Video: 2-wire sensing for LED installation

This video shows a method to get sensor data back over the same 2 wires used to power LED strips.

Full-color LEDs cut down to size

Micrometer-scale light-emitting diodes (μLEDs) are the ideal building block for next-generation microLED displays in head-mounted monitors, mobile phones and televisions because they are bright, respond quickly, offer longevity and consume little energy.

KAUST researchers have shown that these scaled-down devices can efficiently emit light across the entire visible-light spectrum.

Velazquez-Rizo, along with his colleagues Zhe Zhuang, Daisuke Iida and Kazuhiro Ohkawa, have developed bright red indium gallium nitride microlight-emitting diodes (µLEDs) of just 17 × 17 micrometers.

"The next step in our research is to further improve the efficiency of our μLEDs and decrease their lateral dimensions below 10 micrometers," says Velazquez-Rizo.

Google’s new Nest Cam with Floodlight starts shipping early

A new Nest Cam with Floodlight has been scheduled for some time now, and it has just unexpectedly started shipping from Best Buy ahead of the Google Store release, 9to5Google reports.

Google has not announced a release date for the Nest Cam with Floodlight, saying the product is coming soon with no date attached. O

The Nest Cam with Floodlight is shipping from Best Buy’s online store immediately with delivery as quick as Thursday, September 30. Pickup in-store is also available but somewhat delayed to the following day.

Birmingham leaders look to improve interstate lighting

Birmingham City Council will soon hear plans for an interstate lighting pilot program that could improve driving conditions across the state.

Details were shared with the Birmingham Budget and Finance Committee Monday and the item will now go to the full council for consideration.

The plan calls for 391 lights to be installed along I-59/20 between the Tallapoosa Street exit and the I-59/20 split.

NICHIA Unveils High Radiant Flux Density UV-C LED

NICHIA has launched a high radiant flux density UV-C LED that can help target the inactivation and sterilization of various bacteria and viruses, including the new coronavirus.
 
The 280nm NCSU434B LED has the industry’s highest power conversion efficiency for a 3.5mm x 3.5mm LED, demonstrating a typical radiant flux of 62mW with an input power of 350mA/5.7V typical. In high-density mounting, the radiant flux per unit area is approximately three times that of conventional products.
 
The NCSU434B represents a significant upgrade in radiant flux density versus its predecessor, the NCSU334B. Mass production of the new 434B UV-C LED has commenced, with immediate sampling and mass production volume available.

Midland ISD installing LED lighting at schools

Midland ISD’s Board of Trustees (Midland, Texas) approved a move to install LED lighting in campuses across the district, CBS 7 reports.

The project will involve retrofitting fluorescent and incandescent lighting used inside and outdoors.

The contract for the project will cost around $2.78 million, but the district says it will see more than $8 million over ten years by improving energy efficiency and lowering its power costs.

EMC Networked Controls Lighting Project Receives Sapphire Award

EMC was recently presented the Sapphire Award for “Design Excellence in Networked Lighting Controls for LLLC” by LEDs Magazine for an innovative SIG Bluetooth mesh technology project that united LED lighting environments within an unprecedented half million square feet of commercial real estate space.

This was the first project to be recognized in this new award category, which was created in partnership with representatives of the Lighting Controls Association (LCA) and celebrates innovation, vision and leaders driving the industry forward.

The EMC project team designed a flexible, zone-based network of nearly 4,000 Bluetooth Mesh nodes throughout 17 floors of the building. This included software and firmware provided by Silvair and lighting sensor and controller hardware provided by McWong International. The team designed spaces and assigned behaviors to devices using McWong’s TruBlu web portal and then commissioned and designated them to zones using its mobile app.

Hawai’i Energy is giving free LED light bulbs in exchange for old light bulbs

Hawai’i Energy (HE) is giving residents free LED light bulbs for their old ones at 18 participating Ace Hardware stores on O’ahu, Maui and Hawai’i Island.

Residents may trade up to 30 incandescent or halogen bulbs for ENERGY STAR LED bulbs, until they run out.

