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Market conditions are right for the LED replacement lamp market to accelerate in the next few years, according to a new market report by Strategies Unlimited, the leading firm covering the LED market.

LED Market Advantages: quality of light, dimmability, controllability, lamp life and environmental cost of ownership.

Dramatic improvements in commercially available LED performance in recent years, as well as significant cost reduction, has made it feasible to design LED lamps to offer comparable lumen output and to compete with other established lighting technologies on the basis of cost of ownership.  

The market is in a state of flux as utilities, energy efficiency organizations and customers look for optimum solutions which save energy, minimize the cost of ownership, and give acceptable quality of light.

Customer Education

Customers are in the process of being educated about comparing cost of ownership rather than the initial price of lamps.

Regulations Drive European Market

Regulations in Europe will ban the 100W incandescent clear glass lamp starting in September 2009, and will progressively ban all inefficient incandescent lamps by 2012 and all incandescent lamps by 2016. The Energy Information and Security Act of 2007 began the process of restricting the sale of inefficient lamps in the US.

Market Opportunities for LED Replacement Lamps

By 2012, with a few exceptions, inefficient incandescent lamps cannot be sold. Although the awareness of these regulations is still weak in the marketplace, they will create market opportunities for LED replacement lamps.

Recognizing the potential of LED technology to save energy, policy makers have been supporting the research and development of LED technology and helping its commercialization.

In the short run, while LED replacement lamps become a viable alternative, regulators are encouraging compac t fluorescent lamps (CFLs).

However, over the next five years the advantages of LED technology over CFL will become recognized, especially with respect to the quality of light, dimmability, controllability, lamp life and environmental cost of ownership.

• Some well-designed LED lamps already offer effective lumen efficacies that compete with CFLs.
• The commercial and industrial segments will embrace LEDs to control costs and save energy.
• The LED lamps will be used for directed light applications, in hard-to-reach places and where the cost of re placement is very high.

Replacement Lamp Market Growth Projected at 107%

Although the market for LED replacement lamps is still in its early stages of development, the lamp revenues are forecast to grow at a CAGR of 107% through 2013.

Strategies Unlimited explores the market potential for LED lighting technology in its latest report titled LED Replacement Lamps--Market Analysis and Forecast, 2009. The report analyzes five LED-based lamp types that are designed to replace lamps that currently populate billions of sockets:

• A-lamp and globes;
  
• PAR and R lamps;
  
• MR 16's;
  
• candelabra and decorative lamps;
  
• linear fluore scent tubes.

The markets for five categories of replacement lamps are analyzed for market drivers and challenges, trends, units and revenues for 2008. The report also offers a five-year forecast for 2009-2013.

LED Replacement Lamps--Market Analysis and Forecast, 2009 is available from Strategies Unlimited at a price of $1,895. More information on the report is available by contacting Tim Carli, Sales Manager, at +1 650-941-3438 ext. 23, by e-mail at tcarli@strategies-u.com, or on the company web site, www.strategies-u.com.

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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.  

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

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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.

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 OAHP webpage, www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/omhar/index.cfm

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

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More than 4,200 LR24 recessed LED luminaires are planned for installation in Wedge 5 of the Pentagon as part of a major renovation.

In a signing ceremony today at the Pentagon, John J. Kubricky, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts, and Albert C. Ellet, acting director of the Washington Headquarters Service responsible for overseeing the renovation, signed an intra-departmental Memorandum of Agreement kicking-off the initiative to install LED lighting in the Pentagon.
 

The Cree LR24 luminaires have undergone extensive government testing and business-case analysis, including a preliminary Pentagon installation to meter the fixtures and compare the results to the alternative fluorescent technology.

This independent analysis demonstrated a 22% reduction in energy usage and improved light quality.

• The business-case analysis yielded a payback of less than four years.
• The payback analysis considered energy savings, lifetime maintenance savings, savings from reduced load on the HVAC system, and elimination of hazardous waste disposal fees for mercury-laden fluorescent bulbs.
• Extensive modeling was also performed to determine optimal lighting design--analyzing the light distribution and spacing to ensure superior lighting and energy efficiency.
• The Wedge 5 installation is estimated to save 140 tons of CO2 emissions per year.

