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MetroSpec Technology | FlexRad | FacetCore | SSL | Jun 15, 2023
MetroSpec Technology® announces Powerful New FlexRad® FacetCore™ Configuration
MetroSpec Technology® announces Powerful New FlexRad® FacetCore™ Configuration MetroSpec Technology®, the leading American manufacturer of custom LED light sources, announces a powerful range of configurations for its unique FlexRad® FacetCore™ technology. MetroSpec can provide preformed FacetCore assemblies with as many sides as needed to be used to make globes, pendants, sconces, and a wide variety of fixed and hanging fixtures. Read more »
Smart Lighting | Indoor Location | AI | Jun 15, 2023
Actility, Abeeway, and Combain Unite for AI-Powered Indoor Location Solutions Revolution
Actility, Abeeway, and Combain Unite for AI-Powered Indoor Location Solutions Revolution Combain, Actility and Abeeway, are thrilled to announce their strategic collaboration, marking a new era of AI-powered indoor location solutions. This groundbreaking partnership brings together the expertise of three industry leaders in IoT connectivity, geolocation services, and advanced positioning technology to revolutionize indoor navigation. Read more »
University of Cambridge | Smart Textiles | Trends | Jun 14, 2023
Researchers Have Developed Next-generation Smart Textiles – Incorporating LEDs, Sensors, Energy Harvesting, and Storage
Researchers Have Developed Next-generation Smart Textiles – Incorporating LEDs, Sensors, Energy Harvesting, and Storage The international team, led by the University of Cambridge, have previously demonstrated that woven displays can be made at large sizes, but these earlier examples were made using specialised manual laboratory equipment. Other smart textiles can be manufactured in specialised microelectronic fabrication facilities, but these are highly expensive and produce large volumes of waste. Read more »
LIA | Lamps | Relabelling | Business | Jun 07, 2023
LIA Offers Guidance on Lamp Energy and Extends Relabelling Enforcement Deadline
LIA Offers Guidance on Lamp Energy and Extends Relabelling Enforcement Deadline A change in regulation to the energy labelling of lamps will come into force on 1st October 2023, enforcing that any lamps with the current energy labelling must be sold before this date. The Lighting Industry Association (LIA) are offering guidance for the industry on how to prepare for the deadline and ensure that products are sold before that date. Read more »
Ennostar | Appointments | Shuang-Lang (Paul) Peng | Jun 01, 2023
Ennostar Announces High-Level Appointment – Mr. Shuang-Lang (Paul) Peng
Ennostar Announces High-Level Appointment – Mr. Shuang-Lang (Paul) Peng Yesterday (May 31), Ennostar Inc. announced a high-level personnel change; the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Shuang-Lang (Paul) Peng as Chairman and President of Ennostar while Dr. BJ Lee is going to retire at the same time. The new personnel change took effect immediately. Read more »
SimplyLEDs | Mesh Network | Smart Lighting | May 30, 2023
Autonomous Mesh Network System For Lighting
Autonomous Mesh Network System For Lighting SimplyLEDs, a U.S. manufacturer of premier LED luminaires in Boise, ID, since 2010, releases SensaBLE 2.0, a next gen mesh network control system for lighting that virtually eliminates downtime and crushes kWh savings goals. Read more »
Zumtobel | Science Based Targets Initiative | Business | May 30, 2023
Zumtobel Group Commits to the Science Based Targets Initiative
Zumtobel Group Commits to the Science Based Targets Initiative The Zumtobel Group is committed to the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and has, for this purpose, joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Together with over 4,000 participating companies worldwide, this initiative aims to contribute to limiting global warming to 1.5°C on the basis of science-based, individual targets. The Austrian lighting group is hereby committed to reducing CO2 emissions along the entire value chain in line with science-based net-zero targets. Read more »
Fraunhofer | PV-Modules | Trends | Solar Simulator | May 25, 2023
Fraunhofer – A New Solar Simulator to Test PV Modules
Fraunhofer – A New Solar Simulator to Test PV Modules To pave the way for the industrial implementation of highly efficient perovskite-silicon PV modules, the tandem solar cells and modules must be reliably measured. Only then is it possible to make objective comparisons between different cells and modules and to make technological improvements. In contrast to conventional silicon PV modules, however, the calibration is considerably more challenging. A project consortium led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE is therefore developing methods for characterizing perovskite-based tandem modules in the "Katana" project, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate BMWK. The solar simulator specially built for this purpose by the company Wavelabs Solar Metrology Systems GmbH is now in use in the CalLab PV Modules of the research institute. Read more »