Participants can also purchase two-packs of energy-efficient A19 standard LED bulbs and G16.5 globe LED bulbs for only $1 each, normally $4.49 each.

ProPhotonix Launches COBRA Cure FX4 UV LED Curing System

ProPhotonix Limited announced COBRA Cure FX4, an addition to its range of UV LED curing systems.

The COBRA Cure FX4 is a compact UV LED lamp solution that can be used for small to large format digital printers as well as high speed, single pass industrial print or coatings applications.

Using high-density Chip-on-Board LED arrays, the COBRA Cure FX4 delivers intensities up to 14 W/cm2 and energy densities (dose) of up to 58 mJ/cm2 without any compromise on lifetime.

Town of Avon Currently Converting Hundreds of Town Streetlights to LEDs

The Town of Avon (MA) is in the process of converting the Town of Avon’s streetlights to LED.

In conjunction with National Grid, the Town is currently converting hundreds of streetlights to more cost-effective, energy-efficient LEDs. The conversion began last month and is expected to be completed by early fall, depending on weather conditions. The end result will be a potential savings of $15,000-$20,000 per year on lighting costs.

The town will also be taking advantage of a one-time incentive payment for conversion of about $30,000-$40,000, which several other South Shore communities have done recently as part of their conversion projects.

As part of the conversion, National Grid will retain ownership of the streetlights. Residents should still go to National Grid to report outages in the streetlights.

Increasing Demand For Effective Automotive Interior Lighting to Boost Growth

The automotive lighting market is poised to grow by $ 12.98 bn during 2021-2025, progressing at a CAGR of 8.80% during the forecast period, according to Technavio.

The market is fragmented, and the degree of fragmentation will accelerate during the forecast period. To make the most of the opportunities, market vendors should focus more on the growth prospects in the fast-growing segments, while maintaining their positions in the slow-growing segments.

Increasing demand for effective interior lighting has been instrumental in driving the growth of the market. However, the High cost of LED lamps might hamper the market growth.

Signify lights up 18km road tunnel to enhance safety and experience

Signify will enhance road safety and improve the driving experience in Stockholm’s E4 Bypass tunnel, connecting the northern and southern parts of Stockholm County. Of the road’s 21 kilometers, more than 18 kilometers will be in a tunnel, making it one of the longest road tunnels in Europe, and one of Sweden's largest and most prestigious infrastructure projects to date.
 
Signify will supply high-quality energy-efficient LED luminaires across this project. Specially designed Philips TubePoint Gen 2 tunnel luminaires will be installed throughout the 18 kilometers of tunnel, while Philips Luma Gen 2 streetlights will be installed along the 3 kilometers of road outside of the tunnel. Modular and modern in design, TubePoint is a versatile, cost-effective luminaire that meets the most stringent tunnel lighting requirements.

Being LED, the long lifetime reduces maintenance requirements and its high lumen per watt ratio at system level reduces operational costs, and improves the overall total cost of ownership at the same time.

Godox UL60 - The LED Light That No One Asked For

A look at the new Godox UL60. It is a super silent light with NO built-in fan! This video will give you the rundown of the light and will show you all of its features.

Avegant Introduces LED Light Engines For Augmented Reality

 
Avegant announced its latest products -- the AG-30L 30º and AG-50L 50º LED light engines.
 
The light engine uses proprietary illumination technology to dramatically reduce engine volume and weight while preserving efficiency and MTF. 

The next generation Avegant light engine, the AG-50L, enables a larger field of view and a more immersive AR experience for users while maintaining the compact, light glasses form factor made possible by the AG-30L product.

To date, AR companies have struggled with creating beautiful and stylish products while maintaining performance and manufacturability.
The AG-30L and AG-50L addresses these challenges through Avegant's proprietary, optical and illumination technologies to deliver high performance in a manufacturable way.

Orro Announces Next Evolution of Smart Home Hybrid Lighting Solution

Orro, creators of the professional-grade top-of-the-line Orro Smart Living System, announced the next evolution of their Hybrid Lighting solution extending Orro's automatic lighting, App Control and scene functionality to Lutron Caséta, Leviton, LIFX, TP Link and other SmartThings enabled products.

