by Commercial LED Lighting | Jan 24, 2017 | Industry News, LEDs & SSL Design, Manufacturing Equipment, Manufacturing Services & Testing, OLEDs, Packaged LEDS, Research & Development, Standards, Substrates & Wafers
The US Department of Energy has again awarded SSL-industry grants to small businesses focused on improving performance or streamlining manufacturing in the LED and OLED sectors. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jan 17, 2017 | Architectural Lighting, Industry News, Manufacturing Services & Testing, Research & Development, Standards, Test Equipment, Test Labs
Intended as a technical study and proficiency test for laboratories, the 2017 Interlaboratory Comparison will document the equivalence of different types of goniophotometers and variations in laboratory procedures and capabilities. The original version of this article...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jan 16, 2017 | Architectural Lighting, Indoor Lighting, Industry News, Manufacturing Services & Testing, Research & Development, Standards
Despite a formidable challenge of low-cost, efficient fluorescent fixtures and tubes, LED-based troffers have of late begun to penetrate the commercial office and industrial market. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Nov 21, 2016 | Features, Manufacturing Services & Testing, Research & Development, Standards
Mark Rea and Jean Paul Freyssinier explain why lighting regulatory policies that combine efficacy and color rendering elements are fundamentally misguided, and how the industry could simply ensure that customers get both energy-efficient and quality light. The...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Nov 3, 2016 | Indoor Networks & Controls, Industry News, Manufacturing Services & Testing, Research & Development, Smart Lighting IoT, Standards
Standby power usage in many installed wireless smart LED lamps can exceed in aggregate the energy used by the lamps when powered on if the usage pattern is one to two hours per day. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 20, 2016 | Architectural Lighting, Indoor Lighting, Industry News, Manufacturing Services & Testing, Outdoor Lighting, Research & Development
The US Department of Energy has issued a biennial research update on the impact of LED-based lighting in general illumination applications and said SSL technology will be responsible for a 75% reduction in 2035. The original version of this article can be found...