"The U.S. federal government is taking a leadership role in energy efficiency for federal buildings both through existing mandates, as well as President-elect Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, which calls for the renovation of public buildings to make them more energy efficient," said Chuck Swoboda, Cree chairman and chief executive officer. "Installations of highly efficient, low-maintenance LED lighting, like these in the Pentagon and in the U.S. Federal Reserve, demonstrate that the future of energy-efficient lighting is here today."

The LR24 units being used for the Pentagon renovation are being purchased from Cree by the Department of Defense's (DoD) Title III program as a part of its ongoing development program with Cree, and provided to the Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), which oversees the Pentagon renovation program.

"The Title III program has long supported the development and deployment of SiC substrates and devices for use in high-power RF and power-switching applications for DoD systems," said John Palmour, Ph.D., Cree co-founder and chief technology officer for advanced devices. "The program realized the importance of ensuring a strong domestic supply of SiC substrates and related devices, and the potential growth of solid-state lighting in the U.S. This Pentagon lighting project is a perfect example of stimulating America's leadership in high-technology manufacturing yielding unique commercial and defense products, while saving energy. Title III funding was also used to develop the technology in Cree's lighting class XLamp® XR-E LED platform--the light source in the LR24 recessed LED luminaire."

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CREE introduces the LRP-38 LED lamp that provides a tightly-focused beam, exceptional color quality, extended life and unmatched energy-efficiency.

Designed for display and retail installations, the Cree LRP-38 is a narrow beam spotlight for use in supermarket produce displays, department stores, and museums--especially where exceptional color quality is valued. The lamp is currently being evaluated in grocery, department and furniture stores, as well as in big box retailers, where it replaced halogen and ceramic metal halide bulbs.

"The technology in Cree's LRP-38 LED lamp is by far the most promising that I have seen yet. I am pleased to see that Cree has definitely raised the bar for serious LED lamp solutions," said Brandon Melton, Corporate Purchasing Manager at Chipotle Restaurants.

The Cree LRP-38 uses Cree TrueWhite(TM) technology to generate a CRI of 92 at a color temperature of 2700K. The tightly-focused beam delivers a center beam candlepower of 4000 with a beam angle of 20 degrees. This UL-listed light is designed to replace 50W - 90W halogen PAR38 bulbs, in various applications. The input power is only 12 Watts, resulting in a total delivered minimum efficacy of 42 lumens per Watt. The lamp is designed to last 50,000 hours in open track fixtures or 35,000 in non-IC commercial recessed downlights.

The lamp has a unique optical design that maximizes the amount of light within the beam while minimizing the source brightness- so the eye is focused on the merchandise, not the light source.

With this product Cree extends the quality and performance of their award-winning LED lights into beam-controlled retrofit lamps. Neal Hunter, Cree LED Lighting president claims that "LEDs contain no harmful mercury and because they don't emit large amounts of heat, UV or infrared light, they protect what they are illuminating--everything from priceless art to fresh tomatoes. Lighting customers should sacrifice nothing in the pursuit of beautiful, energy-efficient light, and with the LRP-38, they don't have to."

The Cree LRP-38 will be sold through Cree LED Lighting sales channels and is currently shipping in volume, with high preliminary demand.

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

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Dull lighting in offices and other workspaces are the bane of productivity and Cree is fighting back! LED lighting is now feasible in offices to get rid of the dingy yellow tinge and have bright white or off white light.

LED panels, LED tubes and LED ceiling fixtures are now being designed and manufactured to solve the dull lighting problem. And they save money over time! They use as little as 50% of the energy used by incandescent or fluorescent bulbs.

Check out cree.com for this leading LED research and manufacturing company's rapid development of lighting for indoors, for parking lots, street lights...and more.

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"Incandescent light bulbs waste 95% of the energy they use as heat. Phasing these out and replacing them with efficient alternatives can help reduce emissions and energy bills.

"We are pleased that UK retailers and energy suppliers are voluntarily phasing out these lamps before European rules are introduced later this year."

Lord Hunt claimed the bulbs contained a smaller amount of the substance than mercury thermometers, which the EU has banned, but the government was looking at safer alternatives such as LED lights, which did not contain any mercury and had a longer life.

"We very much hope we can see the new technology come to market in the next few years," he told peers.

Lib Dem peer Lord Redesdale backed the move to low-energy light bulbs, describing it as "one of the most positive moves the government has made recently".