Orro's smart switches already provide integrated control of popular smart home products from companies including Control4, Sonos, Nest, Ring, Ecobee, providing installers with a true human-centric lighting system that unifies the many smart home devices they're already installing.

Orro's Smart Living systems and products are specifically designed for use by professional installers, providing an industry-leading unified and powerful solution that meets the demand for advanced smart home systems at a mainstream price. The system, which replaces a standard light switch, unifies a smart home, automatically implementing perfect lighting, with recallable lighting scenes, room-to-room intercom and more.

Ephesus LUMASPORT launches Sports Lighting System

The LUMASPORT Sports Lighting System from Ephesus Sports Lighting, a division of Cooper Lighting Solutions, has developed the LUMASPORT system to maximize operator control, improve optical performance, and ensure reliability, while also minimizing total cost of ownership, maintenance issues, and complex and costly installations.

The LUMASPORT 8 system is suitable for small college, high school, and municipal fields, while the LUMASPORT 16 is designed for larger outdoor college and professional venues.

According to the company, in the growing sports lighting market, there are inherent challenges with legacy lighting products, such as light pollution, excessive maintenance, and lack of user control.

Many sports lighting manufacturers use surface-mount LEDs with solder joints affixing the LED to the array. But LUMASPORT offers light-source reliability with chip-on-board LEDs, which bond the LED chips directly to the fixture’s substrate, to form a single module that is much stronger.

LED Driver Market to Reach $79.33 Billion, Globally, by 2030

According to a new report, the global LED driver market generated $7.40 billion in 2020, and is expected to garner $79.33 billion by 2030, witnessing a CAGR of 27.2% from 2021 to 2030.

Surge in adoption of energy-efficient lighting, rise in development of programmable LED drivers, and increase in implementation of smart infrastructure in developing regions fuel the growth of the global LED driver market.

However, high costs of installation hinders the market growth. On the other hand, emergence of IoT enabled lighting solutions presents new opportunities in the coming years.

The manufacturing area in this sector witnessed a major loss during the initial phase of the lockdown owing to project delays and suspension of facilities. The demand from the end using sectors, especially, automotive suffered severely. On the other hand, shortage of raw material occurred due to disruptions in the supply chain.

Based on luminaire type, the type A lamps segment accounted for the largest share in 2020, contributing to nearly one-third of the global LED driver market, and is projected to maintain its leadership status during the forecast period. This is attributed to the fact that type A lamp offers the simplest installation process. However, the decorative lamps segment is projected to portray the largest CAGR of 30.3% from 2021 to 2030. Decorative lamps comes in different color and lighting pattern which adds the beauty to the space. This factor drives the demand for decorative lamps.

Atlas Copco launches HiLight V5+ LED light towers

 

Atlas Copco has launched HiLight V5+ LED Light tower which offers fuel savings of up to 65%.

These light towers are ideal for challenging site conditions such as remote construction sites, outdoor events, infrastructure, road construction, mining and temporary public lighting installations.

The HiLight V5+ includes a HardHat canopy as standard, which ensures maximum protection of internal parts. This range of light towers is perfect for multiple drop applications and providing robust easy-to-transport set of lighting options that match any site requirements.

Red InGaN μLEDs for Displays

University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) in the USA suggests that indium gallium nitride (InGaN) red micro-sized light-emitting diodes (μLEDs) could provide a solution for displays, Semeconductor Today reports.
 
μLED-based displays should enable higher resolution, high contrast ratio, longer lifetime, and lower power consumption in comparison with traditional technologies such as liquid-crystal displays (LCDs).

Other potentials include wearable devices, ultra-large and very small display screens, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and visible light communication.

Seoul Semiconductor Seeks Greater Market Share with WICOP LED Technology

Seoul Semiconductor has introduced high-power LED package ‘Z5M4’ with WICOP technology, one of the second-generation technologies in the LED industry.

