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Ultrathin LEDs Creating New Class of Lighting and Display Systems

A new process for creating ultrathin, ultrasmall inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and assembling them into large arrays offers new classes of lighting and display systems with interesting properties, such as see-through construction and mechanical flexibility, that would be impossible to achieve with existing technologies.

20 Aug 2009

DOE Grants Finelite Two Luminaire Categories

The DOE Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Quality Advocates program recently granted Finelite, Inc. the Lighting Facts Label for its LED task lighting, PLS (Personal Lighting System).

20 Aug 2009

Improved Chip and Package Technology Makes It Easier to Address ENERGY STAR Applications

Philips Lumileds continues to advance its core LED technology and recent breakthroughs implemented in the latest LUXEON Rebel LEDs for illumination applications improve efficacy and light output performance at luminaire operating temperatures.

20 Aug 2009

Life+Gear Introduces New Line of LED Glow Handled Flashlights

Life+Gear, the developer and manufacturer of life saving emergency preparedness products, presents its new line of LED glow handled flashlights as an environmentally friendly alternative to the often toxic, one-time use chemical glow sticks so prevalent at special events.

19 Aug 2009

Opportunity Analysis for OLED Lighting

NanoMarkets, the leading provider of industry analysis and market and technology research services for companies competing for or interested in thin film, organic and printable electronics related markets, today announced a new report that continues the firm's coverage of OLED lighting.

14 Aug 2009

Celsia Technologies Chosen by United Innovation to Cool LED Spotlights

Celsia Technologies (OTC: CLST) has been chosen by Taiwanese based United Innovation to cool the company's 9-, 11-, and 13-watt LED spotlights. Each of these spotlights include a combination of United's unique multi-chip LED package along with Celsia's patented NanoSpreader vapor chamber.

14 Aug 2009

How to Reduce Costs with Existing Lighting Systems

For existing internal lighting systems with conventional control gears there are now two more energy-efficient alternatives. New OSRAM T8 Lumilux ES fluorescent lamps and compact Dulux D ES fluorescent lamps enable energy costs to be reduced by up to 10 percent compared with the corresponding conventional lamps.

9 Aug 2009

OSRAM Expands its Range of Powerball HCI Halogen Metal Halide Lamps

With its Powerball HCI 100W lamps Munich lighting manufacturer OSRAM now provides 100W systems for halogen metal halide lamps with ceramic burners for the first time. It means the company is meeting the demands of OEMs and lighting designers for a Powerball lamp solution between 75W and 150W. Now 100W luminaires can be equipped with tried and trusted Powerball technology for various applications.

9 Aug 2009

U.S. Energy Secretary Delivers $377 million in funding for 46 New EFRCs

In a major effort to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build a new 21st-century energy economy, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the delivery of $377 million in funding for 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) located at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation.

6 Aug 2009

New Lighting to Utilize Energy Focus' Proprietary Solid State Optical Delivery Technology

Energy Focus, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFOI), a global leader in energy-efficient lighting technologies, announced today that it has been selected to receive a $1.4 million contract by the Naval Research Warfare Center to develop and produce solid state lighting fixtures for use specifically on Virginia Class attack submarines.

30 Jul 2009