He claimed that the Palace of Westminster had saved 61% of its energy costs by swapping to low energy bulbs.

Read more at the BBC

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LED maker Cree, Inc., Durham, NC, has made the XLamp MC-E LED commercial available.

Cree says that the MC-E is the highest-lumen LED in the award-winning XLamp family. The multi-chip XLamp MC-E has the same 7mm x 9mm footprint as Cree's existing XLamp XR family LEDs. However, the company says that it provides four times the light output of the existing XR-E. Cree boasts that this is the highest lumen output commercially available for a package of its size.

Cree says the MC-E is designed to enable new applications and reductions in overall system cost to other LED packages.

At 9.8W, the XLamp MC-E LED provides up to 790 lumens at 6000K (80.61 lumens/W) and up to 605 lumens at 3000K (61.73 lumens/W).

The CRI for cool white and neutral white (3,700 K - 10,000 K CCT) is 75.

CRI for warm white (2,600 K - 3,700 K CCT) is 80.

Each LED chip in the four-chip package is individually addressable.

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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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LEDs are rapidly rippling across the transportation and vehicle applciations because of their long life, energy efficiency, standalone solar power capability...and brightness.  Here are some recent trends in LED applications:

LED Indicators and signs

Status indicators on a variety of equipment are used which include traffic lights and signals, Exit signs, Railroad crossing signals, Continuity indicators and Elevator push-button Lighting .

Thin, lightweight message displays at airports and railway stations, and as destination displays for trains, buses, trams, and ferries.

Red or yellow LEDs are used in indicator and alphanumeric displays in environments where night vision must be retained: aircraft cockpits, submarine and ship bridges, astronomy observatories, and in the field, e.g. night time animal watching and military field use.

Red, yellow, green, and blue LEDs can be used for model railroading applications

In dot matrix arrangements for displaying messages.

Because of their long life and fast switching times, LEDs have been used for automotive high-mounted brake lights and truck and bus brake lights and turn signals for some time, but many high-end vehicles are now starting to use LEDs for their entire rear light clusters.

Besides the gain in reliability, this has styling advantages because LEDs are capable of forming much thinner lights than incandescent lamps with parabolic reflectors.

The significant improvement in the time taken to light up (perhaps 0.5s faster than an incandescent bulb) improves safety by giving drivers more time to react. It has been reported that at normal highway speeds this equals one car length increased reaction time for the car behind. White LED headlamps are beginning to make an appearance.

As a medium quality voltage reference in electronic circuits. The forward voltage drop (e.g., about 1.7 V for a normal red LED) can be used instead of a Zener Diode low-voltage regulators. Although LED forward voltage is much more current-dependent than a good Zener, Zener diodes are not available below voltages of about 3 V.

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LUXEON^® Rebel Provides MORE LIGHT, LESS SPACE

The LUXEON Rebel gives you more light in a smaller package. According to Philips' website, the LUXEON Rebel provides more lumens per dollar, per package and per mm² than any other power LED available, LUXEON Rebel creates new design possibilities and challenges conventional thinking.

LUXEON Rebel is the smallest surface mountable power LED available today. With the industry's best lumens per package, highest light density (lumens per mm²), and the highest packing density, LUXEON Rebel is ideal for both space-constrained and conventional solid-state lighting applications.


FEATURES

• Lumen maintenance - 50,000 hours life at 700 mA with 70% lumen maintenance
• Moisture sensitivity level - JEDEC Level 1 unlimited floor life no need for reconditioning
• Lumen performance, > 80 lumens in cool white at 350mA
• High efficacy, flux density and lumens per package

Philips has developed a thin-film (TF) flip-chip to create a higher performance thin-film flip-chip (TFFC) LED. This technology is used in Philips Lumileds' line of Luxeon products. According to Philips, the TFFC LED offers better performance than the flip-chip structures and a higher light output and greater efficacies than vertical thin-film chips (VFC).

MORE INFORMATION:

http://www.luxeon.com/products/line.cfm?lineId=19

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SYLVANIA LED lighting products are rated by several certification agencies to provide customers with choice to meet their commercial and residential lighting needs, requirements and prerequisites for green building rating systems.

Three widely recognized lighting quality and application systems are listed below.  Sylvania products are regularly submitted for these kinds of certification and compliance programs.  Check their website for specific technical informatino.
 