Z5M4 is 10% brighter than the conventional products and is easy to replace the existing high-power products.

The company seeks to expand its market share in the USD 2 billion worth of global high-power LED market for street lighting, bay-lighting, and horticulture lighting, which has been formed by vertical chip manufacturers.

Ikea and Sonos’ second-gen Symfonisk lamp leaks online

Ikea’s second-generation Symfonisk table lamp speakers have leaked online via a Portuguese guide shop found by a Reddit user.

The second-generation Symfonisk lamp is set to feature a new design that streamlines the speaker lamp’s base and adds the option to swap in different styles of lampshades.
 
Symfonisk Wi-Fi loudspeakers are the result of a collaboration between Ikea and Sonos so they can easily integrate with other Sonos items, according to the guide.

Tokyo's Asahi Kasei Corporation Backs Ann Arbor-Based JustLight pbc with UV Investment

Asahi Kasei Corporation has committed its support in JustLight with another round of investment. This comes after JustLight was awarded funding in January from Asahi Kasei's UV Accelerator, a project that strives to attract new partnerships from countries around the globe to help create a safer world.

JustLight, a public benefit corporation, believes its light will fundamentally improve our health care system. Founder Peter Forhan, a 25-year-old inventor from Ann Arbor, Michigan, started the company during the pandemic. JustLight has since raised over $2 million to create health and wellness light products. The signature products — Halo, Sunflower and Violet — will be sold commercially upon FDA approval.

Global Lighting Fixtures and Luminaires Market to Reach $112.9 Billion by 2027

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Lighting Fixtures and Luminaires estimated at US$79.2 Billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US$112.9 Billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 5.2% over the analysis period 2020-2027.

Non-Portable, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to record a 5.5% CAGR and reach US$85.2 Billion by the end of the analysis period. After an early analysis of the business implications of the pandemic and its induced economic crisis, growth in the Portable segment is readjusted to a revised 3.8% CAGR for the next 7-year period.

The Lighting Fixtures and Luminaires market in the U.S. is estimated at US$15.3 Billion in the year 2020. China, the world's second largest economy, is forecast to reach a projected market size of US$23.7 Billion by the year 2027 trailing a CAGR of 6.7% over the analysis period 2020 to 2027.

Among the other noteworthy geographic markets are Japan and Canada, each forecast to grow at 4% and 4.2% respectively over the 2020-2027 period. Within Europe, Germany is forecast to grow at approximately 2.5% CAGR.

High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Headlamps Steal Growth from Traditional Lamps

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Vehicular Lighting estimated at 1.7 Billion Units in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of 2.2 Billion Units by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 3.2% over the analysis period 2020-2027.

Automotive Tail Lamps/Brake Lamps, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to record a 3.4% CAGR and reach 385.3 Million Units by the end of the analysis period.

After an early analysis of the business implications of the pandemic and its induced economic crisis, growth in the (Automotive) Headlamps segment is readjusted to a revised 3.5% CAGR for the next 7-year period.

The Vehicular Lighting market in the U.S. is estimated at 470.4 Million Units in the year 2020. China, the world`s second largest economy, is forecast to reach a projected market size of 446 Million Units by the year 2027 trailing a CAGR of 5.8% over the analysis period 2020 to 2027. Among the other noteworthy geographic markets are Japan and Canada, each forecast to grow at 0.9% and 2.4% respectively over the 2020-2027 period. Within Europe, Germany is forecast to grow at approximately 1.6% CAGR.

Perovskite LEDs shine in metal-organic framework

By stabilizing perovskite nanocrystals in a metal-organic framework (MOF), a research team has  synthesized light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that exploit the performance benefits of the material while avoiding previous roadblocks. Based on earth-abundant materials and fabricated at room temperature, these LEDs could one day enable lower-cost TVs and consumer electronics, better gamma-ray imaging devices, and even self-powered x-ray detectors.

In a novel approach, the research team at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at Los Alamos National Laboratory stabilized the nanocrystals by fabricating them within the matrix of a metal-organic framework, like tennis balls caught in a chain-link fence.

