LEDtronics® announces its first series of energy-efficient LED replacements of wall-pak luminaires for wall washing and security lighting. The high-power WWL20-24X2W-XPW-001W floodlight runs on a wide range of voltages, from 100 to 277VAC, consuming only 56 watts of power. Easily mountable on walls, ceilings or floors indoors or outdoors, the LEDtronics wide-beam and weatherproof Wall-Pak is made of die-cast aluminum housing and high-impact, heat-resistant polycarbonate lens, efficiently designed to dissipate heat and distribute light evenly.
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The City of Chicago and U.S.
Green Building Council (USGBC) Chicago Chapter selected Derry Berrigan
Lighting Design (DBLD), for its LEED Platinum expansion of the Chicago
Center for Green Technology (CCGT), the Greenbuild Chicago 2007 Legacy
Project.
This accomplishment is a major advancement for sustainable lighting design. Jeff Beaver, Project Manager, DBLD, said "We are proud to be a part of this expansion project. The City of Chicago's Center for Green Technology is a place for learning by demonstration, every community should have one. The Center's educational outreach to more than 20,000 visitors a year will raise awareness of and support for sustainable lighting design and the viability of LED lighting for general illumination. This project has set a high benchmark and proven that LED lighting sources must become the new standard."
Derry Berrigan, DBLD's principal lighting designer, stated, "The three pillars of sustainability -- people, prosperity, and the planet must be considered equally while designing. We have the responsibility as lighting designers to not only deliver aesthetically pleasing visual environments while meeting the task requirements of the occupants, but also consider the total environmental and economic impact of our designs. We have the techniques and tools to deliver sustainable lighting now, and we owe it to our clients and our futures to do it."
Lighting Tops a Building's Electricity Consumption
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, lighting accounts for approximately 30% of a building's electricity consumption, its largest single demand. The cost to the environment is enormous.
The Chicago Center for Green Technology's first phase of expansion
These strategies will allow the Center to reduce its energy consumption and environmental impact, and save money on electricity and maintenance costs.
LR6 LED Downlights fro LED Lighting Fixtures
One of the new and innovative lighting technologies used at the Center are the LR6 LED downlights from LED Lighting Fixtures, Inc. (LLF).
The LR6 consumes only 12 watts, saving 39% in energy consumption over fluorescent and 83% over incandescent lighting sources. Berrigan said, "The LR6 is the most ecofriendly interior lighting product available today. It produces better light quality than any traditional light source."
LR6 Leads the LED Pathway to Green Design
The LR6 is manufactured using recycled aluminum, contains no hazardous mercury, emanates no noticeable heat, produces no UV, lasts 50,000 hours, and guaranteed for three-years.
Stephen Bell, Director of the Chicago Center for Green Technology, observed, "The challenge for the team at DBLD was to create a lighting design that met the stringent LEED Platinum standards and our needs while specifying products that were both environmentally-conscious and within our budget. I am pleased that they exceeded every standard and overcame the many challenges all within budget."
About Derry Berrigan Lighting Design (DBLD)
Derry Berrigan Lighting Design (DBLD), located in Northwest Arkansas, provides sustainable lighting design services to select residential, retail, office, hospitality, and restaurant projects across the United States. DBLD creates sustainable lighting designs that enhance architectural character, produce an inviting atmosphere, and increase the comfort and security for the occupants through thoughtful and artistic use of light. By meeting design challenges with creative, energy-conscious solutions, DBLD has established a reputation for versatility, reliability, and innovation.
About Chicago Center for Green Technology
Derry Berrigan Lighting Design
119 E Walnut St
Rogers, AR 72756
(479) 636-4697
The City of Chicago's Center for Green Technology is a nationally- recognized green building with a Platinum LEED certification. It is a model for green building and a valuable resource showcasing green and sustainable building techniques, technologies, and materials that, when used, can enhance the quality of life for the building's occupants, save money, energy, and resources, and reduce the building's impact on the environment. The Center helps professionals and property owners learn how green technology is cost- effective, good for people and the environment, and how they can use it.
