innovations of the highly concerned topics

Global PC-resins in lighting market expected to grow with 5.29%

The global PC-resins in lighting market is expected to grow at a highest growth rate in the coming years.

The global consumer demand is growing with 5.29% over the forecast period. General lighting industry is the most significant end-use industry in the global PC-resins in lighting market.

Polycarbonate resins in lighting value was $181.90 million in 2020 and is anticipated to see an upsurge during the forecast period. General lighting has accounted to be the largest market with 79% share in 2020 and will grow with CAGR of 4.84% during the forecast period.

Residential is yet another major market pertaining to polycarbonate resins in lighting. The market is anticipated to reach $28.88 million by 2025 growing at a CAGR of 4.46% from 2020 to 2025.

The total global capacity for polycarbonate stood at 3.355-mtpa in 2005, which increased to 4.335-mtpa in 2010 and this reached to 5.135-mtpa in 2016. China constituted 32% of the global capacity in 2005, which declined to 30% in the year 2010 and has further dropped to 25% in 2016. On the other hand the capacity in the Asia/Pacific region rose from 41% in 2005 to 49% in 2010 and has been constitute 57% of the global capacity in the year 2016.

Lumileds packaged LED delivers consistency in output to 1% dimming levels

Lumileds has announced the Luxeon 3030 HE Plus Deep Dimming LED portfolio intended specifically for applications where lighting will be routinely dimmed to very low levels.

The company said products will output uniform flux even when dimmed to 1% of maximum whereas many solid-state lighting (SSL) products exhibit inconsistent flux output when dimmed. The new mid-power, 3×3-mm packaged LEDs will target applications such as linear luminaires.

The lighting as a service market is expected to grow at a CAGR of approximately 50.4%

The lighting as a service market is expected to grow at a CAGR of approximately 50.4% during the forecast period of 2020-2025. The primary driver for the market includes the increasing demand for efficient lighting systems. The growing convergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the lighting system has a lower consumption of energy across various parts of the world. However, the service's subscription program typically imposes a higher overall cost than the owner pays for the self-installation system, which can likely pose a challenge.

Lighting-as-a-Service (LaaS), also known as Light-as-a-Service, is a service-based business model in which light service is charged on a subscription basis rather than via a one-time payment. It is managed by third parties more precisely by specialized service providers and may include light design, financing, installation, maintenance, and other services. The LaaS model has become more common in commercial and citywide installations of LED lights, specifically in retrofitting buildings and outdoor facilities, with the prior aim of reducing installation costs. Light vendors have used the LaaS strategy in selling value-added services, such as Internet-connected lighting and energy management.

For instance, global LED use has increased substantially in recent years, rising from a market share of 5% in 2013 to nearly half of global lighting sales in 2019, with integrated LED luminaires making up an increasing share. Several developed markets, including the United States and Europe, are responsible for the rapid expansion of the luminaire market segment. At the same time, China has built a substantive domestic and global manufacturing base.

Wafer-scale micro-LEDs transferred onto adhesive film

Researchers at the Guangdong Institute of Semiconductor Industrial Technology (GISIT), the University of Tokyo, and Foshan Debao Display Technology Co Ltd have recently developed a tape-assisted laser lift-off transfer (TALT) technique, addressing the industry’s problems of massive chip transfer and heterogeneous integration of micro-LED for high-resolution display purposes.

Recognized as a next-generation display technology in the display industry, micro-LEDs have many advantages such as higher brightness, lower power consumption, longer lifetime, higher resolution and faster response speed compared with conventional liquid crystal display (LCD) and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display technologies.

Global automotive lighting market size is expected to grow by USD 8.69 billion

The global automotive lighting market size is expected to grow by USD 8.69 billion during 2020-2024. The report also provides the market impact and new opportunities created due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We expect the impact to be significant in the first quarter but gradually lessen in subsequent quarters – with a limited impact on the full-year economic growth.

Automobile manufacturers are increasingly focusing on using interior lightings to promote their brand by using a specific colored light for their vehicle cabin as brand identification. For instance, BMW and Mercedes Benz use orange and yellow colored cabin lights, respectively, to distinguish their brands. The increase in competition in the automotive industry has even led manufacturers of mid-segment cars and SUVs to use ambient lighting to differentiate their products. Ambient lighting in an automotive cabin highlights the texture of the seat and mimics the feel of a premium vehicle. Automotive interior lights increase the visual appeal of vehicles for customers. These lights accentuate the space and create a perception of increased cabin space in vehicles. As a result, the demand for effective interior lighting is increasing, thereby driving the market growth.