They used lead nodes in the framework as the metal precursor and halide salts as the organic material. The solution of halide salts contains methylammonium bromide, which reacts with lead in the framework to assemble nanocrystals around the lead core trapped in the matrix. The matrix keeps the nanocrystals separated, so they don’t interact and degrade. This method is based on a solution coating approach, far less expensive than the vacuum processing used to create the inorganic LEDs in wide use today.

New study looking at lighting’s effect on health and sleep

The US Energy Department provides $1.6M for Thomas Jefferson and Tulane to examine whether tunable blue during the day can boost wellbeing.

The university will examine lighting’s impact on health and sleep, in a two-part, three-year project in partnership with Tulane University School of Medicine.

There is a connection to energy and energy consumption. The researchers will be comparing sleep-related effects of conventional fluorescent lighting with more energy-efficient LED lighting, which also happens to be tunable.

Participants will live around the clock in Jefferson’s Light Research Lab for a week under fluorescent lights through the day and into the evening until bedtime. The lab has workspaces and beds.

LG Display Showcases Transparent OLED at IAA 2021 in Munich

LG Display, the world's leading innovator of display technologies, showcased its latest state-of-the-art Transparent OLED technology at the International Motor Show (IAA) 2021 in Munich.

LG Display unveiled a total of two 55-inch Transparent OLED displays. One is equipped with IGU (Insulated Glass Unit) technology, a special tempered glass that provides the strength to handle impact and vibration.

The second product is laminated with Gauzy's SPD(Suspended Particle Device) Smart Glass technology, which enables high contrast ratios, thereby making the OLED even more adaptable to bright environments and shifting light conditions.

A Transparent OLED screen can deliver clear visual content to show what is behind the display, increasing its potential for future Head-Up displays while making it a viable replacement for all greenhouse glazing where both information and a view of the outside is desired.

Ann Arbor increases outdoor lighting regulations

 

The Ann Arbor City Council’s latest ordinance aims to minimize the impact of excess lighting, promote energy efficiency and protect the environment from artificial light after sunset, according to Michigan Daily.

The ordinance requires outdoor lighting fixtures to be shielded for private properties.

It also imposes limits on the Color Rendering Index (CRI) and the Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) in non-residential and multi-family units.

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Leading design firms honored for lighting design of PTC’s corporate headquarters

Margulies Perruzzi (MP), one of New England’s most innovative architectural and interior design firms, and Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting (SFIL), one of Boston’s premier architectural lighting design firms, have received a Section Award of Merit from the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) for the Illumination Awards program.

The award recognizes the firms’ lighting design for the 250,000 SF global headquarters for PTC Inc. (PTC), a global provider of technology that transforms how companies design, manufacture, operate, and service things in a smart connected world.

Margulies Perruzzi’s design for PTC’s new headquarters was strongly influenced by the unique, elliptical-shaped glass tower of 121 Seaport. To maximize views of Boston Harbor and downtown Boston, the open office design places conference rooms and meeting spaces around the building core on each floor and arranges bench seating with ergonomic sit-to-stand desks in a radial fashion that aligns with the oval shape.

Lompoc Launches LED Light Bulb Replacement Program

To help Lompoc residents conserve energy and better manage their home energy usage year-round, the Calfornian city has launched an LED light bulb-replacement program.

City of Lompoc utility customers may bring their old light bulbs into Lompoc City Hall, 100 Civic Center Plaza, to participate in the light bulb exchange program.

Residential and commercial customers are limited to 10 and 25 new bulb replacements per utility account, respectively. The replacement program is on a first-come, first-served basis and will be available while supplies lasts.

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Redaptive helps Trinchero Family Estates lower greenhouse gas emissions by 23,000 metric tons of CO2

Trinchero Family Estates, the fourth largest winery in the U.S. with more than 50 brands, and Energy-as-a-Service company Redaptive announced the success of their lighting retrofit program—the first phase of an energy savings partnership between the two companies.

