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| DOE questions recent NLPIP LED street light report (updated) 29 Oct |
| Both the US DOE and luminaire makers believe that the recent NLPIP Specifier Report was fundamentally flawed in questioning the suitability of LED street lights for collector roadways. |
| GE prototype LED lamp matches 100W PAR38 output 26 Oct |
| Researchers leverage advanced active cooling scheme to demonstrate an LED lamp that matches the 1500-lm output of 100W halogen PAR38 bulbs. |
| LED market in Russia expands with investment and state support 26 Oct |
| The LED lighting industry in Russia is becoming more mature as the country seeks to develop a vertically-integrated manufacturing infrastructure. |
| Lack of action on LM-79 allows companies to exploit loophole 26 Oct |
| Despite minor changes to labelling requirements for LED-based MR16 lamps, consumers will still be confused, write Tim Whitaker and Brian Owen. |
| Outdoor Lighting: New Jersey utility nixes energy-saving LEDs 25 Oct |
| Jersey Central Power & Light blocks LED street light installation in Jackson against the wishes of town officials trying to spend grant money on SSL. |
| Boston lights up with Designers Lighting Forum 25 Oct |
| The Boston Lights event later this week will prove to be a big draw for the lighting-design community. |
| DOE unveils Caliper round 11 results, approved SSL testing labs 25 Oct |
| The US DOE has released summary results from Round 11 of its CALiPER testing program, and has also published a list of ten testing labs added to the NVLAP directory of accredited laboratories for SSL testing. |
| LED device could advance photodynamic therapy for skin cancer 22 Oct |
| Scientists at UC Irvine are exploring new ways to image cancerous lesions using LEDs that might enhance photodynamic therapy (PDT) treatments for cancer. |
| Flexible LED arrays target biomedical applications 22 Oct |
| University of Illinois research yields flexible arrays of LEDs that could be used as medical implants, but that might find other more near-term practical applications. |
| Cree LED revenue grows more slowly than expected 21 Oct |
| Cree’s LED revenue grew slightly, but not enough to meet analysts’ targets, mainly due to a decline in LED chip sales in the backlighting market. |
| First OLED pilot manufacturing site in US to be established 18 Oct |
| The Department of Energy has announced the first pilot manufacturing facility for OLEDs, based in Canandaigua, New York. |
| EU project to accelerate uptake of quality, affordable solid-state lighting 15 Oct |
| The three-year Consumerizing Solid-State Lighting (CSSL) project covers the entire lighting-supply chain and plans to help keep Europe at the forefront of LED lamp development and market introduction. |
| Global Lighting Forum launches LED Working Group 14 Oct |
| A global group of organizations representing over 5000 lighting manufacturers is aiming for a coordinated approach to promote LED lighting. |
| Taiwan’s LED industry set to grow by 18% next year, says PIDA 13 Oct |
| The Taiwanese government has ambitious plans to make the country the leading producer of LED lighting modules and light sources. |
| Bridgelux introduces five-year warranty on LED arrays and modules 13 Oct |
| A five-year warranty on LED arrays and modules will help Bridgelux’s lighting customers bring their LED luminaires and lamps to market. |
| LED Industry News: Citizen, Space Cannon, Kyma, Barefoot Power 13 Oct |
| Citizen Electronics has signed a licensing agreement with Once Innovations, Zumtobel-owned Space Cannon has filed for liquidation, Kyma has acquired IP right from The Fox Group, and Barefoot Power has won an international clean-energy award. |
| Lighting Facts responds quickly to LED-based MR16 test issues 13 Oct |
| Going forward, Lighting Facts labels for MR16 and MR11 lamps will state whether they have been tested at either AC or DC. |
| LEDs dominate presentations at annual Street and Area Lighting Conference 12 Oct |
| The recent IES Street and Area Lighting Conference included a variety of outdoor-lighting focused presentations, but the transition to energy-saving LED-based SSL proved the predominant theme. |
| Outdoor Lighting: China leads in LED street light deployment 12 Oct |
| China is home to four of the top five LED street lighting installations in the world, and Dongguan Songshan Lake just installed 144 luminaires. |
| San Francisco requests proposals for LED luminaires and control system 12 Oct |
| San Francisco has issued a Request for Proposals to replace approximately 18,500 cobra-head HPS street-light luminaires with LED luminaires that will be linked with an integrated wireless communication monitoring and control system. |
| Synopsys acquires Optical Research Associates 08 Oct |
| Synopsys Inc. has acquired Optical Research Associates, in an effort to break into the solid-state lighting market. |
| Epistar red LED chips set efficacy record in the lab 08 Oct |
| LED chip maker Epistar claims to have achieved a record efficacy of 168 lm/W for red-emitting AlGaInP LED chips. |
| AC-DC rocks the boat for LM-79 and LED replacement lamps 08 Oct |
| The LM-79 testing protocol allows MR16 LED lamps to be tested with either an AC or DC supply, but there can be a large performance difference between the two. Tim Whitaker and Brian Owen report. |
| NLPIP Specifier Report questions LEDs in street-lighting applications (updated) 07 Oct |
| RPI’s Lighting Research Center reports that LED-based street lights can’t meet RP-8-00 requirements at the pole spacing that HPS street lights achieve, and therefore the SSL alternative isn’t viable from a cost perspective. |
| Chili’s restaurant chain installs 125,000 LED lamps 06 Oct |
| In what is claimed to be the largest US roll-out of LED lamp technology to date, Chili’s is installing LED lamps in 827 restaurants. |
| The Climate Group requests proposals for outdoor LED lighting trial in London (UPDATE) 04 Oct |
| The Climate Group invites suppliers to submit a Notice of Intent to Submit Proposal by November 1, for a new LED lighting trial in London. |
| EPA releases Energy Star Luminaires specification second draft 04 Oct |
| After numerous comments from industry stakeholders, EPA has unveiled the second draft of its Luminaires specification for LED-based solid-state lighting. |
| LED market to reach $9.1 billion in 2010, reports SIL Europe 04 Oct |
| At the Strategies in Light Europe conference last week, a high-quality set of presentations included a new forecast from Strategies Unlimited on the LED market. |
| BrightSpots LED Forum focuses on LED manufacturing, cost and performance 04 Oct |
| A panel of industry experts will investigate LED design and manufacturing issues during a two-week online panel discussion beginning October 4th. |
| Carmanah acquires LED driver company Lightech 01 Oct |
| The acquisition of Israel-based LED driver manufacturer Lightech Electronic Industries Ltd. will allow Carmanah to offer driver components and systems to key lighting customers. |
