If all decorative light strings sold in America this year were ENERGY STAR qualified, we would save over 2 billion kWh per year and reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to nearly 300,000 cars!

ENERGY STAR qualified decorative light strings — many which feature LED technology — consume 75% less energy than conventional incandescent lights strands.

ENERGY STAR Qualified Decorative Light Strings:

• Can last up to 10 times longer than traditional incandescent strands.
• Are cool to the touch, reducing the risk of fire.
• Do not have moving parts, filaments or glass, so they are much more durable and shock-resistant than other light strings.
• Are available in a variety of colors, shapes and lengths.
• Come with a three-year warranty, meaning fewer light string replacements.
• Are independently tested to meet strict lifetime and electrical requirements.
• Products labeled for outdoor use are subjected to weathering tests.
• Some models deliver features such as dimming or color shifting.

When you start shopping or installing your Christmas or Hoiday lighting this year...think ENERGY savings... think

ENERGY STAR rated LED decorative light strings!  You'll save at the same time you brighting your neighborhood!

 

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Efficiency Benefits Up to 82% in Energy Savings!

According to Flex Your Power, documented studies have proven the energy savings potential of LEDs:

	Replacing a red incandescent traffic signal head with a red LED unit cuts energy use by an estimated 82 to 93%. The use of LED traffic signals in cities can save 1 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of energy and nearly $70,000 a year for every 100 signaled intersections replaced. The payback period is approximately two-and-a-half to three years through energy savings alone. There are 100 million exit signs in the United States containing incandescent lamps that consume a total of 20 billion kWh of electricity per year. LED lighting could save approximately three-quarters of this energy. By purchasing 1,000 exit signs for an initial investment of $30,000, a state government could save a net $455,562 over the products’ lifetime. The new signs would pay for themselves in six months. LEDs can replace neon, offering an 80% electricity efficiency improvement.

The benefits of LED lighting technology go far beyond reducing electricity consumption.

Even with a higher initial investment, dollar savings and quality improvements significantly outweigh costs.

LED technology's numerous benefits also include:
Long life and reduced maintenance cost High quality light output Increased safety as a result of LED's lower voltage Smaller, flexible light fixtures Increased durability (no filament to break) Lower lighting infrastructure load and cost for expansion

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Current market-ready or near market-ready uses of LED lighting include:

Commercial Signage: Commercial signage often operates 12 to 24 hours per day, consuming about 2% of the total electricity in the United States. Fluorescent signs currently account for about 48% of this market, with neon signs holding about 41%, and the remainder of the market dominated by incandescent products.

Institutional, Industrial and Commercial Lighting: LED products can have a significant impact on energy use in airport, ports and roadway lighting, where conventional fluorescent- and incandescent-lit signage is heavily used.

Retail Lighting: LEDs offer unprecedented flexibility in colors and configurations to lighting designers in creating displays and “moods” in retail settings.

Key resources pertaining to LED technology:

• LED Lighting Systems, 2003 (47 pgs.), by John Bullough
• Information from ENERGY STAR about high efficiency exit signs and traffic signals
• Information from the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on LEDs in transportation applications and exit signs
• Specifications on LED traffic signals developed by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

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Examples of ENERGY STAR Qualified Fixtures

Earning the Government's ENERGY STAR

ENERGY STAR Qualified Fixtures:

• Use 1/4 the energy of traditional lighting.
• Save money on energy bills and bulb replacements, with bulbs that must last at least 10,000 hours (about seven years of regular use).
• Distribute light more efficiently and evenly than standard fixtures.
• Come in hundreds of decorative styles including portable fixtures — such as table, desk and floor lamps — and hard-wired options such as front porch, dining room, kitchen ceiling and under-cabinet, hallway ceiling and wall, bathroom vanity fixtures, and more
• Deliver convenient features such as dimming on some indoor models and automatic daylight shut-off and motion sensors on outdoor models.
• Can be found at most home centers, lighting showrooms, and specialty stores.
• Carry a two year warranty — double the industry standard.

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The California Department of Transportation has been involved with the development of LED traffic signal modules for more than a decade. The recent energy crisis played a key role in speeding up the statewide conversion from incandescent lights to LEDs.

The Institute of Transportation Engineer's Future Directions Advisory Committee (FDAC) was appointed to identify and consider the trends and issues facing the Institute and the transportation profession. The FDAC gathered and reviewed information on transportation issues and identified trends:

• continuing increase in demand for transportation;
• Population increases and urbanization increase traffic flows
  
• traffic congestion;
• Progarmmable controllers and LED lights can improve communications and monitor/measure and adapt to traffic congestion
  
• transportation programs to help meet air quality and energy goals;
• Think saving energy, reducing greenhouse gases and reducing wasted mileage on the streets
  
• greater mix of revenue sources for transportation;
• Think BLUE LEDs on traffic signals to identify traffic violations!
  
• federal government setting the direction for transportation programs;
• Think funding...and ubiquitious traffic communications for tourism and travelers
  
• operations and demand management taking precedence over increasing capacity;
• Less is better...especially vehicles on the road.  Less oil consumption, less congestion, less accidents, less infrastructure costs...
  
• intelligent vehicle highway systems
• Programmable systems adapt to changing conditions and can even be predictive and take immediate steps to reroute traffic, etc. 
  

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Manufacturers

DMF Lighting and Liton Lighting are a couple of the manufacturers of ENERGY STAR qualified exit signs in California.
DMF Lighting manufactures recessed lighting, track lighting, exit and emergency signs and industrial lighting.

Wet Location Red and Green LED AC Exit signs by Carson, CA based DMF feature an enclosure resistant to corrosive atmosphere, non-hazardous dust environments, water spray, splash and where hose downs frequently occur.  Edge-lit architectural signs provide high design features.  Additional models fit commercial and institutional facilities where emergency saving operation and long service life are required.

Liton Lighting, a subsidiary of  Los Angeles Based EEMA lighting Group, specializes in specification grade, commercial and residential recessed down lighting, and track lighting in Low Voltage, Line Voltage, Compact Fluorescent, and HID.

EEMA Industries Inc.
5461 West Jefferson Blvd, Los Angles, CA 90016
P: 323.904.0200 F: 323.904.0201

For a complete list of LED Exit Sign manufacturers, visit the ENERGY STAR website .  Energy Star maintains an Energy Star Qualified Products list for:

• Appliances
• Heating & Cooling
• Home Envelope
• Home Electronics
• Office Equipment
• Lighting
• Comemrcial food Service
• ...and Other Commercial Products.

This EPA sponsored national program provides a wide variety of information, testing and product rating services to help reduce energy consumption.  Started in the 1970s, their history is valuable for evalution and their scope is broadening to include testing of additional product categories for energy efficiency.

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Solid-state lighting is the first genuinely new lighting technology in more than a century. The light emitting diode (LED) lighting systems, which reduce electricity consumption by up to 85%, have proven to be very effective in applications where brightness, visibility and long life are important, such as in exit signs and traffic signals. New uses for LEDs include small area lighting, such as task and under-shelf fixtures, decorative lighting, and pathway and step marking. Industry and government are researching solid-state technology for general illumination in residential and commercial settings.