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DBLD achieved 45% below ASHRAE 2004 standards exceeding LEED Platinum requirements by 10% without any aesthetic or lighting quality compromises using daylighting and light emitting diode (LED) lighting sources.City of Chicago's Center for Green Technology
This accomplishment is a major advancement for sustainable lighting design. Jeff Beaver, Project Manager, DBLD, said "We are proud to be a part of this expansion project. The City of Chicago's Center for Green Technology is a place for learning by demonstration, every community should have one. The Center's educational outreach to more than 20,000 visitors a year will raise awareness of and support for sustainable lighting design and the viability of LED lighting for general illumination. This project has set a high benchmark and proven that LED lighting sources must become the new standard."
Derry Berrigan, DBLD's principal lighting designer, stated, "The three pillars of sustainability -- people, prosperity, and the planet must be considered equally while designing. We have the responsibility as lighting designers to not only deliver aesthetically pleasing visual environments while meeting the task requirements of the occupants, but also consider the total environmental and economic impact of our designs. We have the techniques and tools to deliver sustainable lighting now, and we owe it to our clients and our futures to do it."
Lighting Tops a Building's Electricity Consumption
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, lighting accounts for approximately 30% of a building's electricity consumption, its largest single demand. The cost to the environment is enormous.
Lighting is
responsible for approximately
130 million tons of carbon dioxide annually,
about 7% of all carbon emissions.
130 million tons of carbon dioxide annually,
about 7% of all carbon emissions.
The Chicago Center for Green Technology's first phase of expansion
- utilizes high-performance LED technology (90% of all lighting fixtures in the Center are LED),
- all occupants have access to outdoor views and daylight,
- leading-edge Lutron lighting controls provide additional opportunities in minimizing energy usage, up to 50%.
These strategies will allow the Center to reduce its energy consumption and environmental impact, and save money on electricity and maintenance costs.
LR6 LED Downlights fro LED Lighting Fixtures
One of the new and innovative lighting technologies used at the Center are the LR6 LED downlights from LED Lighting Fixtures, Inc. (LLF).
The LR6 consumes only 12 watts, saving 39% in energy consumption over fluorescent and 83% over incandescent lighting sources. Berrigan said, "The LR6 is the most ecofriendly interior lighting product available today. It produces better light quality than any traditional light source."
LR6 Leads the LED Pathway to Green Design
The LR6 is manufactured using recycled aluminum, contains no hazardous mercury, emanates no noticeable heat, produces no UV, lasts 50,000 hours, and guaranteed for three-years.
Stephen Bell, Director of the Chicago Center for Green Technology, observed, "The challenge for the team at DBLD was to create a lighting design that met the stringent LEED Platinum standards and our needs while specifying products that were both environmentally-conscious and within our budget. I am pleased that they exceeded every standard and overcame the many challenges all within budget."
About Derry Berrigan Lighting Design (DBLD)
Derry Berrigan Lighting Design (DBLD), located in Northwest Arkansas, provides sustainable lighting design services to select residential, retail, office, hospitality, and restaurant projects across the United States. DBLD creates sustainable lighting designs that enhance architectural character, produce an inviting atmosphere, and increase the comfort and security for the occupants through thoughtful and artistic use of light. By meeting design challenges with creative, energy-conscious solutions, DBLD has established a reputation for versatility, reliability, and innovation.
About Chicago Center for Green Technology
Derry Berrigan Lighting Design
119 E Walnut St
Rogers, AR 72756
(479) 636-4697
The City of Chicago's Center for Green Technology is a nationally- recognized green building with a Platinum LEED certification. It is a model for green building and a valuable resource showcasing green and sustainable building techniques, technologies, and materials that, when used, can enhance the quality of life for the building's occupants, save money, energy, and resources, and reduce the building's impact on the environment. The Center helps professionals and property owners learn how green technology is cost- effective, good for people and the environment, and how they can use it.
LED business ... Design arena is the opportunity today!