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What are SYLVANIA DOT-it® lights?

DOT-it® lights are the first portable LED lights from SYLVANIA you can stick and re-stick practically anywhere. DOT-it® lights are small enough to fit in your pocket and can stick to a variety of surfaces, including fabric, leather, plastic, glass and fiberglass. Use them anywhere you need light: in your car, in your home, where you play, where you work or with your kids.

DOT-it® lights feature a wireless, portable design you can use at home or on the go. Three replaceable AAA batteries are included.  These lights are easier to use than flashlights, just press them on and off. Three white LEDs make DOT-it® lights brighter and longer lasting than standard incandescent tap lights.

For a complete list of retailers visit www.sylvania.com/DOTit

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XLamp® LED was selected as the light source for a new lantern from MUJI of Japan. Cree’s XLamp LEDs were selected for their market leading performance.

MUJI assigned the lantern project to G-Com Co., Ltd., a Japanese-based original equipment manufacturer. The sleek MUJI lanterns can be used as table lights or portable torches. G-Com’s product design required a bright light source that generates very little heat. The complete lantern design also had to create an aesthetically pleasing product for MUJI’s high-end customer base. Cree’s XLamp LEDs were the natural choice to fulfill the requirements.

“We first chose Cree XLamp XR-E LEDs for MUJI’s high-power bicycle lights, and then again for the new lanterns. It is important to provide the best products for major brands such as MUJI,” said Tohru Chigusa, G-COM vice president. “We found that Cree XLamp LEDs offer the best brightness and lowest heat emission for packaged LEDs, and Cree’s sales and support people added great value to the product design process.”

For additional information on Cree XLamp power LEDs, please call (919) 313-5300 or visit www.cree.com/xlamp.

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For additional information on the benefits of converting various lighting applications to LED lighting in the work environment and to learn more about LED Workplace, visit www.ledworkplace.org.

Cree is using its headquarters facilities as a testbed for LED implementation. 

They are converting all lighting at its Durham headquarters and manufacturing facility to LED lighting and released the results of the first phase of the conversion. The parking lots, entryways, lobby and conference rooms at Cree's headquarters building are now 100-percent lit by energy-efficient, environmentally friendly XLamp(R) LEDs.

Cree's LED Workplace(TM) conversion validates the energy savings, quality of light and reality that LED lighting is now a viable option for business and residential consumers.

In a study of the energy usage before and after the lighting conversion, Cree confirmed the energy savings of the newly installed LED lights.

The findings indicate that in total the new LED lights use 48% less energy than the incandescent, fluorescent and high-pressure sodium lights they replaced.

The combination of the energy savings, reduced maintenance and disposal costs and the environmental savings demonstrate that LED lighting is now a real alternative to traditional lighting solutions.

Duke Energy Collaboration

Cree's local utility, Duke Energy, is collaborating with Cree to explore the benefits of LED lighting. "Our customers are always interested in understanding how to save money through energy efficiency, so we make it our business to support innovative technologies such as LEDs," said Ted Schultz, Duke's vice president of energy efficiency.

"We expect our energy efficiency plans to be approved next year (2008) and are committed to having a complete line of lighting solutions available for customers," said Schultz. "At that point, we expect to have programs developed that will take advantage of LED technology."

"Conventional wisdom is that LED lighting is years away from widespread adoption. The truth, however, is that the performance of Cree's LED technology enables real LED lighting solutions today," said Chuck Swoboda, Cree chairman and CEO. "The conversion of Cree's site demonstrates that the LED Lighting Revolution is well underway and will illustrate the benefits in energy savings, maintenance costs and environmental impacts."

Cree also announced that it has launched a new website to share the results and implementation details of the LED Workplace lighting conversion with other organizations.
 
...will include lighting vendor information and the light, energy and maintenance metrics that form the basis for LED lighting's cost savings. This site will also feature other LED Workplace installations.

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A new version of Cree's LR6 dowlight, designed for 220V to 240V electrical systems, has been released to address Europe, Asia, and other major markets.

LR6 Delivers Energy-Efficient and Environmentally Safe Lighting

The LR6-230V is based on Cree’s lighting-class XLamp® LEDs and patented color-mixing technology. This combination allows the LR6-230V to excel in three critical elements – color quality (CRI Ra 94), efficiency and longevity – delivering unprecedented LED lighting performance.