Technology Options

LEDs are highly efficient semiconductor devices. They can emit considerable amounts of light from small inputs of power. For instance,

LED traffic signals use between 6 to 25 watts

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Caltrans tests and pre-qualified specific products by specific companies.  The following list is of companies that have one or more products tested and approved by Caltrans -- that does not mean ALL their products meet Caltrans standards.  Please check with Caltrans current list for more details:


Actone
Ethan Lin
12735 Schabarum Ave.
Irwindale, CA 91706
Telephone: (626) 856-8715 EXT. 230
Fax: (626) 856-3325
Email: ethan@actone1.com

Dialight
Steve Corbett
5 Rebecca Ct
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
Telephone: (925) 945-6900
Fax: (732) 751-3233
Email: scorbett@dialight.com

Duralight
Peter Tian
860 N. Dorothy Dr. Ste 600
Richardson, TX 75081
Telephone: 972-480-0888
Fax: 972-480-8884
Email: ptian@trastarusa.com

Doron Tech.
Robin Yang
9660 Flair Drive, Suite 230
El Monte, CA 91731
Telephone: 626-454-5100
Fax: 626-454-2600
Email: robinyang@unidocean.com

EOI(Excellence Opto Inc.)
Cheryl Huang
1400 W. Lambert Road, Suite B
Brea, CA 92821
Telephone: 562-694-1246 #101
Fax: 562-691-3087
Email: cherylhuang@eoius.com

Electro Technology
Ray Deese
1875 Sampson Ave.
Corona, CA. 91719
Telephone: 951-734-1812
Fax: 951- 734-5424
Email: ray@electro-techs.net

GE Lumination
Chris Mclaughlin
3100 Zinfandel Drive, Suite #255
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Telephone: 916-636-2021
Fax: 916-914-2440
Email: chris.mclaughlin@ge.com

Leotek Electronics
Carol Durbin
1330 Memorex Dr.
Santa Clara, CA. 95050
Telephone: 888-806-1188
Fax: 408-980-0538
Email:cdurbin@leotek.com

Ledtronics
23105 Kashiwa Court
Torrance, CA 90505
Telephone: 800-579-4875
Fax: 310-534-1424

Swarco Traffic Management, Inc.
Jackie Monroe
270 Ruthford Lane P.O.Box 89
Columbia, TN 38402
Telephone: (931) 560-4158
Fax: (931) 388-2682
www.swarco.com

Western Pacific Signal
Donald R. Shupp
1793 E. 14th Street
San Leandro, CA 94577
Telephone: 510-483-6400
Fax: 510-483-1402
Email: shupp@wpsignal.com

CALTRANS CONTACTS regarding this list:
KC Sharma, Associate Electronics Engineer: (916) 227-7029 or
Nasir J Choudry, Transportation Engineer (Electrical): (916) 227-5255

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In 1995, Caltrans was awarded the California Energy Commission (CEC) State Energy Award for the Fresno LED field test project. In the same year, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded Caltrans its National Energy Award for the same project and for demonstrating low power solutions for traffic signals. These awards put California's LED efforts in the national spotlight.

With this national recognition, other agencies got on the LED bandwagon, including the states of New York, Oregon, Vermont and Minnesota and the cities of Denver, Philadelphia, San Jose, Sacramento and San Diego. Many of these governments started red module deployments in 1997 and 1998 that were larger than Caltrans' initial test bed.

California utilities like the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) as well as CEC began to recognize the value of LED traffic signals as a viable load management and conservation retrofit. They began to provide co-funding resources for both field testing and/or monitoring of products as well as product rebate incentives. The cost effectiveness of LED signal upgrades started to look "do-able". In the end, Caltrans leveraged $4 million in rebate programs from PG&E, CEC and others to help offset the cost of the LED modules.

After the conclusion of the University of California study, Caltrans was in a position to start assembling a purchase specification. Starting with information from ITE-sponsored efforts, Caltrans put together an aggressive specification that included not only intensity and power requirements but also requirements for allowable total harmonic distortion, power factor and a wide operating temperature range. By fall 1997, this specification was ready for "prime time"; in winter 1998, Caltrans went out for the purchase of 4,000 red ball and arrow modules. From that point on, the specification for red has remained essentially unchanged. This also is the specification that has served as a basis for other colors and configurations of LED modules.

Implementation of a Broad LED Program

Procurement of LED modules also led to some innovations in the way the state of California purchases commodities such as LEDs. After the initial purchases of 18,000 modules in 1998 and 1999, Caltrans decided that the traditional purchase process was too cumbersome. As designed, the process could take up to four to six months from the initial decision to purchase to a finalized purchase order. The California Department of General Services-Procurement Division (DGS/PD) had other methods for multiple purchases of large product quantities.

Caltrans was able to set up multiple master purchase agreements with many LED module vendors. This cut the processing time to less than one month from the initial decision to purchase LED signals.

These master purchase agreements allowed Caltrans to use total cost of ownership criteria to determine the quantities to be ordered from each vendor. As LED module prices come down, energy costs and other life cycle costs become more important than the initial module price.

Deploying LED modules presented other logistical problems as well, most of which were centered around quality assurance issues. Along with learning about LEDs and the other parts that make up LED traffic signal modules, Caltrans had to learn how to test LED modules and what to test for.

The engineers and technicians at the Caltrans Transportation Laboratory developed test procedures and equipment needs. A 44-point test was used on both incandescent and LED indications, but the testing of LED modules required that the test be expanded. For example, temperature can have a dramatic effect on the light output of LEDs. Therefore, 44-point tests needed to be carried out at hot and cold temperatures as well as at room temperature.

The department invested in new test equipment and, most important, a large environmental chamber, which allows Caltrans to test up to 60 LED modules at one time or to test shipments of LED modules as they come in. This investment has proven worthwhile because many manufacturing errors have been discovered. These modules either were replaced or were reworked to meet standards prior to field deployment. This quality assurance effort not only ensures that Caltrans is installing the best material but also helps manufacturers improve their product assembly lines and further improve the quality of material for everyone.

The power of government and a new industry to transform a marketplace

The LED manufacturers stepped in and demonstrated both the power of their newly expanded production capacity and their desire to support the birth of a major new industry in the world.

Within a three-year period, 12-inch red balls decreased from $180 each to the mid- to low-$60s. When bids were opened in January 2001, every color and configuration of LED fixture came in far under previous unit prices. More recent purchases have shown more price reductions. The same 12-inch red balls are now less than $50 and the price of the green modules is even more astounding at less than $100 per unit.

The turn of the century and the power of mass procurement coupled with the lure of the California customer marketplace brought a young industry into full maturity.

While Caltrans' major procurement and implementation effort is nearly complete, the benefits continue:

• Reduced energy consumption (up to 85 percent with all LED modules)
• Reduced maintenance activities (re-lamp cycles increased to five years for red modules and 10 years for others)
• Increased reliability ("burn-out" repairs reduced up to 90 percent, less overtime and lower chance of an indication failing)
• Ability to use battery backup systems economically (a battery backup system to run an all-LED intersection for two to four hours costs $3,000 installed)
  
• Caltrans has had an influence on the LED market. Over the past few years, Caltrans has purchased as many as 30 million individual LEDs. Because of the price reductions, the high brightness LEDs that are used in traffic signals now are economic alternatives in other areas.

Caltrans continues to test new LED modules for inclusion on the LED approved products list. At this time, the department has 120 approved LED modules from 10 manufacturers on the product list.

Caltrans New Products Website: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/Translab/NewProducts/index.htm

DIGESTED from Iwasaki, Randell H "LED traffic signal modules as an incandescent lamp alternative". Institute of Transportation Engineers. ITE Journal. Apr 2003. FindArticles.com. 16 Aug. 2008. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3734/is_200304/ai_n9185297

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In 1995, Caltrans was awarded the California Energy Commission (CEC) State Energy Award for the Fresno LED field test project. In the same year, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded Caltrans its National Energy Award for the same project and for demonstrating low power solutions for traffic signals. These awards put California's LED efforts in the national spotlight.

With this national recognition, other agencies got on the LED bandwagon, including the states of New York, Oregon, Vermont and Minnesota and the cities of Denver, Philadelphia, San Jose, Sacramento and San Diego. Many of these governments started red module deployments in 1997 and 1998 that were larger than Caltrans' initial test bed.

California utilities like the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) as well as CEC began to recognize the value of LED traffic signals as a viable load management and conservation retrofit. They began to provide co-funding resources for both field testing and/or monitoring of products as well as product rebate incentives. The cost effectiveness of LED signal upgrades started to look "do-able". In the end, Caltrans leveraged $4 million in rebate programs from PG&E, CEC and others to help offset the cost of the LED modules.

After the conclusion of the University of California study, Caltrans was in a position to start assembling a purchase specification. Starting with information from ITE-sponsored efforts, Caltrans put together an aggressive specification that included not only intensity and power requirements but also requirements for allowable total harmonic distortion, power factor and a wide operating temperature range. By fall 1997, this specification was ready for "prime time"; in winter 1998, Caltrans went out for the purchase of 4,000 red ball and arrow modules. From that point on, the specification for red has remained essentially unchanged. This also is the specification that has served as a basis for other colors and configurations of LED modules.

Implementation of a Broad LED Program

Procurement of LED modules also led to some innovations in the way the state of California purchases commodities such as LEDs. After the initial purchases of 18,000 modules in 1998 and 1999, Caltrans decided that the traditional purchase process was too cumbersome. As designed, the process could take up to four to six months from the initial decision to purchase to a finalized purchase order. The California Department of General Services-Procurement Division (DGS/PD) had other methods for multiple purchases of large product quantities.