Diffusers... new colors, new designs...
Who attended the Strategies in Light 2009 show?
Market Report: September 14, 2009
According to market research firm Strategies Unlimited in its recently released report High-Brightness LED Market Review and Forecast - 2009, lighting and LCD backlighting are the applications that will drive market reco very in 2010 and over the next five years, with market growth forecast at a CAGR of 24%, reaching $14.9 billion in 2013.
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Diffusers... new colors, new designs...
Who attended the Strategies in Light 2009 show?
The audience profile reflects the following business segments:
- LED manufacturers
- Suppliers of equipment and materials to the LED industry
- LED system manufacturers
- Lighting architects
- Automotive lighting suppliers
- Lighting product manufacturers
- Lighting system designers
- LED product designers
- Financial analysts, investment bankers, and venture capitalists
- Corporate R & D staff
The senior decision makers represent some of the leading companies in LED manufacturing such as:
- Nichia
- Cree
- Agilent
- Stanley Electric
- Toyoda Gosei
- Philips/Lumileds
- Everlight
- Rohm
- Epistar
- Bridgelux
- Arima Optoelectronics
- LG Innotek
- Cotco
- Liteon
- Sharp
- Osram Opto Semiconductors
- Samsung Electro- Mechanics
Market Report: September 14, 2009
- Continuing the trend of recent years, high-brightness LED market growth for 2008 was 11%, reaching $5.1 billion, in spite of a shaky fourth quarter.
- However, a decline of 3.7% is expected for 2009, resulting in a market size of $4.9 billion.
This decline will not affect all HB LED market segments equally. For example, although some of the more mature markets such as automotive lighting, mobile phones, and outdoor video screens are experiencing substan tial downturns, other emerging segments such as backlights for LCD displays in notebook computers and TVs are showing strong growth.
- Moreover, the LED lighting market is also continuing to grow, although at a somewhat slower pace than in recent years.
According to market research firm Strategies Unlimited in its recently released report High-Brightness LED Market Review and Forecast - 2009, lighting and LCD backlighting are the applications that will drive market reco very in 2010 and over the next five years, with market growth forecast at a CAGR of 24%, reaching $14.9 billion in 2013.
In all market segments, the penetration rates for the use
of HB LEDs
continue to grow.
The fundamental drivers for HB LED adoption have not
changed. It is the impact of the worldwide economic recession on end
product demand, rather than any slowdown in the rate of HB LED
adoption, that is causing the HB LED market to dip in 2009.
As noted above, lighting and LCD backlighting are providing strong counterweights to the decline in other segments, and they have moderated the rate of overall HB LED market contraction.
The new Strategies Unlimited report is the tenth from the company on LED applications and markets. It analyzes the HB LED market in depth, from both the demand side and the supply side, including supplier market shares. Detailed quantitative market analysis is provided, including breakouts by application and product type, in terms of units, ASPs and revenue. Five-year market forecasts are provided for each application and HB LED product type.
High-Brightness LED Market Review and Forecast -- 2009 is available for immediate delivery from Strategies Unlimited for $5,450. More information on the report is available by contacting Tim Carli, Sales Manager, at +1 650 941-3438 ext. 23, or by email at tcarli@strategies-u.com.
Founded in 1979, Strategies Unlimited specializes in market research and strategic consulting directed at the optoelectronics and compound semiconductor industries. It has published reports on LED markets and technology since 1994, and it established the first annual industry conference on HB LEDs, known as Strategies in Light, in 2000. The company, based in Mountain View, California, is a research unit of PennWell Corporation.
Quantifying the Future
Strategies Unlimited specializes in market research reports, custom studies, and newsletters directed at the optoelectronic, optical communications, photovoltaic, compound semiconductor material, and RF/microwave components industries. With its in-depth understanding of market applications, technology developments, industry participants, and government policies, the company has attained an outstanding record in market forecasting.
Robert V. Steele
Director, LED Practice
B.S. Chemistry, M.I.T.
