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Nichia | Roadshow | Event | Business | Apr 19, 2023
NICHIA Stages Roadshow to Celebrate the Commercialization of High Brightness Blue LED
NICHIA Stages Roadshow to Celebrate the Commercialization of High Brightness Blue LED NICHIA, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LED, announces an extensive international roadshow. As part of the 30th-anniversary of the high brightness blue LED pioneered by NICHIA, a series of must-attend events for customers, partners and influential lighting professionals will be staged across Europe including dedicated roadshow meetings in Germany, Spain, Italy and other European locations. Read more »
Trends | Signify | 3D Printing | Apr 17, 2023
3D-printed Luminaires Set the Bar for Sustainable Design Excellence
3D-printed Luminaires Set the Bar for Sustainable Design Excellence Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, will showcase new additions to its sustainable 3D-printed lighting collection at the world's leading international design fair, Salone del Mobile. The exhibition will feature an exclusive collaboration with innovative textile designer Aleksandra Gaca, and Signify’s award-winning Coastal Breeze collection, which is made with 100% recycled fishing nets. Read more »
HCL | deLighted Talks | Apr 17, 2023
Webinar: Mimicking Daylight Indoors – Why, What, How?
Webinar: Mimicking Daylight Indoors – Why, What, How? The Good Light Group, together with the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms (SLTBR), the Daylight Academy (DLA), the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), and Luger Research (LR), are organizing and presenting the “Mimicking Daylight Indoors – Why, What, How?” lectures. The webinar explains the need for daylight and how we can use this knowledge in lighting designs. Read more »
Tridonic | Matter | DALI | Smart Lighting | Apr 14, 2023
Tridonic Launches First Matter-compatible Products for Lighting Controls
Tridonic Launches First Matter-compatible Products for Lighting Controls What if you could control all your Smart Home or Smart Office devices such as floor lamps, Smart TVs and electronic door locks from a single app, either Apple or Google? A new connectivity protocol has brought us an important step closer to this vision. It’s called Matter. Tridonic can now offer its customers the first Matter-compatible products. Read more »
Appointments | LightingEurope | Apr 14, 2023
LightingEurope Elects Executive Board and President
LightingEurope Elects Executive Board and President The LightingEurope General Assembly elected on 31 March a new Executive Board for a two-year mandate. The role of the LightingEurope Executive Board is to implement LightingEurope’s strategy and work program. It is composed of 16 members, equally split between representatives of member national lighting associations and member companies. Read more »
Automotive | Samsung | Ferrari | Apr 14, 2023
Samsung Display and Ferrari Sign MOU to Bring Samsung OLED to Next-generation Models
Samsung Display and Ferrari Sign MOU to Bring Samsung OLED to Next-generation Models Samsung Display announced that the company has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ferrari at Samsung Display’s Asan campus in Korea to develop a display solution for implementation in Ferrari’s next-generation models. JS Choi, President and CEO of Samsung Display, and Benedetto Vigna, CEO of Ferrari, attended the signing ceremony. Read more »
Lorelux | Circular Economy | Outdoor Applications | Featured | Trends | Apr 14, 2023
LORELUX®: FROM PLASTIC WASTE TO RESISTANT URBAN LUMINAIRES
LORELUX®: FROM PLASTIC WASTE TO RESISTANT URBAN LUMINAIRES Niteko Illuminazione – renowned Italian manufacturer of custom LED lighting fixtures for outdoor and large areas – has launched Lorelux®, first brand of 100% circular urban luminaires providing a uniquely designed and corrosion-resistant urban lighting that can last for more than 50 years. Read more »
IR | ams OSRAM | Apr 06, 2023
New Photodiode Improves Performance in Visible and IR Light Applications
New Photodiode Improves Performance in Visible and IR Light Applications Premstaetten, Austria and Munich Germany (April 6, 2023) -- ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in optical solutions, has launched the TOPLED® D5140, SFH 2202, a photodiode that offers improved performance compared to existing standard photodiodes, including higher sensitivity to visible light in the green part of the spectrum, and increased linearity. Read more »
Smart Lighting | Inventronics | Apr 05, 2023
Inventronics Acquires OSRAM Digital Systems
Inventronics Acquires OSRAM Digital Systems Inventronics, a global leader in reliable and innovative LED driver products, is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of the relevant Digital Systems business in Europe and Asia from ams OSRAM, a global leader in optical solutions. This acquisition demonstrates Inventronics' commitment to providing exceptional technology and value to its global customer base while leading the transformation to cost-effective, intelligent, connected lighting. Read more »
Business | DOE | Apr 03, 2023
DOE to Make $1 Billion Available for Improved Energy Codes
DOE to Make $1 Billion Available for Improved Energy Codes On behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP), the Building Technologies Office (BTO) is excited to promote DOE’s intent to make $1 billion in funding available to states and local governments for improved building codes that reduce carbon emissions and improve energy efficiency through the IRA Funded Technical Assistance for the Adoption of Building Energy Codes. Read more »
Luminus Devices | COB | Featured | SSL | Apr 01, 2023
Luminus’ Gen 2 Tunable COBs Deliver Highest Flux & Efficacy