“The high quality of light and the energy efficiency of LEDs enable our fixtures to deliver unprecedented value,” said Neal Hunter, president of Cree LLS.

The LR6 earned recognition as the grand prize winner in a 2007 competition sponsored by the American Lighting Association with performance verified by tests in independent labs under the direction of the U.S. Department of Energy. The assessment praised the LR6 with “high marks for light output and color quality with luminaire efficacy exceeding even the most efficient fluorescent downlights currently available.”

The LR6-230V uses 12 watts of electricity and produces light comparable to a 75-watt incandescent. It uses approximately 85 percent less energy and lasts up to 50 times longer; more than 20 years in homes and 10 years in businesses under normal use conditions. Compared to compact fluorescent (CFL), Cree’s LED lights use 50 percent less energy and last up to five times longer.

With Cree LED lighting solutions, home and business owners worldwide have an energy-efficient lighting alternative superior to conventional lighting and CFLs and free from the environmental risks from mercury in CFLs.

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 an 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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Solar Cynergy's theme is "Bringing Japanese innovation to the lighting industry."

John Huang, Corona, CA based sales and marketing manager explains that Solar Cynergy has married the sustainable contributions of Japan and the US. "As a Berkeley alum, I'm extremely interested in sustainable design and products and am hoping to educate the general public on the strides and advances in solar lighting technology."

Solar Cynergy introduced a family of solar LED lighting technology for residential, commercial and city applications in May at the 2007 Lightfair International Trade Show & Conference. One patented advantage offered by Solar Cynergy is that the solar collection panels are removed from view.

Solar Cynergy is a unique solar LED light utilizing patent protected condenser technology in place of traditional batteries to provide the user with brighter and more colorful illuminations with an industrial strength stand alone unit. Off-grid. Affordable cost. Long life. "Solar LED lighting has really improved in the past few years," he notes," pricing is continuing to fall, more colors are available, and the quality has improved so that new products can last as long as 25 years."

Solar Cynergy on-ground lights are strong enough to withstand even a tank driving over it!

Application & Use of Solar LED Lights

From enhancing the decor of a backyard and illuminating walkways to providing hazard and safety lighting to parks, schools, dangerous intersections or crosswalks, Solar Cynergy offers facilities and communities an eco-friendly and cost-effective alternative to conventional wired lighting.

Embedded into the ground, each solar LED unit is self contained, free from complicated wiring, and provides a colorful luminescent glow that is resistant to the elements, charges even on cloudy days, and industrial models can provide 15 hours of output (residential models: 8-10 hours) on an average 8-12 hour charge. That's two nights of light for a typical day's charge.

Innovative Design of Solar LED Environmental Lighting

• The Solar Cynergy RSC series is made of a polycarbonate resin and utilizes two double layered condensers, allowing for explicit illumination and eliminating the hassle of switching batteries.
• Using solar energy, the light automatically charges during the day (on 12,000 lumens -- about equal to a cloudy day or a hazy late afternoon -- and automatically turns on as the sun sets.
• Lighting choices are available in blue, green, white, halogen white and red.
• 10 MW LEDs provide non-invasive lighting with a glow that isn't strong enough to contribute to light pollution of the night skies.
• For more industrial applications, the CSL series offers cities with high grade flashing solutions that are ideal as hazard or safety precautions on streets, or along sidewalks.

Sourcing Solar LED Lights

All Solar Cynergy products are manufactured in Japan. When asked about the cost-effectiveness and environmental aspects of manufacturing these LED lights in Japan, John Huang at Solar Cynergy in Cornoa, CA, replied, "while we do manufacture overseas in Japan (for technology and efficiency reasons), we ship units over in large quantities by sea and keep inventories in our Corona warehouse. Unfortunately, there is a tremendous amount of technology within each unit and manufacturing in the US would drive up cost and make our technology less accessible to consumers."

Solar Cynergy concentrates on cost-effective advances in solar technology and is rooted both in the United States and Japan. Solar Cynergy fuses design and innovation with conservation and sustainability. "Our line of solar LED models has a lifetime expectancy of 25+ years which we stand by with a 10 year manufacturer's warranty. Avoiding the cost of running conduit or wires and the added flexibility of placing accent lighting away from any grids, we feel you would break even within the year. However it depends on a case by case analysis depending on how much current exterior/accent lighting you currently use, etc.

