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| Gateway's LED-based SSL installation lights up Washington, DC parking garage 30 Jun |
| The US Department of Labor has installed LED-based solid-state lighting in a parking garage, and expects 75% energy savings and better light.
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| GE Lighting and Rambus sign LED technology license agreement 29 Jun |
| GE Lighting has licensed a technology portfolio originally developed to improve LED backlighting. |
| DOE announces funding opportunity for SSL manufacturing 28 Jun |
| Projects are sought that will achieve significant cost reductions in LED manufacturing, to make LED-based lighting more cost-competitive. |
| Oxley to provide LED navigation lights for aircraft carriers 28 Jun |
| Northrop Grumman Corp. has chosen Oxley Developments to design and create LED navigation and signal lights for two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy. |
| ASSIST evaluates outdoor lighting impact on human circadian system 27 Jun |
| Research reveals that outdoor lighting has little if any impact on human biological cycles in the face of worries of some advocacy groups about bluish short-wavelength light. |
| FTC lamp labels will emphasize lumens, not watts 25 Jun |
| A lamp-labeling scheme to be introduced next year by the US Federal Trade Commission will focus on lumen output to allow consumers to make valid comparisons with other lamps. |
| University of Duisburg-Essen orders Aixtron reactor for nanowire research 24 Jun |
| NaSoL research project will use the MOCVD system to develop a new generation of nanowires for solar cells and LEDs |
| Gateway report details T.J. Maxx LED parking-lot lighting 23 Jun |
| Phase 1 of a DOE Gateway demonstration project achieves 58% energy savings based on LED-based solid-state lighting (SSL) with integrated controls in a parking-lot application. |
| TMG suppliers increase capacity to serve LED market 22 Jun |
| As LED demand continues to grow, materials suppliers are keeping pace by adding more capacity for vital chemicals such as Trimethyl Gallium. |
| Semicon West tradeshow to host LED & Solid-State Lighting segment 22 Jun |
| The Semicon West tradeshow, taking place in San Francisco on July 13-15, will feature a series of presentations that highlight the latest LED and Solid-State Lighting market trends. |
| Outdoor Lighting: Seattle to add LED street lights on arterial roadways 22 Jun |
| In Outdoor Lighting news this week, Seattle plans more LED street light retrofits, Vishay announces LED panels for street lights, and Dialight helps its LED solid-state lighting (SSL) customers recycle legacy lamps and fixtures. |
| Everlight collaborates with TPV and Epistar on LED packages and light bars 18 Jun |
| An LED packages and light bars joint venture will combine the expertise of Everlight, TPV, and Epistar and target the TV and computer-display LED backlight market. |
| ASSIST alliance develops new metric for color properties in retail lighting 17 Jun |
| RPI's Lighting Research Center publishes a new volume in the ASSIST Recommends Series that defines a two-metric approach for specifying light sources to illuminate, and provide good color rendering of retail goods. |
| Ikea will lead US retailers in phasing out incandescent lighting 16 Jun |
| Beginning August 1, 2010, Ikea will begin a transition away from incandescent lighting to CFL, LED, and Halogen bulbs and plans to stop selling the older bulbs by the end of the year. |
| David Morgan Associates designs luminaires for RIBA-award-winning projects 16 Jun |
| An international luminaire design company has lit up two RIBA-award-winning buildings in London. |
| Letter to the Editor: Lighting Science press release 16 Jun |
| The DOE’s James Brodrick comments on a recent press release about an LED lamp claimed to be equivalent to a 60W incandescent. |
| LEDs play key role in green efforts surrounding the World Cup 15 Jun |
| South Africa has launched a green program to mitigate the carbon impact of the FIFA World Cup and LED players such as Lemnis and OSRAM are participating in the environmental effort. |
| Luminus finds success in outdoor area-lighting applications 15 Jun |
| The PhlatLight family is being used by Guth, ABS Lighting, and Almeco Group in street, parking-lot, walkway, parking-garage and other area lighting applications. |
| DOE releases Gateway report on Palo Alto roadway lighting 15 Jun |
| The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released findings from a recent roadway lighting project, which pitted LED, HPS and induction luminaries against one another. |
| LEDs Magazine Japan to launch in September 15 Jun |
| A Japanese-language version of LEDs Magazine will be launched in September 2010. |