Through Redaptive's Energy-as-a-Service model, Trinchero Family Estates accelerated its LED lighting program without allocating any of its own funds and will pay for the upgrades through the energy cost savings generated. For Trinchero Family Estates, this means more internal capital to fund core business investments and other sustainability efforts

Redaptive upgraded more than 5,000 lighting fixtures to energy-efficient LEDs and lighting controls during the program, resulting in significant energy waste reduction across several winery facilities. The program will result in more than $5 million in gross operating expense savings and a decrease of 32-million kilowatt hours in energy consumption—equivalent to 23-thousand metric tons of CO2 or more than 54-thousand barrels of oil.

Infineon And Panasonic Accelerate GaN Technology Development For 650 V GaN Power Devices

Infineon Technologies have signed an agreement for the joint development and production of the second generation (Gen2) of their gallium nitride (GaN) technology, offering higher efficiency and power density levels.

In accordance with market requirements, Gen2 will be developed as 650 V GaN HEMT. The devices will allow for ease of use and provide an improved price-performance ratio, targeting, amongst others, high- and low-power SMPS applications, renewables, motor drive applications.

Gallium nitride (GaN) offers fundamental advantages over silicon. The outstanding specific dynamic on-state resistance and smaller capacitances compared to silicon MOSFETs qualify GaN HEMTs for high-speed switching. The resulting power savings and total system cost reduction, operation at higher frequencies, improved power density, and overall system efficiency make GaN a very attractive choice for design engineers.

United States LED Market Expected to Grow With a CAGR Of 10.5%

 

According to a recent market study published by Growth Market Reports the US LED market was valued at USD 9.89 billion in 2020 and is estimated to register a substantial CAGR during the forecast period, 2021–2028.

The growth of the market is attributed to the declining prices of LED products, growing demand for energy-efficient lighting systems and stringent regulations by government bodies. LEDs have been experiencing drastic economic and technological development being the foremost source of lighting.

The US is among the major innovators, adopters, and investors in the global LED market. The LED technology has an enormous scope of improvement and innovation. Nowadays, the quality of light is one of the important driving factors among the regional manufacturers, as energy savings are no longer the foremost driver.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) claimed that owing to the rising technological innovation, energy savings from LED lighting is likely to reach 569 terawatt-hours annually by 2035, which is equal to the annual output of more than 92 1,000-megawatt power plants, if DOE Lighting R&D program goals are accomplished.

The Covid-19 pandemic had an unpleasant impact on the US LED. The production has been on halt and reduced adoption of LED lighting from the residential sector in the country. The market suffered significant loss; however, the government's steps and strategies have helped to neutralized the situation. This pandemic has encouraged the key players to implement advance technologies to overcome these challenges and expand the market growth.

Plasma lighting market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5%

The plasma lighting market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5% over the forecast period 2021-2026.

One of the major factors that are driving the market is its capability to provide a huge opportunity to save energy and reduce operating cost compared to metal halide or sodium HID lights. According to LonMark International, plasma lighting can reduce energy use by up to 70%.

Europe accounted for a significant share in the horticulture lighting market and continues to grow with other European countries promoting plant factory and providing subsidies to spur the local demands. With the increased applications of plasma lighting in the horticulture is expected to provide huge potential for the plasma lighting market. According to a report published by the Lighting Research Center in 2018, out of 50% of growers who use supplemental lighting to grow crops, out of those 25% use fluorescent or lighting technology such as plasma lighting.

However, in horticulture, the plasma lighting would face intense competition from the LED lighting. Currently, the adoption of LEDs is increasing owing to the benefits associated with them such as energy efficiency and in terms of maintenance. With further performance and cost validation, plasma lighting could potentially increase the energy efficiency of lighting in horticulture.

The plasma lighting market is moderately competitive but during the forecast period, more vendors are expected to enter this market. Key players are adopting strategies such as investing in research and development, new product launches, to sustain competitors in the market.

