SEMI International Standards Program Forms High-Brightness LED Standards Committee
SEMI announced today the formation of a high-brightness light-emitting diode (HB-LED) Standards Committee. The SEMI International Standards Committee approved the petition for the HB-LED Standards Committee on November 4, 2010. The Committee met for the first time on November 11 and initiated standards Task Forces on wafers, carriers, assembly and automation. The Committee and Task Forces are comprised of industry leaders in HB-LED devices, sapphire wafers, MOCVD wafer processing, and key equipment and materials suppliers to the LED industry. Read more »
EMerge Alliance Introduces First Registered Products for DC Power Distribution in Commercial Buildings
The EMerge Alliance – an open industry association leading the rapid adoption of safe direct-current (DC) power distribution standards for commercial buildings – today announced the first set of 26 EMerge Alliance Registered products at the U.S. Green Building Council’s annual International Conference and Expo. Read more »
Consumerizing Solid State Lighting
LED (Light-emitting diodes) lamps are a fast emerging technology which is considered as the true alternative to the Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL). Many commercial products are now available for professional application; however there is rarely any LED retrofit product which meets all the expectations of consumers in terms of price, light output and other functionalities at the same time. Read more »
EMerge Alliance Advances DC Power Distribution Platform
The EMerge Alliance – an open industry association leading the rapid adoption of safe direct-current (DC) power distribution standards for commercial buildings – today announced it has formed a new technical standard committee for data and telecommunications centers and added 11 new members as part of the group’s planned expansion to address building-wide opportunities for reduced power consumption. Read more »
Global Lighting Industry Announces Major Leadership Role in LED Lighting
In order to accelerate the uptake of LED lighting the world’s lighting industry announced today an initiative to co-ordinate and promote the technology at a global level. At its 4th Meeting in Shenzhen, China, the Global Lighting Forum (GLF) held the inaugural meeting of its LED Working Group. Read more »
DOE Continues Aggressive Energy Efficiency Enforcement Effort with Nearly 30 New Proposed Penalties
As part of an ongoing commitment to rigorously enforce appliance efficiency requirements, the Department of Energy today announced 27 new proposed penalties against companies selling products in the United States without certifying that they comply with energy efficiency or water conservation standards. The legally required certifications help ensure that products sold in the U.S. deliver significant energy and cost savings to the American public. The 27 companies include well known manufacturers, importers, and private labelers of appliance, plumbing, and lighting products. Read more »
FTC Sues Over Company’s False Claims for its Light Emitting Diode (LED) Bulbs
Agency charges Lights of America with misrepresenting the light output and life expectancy of its Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs. One LED bulb promoted as producing 90 lumens allegedly tested at 43 lumens, less than half the company claimed.
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2050 Pathways Analysis - UK
Climate change affects the entire planet, and is by definition a global issue. The UK is taking world-leading action at home to address the problem, but ultimately we need global solutions. Energy is a global issue too. The UK imports an increasing amount of its energy, and, the supplies are to remain secure and priced competitively. Read more »
LED Reliability and Current Standards for Measurement
DOE SSL Workshop - July 2010. Presentation by Eric Richman - Pacific Northwest National Laboratories. Read more »
China Expo Lighting 2010
China Expo uses advanced LED technology to light up the night and save up to 70% of the energy used by traditional lighting. A look at how it was done. Read more »
Zhaga Consortium to Drive Standardization of LED Light Engine Interfaces
An international group of companies from the lighting industry – including Acuity Brands Lighting, Cooper Lighting, OSRAM, Panasonic, Philips, Schréder, Toshiba, TRILUX and Zumtobel Group – is to initiate the formation of Zhaga, an industry-wide cooperation aimed at the development of standard specifications for the interfaces of LED light engines.
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News from Interlight Moscow 2009
Mitch Sayers (CREE) announced new lighting class multi-chip X-Lamp MPL-EZW for bin reduction for Q1/2010. Kurt Seelig (Alanod) showed reflector solutions based on miro-silver material with 90% over-all efficiency. Mike Hanney (Polymer Optics) showed advanced solutions for mixing optics with lens-reflector combination. Arno @ LED professional - Moscow. Read more »