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry,
University of California (Berkeley)
At Strategies Unlimited since 1982, Dr. Steele is responsible for optoelectronics studies and reports on such subjects as high-brightness LEDs, solid-state lighting, laser diodes, datacom transceivers, and advanced compound semiconductor materials. He is the chair of Strategies Unlimited's annual conference Strategies in Light on the high brightness LED industry. Previously he was also the editor of the Strategies Unlimited optoelectronics industry newsletter, The Light Source, and was a major contributor to 16 studies prepared for the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association's (OIDA) roadmap program. Dr. Steele writes regularly for industry publications on high-brightness LED markets and applications, and has been an invited speaker at several international conferences. As an internationally recognized expert in this subject has been interviewed and quoted by major publications, including Forbes, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist, among others.
Dr. Steele has over 30 years of professional experience, and was previously employed at SRI International, Flow General, and United Technologies Corporation.
Artist Patrick Marold from Denver, Colorado has created 1,000
polycarbonate poles topped by three aluminum cups. When turned by the
wind, each powers a small built-in generator attached to an LED that
sends light down into the shaft, thereby, displaying the wind's power.
This Windmill Project is featured in an exhibition ("Human=Landscape")
hosted by Burlington City Arts in conjunction with the ECHO Lake
Aquarium and Science Center and the Energy Project Vermont.
http://energyprojectvt.com/art.htm
This array of "turbines" maps the behavior of wind and allows us to visualize the resource's invisible potential.
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http://energyprojectvt.com/art.htm
This array of "turbines" maps the behavior of wind and allows us to visualize the resource's invisible potential.
These tiny wind turbines highlight a huge issue that has been spinning throughout Vermont: Should the State capture the wind to generate power or should Vermont avoid building turbines because they will ruin the view of the scenic mountain ridge lines?
This exhibit will be running through November 1, 2009. You can check out (a sampling of the windmills at ECHO's "Wind: Power & Play" showcase. Get more information at: http://www.echovermont.org/programs/cafesci-topic9.html
Philadelphia's traffic lights are all about to go LED.
The city plans to replace 55,000 green - and yellow - energy-hogging incandescent traffic signals with efficient light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. When the project is done in two years, every traffic light at the city's 2,800 signaled intersections will be equipped with the low-wattage LEDs. (The red lights were switched to LEDs about 10 years ago.)Philadelphia transportation and utility officials believe they can accomplish the switch at a steep discount, thanks to federal stimulus money, combined with state-required Peco Energy Co. subsidies designed to encourage energy conservation. Traffic engineers across the region are furiously writing grants to take advantage of government-inspired energy-conservation promotions.
LED technology has been around for decades, but the devices have received much attention lately as their price has come down and they have become more affordable for household use. Joseph M. Doyle, Philadelphia's chief traffic engineer, said the city converted all its red lights to LEDs in 1998. Red was the only color available then.
According to Peco, a typical 12-inch red incandescent signal lamp is rated at 150 watts and consumes $88.46 in electricity per year. A comparable LED uses 11 watts and consumes $6.49 in power. (Red traffic signals are on longer than green or amber lights, so they offer the greatest savings.)
The cost of the LED units would be supported by Peco, which included a proposal to subsidize the upgraded traffic signals in a sweeping $342 million energy-conservation plan filed last month with state regulators. State law compels electric utilities to drive consumption down 3 percent by 2013.
Municipalities began using LEDs in traffic signals in the 1990s. Peco spokeswoman Cathy Engel said that about half the region's 165,000 traffic lights were now LEDs.
Some municipalities could not wait for the incentives.
Nether Providence, Delaware County, spent $8,208 last year to convert its 15 signaled intersections to LEDs. Since then, its monthly bill for traffic signals has decreased from $860 to $143, said David Director, chairman of the township's energy committee.
The new lamps paid for themselves in a year, Director said.