Company Wants To Treat Mild Cases Of Covid With LED Lights

 

Durham, North Carolina-based EmitBio developed a handheld device that can deliver light using LEDs, the same technology in your light bulb, except with very precise frequencies instead of the whole visible spectrum.

These frequencies are shined to the back of a patient’s nose and throat to kill virus and provoke an immune response, according to Forbes.

For those who just have mild Covid symptoms, the device could be used at home.

If the prospect of treating a disease with nothing more than light sounds too good to be true to you, Neal Hunter EmitBio’s executive chairman, isn’t surprised. “It’s a lot to swallow,” he says. “And from a big pharma standpoint and government lab standpoint, it’s almost unbelievable.”

Beaufort streetlights to use LEDs

A new program in the City of Beaufort (South Carolina) is lighting the way to helping save money and the environment. All streetlights in the City of Beaufort will be switched to LEDs.

The city will be reducing energy consumption as a community by more than 386,000 kilowatt hours a year. To put that in some perspective, an average household can use between 10,000-12,000 kilowatt hours a year.

That means the city will save the energy of about 38 households in the next year.

Global Vehicular Lighting Market to Reach 2.2 Billion Units by 2027

 

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Vehicular Lighting estimated at 1.7 Billion Units in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of 2.2 Billion Units by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 3.2% over the analysis period 2020-2027.

Automotive Tail Lamps/Brake Lamps, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to record a 3.4% CAGR and reach 385.3 Million Units by the end of the analysis period. After an early analysis of the business implications of the pandemic and its induced economic crisis, growth in the (Automotive) Headlamps segment is readjusted to a revised 3.5% CAGR for the next 7-year period.

The Vehicular Lighting market in the U.S. is estimated at 470.4 Million Units in the year 2020. China, the world`s second largest economy, is forecast to reach a projected market size of 446 Million Units by the year 2027 trailing a CAGR of 5.8% over the analysis period 2020 to 2027. Among the other noteworthy geographic markets are Japan and Canada, each forecast to grow at 0.9% and 2.4% respectively over the 2020-2027 period. Within Europe, Germany is forecast to grow at approximately 1.6% CAGR.

Tiffen Ships Blender XL LED Light

Tiffen has begun shipments of the new Lowel bi-color Blender XL LED lights that put out a tunable narrow flood beam up to four times brighter than a traditional 1x1 panel light.

With a durable metal house and a compact design, the Blender XL is a soft light with punch that’s ready to be dialed to an infinite choice of color temperatures for use in diverse locations, the company said.

The light leverages an array of surface-mount LEDs, including: 12 cool white/daylight and 12 warm white/tungsten, to produce 98 CRI/99 TLCI output. Each LED has its own 45-degree angle optical lens for pleasing light direction.

EMC Named an Exemplary Supporter of the U.S. Department of Energy's Integrated Lighting Campaign

EMC's efforts to showcase live implementations of its advanced lighting controls and integrated lighting solutions at its corporate headquarters were recognized by the 2021 Integrated Lighting Campaign (ILC).

Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the ILC recognizes supporters who encourage the use of advanced lighting controls and integrated lighting solutions to improve building efficiency and performance.

EMC's headquarters currently features eight different controls systems, each operating LED fixtures from multiple lighting manufacturers. These systems showcase a variety of wired and wireless technologies with a broad range of topologies.

To support the vendor-neutral approach the company takes to identify best-in-class solutions for customers, EMC uses open ceilings throughout the facilities to easily test and demonstrate new LED Lighting + Technology systems as they become available or are developed by the company.

In addition, EMC recently added three publicly available electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to its parking lot. This first-hand experience designing, installing and providing post-install management of EV chargers enhances the expertise and support the company provides for customer EV strategies. Integration of multiple technologies into a common, open platform is consistent with what clients are seeking to establish at their facilities.

Filament LED Bulb market expected to grow to US$ 6621. 39 million by 2028

 

The filament LED Bulb market is expected to grow from US$ 1433. 19 million in 2021 to US$ 6621. 39 million by 2028; it is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 24. 4% from 2021 to 2028.
Rising awareness about advantages of filament LED bulbs is attributing to the growth of the market.