Caltrans was able to set up multiple master purchase agreements with many LED module vendors. This cut the processing time to less than one month from the initial decision to purchase LED signals.

These master purchase agreements allowed Caltrans to use total cost of ownership criteria to determine the quantities to be ordered from each vendor. As LED module prices come down, energy costs and other life cycle costs become more important than the initial module price.

Deploying LED modules presented other logistical problems as well, most of which were centered around quality assurance issues. Along with learning about LEDs and the other parts that make up LED traffic signal modules, Caltrans had to learn how to test LED modules and what to test for.

The engineers and technicians at the Caltrans Transportation Laboratory developed test procedures and equipment needs. A 44-point test was used on both incandescent and LED indications, but the testing of LED modules required that the test be expanded. For example, temperature can have a dramatic effect on the light output of LEDs. Therefore, 44-point tests needed to be carried out at hot and cold temperatures as well as at room temperature.

The department invested in new test equipment and, most important, a large environmental chamber, which allows Caltrans to test up to 60 LED modules at one time or to test shipments of LED modules as they come in. This investment has proven worthwhile because many manufacturing errors have been discovered. These modules either were replaced or were reworked to meet standards prior to field deployment. This quality assurance effort not only ensures that Caltrans is installing the best material but also helps manufacturers improve their product assembly lines and further improve the quality of material for everyone.

The power of government and a new industry to transform a marketplace

The LED manufacturers stepped in and demonstrated both the power of their newly expanded production capacity and their desire to support the birth of a major new industry in the world.

Within a three-year period, 12-inch red balls decreased from $180 each to the mid- to low-$60s. When bids were opened in January 2001, every color and configuration of LED fixture came in far under previous unit prices. More recent purchases have shown more price reductions. The same 12-inch red balls are now less than $50 and the price of the green modules is even more astounding at less than $100 per unit.

The turn of the century and the power of mass procurement coupled with the lure of the California customer marketplace brought a young industry into full maturity.

While Caltrans' major procurement and implementation effort is nearly complete, the benefits continue:

• Reduced energy consumption (up to 85 percent with all LED modules)
• Reduced maintenance activities (re-lamp cycles increased to five years for red modules and 10 years for others)
• Increased reliability ("burn-out" repairs reduced up to 90 percent, less overtime and lower chance of an indication failing)
• Ability to use battery backup systems economically (a battery backup system to run an all-LED intersection for two to four hours costs $3,000 installed)
  
• Caltrans has had an influence on the LED market. Over the past few years, Caltrans has purchased as many as 30 million individual LEDs. Because of the price reductions, the high brightness LEDs that are used in traffic signals now are economic alternatives in other areas.

Caltrans continues to test new LED modules for inclusion on the LED approved products list. At this time, the department has 120 approved LED modules from 10 manufacturers on the product list.

Caltrans New Products Website: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/Translab/NewProducts/index.htm

DIGESTED from Iwasaki, Randell H "LED traffic signal modules as an incandescent lamp alternative". Institute of Transportation Engineers. ITE Journal. Apr 2003. FindArticles.com. 16 Aug. 2008. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3734/is_200304/ai_n9185297

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The California Department of Transportation has been involved with the development of LED traffic signal modules for more than a decade. The recent energy crisis played a key role in speeding up the statewide conversion from incandescent lights to LEDs.

Caltrans is one of the largest users of LED traffic signal modules in the world. Since January 1998, Caltrans has purchased more than 230,000 units for deployment at signalized intersections, ramp meters and flashing beacons. This number does not include the 8,000 units deployed prior to 1998 in the Fresno and San Francisco Bay areas of California.

With the current deployments at signalized intersections and ramp meters, Caltrans has dropped its power demand by 10 megawatts and has reduced electrical consumption by 71 million kilowatthours per year. This translates to taxpayer savings of $10 million per year for the California state highway system alone.

Caltrans operates about 10 percent of the traffic signals in California; therefore, the statewide energy savings are far greater if all traffic signals are converted.

The availability of LED traffic signal modules led the California Energy Commission to introduce rules prohibiting the use of incandescent lamps for traffic signal indications on future traffic signal installations.

The energy crisis did play a key role in speeding up the statewide conversion from incandescent lights to LEDs for Caltrans as part of a statewide effort to relieve pressure on the electrical grid. Prior to the crisis, the energy and maintenance savings for Caltrans were more than enough to justify the increased expense of LED modules. The energy crisis accelerated the rate of deployment by about three to four years. The rising cost for energy as a result of the crisis simply increased the economic viability of LED modules. 

Energy requirements and prices for LED modules have decreased. Not using LED modules now is an unwise business practice. 

Caltrans' involvement in LED traffic signal modules began in 1992, when the department's Fresno-area electrical crew supervisor, Gerald Tripp, came across a company with the idea to use LEDs to replace incandescent lamps in red indications. A large eight-phase intersection in the city of Clovis, CA, (near Fresno) was the main reason Tripp looked into LED modules. The newly installed signal in operation at the intersection was too large and often overloaded the electrical system, causing constant signal malfunctions.

One option was to redesign the intersection to allow for the traffic signal, which would have been expensive and would have taken years to finish. Instead, Tripp initially installed eight LED pedestrian signals. This helped, but it was not enough. Tripp knew he needed to find a low-power lamp replacement for the red signals.

After talking with a local supplier, he replaced the red indications at the intersection with LED modules. The overloading problems disappeared. The current draw decreased from more than 50 amps to 14 amps. Tripp also found that energy usage for the intersection dropped significantly-more than anyone expected from simply replacing red indications. In addition, as one would expect, dollar amounts were greatly reduced because less energy was used.

Tripp and his supervisor, Jerry McElroy, began a mission to change traffic signal operations in California. Tripp suggested the idea to Caltrans management and was rewarded for his ingenuity and innovative style through the State of California Merit Award Program.

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Colorado Springs, Colorado is a medium-sized city with 1,931 km (1,200 mi) of streets and 410 signalized intersections in the city's jurisdiction.

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are transforming the streets of Colorado Springs into a research laboratory for emerging ITS technologies.

Funding from an Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act program is paving the way for projects that improve traffic management and provide ITS capabilities within the roadway network. The following projects have been initiated:

• Incident detection and management on a freeway and major arterial, incorporating video surveillance, loop detectors, and variable message signs

• Upgrading the signal master intersection control system, improving intersection communications, and incorporating spread spectrum radio technology

• Developing the 470I prom module for type 170 and 179 controllers

• Establishing weather stations

• Installing carbon monoxide monitors
  

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Decorative street lighting options include

• lighting bases
• poles
• fixtures
• signals
• bollards
• banner arms
• signs and sign holders
• planting baskets
• mail boxes

Street furnishings that can create a stunning theme for an entire project design.

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Decorative street lighting options include

• lighting bases
• poles
• fixtures
• signals
• bollards
• banner arms
• signs and sign holders
• planting baskets
• mail boxes

Street furnishings that can create a stunning theme for an entire project design.

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McCain is one of North America's largest manufacturers and suppliers of traffic signal equipment, systems, and software.

McCain products have earned a strong reputation for quality and reliabilty.  McCain has become the industry leader for traffic technology. At our manufacturing facilities in California, Washington, and Mexico, McCain produces:

• vehicle signals
• pedestrian signals
• traffic controllers and cabinets (NEMA, 170's and 2070's)
• SETCON test equipment for controllers and cabinets

McCain has a strong specialty in the design and manufacture of programmable CMS signs, as well as Illuminated Street Name Signs, and other types of signs. An industry leader throughout North America  and 11 foreign nations, the company’s software division has produced the technology that controls more than 40,000 intersections, and more than 150 sophisticated traffic management systems.  McCain Incorporated has a solid history in the industry as well as a strong record of service backing product innovations.

McCain
(760) 727-8100

2365 Oak Ridge Way
Vista, CA 92081

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2008 -  McCain Incorporated introduced their 2070L Advanced Traffic System Controller Unit. The McCain 2070L controller has been approved by CalTrans and is designed to meet Transportation Electrical Equipment Specifications (TEES). 

The 2070L is a ruggedized multitasking field processor and communications system that can be easily configurable for traffic management applications.

