by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 4, 2014 | Drivers Electronics, Features, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Networks & Controls, Outdoor Lighting, Research & Development, Retail & Hospitality, Services & Testing, SSL Design, Standards, Thermal
Ella Shum and Manami Konishi report on plans for the October Yokohama conference that will focus on the SSL industry looking beyond lumens per watt as LED technology matures. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jun 5, 2014 | Automotive & Vehicles, Backlight, Signs, & Displays, Color Tuning, Design Automation, Entertainment, Facade & Entertainment, Features, Industrial & Life Sciences, Interconnect, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Light Engines, Manufacturing Equipment, Materials, Modular light engines, Optics, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Research & Development, SSL Design, Substrates & Wafers, Thermal
LED lamp manufacturing costs remain high, but Barbara Stumpp discusses how Molded Interconnect Device technology can deliver the 3D look and performance of a legacy bulb combined with low development and manufacturing costs. The original version of this article can be...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jun 5, 2014 | Agriculture & Aquaculture, Color Tuning, Facade & Entertainment, Features, Industrial & Life Sciences, Interconnect, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Light Engines, Materials, Optics, Research & Development, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, SSL Design, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
The energy-efficient, narrow-band emission of LED sources makes the lighting technology valuable in life science applications. Ken Marrin examines how solid-state lighting is being deployed in poultry-rearing applications to both reduce electrical expenses and boost...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jun 5, 2014 | Accent fixtures, Area and Security, Awards and Events, Business and Industry, Ceiling troffers, Commercial and office, Controls and Power, Downlights, Drivers Electronics, Features, High-bay, High-mast, Hospitality, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, Industrial, Industry News, Interconnect, Landscape, LED, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Light Sources, Lighting Projects, Linear lighting, Manufacturing Equipment, Materials, Modular light engines, Networks, Networks & Controls, OLEDs, Optics, Outdoor Lighting, Packaged LEDS, Parking, Planar lighting, R&D, Residential, Retail & Hospitality, Retail and museum, Retrofit lamps, Smart Cities, SSL Design, Street, Substrates & Wafers, Thermal, Track lighting, Tunable lighting, Utility and municipal, White-Point Tuning
The massive Light+Building fair revealed a seemingly unlimited variation in lighting product designs, but Maury Wright reports that the common themes that ran through the exhibits centered on efficient SSL sources, more innovative lighting including tunable features,...
by Commercial LED Lighting | May 20, 2014 | Automotive & Vehicles, Industrial & Life Sciences, Industry News, Interconnect, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Light Engines, Materials, Networks & Controls, OLEDs, Optics, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Research & Development, SSL Design, Thermal
The US Department of Energy has made four new funding awards within the Small Business Innovation Research for SSL-centric research, while the agency also updated the Multi-Year Program Plan, and issued a fact sheet on LED lighting and health. The original version of...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Apr 22, 2014 | Assembly & Contract Manufacturing, Services & Testing, SSL Design, Standards, Test Equipment, Test Labs, Thermal
Jianzhong Jiao explains that the IES is publishing addendums to both the LM-80 standard for testing LEDs and documenting lumen maintenance, and to the TM-21 standard for projecting LED and SSL system life, improving and harmonizing the documents. The original version...