"We work with a number of professional installers that we outsource business to," says Huang. Two of the California sources for leading-edge lighting sources to comply with LEED and California Preferable Products are Southern California Illumination (Los Angeles) and O'Connor Sales (San Diego).

CONTACT:
Solar Cynergy
1251 Pomona Rd. Suite 108
Corona CA 92882
(951)279-8100
john@solarcynergy.com
www.solarcynergy.com

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October  2006 — LEDtronics® introduced the  S6 Right-Angle Candelabra LED Bulbs that  light up many different types of applications.

These LED bulbs fit almost any S6 screw base application with a right-angle mounting fixture-to-lens setup that is great for many applications such as lighting stadium seating, theatre stair pathways, aisles, and accent night lighting.

These high quality LED bulbs produce very little heat, thus reducing the risk of fire hazards. Furthermore, these great S6 LED bulbs only consume 0.935 watts of power compared to the usual 4 or 7 watts for incandescent used in these applications!

These right angle LED bulbs come in cool and warm white in both normal and super bright applications for your 120V AC outputs. The normal LED gives off 3 and 2 lumens for cool and warm white colors, while the super bright cool and warm color LED outputs 5 and 3.8 lumens, respectively. The S6 cool white uses 8000K LEDs and puts out 13,000 MCD at 17° angles or a warm white 3000K LED that puts out 14,000 MCD at 20° angles.

Solid-state design renders LEDs impervious to shock, vibration, frequent switching, and environmental extremes. With an average life span of 100,000-plus hours (11 years), LED lamps operate more than 20 to 30 times longer than the equivalent incandescent lamp! Savings from reduced maintenance costs and downtime quickly return the capital investment expenditure! LED lamps produce almost no heat and require 80% - 90% less operating power than equivalent incandescents, making them as friendly to the environment as they are to the operating budget.

For additional information on how to incorporate S6 Bulbs into your product designs, contact LEDtronics
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 April 2007 — LEDtronics® T3¼ (9mm) Single-Contact
Screw-In LED Bulbs  beautifully light up many different types of applications.

These LED bulbs fit most battery powered book lights and flashlights that offer a 9mm screw-in incandescent bulb and Improve Battery Life 16 times longer over incandescent bulbs.

These high quality LED bulbs produce very little heat, thus reducing the risk of fire hazards. Furthermore, these great 9mm LED bulbs only consume tenth of power compared to the usual incandescent bulb used in these applications!

9mm LED bulbs come in cool white (8000) Kelvin and puts out 13,000 MCD at 20° angles. These 9mm LED bulbs are offered with either one cool white LED or three cool white LEDs. Total Light Output for one LED: 15cd. The 3 LED bulb, Total Light Output: 45cd. Voltage range is 4.8 Volt / 5 Volt / 6 Volt DC.

Solid-state design renders LEDs impervious to shock, vibration, frequent switching, and environmental extremes. With an average life span of 100,000-plus hours (11 years), 50,000 hours for White LEDs. LED lamps operate more than 20 to 30 times longer than the equivalent incandescent lamp! Savings from reduced maintenance costs and downtime quickly return the capital investment expenditure! LED lamps produce almost no heat and require 80% - 90% less operating power than equivalent incandescents, making them as friendly to the environment as they are to the operating budget.

For additional information on how to incorporate LEDs into your designs, contact LEDtronics

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 July 2007 -- LEDtronics® announces its latest generation
of R30 LED Reflector spotlight bulbs. These direct incandescent replacement bulbs combine advanced Light Emitting Diode (LED) technologies, standard 25mm Edison bases and light optimizing designs to produce vivid light.

R30 LED bulbs are available in five light emitting angles (15°, 20°, 30°, 40° and 95°) and in 120 volts AC. Other voltages from 12V to 240V—AC or DC—are available for qualified customers.

With a power draw of only 4.5Watts the savings add up quickly. R30 LED colors available are Warm White 3000 Kelvin, Pure White 5500Kelvin, Cool White 8000Kelvin, 633nm Red, 592nm Yellow, 525nm Aqua Green and 470nm Blue. Infrared lamps are offered in wavelengths of 850nm, 880nm and 940nm.