This industry standard controller is used in various cabinet styles such type 332, 334, 336, 333, 332D, NEMA as well as the new ITS Cabinets. This versatile controller utilizes an OS-9 operating system, which mated with various off-the-shelf firmware packages is a powerful controller unit.

The McCain 2070L controller also exceeds the Joint AASHTO/ITE/NEMA Advanced Transportation Controller Specifications.  The design of the McCain 2070L is flexible to meet specific user needs; it is capable of multitasking with each unit running multiple applications and is physically compatible with Model 170 and 170E controllers and facilities. 

The backlit crystal display has 8 lines of 40 characters.

For more information on the McCain CalTrans approved 2070L or any of our products, contact McCain Incorporated today at info@mccain-inc.com

Established in 1987, McCain Incorporated designs and manufactures state-of-the-art traffic management and testing technology, including vehicle signals, pedestrian signals, traffic controllers and cabinets, the hardware and software for programmable CMS signs, and Amber Alert signs.  An industry leader throughout North America and 11 foreign nations, the company’s software division has produced the technology that controls more than 40,000 intersections, and more than 150 sophisticated traffic management systems.  McCain Incorporated has a solid history in the industry as well as a strong record of service backing product innovations.  Get to know McCain’s products.  But, more importantly, get to know the people behind the products.

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Keeping people safe on streets, at intersections and even in parking lots requires a variety of vehicle signals, pedestrian signals, traffic controllers and cabinets, programmable CMS signs, and advanced transit management systems.

Not only is safety a concern, but the liveability and beauty of our urban communities are impacted by lights, poles and wires.  Decorative poles and lighting fixtures improve  the  mood of people, both residents and travelers.

Quality pays in long term, low maintenance investment. Parts cast whole or in components and welded together prior to application of finish is a sign of quality.  Connecting hardware made of stainless steel socket head style bolts accessible from outside the base improves easy installation. Finish colors made with TGIC polyester powder coating can extend the life of the installation. LED lights provide lower energy costs and lower maintenance -- a real savings for cash-strapped municipal budgets.

Decorative Lighting installations can feature design and quality construction for savings:
    Ornamental Traffic Signal
    Street Lighting

Management and testing technology for safety includes:

Vehicle signals
Pedestrian signals
Traffic controllers and cabinets
Hardware and software for programmable CMS signs
Amber Alert signs

 

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LED lighting options are growing and developing rapidly. Many applications are now cost effective with LED, despite the higher upfront costs. How affordable? Check it out for your own applications with an LED Payback Calculator.

BetaLED is a respected manufacturer of THE EDGE fixtures that contain no mercury or lead. Longer light component life also means less waste. THE EDGE also complies with both Dark Sky (IESNA full cutoff) and Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHs) regulations. Beta Lighting brings continuous LED innovation to the workplace and their Total Systems Approach allows them to build innovation from the ground up.

To meet today's general lighting standards, Beta Lighting works with top-tier LED suppliers from around the world. Their primary LED partner, Cree of Raleigh, North Carolina, controls all aspects of its LED manufacturing.

It's easy to prove that Beta LED has the EDGE over HID. Adjust the cells to get a quick estimate on how THE EDGE can reduce your energy and maintenance cost.

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As part of the 2008 World Expo, interactive floor designer Sensacell has built a 250 square foot installation from 1000 of their LED panels. Covered in strong, architectural glass, the floor responds to pressure by lighting up. And while that alone doesn't sound all that exciting, the system tracks the pressure over time, allowing users to create a transient series of footprints

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Innovative Electronic Solutions (IES), is a Full Service Electronic Contract Manufacturing company
located in the Morrisville, North Carolina.

Innovative Electronic Solutions (IES)  builds Surface Mount, BGA, and Thru-Hole PCB assemblies, offering fast turn around times on prototypes, as well as, small to medium production runs.

They provide quick solutions to NPI (New Product Introduction) problems with board testing services, including Incircuit (ICT), Flying Probe, X-Ray and Functional Test.

Repair services include, Surface Mount, BGA, and Thru-Hole technologies. We also offer PCB CAD Design services.

Innovative Electronic Solutions
125-H International Drive
Morrisville, North Carolina 27560
Phone (919)466-0899
http://www.ies-nc.com/

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LEDdynamics is a custom engineering company specializing in the design and integration of LED technology for end-user and OEM applications.

LEDdynamics' engineering teams operate in the fields of:

• Custom Drivers
• CircuitDesign
• Diffusion
• Optics
• Efficiency Circuits
• Controller Software
• Heat Sinks
• Housing Design
• Research & Development
• Production

LEDdynamics
44 Hull Street, Suite 100
Randolph, VT 05060
http://www.leddynamics.com

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Heatron is actively manufacturing custom heating components utilizing many different technologies.

Heatron offers a wide range of design and development services, technology competencies including optics, thermal management, power sources and drivers, cost effective production and assembly capabilities and in-depth industry and technology expertise.

Thermal Management Technology

Using a thermal management technology, featuring their proprietary ELPOR® coating, Heatron can provide custom designed assemblies, utilizing an automated SMT line and hot bar solder capabilities.

This would include placement of LEDs and other electronic components.

The ELPOR® system offers the unique capability of printing and laser trimming resistors as part of the LED Light Engine. Custom shapes in steel, aluminum, and ceramic substrates are available.

Heatron's new LED Design Center offers industry-leading design facilities to accommodate the most complex of projects.

From concept drawings to finished assemblies, Heatron allows the lighting designers to sit in the driver's seat and Accelerate the High Power LED Revolution.

Heatron, Inc.
3000 Wilson Avenue
Leavenworth, KS 66048
Tel: 913.946.1377
http://www.heatron.com

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CRS Electronics provides LED Vehicle products for Child Reminder Systems, Tail Lights, Backup Lights, License Plate Lights, Warming Lights, Clearance Marker Lights, Triangular Marker Lights, and G2 Max Warning Lights.

CRS is one of Cree's Solution Providers.

CRS Electronics
129 Hagar St. Unit 5
Welland, Ontario
Canada, L3B5V9
http://www.crselectronics.com

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LED Assembly Provider

LED Lighting Supply can provide LED solutions as customers need.  LED Lighting Supply  provides turn-key operations that encompass concept to prototype stages in a few weeks and production shortly thereafter.

LED Lighting Supply is a CREE LED Solution Provider.

They assist customers with selection of PCB, secondary optics, drivers, etc. as well as provide design services and Gerber file creation for metal core or FR4 board fabrication.

Products and Services:

 

1.) Circuit board design, Gerber file creation, prototype and production services.

2.) MCPCB of FR4 printed circuit boards.

3.) Assembly production with complete pick and place line with reflow oven.

4.) Quick turn prototype.

5.) Production capabilities and assembly delivery in USA and Asia.

6.) Quality control and design integrity protection.

7.) Low power or any customer specified LEDs.

8.) Tech support and consulting services.

9.) LED Drivers-LED Dynamics, Dialight/Lumidrives, Magtech and project custom drivers.

10.) Secondary optics-Cree, L2, Polymer, Khatod, Ledil, Luminit.

Suppliers by Product Category

Product	Material Used
LEDs	High Power, Low Power, Any Brand
Drivers	Dialight, Infinilux, LED Dynamics, M&M, Magtech, Custom design available.
Optics	CREE, Dialight, Khatod, L2 Optics, Ledil, Luminit, Polymer, Custom design available.
Metal Clad or FR4 PCBs	Inquire about Custom PCBs for all brands of LEDs
All	Can supply any specified component required by the customer.

 LED Lighting Supply
1004 Bay Tree Lane
Duluth, CA 30097
770-622-0672
http://ledlightingsupply.com

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Illumination Optics provides custom engineered optical solutions to manufacturers of illumination devices as well as OEM's of equipment with integrated illumination devices.

Markets served:
  - Vehicle lighting to DOT, SAE and ECE specifications
  - Street and pathway lighting
  - Aircraft lighting
  - Medical devices
  - Architectural luminaires

Light sources we work with include:
  - Incandescent
  - Fluorescent and CCFL
  - HID
  - LED

Optical techniques employed include:
  - Reflector optics
  - Refractive optics
  - TIR optics

Illumination Optics provides engineered solutions that integrate optical, thermal and electronic components in a practical package.