Luminus’ Gen 2 Tunable COBs Deliver Highest Flux & Efficacy Luminus Devices has expanded its chip-on-board portfolio with the introduction of the Gen 2 CCT tunable COBs. These dynamic COBs feature two independent channels with 90+ CRI warm and cool white engineered in a multi-stripe design for excellent color mixing and high flux density for directional lighting. Read more »
ams OSRAM | OSLON | UV-C | Mar 31, 2023
UV-C LEDs: New OSLON® UV 3535 Mid Power Products
UV-C LEDs: New OSLON® UV 3535 Mid Power Products ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in optical solutions, today introduced the OSLON® UV 3535 series of mid- power UV-C LEDs which meet customers’ requirements for longer lifetime, higher output power and easier system integration. The SU CULEP1.VC and SU CULDP1.VC UV-C LEDs in the OSLON® UV 3535 family from ams OSRAM are now available worldwide. Further information about UV-C treatment can be found here. Read more »
Trends | Mar 31, 2023
EIA Projects Will Reduce U.S. Energy-related CO2 Emissions Through 2050
EIA Projects Will Reduce U.S. Energy-related CO2 Emissions Through 2050 U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions drop 25% to 38% below what they were in 2005 by 2030, according to projections from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2023 (AEO2023). By the end of the projection period, 2050, U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions are 17% lower in this year’s Reference case compared with last year, after EIA accounted for the effects of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), energy technology costs and performance updates, a changed macroeconomic outlook, and other factors. Read more »
Ikea | Little Sun | Trends | Mar 31, 2023
IKEA and Little Sun Explore Light Sources Powered by the Sun
IKEA and Little Sun Explore Light Sources Powered by the Sun Most energy resources are limited, expensive and environmentally exhausting. And then there is the sun. Based on a shared belief that thoughtful design can make a difference, Little Sun joined forces with IKEA to develop SAMMANLÄNKAD with the wish to make solar energy available to more people. Read more »
Trilux | Business | Mar 15, 2023
Refurbishment Tool – Quickly Assists You in Finding the Right LED Solution
Refurbishment Tool – Quickly Assists You in Finding the Right LED Solution Due to lamp bans, high energy costs and ambitious sustainability goals, renovating inefficient conventional lighting solutions with LED lights is currently one of the most urgent and economically sensible tasks for companies. But how do customers quickly and easily find the right 1:1 renovation solution for their individual projects? TRILUX provides the answer with the TRILUX REFURBISHMENT TOOL. Read more »
Glamox | Trends | Mar 14, 2023
Glamox to Reduce Carbon Footprint of LED Luminaires by Switching to Recycled Aluminium
Glamox to Reduce Carbon Footprint of LED Luminaires by Switching to Recycled Aluminium Glamox AS, a leading lighting company, is progressing towards its goal of Net Zero operations by 2030. Today it announced that it has started to switch from using virgin aluminium to recycled aluminium in manufacturing its LED luminaires. The company has already made the switch for one of its most popular luminaires and is preparing to extend it to other families. The move will further lower the carbon footprint of the company and those customers who purchase the already energy-efficient LED luminaires for use in professional buildings. Read more »
Cree LED | XLamp | Pro9 | SSL | Featured | Mar 02, 2023
XLamp® Pro9 LEDs offer 3x+ light output of competing COBs
XLamp® Pro9 LEDs offer 3x+ light output of competing COBs XLamp® CMB Pro9, XLamp CMU Pro9 & XLamp CHA Pro9 Enable more than 3x the light output of competing COB LEDs. New Pro9 XLamp® LEDs improve the output, efficacy and size of LED luminaires in commercial applications requiring high quality light. Read more »
Trends | Research | Mar 01, 2023
Method to Calculate Melanopic Light Reaching the Retina Depending on the Optical Density of an Aging Crystalline Lens
Method to Calculate Melanopic Light Reaching the Retina Depending on the Optical Density of an Aging Crystalline Lens Lighting studies that take into account the age of the inhabitants of an area and are related to circadian light are difficult to find. This study aims to simplify a method to approximately compute the circadian light reaching the retina based on photopic illuminance reaching the corneal plane and considering the optical density of an aging crystalline lens. Read more »
Smart Lighting | LiFi | Feb 28, 2023
LiFi Module Ready for Integration
LiFi Module Ready for Integration The global leader in LiFi technology, pureLiFi launched their latest Light Antenna Module at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The cutting-edge wireless communications antenna is the first of its kind, smaller than a US dime and ready to enable LiFi in connected devices and smartphones at scale. The module will be compliant with the upcoming IEEE 802.11bb Light Communication standard which is in its final stages of ratification. Read more »
SSL | Retail Lighting | Feb 28, 2023
New Lighting Solutions Help Retailers Become More Sustainable
New Lighting Solutions Help Retailers Become More Sustainable Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, launches new luminaires and the latest advances in IoT-based lighting management at the EuroShop 2023 retail trade fair. The new innovations support the retail sector in its transition to a more sustainable, energy efficient and connected future. Read more »
Appointments | Feb 28, 2023
Current Lighting Announces the Appointment of Bill Tolley as Interim CEO
Current Lighting Announces the Appointment of Bill Tolley as Interim CEO Current™, a leading commercial and industrial (“C&I”) lighting and controls company, has appointed William (“Bill”) Tolley as its Interim CEO, effective yesterday. Departing CEO Manish Bhandari was instrumental in leading the company through the pandemic and a transformative acquisition of Hubbell’s C&I Lighting business. Read more »
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