Having LED operating lives of up to eleven years and seven sunlight-visible LED light colors—as well as infrared—from which to select, solid-state R30 LED bulbs are the practical and economical way for architects, display designers, visual merchandisers, entertainment designers and other lighting professionals to integrate ornamental illumination into what were formerly maintenance-intensive applications.

Furthermore, an LED cluster lamp continues to provide light even if one or more emitters fail—unlike when the filament fails in an incandescent bulb. R30 LED bulbs are designed to perform well in systems subjected to voltage dips or surges. Integrated current-limited resistors ensure that no circuit modifications are required.

Colored lenses or filters are not needed since LEDs emit colored light that is determined by the composition of the semiconductor material comprising the diode. Intensity and color remain stable over the lamp's life. LED technology is an energy-efficient light source; saving 80% – 90% of energy costs compared to a 55- or 65Watt incandescent R30 lamp. Because LEDs use very little energy and are virtually maintenance-free the cost savings are substantial.

Solid-state design renders LEDs impervious to electrical and mechanical shock, vibration, frequent switching and environmental extremes. With an average lifespan of 100,000-plus hours (11 years)—up to 50,000 hours for white LEDs—LED bulbs operate reliably year after year and are appropriate for many energy-saving utilizations.

R30 LED bulbs are the ideal solution for decorative and nighttime task-lighting applications including

large message panels, billboards, scoreboards, time-and-temperature signs, arcade machines, casino accent lighting, theme-and-amusement parks, stage lighting, carnivals, theaters, as uplights/downlights for wall-washing, tree-washing, and other decorative lighting.

R30 LED bulbs can be used as individual pixels in large dot-matrix screens, digital time/temperature signs, or full-color display screens.

For additional information on how to incorporate R30 LED bulbs into your product designs, contact LEDtronics.

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PAR36 Series Marker Lamps and Floodlights by LEDtronics are designed as an energy-saving substitute for PAR36 sealed beam lamps.

These LED lamps create a bright and glowing spotlight that is perfect for many applications such as industrial vehicles, golf carts, architectural accent lighting, low-heat medical spotlighting, emergency egress lighting systems, landscape lighting, and other utilizations.

The PAR36 Series lamp can be a direct drop-in replacement for 12/14Volt DC, 6Volt DC and 120Volt AC PAR36 incandescent lamps. The LEDtronics lamp housing is a sealed unit that protects the LEDs inside and is resistant to moisture and dust, making it perfect for outdoor purposes where it can withstand exposure to harsh environments. PAR36 lamps carry a three-year limited warranty.

The PAR36 LED lights are available in Warm White (3000 Kelvin), Pure White (5000 Kelvin), and Cool White (8000 Kelvin) color temperatures. For qualified customers, the bulbs are optionally available in other LED colors (including ultraviolet and infrared), voltages, and beam angles. The lamp generates a negligible amount of heat and can brightly indicate your presence while consuming only 4.5Watts of power. An LED cluster lamp continues to provide light even if one or more emitters fail—unlike when the filament fails in an incandescent bulb. PAR36 LED bulbs are designed to perform well in systems subjected to voltage dips or surges. Integrated current-limited resistors ensure that no circuit modifications are required.

Solid-state design renders LEDs impervious to electrical and mechanical shock, vibration, frequent switching, and environmental extremes. With a white LED’s average lifespan of up to 50,000-plus hours (5.7 years), LED lamps operate more than 30 times longer than the equivalent incandescent lamp! LED lamps produce almost no heat and require 80-90% less operating power than equivalent incandescent lamps, making them as friendly to the environment as they are to the operating budget. They are already effectively utilized in applications such as can ceiling downlights, underwater décor lamps (when employed inside a sealed underwater fixture), and headlight/marker lights for industrial trucks. Used as emergency egress lighting at the APS Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, LEDtronics PAR36 bulbs meet and exceed their efficiency needs. Savings from reduced maintenance costs and downtime quickly return the capital investment expenditure!

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February 27, 2008 — LEDtronics® announces its latest generation of PAR30-Style LED spotlight bulbs.