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The global automotive lighting market size is expected to grow by USD 8.69 billion during 2020-2024. The report also provides the market impact and new opportunities created due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We expect the impact to be significant in the first quarter but gradually lessen in subsequent quarters – with a limited impact on the full-year economic growth.
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Technavio has announced its latest market research report titled Global Automotive Lighting Market 2020-2024 (Graphic: Business Wire)

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Automobile manufacturers are increasingly focusing on using interior lightings to promote their brand by using a specific colored light for their vehicle cabin as brand identification. For instance, BMW and Mercedes Benz use orange and yellow colored cabin lights, respectively, to distinguish their brands. The increase in competition in the automotive industry has even led manufacturers of mid-segment cars and SUVs to use ambient lighting to differentiate their products. Ambient lighting in an automotive cabin highlights the texture of the seat and mimics the feel of a premium vehicle. Automotive interior lights increase the visual appeal of vehicles for customers. These lights accentuate the space and create a perception of increased cabin space in vehicles. As a result, the demand for effective interior lighting is increasing, thereby driving the market growth.
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As per Technavio, the rise in penetration of LED lighting will have a positive impact on the market and contribute to its growth significantly over the forecast period. This research report also analyzes other significant trends and market drivers that will influence market growth over 2020-2024.
Automotive Lighting Market: Rise in Penetration of LED lighting

LED headlamps were introduced in 2007; however, their high cost restricted their adoption to just the luxury vehicle segment. Therefore, mainly halogen and Xenon were used in mid-segment vehicles for exterior lightings such as head, rear, and small lamps. Although halogen lights are economical compared with LED lamps, their key disadvantages include high-power consumption and high heat generation that affect the overall performance of headlamps. Similarly, the major disadvantages of Xenon lights were strong glare that can affect the visibility of drivers in oncoming vehicles.

These disadvantages led automotive OEMs to focus on LED headlamps and lightings. Standardization of LED modules and the ease in designing lighting systems have provided design flexibility to automotive OEMs. Furthermore, innovations in technologies aid in enabling features such as glare-free adaptive drive beam (ADB), which enhances the performance of LED lighting systems in the automotive segment. Furthermore, the decline in the price of LED lamps and their high energy-efficiency features have increased their adoption in the mid-range automobile segment.

Ring doorbells will soon integrate with Lutron’s smart lighting system

Ring cameras and doorbells will soon be able to connect with Lutron’s smart lighting systems, so you can set lights to turn on automatically when your Ring device detects movement.

Lutron Caseta, Caseta Pro, and RA2 Select systems will support the integration with all generations of Ring doorbells and cameras. Once connected, the linked lights will turn on for 15 minutes at 100 percent brightness.

Osram Launches Automotive LEDs

Osram announced the expansion of its automotive LED portfolio, launching a new generation of 1 to 4-chip versions in the Oslon Compact PL product family.

The new version of the Oslon Compact PL products feature ceramic components with an electrically insulated pad that makes it much easier to dissipate heat from the package. The design enables a higher current to allow the 1-chip version to achieve an outstanding brightness value of 395 lumens at 1A with a chip area of 1mm².

Philips Hue Iris table lamp is making a comeback

Signify has announced the reintroduction of its Philips Hue Iris table lamp, which will offer a richer and more saturated color palette and feature increased brightness—up to 570 lumens—when producing white light.

The Iris was the first Philips Hue product designed to deliver indirect light, washing an adjacent wall with color as opposed to delivering directional task lighting.

The lamp itself will also be available in some limited-edition metallic colors—gold, silver, copper, and rosé—in addition to black- and white-tinted finishes.

Aurora simplifies smart home lighting with Bluetooth remote control

An England-based company is focusing on ease of use in promoting a Bluetooth version of its wireless AOne home smart lighting system, which until now was available only in a hub-based Zigbee version.

The new Bluetooth offering, called Connect.Control, includes a handheld, no-fuss no-muss remote control device, possibly the easiest thing next to simply flipping a switch. For most functions, it doesn’t even require an app.

Out of the box, Connect.Control supports six different colors, five pre-set lighting scenarios, and a variety of brightness and color temperatures.

Global Specialty Lighting Market size is expected to reach $8.3 billion by 2026

The Global Specialty Lighting Market size is expected to reach $8.3 billion by 2026, rising at a market growth of 8.8% CAGR during the forecast period.

