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| Philips’ lamps make Super Bowl celebration glow with energy efficiency
30 Jan |
| Capable of projecting customizable colors onto the underside of the crown of the Tampa, Florida, stadium, 70 programmable floodlights use just 290 W per fixture.
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| Ann Arbor LED streetlights star in web TV program 30 Jan |
| A video on ElectricTV.net describes the implementation of LED streetlights in Ann Arbor, Michigan. |
| Opinion: Researchers hype GaN on silicon success
30 Jan |
| Stories suggesting Cambridge University researchers have solved all the barriers to low-cost LED lighting are overblown, we believe. |
| Rohm to enter LED lighting market 29 Jan |
| Rohm Semiconductor will introduce LED lamps to replace incandescent or fluorescent products. |
| LG strikes LED chip deal with Cree 29 Jan |
| Cree will supply LED chips to LG Display for use in LCD panel backlights and will offer technological support for LED packaging to the Korean company. |
| Bridgelux introduces LED arrays for solid-state lighting 28 Jan |
| Multi-chip arrays from Bridgelux are likely to be priced at around $0.02 per lumen in warm white and $0.01 per lumen in cool white. |
| Seoul Acriche lights National Museum of South Korea 28 Jan |
| Interior lightings fixtures have been installed in the cultural center of the museum. |
| Opto Tech extends cooperation with Nichia 27 Jan |
| Opto Tech will manufacture more LED chips under license from Nichia, and will also sell more Nichia-branded chips to packagers. |
| Letter to the Editor: White LEDs fail to match hype 26 Jan |
| A lighting designer and specifier explains why he has stopped using white LEDs. |
| Boosted by LCD-TV sales, LED revenues to expand 2.9% in 2009, says report 22 Jan |
| In contrast to the shrinking revenues of other electronic component markets in 2009, the LED area will grow, says iSuppli. |
| Cree reports quarterly LED revenue of $127 million 21 Jan |
| Growth in demand for LEDs for lighting will offset lower demand in consumer, mobile and automotive applications. |
| Letter to the Editor: Lifetime limitations of LED products #2 20 Jan |
| The performance and reliability of an LED system are only as good as the integrity of its parts and how they work together, writes Kevin Dowling. |
| DOE releases Energy Star draft criteria on integral LED lamps 20 Jan |
| The DOE is soliciting comments on its proposed criteria by February 27, 2009.
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| DOE publishes Caliper report on LED linear replacement lamps 19 Jan |
| Results: LED technology is not yet ready to displace linear fluorescent lamps as replacement light sources in recessed troffers for general interior lighting.
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| Philips makes value adjustment to Lumileds 19 Jan |
| Due to short-term market demand and uncertain outlook, Philips is reducing the book value of its Lumileds subsidiary. |
| Letter to the Editor: Lifetime limitations of LED products 19 Jan |
| Claims made by LED lighting companies regarding the life of their products are not always matched by the warranty from the factory. |
| Novaled AG secures EUR8.5 million equity financing 16 Jan |
| The company closed an internal round of financing to build on its position as a leading OLED developer. |
| Northwest UK focus on ultra-efficient lighting in the public sector 16 Jan |
| A meeting in December informed UK companies of ways to participate in public-sector interest in LED-based lighting. |
| Letter to the Editor: LEDs, CFLs and the EU bulb ban 15 Jan |
| In the light of the EU decision to phase-out incandescent lamps, the LED industry should be proactive and make people aware of the problems with CFLs. |
| PLDA comments on the European incandescent lamp ban 14 Jan |
| The Professional Lighting Designer’s Association argues that the decision to ban incandescent lamps in Europe has not been well thought out. |
| UC Davis' lighting center develops "smart" LED parking lot lights 14 Jan |
| The California Lighting Technology Center and industry partners have developed an energy-efficient LED parking lot light with a motion sensor triggering increased brightness. |
| Researchers use streamlined polarization to boost performance of LEDs 14 Jan |
| RPI researchers have developed a polarization-matched LED that exhibits an 18% increase in light output and a 22% increase in wall-plug efficiency.
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| New retrofit bulbs can be dimmed to create animated displays 13 Jan |
| These replacement bulbs can be used with traditional LED stringers and for many secondary lighting applications.
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| Chinese lighting show adding a second LED exhibit hall in 2009
13 Jan |
| To complement the growing interest in the China LED market, the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition is expanding its LED component this year. |
| BluGlass, Itochu Plastics Inc. sign distribution agreement for Japan 12 Jan |
| Itochu Plastics has won the sole rights to market BluGlass’s GaN-based LED manufacturing technology in Japan. |
| Luminus LEDs power two new home theater projectors 09 Jan |
| While the PT-120 PhlatLight LED chipsets have been inserted into Chi Lin and Delta Electronics products, Luminus has launched the PT-121 line for next-generation data projectors.
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| Cree provides the US Pentagon with 4200 LED luminaires 08 Jan |
| Government studies conclude that the LED lighting installation will have a payback of <4 years and is estimated to save 140 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year. |
| A more-energy efficient New Year’s Eve ball rises again - for good 07 Jan |
| Philips’ Luxeon LEDs help the newly-enlarged Times Square Ball save up to 20% more energy than last year’s ball.
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| News round-up: Ushio, Audi R8, thin LCDs, Epistar 07 Jan |
| Ushio Lighting has started sample shipment of a light bulb that uses LEDs as its "filaments", and JVC and Samsung introduce real thin LCD TVs at CES 2009. |
| Strain-adjusted LED produces phosphor-free white light 06 Jan |
| A strain-adjusted (non-phosphor) LED could become standard if it could be made as efficient as an ordinary white LED, say Chinese researchers. |
| RPI researchers describe LEDs as a catalyst for unexpected technological advances 05 Jan |
| LEDs have the potential to revolutionize how we use light by enabling controllable, tunable, intelligent, and communicative lighting sources, a recent paper states. |
| Hubbell adds Varon Lighting Group to lighting business 02 Jan |
| Varon Lighting specializes in energy-efficient lighting fixtures and controls for retrofits. |
| European Member States approve the phasing-out of incandescent bulbs by 2012 01 Jan |
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