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| LED Halloween special 30 Oct |
| Staff in eldoLED's San Jose office demonstrate what can be done with their LINEARdrive product, some LEDs, and a few pumpkins. |
| Strategies in Light announces 2010 conference program 30 Oct |
| An expanded lighting track and a new solid-state lighting investor forum will be among the highlights of the 2010 Strategies in Light LED & Lighting Conference & Expo. |
| Letter to the Editor: US certification of LEDs 28 Oct |
| The Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory program dictates which labs are allowed to carry out product safety testing of LED lighting in the USA.
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| LIF seminar looks at realistic LED performance 27 Oct |
| The Lighting Industry Federation is presenting a seminar in London, UK to discuss realistic performance capabilities of LED technology. |
| News in brief: Tyntek, Ubilux, Hong Hai, LED lamp in Japan 26 Oct |
| Tyntek’s acquisition of Ubilux will create Taiwan’s third largest LED chip maker, while LED lamps are flying off the shelves in Japan. |
| Eiffel Tower celebrates 120 years with LED lights 23 Oct |
| A lighting display to mark the 120th anniversary of the Eiffel Tower uses 400 RGB LED spotlights from Iluminarc on one of its four facades. |
| Cree reports record quarterly revenue for LEDs 23 Oct |
| Revenue for LED products increased to more than $156 million for the most recent quarter. |
| Acuity joins Philips LED luminaires licensing program 22 Oct |
| Another major lighting company, Acuity Brands Inc, has signed up for Philips licensing program for LED-based luminaires. |
| Philips Lumileds publishes LM-80 lumen maintenance report 21 Oct |
| Lumileds is encouraging other LED makers to follow its lead and publish LM-80 test reports online. |
| Transparent low-profile OLEDs demonstrated in research project 20 Oct |
| Osram Opto Semiconductors' latest OLED demonstrators incorporate new developments in electrode design, a special component architecture and a new approach to thin-film technology. |
| DOE comments on Energy Star takeover by EPA 19 Oct |
| DOE is still not sure what will happen to the Energy Star for SSL program under EPA control, although the criteria adoption process for outdoor lighting and replacement lamps will continue. |
| First US commercial LED-lit building opens in Auburn, WA 16 Oct |
| The Marvel Food and Deli has utilized LEDs for both interior and exterior lighting, with positive feedback from the public and only 9 kW of power consumption.
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| Michigan Solid-State Lighting Association formed 15 Oct |
| A new Association of corporations, universities and state agencies are seeking to make the US state of Michigan a global leader in solid-state lighting manufacturing and R&D. |
| GE Lighting LEDs illuminate Grand Designs house 14 Oct |
| A total of 98 LED luminaires were installed in the Marlborough Farmhouse, which featured on the Grand Designs TV program. |
| Osram Sylvania LED lamp appears with rogue Lighting Facts label 13 Oct |
| Another LED lamp maker appears to have circumvented the correct procedure for obtaining a Lighting Facts label from the DOE. |
| Crown pub moves to all-LED lighting as part of Blue Sky overhaul 13 Oct |
| A pub in the UK has reduced its energy consumption by 30% following an overhaul by Blue Sky Energy Solutions, which involved a switch to LED lighting inside and out. |
| Epistar and Lynk Labs sign equity investment & licensing agreement 12 Oct |
| Epistar, Taiwan’s largest LED chip maker, and Lynk Labs, the industry’s leading AC LED technology company, have entered into a strategic equity investment and licensing agreement to grow the AC LED market. |
| Zumtobel and Fraunhofer form Ledon OLEDs 09 Oct |
| The Zumtobel Group is teaming up with Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft to establish a joint venture for the development and production of OLED light modules. |
| Business Briefs: Cree, Micron, NCS Power, Indiana 09 Oct |
| Cree plans to add 275 manufacturing jobs in North Carolina this year, and Micron, NCS Power and Indianapolis will all benefit from stimulus funding. |
| Russia to ban incandescent lamps from 2014 09 Oct |
| Russia plans to mirror the steps being taken by the European Union to phase-out inefficient lamps over time. |
| Dark-Sky says boo to blue light 08 Oct |
| The International Dark-Sky Association has put the red light on blue light, writes Brian Owen. |
| Lemnis Lighting introduces dimmable 6W LED lamp 07 Oct |
| Newly introduced in the US, the 3000K Pharox60 has a color rendering index of 86 but produces only 336 lm. |
| IQE to acquire UK developer of GaN wafer technology 05 Oct |
| The acquisition of NanoGaN will enable IQE to accelerate commercialisation of advanced blue/green lasers and solid-state lighting products. |
| Cree announces commercial availability of XLamp XP-G LED 02 Oct |
| The latest small-footprint, cool-white LED from Cree has an output of up to 367 lm when driven at 1A, and an efficacy of up to 132 lm/W at 350 mA. |
| Field test results published for PV LED outdoor lighting system 02 Oct |
| An evaluation program run by the Lighting Research Center showed positive results and good acceptance for PV-powered LED-based outdoor luminaires. |
| LED Japan/Strategies in Light attracts more than 5,300 attendees 02 Oct |
| Attendance almost doubled at the second HB-LED conference and expo in Japan. |
| PG&E rates LED street lighting 01 Oct |
| Pacific Gas & Electric removes a major roadblock for roadway lighting in their new rate schedule, by recognizing the financial benefits of LED technology. |
| EPA and DOE sign partnership covering Energy Star and SSL 01 Oct |
| A joint statement positions EPA as the lead agency for Energy Star, and calls for an integrated approach to the Energy Star residential lighting program. |