The key factors for the growth of the industry are the growing number of live music activities and concerts; stringent government restrictions on air, water and surface disinfection; increasing prevalence and acceptance of surgical lighting for minor and large surgical procedures; and reducing costs and increasing prevalence of LEDs. The underlying market trends include growing demand for ultra-pure water from end-use industries and strong growth prospects for new applications.

Entertainment lighting is leading the market for specialty lighting. Entertainment lighting requires lamps that retain the audience's attention and provide the performers with sufficient power, colour distribution and direction. Entertainment lighting has a variety of applications, such as stage, studio and others. Stage lighting leads the entertainment lighting segment, followed by studios and others, and this pattern is expected to stay consistent over the coming years. Due to the growing number of music events, the demand for special lighting for entertainment is likely to increase over the coming years.

Fluence in distribution partnership with Israel-base Remy 108

Fluence Bioengineering, an Osram business unit referred to as Fluence by Osram, has announced a new solid-state lighting (SSL) distribution partnership with Israel-base Remy 108 Ltd, primarily focused on the burgeoning legalized cannabis market in Israel.

Legal medicinal usage in the country was first approved in 1993, and has reached 60,000 licensed consumers. Moreover, a bill intended to legalize recreational cannabis has passed the first of four required government approval stages.

Family-run Remy has established itself as a supplier and consultant in the legal grower sector and will have exclusive rights to sell the Fluence LED luminaire portfolio in the country.

LIFX’s latest smart bulb boasts germ-fighting LEDs

Not only can LIFX’s new smart bulb illuminate a desk, a kitchen counter or a closet, it can also zap nearby bacteria and harmful microbes, according to the smart lighting manufacturer.

The LIFX Clean is a 1,100-lumen, full-color A19 smart bulb that uses 405-nanometer HEV (High Energy Visible) light designed to kill bacteria.

While germ-zapping HEV light is already being used in hospitals and other clean environments, the LIFX Clean marks the first time that the technology has been built into a smart bulb, LIFX says.

University of California expands its LED lamp patent infringement action

Law firm Nixon Peabody, representing the Regents of the University of California (UC), has announced an expansion of its patent enforcement campaign related to LED-based, filament-style lamps newly targeting leading manufacturers and retailers.

The UC solid-state lighting (SSL) intellectual property (IP) initiative is intended at licensing LED-centric, lamp technology developed by renowned researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB).

This Interactive Cloud Lamp Changes Color When You Sync it to Music

Part lighting fixture, part sculptural statement, the Interactive Cloud is made out of hypoallergenic polyester fiber. It looks and even acts like actual puffs of clouds, which can illuminate any room in the house using cleverly-hidden LED lights.

Its coolest feature is the ability to become a floating rainbow via your desired playlist.

Once synced to music, the interactive cloud can flash hues of red, green, blue, and purple, giving your listening experience the light show it deserves.

Novel devices can be folded, cut, attached to surfaces

University of Texas at Dallas researchers and their international colleagues have developed a method to create micro LEDs that can be folded, twisted, cut and stuck to different surfaces. "The biggest benefit of this research is that we have created a detachable LED that can be attached to almost anything," said Dr. Moon Kim, Louis Beecherl Jr. Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering at UT Dallas and a corresponding author of the study. "You can transfer it onto your clothing or even rubber -- that was the main idea. It can survive even if you wrinkle it. If you cut it, you can use half of the LED."

ALLOS and KAUST Are Working on High Efficiency Nitride-Based Red LEDs

ALLOS Semiconductors has engaged in a collaboration with Prof. Ohkawa and his team at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) for realizing high efficiency nitride-based red LEDs on large diameter silicon substrates.

The teams are addressing fundamental issues like the large lattice mismatch and the quantum-confined Stark effect (QCSE) which are preventing the adoption of red nitride-based LEDs for practical industry usage.

Dr. Nishikawa co-founder and CTO of ALLOS, commented: "From personal experience I am aware how challenging it is to realize high efficiency red LED. From ALLOS' side we can provide our established blue and green high quality GaN-on-Si micro LED epiwafers of up to 300 mm diameter. Furthermore we see the opportunity that our unique strengths in strain-engineeringfi can contribute to improved red LED performance."

Signify Partners EDZCOM to Accelerate LiFi Adoption

Signify and EDZCOM will join forces to introduce Trulifi by Signify, two-way wireless network connectivity through infrared and visible light, into industrial applications. The partnership will apply to Signify’s LiFi solutions, branded Trulifi, in the manufacturing industries.