Illumination Optics
10437 Innovation Drive, Suite 303
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
(414) 526-9169
http://www.illuminationoptics.com/

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The multi-chip XLamp MC-E  retains the same 7mm x 9mm footprint as Cree’s existing XLamp XR family LEDs while providing four times the light output of the existing XR-E, the highest lumen output for a package of this size. This powerful combination is designed to enable new applications and reductions in overall system cost compared to other LED packages. At 9.8W, the XLamp MC-E LED being demonstrated provides up to 790 lumens at 6000K and up to 605 lumens at 3000K.

Secondary optics for the Xlamp MC-E LED are also being demonstrated by Carclo and Ledil/Marubeni.

The XLamp MC-E LEDs are targeted to be available for purchase in late 2008.

KramerLED luminaires

“For added design flexibility, our new line of KramerLED luminaires integrates the MC-E LED from Cree in combination with our proprietary NanoOptic refractors,” said Kramer Lighting president Al Ruud. “This combination of technology ensures each LED is used to its fullest potential for unsurpassed control, uniformity, and intensity.”

High lumen output in a small footprint

“Cree’s XLamp MC-E LED is a lighting-class solution designed to enable applications that require high lumen output in a small footprint,” said Norbert Hiller, Cree vice president and general manager for lighting LEDs. “Customers can increase design flexibility and reduce overall system cost over other, lower flux-output LED packages, without compromising on quality.”

For more information about Cree XLamp MC-E LEDs, visit www.cree.com/MCE.

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LED Chip Patent Agreement

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces that it has entered into an agreement with Toyoda Gosei providing the companies (including wholly owned affiliates) with access to each other’s patented LED chip and packaged LED technology (including white LED technology). Toyoda Gosei and Cree have agreed in the future to discuss “have made” rights for LED chips.

Cree and Toyoda Gosei both hold broad and substantial optoelectronic patent portfolios. The agreement will make it easier for both companies to develop and manufacture LED products without concern for the other’s patents.

“Cree and Toyoda Gosei are responsible companies that respect the intellectual property rights of others and strive to enhance the development of LED technology,” said Chris James, Cree vice president of marketing and business development. “The agreement highlights the importance of intellectual property in the LED marketplace and helps to alleviate the IP concerns of LED customers.”

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Universities around the world are switching to LED lighting to help save energy, reduce costs and protect the environment.

The LED University™ program
is an international community of universities working to accelerate the adoption of energy-efficient LEDs. Goals include:

• Increase energy savings
• Protect the environment
• Reduce maintenance costs
• Provide a better quality of
  light for improved visibility
  and safety

Learn more at www.LEDuniversity.org

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A wide variety of organizations have discovered how LED lighting technology can reduce energy and maintenance costs.

LED lighting is currently being used in workplace installations, including:

• Overhead lighting for conference rooms and office spaces
• Recessed lighting for hallways, bathrooms, breakrooms, and more
• Exterior lighting for parking lots, walkways and entrances

Check out the featured installations and discover the potential savings achieved by installing state-of-the-art LED lighting.

Learn how LED lighting is lowering lighting costs for a variety of workplaces:

Better Day BP

Cree, Inc.

Friendly's Restaurant

The Prairie School

Sentry Equipment Corporation

Learn more at www.LEDworkplace.org.

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Relume has grown into a full-service, single source for innovative LED light engine solutions for corporate signage, automotive, airlines, safety devices and the U.S. military.

Advanced Research and Development facilities and state-of-the-art manufacturing are under the same roof to  assure maximum quality, consistency and performance of all Relume light engine solutions from concept to completion.

Relume claims to be the only company that offers the unique advantages of their patented "Silver Strips" and custom "Silver Circuit Boards" which enable LEDs to burn brighter, last longer and cost less.   Relume sets new industry standards for performance, ruggedness and economy.

Relume Technologies
Corporate World Headquarters
925 N. Lapeer Road Suite B
Oxford, MI. 48371
Phone: (248) 969-3800
www.relume.com

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Relume has grown into a full-service, single source for innovative LED light engine solutions for corporate signage, automotive, airlines, safety devices and the U.S. military.

Advanced Research and Development facilities and state-of-the-art manufacturing are under the same roof to  assure maximum quality, consistency and performance of all Relume light engine solutions from concept to completion.

Relume claims to be the only company that offers the unique advantages of their patented "Silver Strips" and custom "Silver Circuit Boards" which enable LEDs to burn brighter, last longer and cost less.   Relume sets new industry standards for performance, ruggedness and economy.

Relume Technologies
Corporate World Headquarters
925 N. Lapeer Road Suite B
Oxford, MI. 48371
Phone: (248) 969-3800
www.relume.com

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LED Assemblies From Marktech Optoelectronics

Marktech Optoelectronics specializes in solving challenging LED design, assembly and manufacturing problems for customers. Marktech strives to  integrate these processes into customers' systems to provide dependable, efficient service.

Marktech, a CREE Solution Provider, offers a comprehensive range of Engineering and Manufacturing services that simplify LED product development and provide meaningful time and cost savings to OEM customers. Our vertically-integrated services provide customers with a total design, manufacturing, and logistics solution that move a product from its initial design through volume production, test, and distribution. These integrated services allow us to design, build, and ship a complete product efficiently, effectively and at a greater cost savings to our customers.

LED Assemblies Advantages

• Low Cost, High Quality LED Manufacturing Services,
• Extensive LED Circuit Design, and Engineering Capabilities,
• Cost-effective LED Component Solutions,
• No Communication Barriers - You Deal Direct with a US Based Company

Marktech's Logistics management team implements and controls the efficient and effective flow of all information between the end customer and the manufacturing plant. Prototype to Production - We make sure your products remain consistent and of the highest quality with in-house Quality Control and Inspection.

Marktech Optoelectronics
3 Northway Lane North
Latham, New York 12110
Toll Free: 800.984.5337
Phone: 518.956.2980
http://www.ledassemblies.com/

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OSRAM Opto Semiconductors LEDs Illuminate the Golden "Dragon Fountain" in Olympic Park

Dragon-shaped water fountains in Olympic Park brightened by OSRAM Golden DRAGON LEDs

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and Tong Fang joined hands to illuminate the elegant dragon-shaped water fountains in Beijing’s Olympic Park with OSRAM Golden DRAGON LEDs.

Tong Fang Co. Ltd. installed its dragon-shaped water fountains, located along the northeast side of the Bird’s Nest and the Water Cube in the Olympic Park, in July of this year.

The fountains were outfitted with OSRAM Golden DRAGON with lens and enhanced Thinfilm LED components, providing the “Dragon” with its characteristic golden glow.

The partnership marks OSRAM’s continued efforts to be the leader and top innovator in China’s LED market, as well as to provide support for China as it prepares to host the largest sporting event in the world.

Two impressive dragons team up

Tong Fang turned to OSRAM Opto Semiconductors for its leading-edge LED technology, but the partnership may have a deeper, if coincidental, Chinese connection as well: two dragons, OSRAM's Golden DRAGON LED lamps and Tong Fang's “dragon fountain”, working together to show strong support for Beijing’s Olympic Games.

Projects like the dragon-shaped fountains reflect the expanding opportunities customers find to create interesting and original LED solid-state lighting applications.

More than 600 meters long, the “Dragon” is formed by thousands of tiny water jets arranged in a long, gentle curve cutting through the Olympic Park, comprising a river stretching two kilometers long. The dynamic jets launch water columns as high as six meters, creating a kind of rolling wave, like the body of a dragon as it glides through the air. At the base of each column, mounted 10cm underwater, a lamp containing 24 OSRAM Golden DRAGON LEDs radiates yellow light upwards to a height of 15 meters, illuminating the “dragon” for four to five hours every evening.

Altogether 1,920 lamps containing 46,080 Golden DRAGON LEDs help bring the dragon fountain to life.

 “The first time Tong Fang discussed their idea for the dragon fountain with us, I knew OSRAM had to be involved, as it was a perfect opportunity for us to show the versatility, efficiency and advanced technology behind our Golden DRAGON LEDs. This kind of innovative and creative thinking is precisely how we aim to revolutionize the lighting industry in China and the rest of the world,” says Dr. Alfred Felder, CEO of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Asia.

The OSRAM Golden DRAGON advantages
Tong Fang ultimately chose to work with OSRAM Opto Semiconductors because of the benefits inherent to using the Golden DRAGON with lens and enhanced OSRAM Thinfilm LED technology.