SOURCE: Philly.com
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has carried out pioneering work in the
development of thin-film LEDs. Together with Dr. Andreas Bräuer of the
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF
in Jena, Dr. Klaus Streubel and Dr. Stefan Illek of OSRAM Opto
Semiconductors have won the German Future Prize 2007, the technology
and innovation award bestowed by the German President, for their joint
development of LED-based illumination modules.
Now, thanks to new technologies for chip manufacturing, structural design (OSTAR) and beam shaping* the light output of the low-price, energy-saving LEDs has been vastly improved.
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Now, thanks to new technologies for chip manufacturing, structural design (OSTAR) and beam shaping* the light output of the low-price, energy-saving LEDs has been vastly improved.
The new high-output LED modules are based on perfect synergy between solid-state physics and optics. The semiconductor components were built by OSRAM, while researchers in Jena took care of the optics.
OSRAM started developing thin-film LEDs in 1999.
The company took a major step forwards when it devised chip technology that permits the extraction of light in a single half sphere.
A novel platform for the
thin-film LEDs ensures efficient temperature management and allows all
colors of LEDs to be combined.
To use the light emitted by the LED chip
as fully as possible, a special optic for the respective application is
required and was accordingly designed and implemented by the Fraunhofer
researchers. It consists of two parts: a primary and a secondary lens.
- The primary lens collects the light emitted by the LED close to the
chip and combines it to form a beam.
- The secondary lens homogenizes the light beam.
Applications of LED Modules
- Battery-powered digital projectors.
- LED-based rear-projection TV
- Infrared LED light sources for pedestrian monitoring systems in cars,
- "OSTAR Lighting"
LED module for general illumination.
- OSTAR modules will be made standard equipment in car headlamps as of 2008.
German President Horst Köhler presented the team of OSRAM and Fraunhofer researchers with the German research award, worth €250,000, in recognition of their achievement.
This technology was developed by scientists at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors with the support of optics specialists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF in Jena.
Shifting to LED lighting is a small but fast-growing trend that is redefining the century-old
conception of lighting --- replacing energy-wasting disposable bulbs with
efficient fixtures that are often semi-permanent, like those used in
plumbing.
A recent report by McKinsey & Company cited conversion to LED lighting as potentially the most cost effective of a number of simple approaches to tackling climate change using existing technology.
LED lighting was once relegated to
But as a result of rapid developments in the technology, it is now poised to become common on streets and in buildings, as well as in homes and offices.
Some American cities, including many in California, as well as Ann Arbor, MI., and Raleigh, NC, are using LED street lights and industrial size fixtures to illuminate streets and parking garages. Dozens more cities and counties, as well as state governments are exploring the savings in maintenance as well as the energy-saving efficiencies. San Jose, Calif., plans to use $2 million in energy-efficiency grants to install 1,500 LED streetlights.
LEDs are more than twice as efficient as CFLs - compact fluorescent lights -- currently the standard for greener lighting. And the longer life reduces replacement maintenance time, which can be more of a savings than the bulbs or energy itself.
Unlike compact fluorescents, LEDs turn on quickly and are compatible with dimmer switches.
Fluorescent bulbs also contain mercury, which requires special disposal, and LED bulbs contain no toxic elements, are so small, and last so long that disposal is not much of an issue.
President Obama's stimulus package, which offers money for "green" infrastructure investment, will accelerate that pace, experts say.
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Studies suggest that a complete conversion to the lights could decrease carbon dioxide emissions from electric power use for lighting by up to 50 percent in just over 20 years.
And in the United States, lighting accounts for about 6 percent of all energy use.
A recent report by McKinsey & Company cited conversion to LED lighting as potentially the most cost effective of a number of simple approaches to tackling climate change using existing technology.
LED lighting was once relegated to
- basketball scoreboards
- cellphone consoles
- traffic lights
- colored Christmas lights
But as a result of rapid developments in the technology, it is now poised to become common on streets and in buildings, as well as in homes and offices.
Some American cities, including many in California, as well as Ann Arbor, MI., and Raleigh, NC, are using LED street lights and industrial size fixtures to illuminate streets and parking garages. Dozens more cities and counties, as well as state governments are exploring the savings in maintenance as well as the energy-saving efficiencies. San Jose, Calif., plans to use $2 million in energy-efficiency grants to install 1,500 LED streetlights.