Previously, LED light sources such as COB plug patches and integrated high-power LED lamps could only be used as a plane light source in optical devices without lenses, but the LED filament broke through this barrier, and the porous metal substrate single crystal welding technology truly realized 360 degrees of solid light source, avoiding the influence of light plus lens effect and optica.

Instead of using traditional blue and green phosphors to raise the brightness of the process, the blue + red chip package is used to create the conventional lighting effect and improve the light efficiency and brightness through filament LED bulbs.

Additionally, compared to other LED lamps, LED filament lamps primarily use sapphire substrates and wicks instead of nonrenewable aluminium and nonbiodegradable plastic.From the present perspective, mainstream models are often just 25, 28, 32 chip packages, compared to the same number of common packages, the use of LED chip is also less, resulting in a cheaper overall cost than usual LEDs.

Solbasium Unveils First Red Light Therapy Roller

Solbasium unveiled a world-first muscle roller using this innovative technology. The Quantum Roller features 256 powerful LEDs across the body, alongside a three-speed vibration intensity, and has been specifically designed to help enhance physical recovery, decrease muscle pain, and ease tight knots at an unrivaled level.

Red light therapy dates back to the 1990s when NASA created the technology to help promote the growth of plants while on space shuttles. Scientists then used this technology to support astronauts with wound healing while in zero gravity, and since then, it has been proven to provide a wide range of benefits for the human body.

Launched in 2019, Solbasium was created to harness the power of red light therapy, providing customers with an innovative array of products designed to revolutionize their health, fitness and wellness. From its percussion massagers and red light therapy panels to its powerful red light therapy beds, the team at Solbasium has focused on relentless innovation.

The Solbasium Quantum Roller is the result of extensive research and development and can help to reduce inflammation and stimulate recovery anywhere on the body. Manufactured in a state-of-the-art FDA-registered facility, the revolutionary roller features 256 LEDs mounted across the body of the roller. 128 of these are 660nm red light and 128 850nm infrared, giving users complete control over their recovery.

Lumileds Extends its LED Phosphor Conversion Program

 

Lumileds announced its latest phosphor-converted (PC) LED, a PC Red-Orange LED that is part of the LUXEON 2835 Color Line.

Like PC Amber, phosphor conversion of a blue InGaN chip brings many advantages compared to its direct AlInGaP counterpart, most significantly, simpler engineering when mixing colors, equivalent forward voltage to other InGaN LEDs, stabler, higher output at operating temperatures, and common form, fit and optical height.

UXEON 2835 PC-Red-Orange is immediately available from Lumileds distributor network.
 

Retailers employing NICHIA LED technology

 

LED manufacturer NICHIA says LED technologies are increasingly being used in retail to push the shopping experience to the next level.

The most recent project is an EDEKA store in Wiesbaden-Sonnenberg, Germany, which opened its doors in May and is equipped with a lighting solution entirely based on NICHIA technology. 

 In the confectionery department, for example, a solution with adjustable color temperature has proven successful. Thanks to 2-in-1 tunable white LED and COB, it is possible to create good contrast between the merchandise on display and the aisles, as well as to install dynamic lighting in which the color temperature changes throughout the day. Optisolis products are ideal for illuminating goods such as fruit and vegetables. They can be used to produce a light spectrum that comes closest to that of the sun, while at the same time UV emission is essentially non-existent. As a result, it has a positive effect on perishable goods while fruit and vegetables shine in the best possible light.

Research team develops efficient GaN-based Green LEDs

 

A research team led by Shengjun Zhou at Wuhan University has reported developing efficient GaN-based green LEDs on sapphire substrate, according to Semiconductor Today.

They proposed a hybrid nucleation layer consisting of sputtered AlN and mid-temperature GaN components to boost quantum efficiency of GaN-based green LEDs.

An efficiency improvement of ~16 percent was demonstrated in the mass production by using the hybrid nucleation layer. This gain is attributed to the increased localisation depth and spatial overlapping of the electron and hole wave functions.