The Golden DRAGON  LEDs come with one of the narrowest viewing angle
integrated lenses in the industry (just 20°), taking up less space and reducing the need for secondary optics. Furthermore, the high optical efficiency (61lm/W) of these yellow LEDs enhances energy efficiency, while the over 50,000 hours lifespan (under proper operating conditions) minimizes maintenance costs.

 “We’ve already received extremely positive feedbacks from people who’ve witnessed the fountain in action, especially with respect to the golden color, which resonates with traditional Chinese perceptions of dragons, as they symbolize power, prosperity and celebration; and this summer is set to be one of the biggest celebrations ever,” says Miao Chen, General Manager at Tong Fang. “OSRAM, whom we’ve worked with before, has proven once again to be a highly reliable and forward-thinking partner in providing us with this solid-state lighting solution.”

OSRAM Opto Semiconductor’s golden future
Partnering with leading Chinese companies such as Tong Fang is a key ingredient to OSRAM Opto Semiconductors recipe for developing China’s rising LED market.  As a leader in its industry, OSRAM is continually aimed at shaping the future of lighting in China and developing people’s perceptions and understanding of LED technology, which has rapidly gone from niche market/high fashion to mainstream, mass market use, and the range of solid-state lighting applications expands day by day. By supporting local Chinese customers who wish to turn their next-generation lighting ideas into a reality, OSRAM Opto Semiconductor is confident that the China LED market will continue to flourish for years to come.

To know more innovative LED applications, please visit www.osram-os.com.

About OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

OSRAM is part of the Industry sector of Siemens and one of the two leading lighting manufacturers in the world. Its subsidiary, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH in Regensburg (Germany), offers its customers solutions based on semiconductor technology for lighting, sensor and visualization applications. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has production sites in Regensburg (Germany) and Penang (Malaysia). Its headquarters for North America is in Santa Clara (USA), and for Asia in Hong Kong. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors also has sales offices throughout the world. In the 2007 fiscal year (to the end of September) OSRAM Opto Semiconductors employed more than 4000 people and achieved sales totaling EUR520 million. For more information go to www.osram-os.com.

 

About Tong Fang Co. Ltd.

Tong Fang brings its own core technologies to the use in expanding the information industry and the establishment of industrial applications. These are also used to serve the growing informational needs of the national economy, to drive the growing informational needs of societal and city planners and to improve the capabilities of intelligent technology in people’s daily lives. In the area of integrated city management, Tong Fang is the first to provide an e-city service; in the area of improving the intelligence of everyday digital products, Tsinghua Tong Fang is developing the total solution for intelligent home and technologically advanced communities.  For more information go to http://www.thtf.com.cn

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OptoElectronix provides general illumination and custom LED products. They optimize light output, power efficiency, product quality, reliability, and cost. Their global team has nearly 30 years of experience designing and manufacturing LED products for market leaders throughout the consumer, communication, industrial and medical industries.

OptoElectronix, a CREE Solutions Provider, is a qualified optoelectronics systems integrator who can deliver the following:

• In-house lighting system design expertise
• Design for manufacture (DFM) expertise
• In-house manufacturing
• Broad sales channel for local support

OptoElectronix offers:

• Design for optimal optical efficiency — maximum photons out
• Design for optimal power efficiency — minimum drive current in
• Thermal management for optimal heat dissipation and long LED life
• LED drive and control electronics allowing direct connection to the source power
• Chip-on-board (COB) assembly technology for improved system performance
• Design for automated manufacturing — best possible quality at a cost competitive with China

These elements combine to deliver the optimal combination of:

• System performance
• Product cost
• Quality
• Reliability
• Time to market
• High-volume, just-in-time delivery

LEDs are quickly replacing incandescent, fluorescent, and CFL bulbs for OEMs who are in tune with end-customer demands for energy-efficient products with a short amortization period.

OptoElectronix, Inc.

1735 Technology Drive, Suite 175
San Jose, CA 95110
Phone: (408) 437-9455
Corp@optoelectronix.com

http://www.optoelectronix.com

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MetroSpec engineers products from concept through to production - involving and teaming with its customers at every step of the way.

MetroSpec is exceptionally good at:

They specialize in translating innovative ideas and concepts into tangible prototypes and customer ready products.

MetroSpec Technology, LLC
1313 5th Str SE, UTEC Suite 333
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Phone: 952 746-7993
http://www.metrospectech.com

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One-stop-shop for Engineering and Production of LED lighting modules and electronics

LED Specialists is a CREE Solutions Providers that provides LED product design, integration and support services for the lighting industry. Our broad expertise in LED light sources, optics, drive electronics and thermal management allow us to deliver solutions optimized for the application and environment. In addition to engineering services, we offer complete lighting products and core components. 

Partnerships include Cree, Luxeon, Arrow Aces and NuSolutions Network.

Services include:

Product Development - Concept -> Prototype -> Detailed Design -> Manufacturing
LED Driver Electronics - Customized to achieve efficiency, cost and performance requirements.
Optical Design - To maximize lighting effectiveness.
Mechanical Design - Housings and thermal management.
Integration - Into your luminaire or system
Prototypes - Rapid turn-around and application assessment.
Test and Evaluation
Qualification and Certification
Project/Program Management
Manufacturing

LED Specialists, Inc
7A Main Street
Kings Park, New York 11754
(888) 680-1200
http://www.ledspecialists.com/

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Infinilux is a Solid State Lighting expert and a recognized Cree Solutions Provider. Infinilux designs and manufactures high performance, energy efficient lighting products that can be used worldwide in high-profile applications within the architectural, public spaces, theater lighting, retail, residential, landscape, signage, entertainment, hospitality, fine arts, and commercial markets.

Infinilux is based in Carson California with call centers in Colorado and Pennsylvania as well as manufacturing facilities in Dong Guan Mainland China. Infinilux's primary mission is to create energy efficient Solid State Lamps that will replace costly inefficient incandescent lamps. The leadership team has over 50 years combined experience in the LED indication and lighting industries and holds multiple patents in the use and transfer of LED output

Infinilux

1457 Glenn Curtiss Street

California 90746, USA

800-353-4001

310-294-8105

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COOLBRITE lighting With the evolution of LED lighting applications, a well-designed thermal management becomes one of the necessities when developing LED lighting system. COOLBRITE® experienced R&D team designed series of LED cooling solutions especially for LED devices used in indoor / outdoor lamps.
LED lighting series  from Coolbrite Lighting. Contact Information: sales.usa@coolbritelighting.com
 

 

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Gallium nitride (GaN) HEMT transistors by Cree are designed for use in WiMAX applications covering the 4.9 to 5.8GHz frequency band.

The new transistors, CGH55015F and CGH55030F, are the first released GaN HEMT WiMAX products specified to operate at up to 5.8 GHz, a performance level that further demonstrates Cree’s leadership in GaN technology.

Significant potential benefits offered by the new 15-watt and 30-watt devices include:

* A four-fold increase in efficiency compared with similar power level GaAs MESFET devices
* Elevated frequency operation compared with commercially available silicon LDMOS
* Operational capability in the license-exempt 5.8 GHz ISM (industrial, scientific and medical) band as well as 5.3-GHz and 5.47-GHz U-NII (Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure) bands
* Superior linearity of better than 2.5% EVM at average power under a WiMAX signal at 25% drain efficiency covering an instantaneous bandwidth of 5.5 to 5.8 GHz.

Both transistors are available with “reference design” amplifier platforms.

As business and residential customers continue to demand increased capacity and functionality for wireless networks, these transistors can enable efficient power amplifiers in small base-station formats (access points) for last-mile service utilizing WiMAX-based architectures. Such outdoor units can allow Internet service providers to maximize their ROI on spectrum due to the ability to offer tiered services (enabled by improved quality of service and wider channel bandwidths) to hundreds of broadband users from a single access point.

“The CGH55015F and CGH55030F are two great examples of new GaN transistors Cree developed to support the higher operational frequency and stringent efficiency and linearity requirements needed to enable next-generation WiMAX base stations and access points,” said Jim Milligan, Cree’s director of RF and microwave products. “These 5-GHz transistors complement the CGH35060 product that we are also releasing now to round out our 3.5-GHz GaN HEMT WiMAX product line. This 60-watt product is a direct result of customer feedback and offers customers greater flexibility for 3.5-GHz WiMAX applications, particularly in Europe where remote radio heads (RRHs) are increasingly being used.”