LEDs are more than twice as efficient as CFLs - compact fluorescent lights -- currently the standard for greener lighting. And the longer life reduces replacement maintenance time, which can be more of a savings than the bulbs or energy itself.
Unlike compact fluorescents, LEDs turn on quickly and are compatible with dimmer switches.
Fluorescent bulbs also contain mercury, which requires special disposal, and LED bulbs contain no toxic elements, are so small, and last so long that disposal is not much of an issue.
The switch to LEDs is proceeding far more rapidly than experts had predicted just two years ago.
President Obama's stimulus package, which offers money for "green" infrastructure investment, will accelerate that pace, experts say.
ARRA provided $250 million for a
new program called the Green Retrofit Program (GRP). It will provide
grants and loans on a competitive basis for owners of properties
assisted with project-based Section 8, Section 202 (elderly), or
Section 811 (disabled).
The grants or loans can be used to make energy and green retrofit investments and to ensure the maintenance and preservation of the property. In return for the added assistance, owners must agree to extend affordability period for at least another 15 years. Owners must spend funds within two years.
http://portal.hud.gov/portal/
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The grants or loans can be used to make energy and green retrofit investments and to ensure the maintenance and preservation of the property. In return for the added assistance, owners must agree to extend affordability period for at least another 15 years. Owners must spend funds within two years.
The Office of Affordable Housing Preservation (OAHP) in HUD's Office of Multifamily Housing administers GRP.
HUD Notice H-09-02, issued on May 13, 2009, announced that HUD will begin accepting GRP applications on June 15 on a first-come, first-served basis. GRP grants or loans can be up to $15,000 per unit. Projects are expected to be completed within 12 months and in no event should work extend more than 24 months. Though the GRP is a distinct program, it shares some elements of the existing "Mark-to-Market Green Initiative". In some instances, OAHP may make Green Retrofit funds contingent on the owner's agreement to a Mark-to-Market debt restructuring.
HUD's ARRA Energy and Green Retrofit webpage,http://portal.hud.gov/portal/
- HUD's GRP Overview
http://portal.hud.gov/
- HUD Notice H-09-02 implementing GRP,
http://portal.hud.gov/pls/portal/docs/ - HUD's Green Retrofit Program (GRP) Powerpoint from May 13, 2009 - Added 5/20/2009
http://portal.hud.gov/portal - Questions and Answers - Added 5/20/2009, http://portal.hud.gov/pls/portal/
HUD's Office of Multifamily Housing webpage, www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/hsgmulti.cfm
Energy and Green Retrofit Section of the ARRA Statute, http://www.nlihc.org/doc/Green-Housing-Retrofits-ARRA.pdf
Have you thought of applying for projects that include 24/7 applications of LED lights in local public housing facilities? Follow the money... here are some funding sources:
http://www.eecbg.energy.gov/downloads/DE_FOA_0000013_Amendment_000003.pdf
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Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG)
ARRA provided $3.2 billion for this Department of Energy (DOE) program, $2.8 billion to be distributed by formula, with the remaining $400 million to be awarded competitively. EECBG provides grants to states and local governments for improvements in energy efficiency and to reduce energy use and fossil fuel emissions. EECBG is a new program, receiving money for the first time due to ARRA, although it was authorized in 2007. The block grant is administered by DOE's Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.Potential housing-related uses of EECBG include: grants to nonprofits to perform energy efficiency retrofits; financial incentives for energy efficiency improvements; energy efficiency for buildings; and, residential energy audits. In addition there are many other eligible uses ranging from energy efficient traffic signals to carbon capture and sequestration from power plants.
Applications from sates and local governments are due June 25.
EECBG webpage, http://www.eecbg.energy.gov
EECBG Financial Assistance Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA),http://www.eecbg.energy.gov/downloads/DE_FOA_0000013_Amendment_000003.pdf