Trulifi uses infrared and visible light waves to enable a highly reliable, secure two-way wireless communication at speeds far above most conventional wireless technologies. Trulifi offers immunity to interference, unlike conventional radio technologies such as WiFi and 4G/5G.

JDI to Sell Its LCD Plant to Sharp and Apple

Japan Display (JDI) is going to sell its LCD plant in Hakusan, Japan, to Sharp and Apple. The total transfer price is estimated to be JPY 71 billion (US$ 672 million), LED Inside reports.

Sharp will also take over most of the debt of JDI which JDI borrowed from Apple when building the plant. The plant was originally built for supplying LCD panels for iPhone.

Sharp commented that the acquisition will strengthen its display business. 

LED lighting market in Brazil expected to grow by USD 3.16 billion

The LED lighting market in Brazil is expected to grow by USD 3.16 billion as per Technavio. This marks a significant market slow down compared to the 2019 growth estimates due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first half of 2020.

The manufacturing cost of LED lights has steadily decreased over the past decade due to the declining average selling price of chips and other components. This is reducing the initial installation cost of LED fixtures and lamps, which is providing significant growth opportunities for vendors operating in the market.

Besides, the growing support from the government on the use of LEDs has encouraged LED manufacturers to increase their production capacities. These factors are fueling the growth of the LED lighting market in Brazil.

Picosun's ALD technology boosts UVC LED performance

Picosun Group, a supplier of AGILE ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating technology, reports excellent results in UVC (ultraviolet-C) LED performance, achieved with the company's ALD solutions.

Excellent reliability and lifetime improvements of UVC LEDs have been obtained at Picosun's customer and collaboration partner site, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan, using passivation and barrier films deposited with PICOSUN ALD equipment(*). ALD passivation layer could potentially replace the expensive hermetic seal package of the LEDs and thus lower the costs of the final device.

In order to reach maximum light output and long operating lifetime, LED chips require surface passivation to eliminate parasitic currents caused by traps and defects. Also barrier coating is typically needed as LED materials are sensitive to moisture. ALD is an ideal technique to manufacture both the passivation and barrier films - and when the LED size diminishes to micrometer dimensions, the only coating method capable of producing high enough quality films on the required minuscule scale. Ultra-thin, pinhole-free ALD films do not suppress the LED light intensity and they provide reliable protection against ambient conditions, whereas their superior conformality ensures no thickness variations between the facets of the LED chip. Thickness variations, typical side effect of other coating methods, can potentially lead to uneven distribution of film stress or thermal expansion behavior and risk physical damage of the chip.

Short-wavelength UVC radiation destroys bacteria and viruses so UVC LED technology is particularly topical now during the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Small, lightweight LEDs enable versatile design of portable, compact disinfecting equipment, they consume less power than other UVC sources, they are durable, and they pose no risk of hazardous material leaks such as e.g. mercury lamps.

New Area Light and Light Pole Packages from Access Fixtures

Access Fixtures, a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of commercial, industrial, and sports lighting, is introducing a new line of LED area light pole packages.

Utilizing the CARO area light fixture, these pole packages also include a slipfitter mount as well as your choice of 15’ or 20’ square steel pole. These pole packages boast a durable IP65 rated housing, accompanied by an 11-gauge steel pole with a bronze powdercoat finish. CARO emits 140 lumens per watt and is available with a choice of three optics - type III, IV, and V. These pole packages come in six different wattages ranging from 73w to 308w for maximum illumination.

CARO LED fixtures are available in 73w, 100w, 150w, 178w, 226w, or 308w. These fixtures are available with three choices of lensing depending on customer needs, and also come with a choice of 4000K cool white or 5000K bright white Kelvin. Other options for these pole packages include a photocell or surge protection. Both standard 120-277v and 347-480v are available options. Poles come with all necessary mounting hardware and anchor bolts. These poles and fixtures, like most Access Fixtures products, have a 5-year limited warranty that guards against manufacturing defects.

WAC Debuts High-Tech Modular Lighting System

WAC Lighting has introduced the STRUT System of Architectural Solutions, a modular LED lighting, power and control system that can be rapidly configured for commercial uses including office, retail and restaurant as well as residential spaces.

The product allows the user to configure standard components for customized 48V DC illumination.

The system features a CPU that can accommodate voltage input ranges of 120-277V AC and is available in wattages up to 600W. Lighting elements are designed for fine-tuned performance and use proprietary technology to intelligently correct for voltage drops or minimum load.