Additional information about the Cree products may be obtained by calling Cree at 919-287-7505 or by visiting www.cree.com.

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Shorten the development cycle for monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMIC)

Cree has developed a leading-edge process design kit (PDK) for GaN HEMT process technology. The Cree PDK, developed for use with Advanced Design System (ADS) from Agilent Technologies, Inc., can enable radio-frequency (RF) and microwave designers to shorten the development cycle for monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMIC) used in high-power, high-performance electronic systems, resulting in a highly productive design flow.

The Cree GaN kit includes microstrip lines, discontinuities, scalable capacitors, inductors and resistors, pads, vias, airbridges and active devices (HEMTs) at multiple biases.

Cree’s GaN foundry is the world’s first state-of-the-art, wide-bandgap MMIC facility, and our GaN-on-silicon carbide devices have significantly higher power density, thermal conductivity and operating voltage than traditional GaAs or Silicon MMIC technologies. RF designers can take advantage of this PDK to create MMICs for high-power commercial wireless, wideband military, electronic-warfare and radar applications.

Electronic design automation (EDA) technology

“We are pleased to offer access to our GaN MMIC foundry capability through the Advanced Design System. This kit allows our customers to take advantage of an industry-leading electronic design automation (EDA) technology that provides seamless schematic through layout interoperability with design rule checking (DRC). This integrated design flow can help accelerate our customers’ time-to-market by offering an accurate and productive work environment,” said Jim Milligan, director of RF and microwave products at Cree.

MMIC design solution

“GaN is becoming more and more important in the industry. With Cree’s GaN process, our mutual customers have access to a powerful MMIC design solution in an integrated flow for leading-edge, high-power applications,” said Anitha Swaminathan, foundry program manager with Agilent’s EEsof EDA division.
For additional information about the Cree PDK, please call (919) 287-7816 or visit www.cree.com.

About Agilent
Agilent EEsof EDA is an industry-leading provider of RF-mixed signal circuit and system-design software. Agilent ADS offers powerful simulation, schematic and seamless integration with layout and DRC capability for complete front-to-back MMIC design in an integrated flow. For more information about Agilent's EDA solutions, visit www.agilent.com/find/eesof.

About Cree
Cree is leading the LED lighting revolution and setting the stage to obsolete the incandescent light bulb through the use of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting. Cree is a market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting retrofit solutions, and semiconductor solutions for backlighting, wireless and power applications.

Cree’s product families include recessed LED down lights, blue and green LED chips, high-brightness LEDs, lighting-class power LEDs, power-switching devices and radio-frequency/wireless devices. Cree solutions are driving improvements in applications such as general illumination, backlighting, electronic signs and signals, variable-speed motors, and wireless communications.

For additional product and company information, please refer to www.cree.com.

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LR6 LED Recessed Down Light

its flagship LED recessed down light, the LR6, won a prestigious Silver International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) in the EcoDesign category. IDEA is one of the most prominent design competitions in the world, celebrating cutting-edge products and product concepts. Selected from 1,517 entries, the juried awards are co-sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America and BusinessWeek. This award continues the parade of accolades garnered by the LR6 for its performance and quality.

LR6 LED Luminaire for  performance and quality

The LR6 is an all-in-one LED luminaire that converts six-inch recessed cans into energy-efficient lighting.

The LR6 consumes just 12 watts of energy, which is 85-percent less than a traditional incandescent and 50-percent less than a compact fluorescent, while providing industry-leading light quality and aesthetics. A unique feature of the LR6 is the available Edison base that allows the retrofit of existing cans in minutes with no rewiring or special tools.

“The innovative design of the LR6 is truly unique in the industry, and we are pleased that it has been recognized through this prestigious award,” said Neal Hunter, president, Cree LED Lighting Solutions. “It was created for the critical need of energy efficiency combined with a user-friendly design that allows for easy installation.”

“LED lighting is ready today to help address the world’s energy needs,” said Chuck Swoboda, Cree CEO and chairman. “Cree continues to drive improvements in LED technology and to help accelerate adoption of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lights, such as the LR6.”

The LR6 is available through lighting showrooms and lighting and electrical wholesalers in all 50 U.S. states and across Canada (visit www.CreeLLS.com/buy). It has been honored with the 2007 Lighting For Tomorrow Grand Prize for Solid State Lighting, BuildingGreen’s Top 10 Green Building Products for 2007 and was also named a 2008 PCBC Cool Product.

About Industrial Designers and IDSA
Industrial designers determine the form, use features and interaction qualities of manufactured products, packaging and digital media systems. They study people at work, at home and in motion to create satisfying experiences with products from the kitchen and the office to the hospital and the warehouse, shaping these to fit their customers and to make effective use of industrial processes. In this way, industrial designers have a quiet but profound presence in almost everything people encounter during the day. IDSA is the voice of industrial design, committed to advancing the profession through education, information, community and advocacy.

About Cree
Cree is leading the LED lighting revolution and setting the stage to obsolete the incandescent light bulb through the use of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting. Cree is a market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting retrofit solutions, and semiconductor solutions for backlighting, wireless and power applications.

For additional product and company information, please refer to www.CreeLLS.com.

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JUNE 12, 2008 — Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE)  introduced the world’s first commercially available GaN monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) amplifiers.

These two “catalog” MMICs integrate Cree’s proven GaN RF transistor technology with a variety of other circuit elements to form fully integrated amplifier circuits. This allows for a dramatic reduction in size and increase in performance over hybrid amplifiers.

Many RF integrated circuits can now be identically replicated on a single silicon carbide (SiC) substrate in a production process similar to that used for commercial microprocessors.

The new broadband power amplifier MMICs, the CMPA0060005 and CMPA2560025, are now available for sample release in packaged and die formats.

The CMPA0060005 is a wideband 5-watt distributed amplifier operating from DC to 6 GHz. The CMPA2560025 is a higher-power, 25-watt reactively matched amplifier operating from 2.5 to 6 GHz. Both MMICs are suitable for a variety of applications where high power over broad bandwidths is required. As an example, a pair of CMPA2560025s driven by a CMPA0060005 can provide over 40 dB gain with an output power up to 50 watts in the 2.5 to 6-GHz band.

Standard Full-Wafer (SFW) MMIC Foundry Service

Cree also announces the expansion of its standard full-wafer (SFW) MMIC Foundry service to include shared multi-project (SMP) “pizza mask” foundry runs on a quarterly basis. This SMP service is available for both SiC MESFET and GaN HEMT MMIC processes.

“The introduction of the industry’s first off-the-shelf ‘catalog’ GaN MMICs continues to set Cree apart as the industry’s leader in wide bandgap MMIC technology,” said Jim Milligan, Cree director of RF and microwave products. “These products can provide our customers with the performance improvement and size-reduction benefits of microwave circuit integration in convenient ‘drop-in’ 50-ohm amplifiers. Further, our new SMP foundry service will be ideal for lower-cost prototyping of SiC or GaN MMICs by allowing customers to purchase a portion of a shared multi-project wafer.”

“This MMIC milestone is the culmination of many years of internal investment and external support from the U.S. Department of Defense, the Title III Office, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). These efforts are beginning to pay off for both the military and commercial markets,” said John Palmour, Ph.D., executive vice president for advanced devices at Cree.

Features of the GaN RF MMICs include:

CMPA0060005 GaN MMIC
* Wideband distributed amplifier covering DC – 6 GHz
* Up to 5 watts of CW RF output power
* High wideband DC to RF efficiency (typically 25%)
* 28 to 48-volt operating voltage range

CMPA2560025 GaN MMIC
* Broadband reactively matched amplifier covering 2.5 – 6 GHz
* Up to 25 watts CW RF output power
* Outstanding broadband DC to RF efficiency (typically 30-45%)
* 28-volt operating voltage

Cree’s product families include recessed LED down lights, blue and green LED chips, high-brightness LEDs, lighting-class power LEDs, power-switching devices and radio-frequency/wireless devices. Cree solutions are driving improvements in applications such as general illumination, backlighting, electronic signs and signals, variable-speed motors, and wireless communications.

For additional product and company information, please refer to www.cree.com.

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Adjust the Payback Calculator cells to get a quick estimate on how Kramer Lighting's "THE EDGE" LED lighting products can reduce your energy and maintenance cost.