Luminus Devices | COB | SSL | May 23, 2023
Luminus Releases LUX COB Series with 90 and 95 CRI Minimum
Luminus Releases LUX COB Series with 90 and 95 CRI Minimum Luminus Devices is excited to announce the immediate availability of the LUX COB series. These innovative new COBs are available in both 90 and 95 CRI minimum and LES sizes from 4 to 22mm in a variety of flux densities and a full range of CCTs. Read more »
Lumileds | LUXEON COB | SSL | May 23, 2023
Lumileds Broadens CoB Offerings With New Board Footprints For Absolute Design Flexibility
Lumileds Broadens CoB Offerings With New Board Footprints For Absolute Design Flexibility Though there are many standards in the LED industry, the footprint or board size for CoBs is not one of them. Over the years, companies that manufacture CoB holders and optics have largely designed their products to support the 3 board formats that are widely adopted by lighting manufacturers. With the introduction of LUXEON CS CoBs, Lumileds now offers a full range of LUXEON CoBs in each of the common board footprints. Read more »
Current | Appointments | May 11, 2023
Current™ Appoints Steve Harris as New CEO
Current™ Appoints Steve Harris as New CEO Current™ has appointed Steve Harris as its new Chief Executive Officer, succeeding interim CEO Bill Tolley. Harris, an established business leader is recognized for his operational prowess, was most recently Executive Chairman of Shape Technologies Group in Kent, Washington. The change will be effective May 30. Read more »
Smart Lighting | Smart City | May 11, 2023
TALQ Consortium Released Version 2.5.0 of the Smart City Protocol
TALQ Consortium Released Version 2.5.0 of the Smart City Protocol The TALQ Consortium has published version 2.5.0 of the protocol. The continuous evolution of the protocol guarantees the adaptation of the interface standard to changing market needs. Version 2.5.0 introduces a new Lighting Asset Management profile, which addresses a long-standing demand from cities to be able to manage and track their street lighting assets more effectively. The latest TALQ protocol (both data model and API definitions) is available publicly and free-of-charge on GitHub. Read more »
Lumileds | LUXEON HL1Z | Featured | SSL | May 09, 2023
Do More With Less – Go Beyond The Datasheet
Do More With Less – Go Beyond The Datasheet It has never been truer than with LEDs that size matters. In fact, a large portion of the industry defines LED by size, 5mm, 2835, 5050, and now mini and microLEDs. But without the context of light output, efficacy, and intended applications, a discussion of size is often irrelevant. Read more »
Acuity | DC-Grids | Trends | May 03, 2023
Direct Current (DC) Power Solutions for LED Lighting Systems
Direct Current (DC) Power Solutions for LED Lighting Systems Our built environment plays a crucial role in determining the quality of energy we consume. As the nation invests in grid modernization and resiliency, there is a growing emphasis on electrification, renewable energy integration, and carbon reduction. With this, Direct Current (DC) power is key to easily connecting our buildings to renewable resources and energy storage batteries. Read more »
ams OSRAM | Sustainability | Business | May 02, 2023
ams OSRAM's Sustainability Strategy
ams OSRAM's Sustainability Strategy Sustainability is increasingly becoming a business factor for companies. Martin Bachler, Head of Group Sustainability, explains how this affects ams OSRAM's sustainability strategy and what role optical solutions play in addressing societal challenges. Read more »
UV | Optics | Apr 28, 2023
New Highly Efficient UV Optics for the UV-C Range from Asahi Rubber
New Highly Efficient UV Optics for the UV-C Range from Asahi Rubber The Japanese optics manufacturer Asahi Rubber recently introduced new UV optics especially for the UV-C range (280 nm). The silicone lenses named AL-10M-DUV280 (for LEDs of a size of 3.5 x 3.5 mm) and AL-20M-DUV280 (for LEDs of a size of 6.8 x 6.8 mm) were measured with the UV-C LEDs of the type NCSU334B from Nichia and subjected to an endurance test of 15000 hours, whereby hardly any loss of brightness and no damage could be detected. This underlines the high quality of the optics, whose light transmission is 90%. Read more »
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