Functional variables in the LED Payback Calculator include:

• HID Fixture type
• HID Lamp type
• Total HID system Wattage
• HID Lamp Rated Life
• Number of Fixtures
• Cost per kWHr
• Days per week
• Hours per day
• Annual hours of operation
• Per Fixture relamp cost

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LEDs Magazine is the leading resource for the global LED community, serving thousands of readers that specify, design and manufacture LED-based products for a wide range of end-use applications.

The several LEDs Magazine products combine technical articles, cases studies, market analysis and conference reports with news, product and event information, supplier listings and various background and technical resources.

LEDs Magazine is published by PennWell Corporation, a highly diversified, business-to-business media company providing authoritative print and online publications, conferences and exhibitions, research, databases, online exchanges and information products to strategic global markets.

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Kramer Lighting has launched KramerLED, utilizing groundbreaking light emitting diode (LED) technology featuring daylight harvesting, dimming capabilities and superior light control.

The patent-pending product line is for commercial indoor lighting.

The keys to a high efficiency LED interior luminaire are thermal management and optical control. With its heat pipe technology and patent-pending offset axial optics, KramerLED delivers superior efficiency, performance, and longevity.

"Energy efficiency is a top priority for the lighting industry," said Kramer Lighting president Al Ruud. "The KramerLED line offers a new 'green' option for facilities working toward Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification."

KramerLED uses the new X-Lamp MC-E LED from Cree, Inc., a premier manufacturer of LEDs. The MC-E LED retains the same 7 x 9 mm footprint as the existing XR-E family but with four times the light output. This technology enables new applications, reduces overall system cost, and uses the fewest LEDs within the smallest aperture possible to maximize light output and maintain a 45-degree visual cutoff angle.

KramerLED luminaires provide a significant reduction in energy consumption and overall efficiency with equal or better performance than traditional sources. The line also features proprietary NanoOptic(TM) technology: direct contact refractors sealed to the LED dome. When used in combination with premium optical materials and advanced optical design techniques such as Total Internal Reflection (TIR), NanoOptics provide up to 96 percent optical efficiency.

The concept of TIR occurs when beams of light bounce off a critical angle within the fixture and reflect back to the desired area increasing target zonal efficiency and performance.

One example of this efficiency comes from KramerLED linear products. Per linear foot, linear products deliver 1,000 lumens and consume less than 20 watts with a life rating greater than 50,000 hours. These fixtures also feature dimming through zero to 10-volt control.

Energy efficiency combined with no maintenance costs or lamp replacements present KramerLED fixtures as viable alternatives to other traditional lighting sources. The complete KramerLED series includes downlight, adjustable, wall wash, direct, indirect and pendant luminaires.

LED Light Manufacturing

All Kramer Lighting luminaires are manufactured in our ISO90001:2000 registered facility located in Sturtevant, Wisconsin.

Each Kramer Lighting fixture must pass a series of electrical tests prior to packaging. 

Kramer Lighting maintains the highest quality standards to ensure consistency and customer satisfaction.

Kramer works through sales reps.  Call for the rep in your area. 

Kramer Lighting

sales@kramerlighting.com

(800) 236-6800

KramerLED

E-mail: info@kramerled.com

Web Site: www.KramerLED.com

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Environmental Advantage for LEEDTM Certification by USGBC

LED lights offer numerous environmental benefits over other types of lighting for today's environmentally-conscious facilities and for buildings working toward LEED certification.

• Longer life ratings for less waste for landfills
  
• Daylight harvesting capabilities with solar power
  
• Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHs) compliant
• No mercury or lead is used in the product
  

Earn Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) points by using KramerLED fixtures. See how by reviewing Kramer Lighting's  LED Lighting Systems in Sustainable Building Design brochure.

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New technologies need to be compared to the status quo.

This comparison chart is available from Kramer Lighting.

Click the image for a PDF comparison chart of LED lights to Traditional Lamp Souces.

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THE EDGE Family of Products

LED lighting for general commercial and industrial applications:

• Efficiency
  
• Performance
  
• Longevity
  
• Style

THE EDGE features LEDs with a color temperature of 6000K and outputs of 80 lumens per watt - - two factors that make THE EDGE a viable option to replace high-intensity discharge (HID) sources.

About BetaLED

BetaLED, a brand of Beta Lighting, was established to dedicate resources to the emerging use of LED technology for general illumination. Beta Lighting, a division of Ruud Lighting, Inc., provides the lighting market with high-quality, specification-grade luminaires for exterior lighting applications. For additional exterior LED luminaire information, visit www.BetaLED.com.

Beta Lighting, a Ruud Lighting company, provides the lighting industry with high-quality, specification-grade luminaires for exterior lighting applications.

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Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich announced his city’s participation n the LED City® program, an international program that promotes the deployment of energy-efficient LED lighting. This initiative is in conjunction with an energy-related effort calling for the retrofit of all 16,000 municipal roadway lights with high-efficiency LED fixtures.

“I am pleased to announce the appropriation of $2.2 million to enable the city to purchase LED fixtures to change out roughly one-quarter of Anchorage’s streetlights,” notes Mayor Begich. “We have studied new lighting technology extensively over the past several months to validate energy and maintenance cost savings. We also conducted a lighting conference and public survey in March of this year that showed our residents overwhelmingly approve of the new white LED lighting. With this feedback and quantified costs savings research in hand, we are confident in moving ahead with the broad deployment of LED lighting for our roadways.”

The continental US has more than eight hours of daylight per day. Here in Anchorage, approximately 85 days a year we see less than eight hours of daylight.

“Lighting is absolutely critical to daily life in Anchorage. The continental US has more than eight hours of daylight per day. Here in Anchorage, approximately 85 days a year see less than eight hours of daylight. It is significant that this community is at the forefront of adopting energy-efficient lighting,” notes Deb Lovig, Cree LED City program manager. “Cree and the other LED Cities welcome Anchorage into the program and look forward to learning from this large-scale installation as the city pushes forward for energy and maintenance savings with LED lighting.”

The LED fixtures from BetaLED are expected to use 50-percent less energy than current streetlights, which could save the city $360,000 annually at today’s energy prices. The LED fixtures, based on performance-leading Cree XLamp LEDs, typically last up to seven times longer than high-pressure sodium fixtures, allowing Anchorage to better utilize maintenance resources.

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Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces the opening of the Cree Shenzhen Engineering Center in Shenzhen, China. This technical education center is dedicated to training lighting product designers and manufacturers in best practices for LED lighting product design and construction.
 
Co-located with the Cree Shenzhen sales office, the engineering center employs application engineering, technical and sales staff. Cree experts will teach courses and are available to consult with customers on XLamp® LED-based designs, provide on-site handling guidance for LEDs during production, and evaluate LED designs for efficiency and performance.
 
The modular curriculum, taught in Mandarin, is designed to expand traditional lighting designers’ and manufacturers’ understanding and knowledge of the use of LEDs in general-illumination applications. The curriculum is targeted to include topics such as:
 
* Basics of LEDs
* Basic color theory and measurement
* Circuitry design for driving Cree XLamp LEDs
* Optical design for Cree XLamp LEDs
* Common problems and answers
 
“For designers who are creating efficient LED fixtures, using industry-leading Cree XLamp LEDs is only one element of a successful design,” said George Li, Cree Hong Kong director of sales. “By helping our customers create more effective and efficient LED systems, we hope to accelerate the worldwide adoption of high-quality LED lighting.”
 
Cree held a grand opening ceremony on July 25, 2008, with customers and honorable guests, including Mr. Chen Yan Sheng, president of the China Association of Lighting Industry.
 
For more information about visiting the Cree Shenzhen Engineering Center, contact a Cree Sales office in China (www.cree.com/cn/about/contact.asp).
 
About Cree
Cree is leading the LED lighting revolution and setting the stage to obsolete the incandescent light bulb through the use of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting. Cree is a market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting retrofit solutions, and semiconductor solutions for backlighting, wireless and power applications.
 
Cree’s product families include recessed LED down lights, lighting-class power LEDs, high brightness LEDs, blue and green LED chips, power-switching devices and radio-frequency/wireless devices. Cree solutions are driving improvements in applications such as general illumination, backlighting, electronic signs and signals, variable-speed motors, and wireless communications.
 
For additional product and company information, please refer to www.cree.com.

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