The PAR30 LED bulb is made up of five three-Watt high-power LEDs. PAR30 LED bulbs are direct incandescent PAR30 replacements, combining advanced Light Emitting Diode (LED) technologies, standard 25mm Edison screw-in bases, and light optimizing designs producing 480 to 544 lumens of vivid light depending on the bulb model. 

PAR30 LED bulbs are available in a 40° light-emitting viewing angle, running on 80V to 260V AC current. Other voltages like 12Volt AC or DC are optionally available for qualifying customers. The LEDtronics PAR30-style lamp replaces a 50W to 75W PAR30 incandescent bulb but has a maximum power draw of only 15.8W. With a low power draw, high shock/vibration resistance, and long-lived high-power white LEDs — white LEDs lasting up to 50,000 continuous hours — you can see the savings quickly add up. PAR30 LED lamps are available in color temperatures of 3000Kelvin Warm White and 5000Kelvin Pure White.

There are many ideal applications for this rugged long-life PAR30 LED bulb;

track lighting, accent lighting, general area lighting, architectural and landscape lighting, display case fixtures and cabinet lighting, signage spotlighting and backlighting, aerospace lighting systems, industrial OEM equipment lighting, and truck-bay dock lighting to name only a few.

The list price for each PAR30-style LED bulb is $110.00. Large quantity discounts are available for qualified distributors. Availability is stock to 6 weeks. PAR30 LED bulbs carry a three-year limited warranty.

Read the datasheet online at: http://www.ledtronics.com/ds/par30/default.asp

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Ledtronics, Inc. listens -- and many of the new ideas come from their customers. When faced with an "impossible" challenge from one of their customers, the Ledtronics team often finds a new product is created and a new market born in the bargain.

They are expanding markets for LED lighting in the following markets:
Aerospace, Architectural Lighting, Automation, Automotive, Aviation, Broadcasting, Datacomm/Telecomm, Electronic Instrumentation, Elevators, Entertainment, Gaming, Government Agencies, Industrial Automation, Medical, Military / Defense, Panel Indicators, Photo Development, Printed Circuit Boards, Security Sensors, Solar Power Products, Traffic and Safety, Transportation, Utilities and Video.

For example: Architecture / Interior Design

LEDs are emerging as a mainstream tool for architects, interior designers and lighting professionals with the vision to move beyond the limits of incandescent, fluorescent and neon.

LEDTronics pioneered the use of multi-LED arrays on conventional electrical bases. This innovation has opened up a vast spectrum of creative possibilities to any professional dealing with interior or environmental lighting. LED arrays are used as accent lighting in hard-to-reach places where frequent relamping is impractical. With a life span of 100,000 hours (that's more than 10 years), LEDs are far preferable to incandescents in such situations.

SolarLEDs™ provide energy-efficiency vastly greater than conventional lighting, and are ideal for any battery-driven application, or, any time minimal power consumption is required.

StripLights™ and PathLights™ provide directional lighting for steps, stairways and walkways.

Although LEDs can successfully replace incandescent and other forms of illumination in almost all cases, there are some considerations which must be taken into account. Unlike incandescent lamps, LEDs produce light in a single wavelength and a single direction. LEDTronics designs cluster arrays to increase the amount of illumination, or package them as bar graphs or with right angles.

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Energy use is the single largest operating expense in commercial office buildings, representing approximately one-third of typical operating budgets and accounting for almost 20 percent of the nation’s annual greenhouse gas emissions.

In a 200,000-square foot office building that pays $2 per square foot in energy costs, a 10 percent reduction in energy consumption can translate into an additional $120,000 of NOI. At a cap rate of 8 percent, this could mean a potential asset value boost of $500,000!

Commercial real estate applications for energy strategy includes  any multi-family residential, office, industrial, or retail property that can be bought or sold in a real estate market.

Office buildings waste up to one-third of the energy they consume.

Low-Cost Measures

• Measure and track energy performance.
• Turn off lights when not in use or when natural daylight can be used.
• Set back the thermostat in the evenings and other times when a building is unoccupied.
• Educate tenants and employees about how their behaviors affect energy use.
• Improve operations and maintenance practices by regularly checking and maintaining equipment to ensure it is functioning efficiently.
• Optimize start-up time, power-down time, and equipment sequencing.
• Revise janitorial practices to reduce the hours that lights are turned on each day.
• Use ENERGY STAR Target Finder to integrate efficiency goals into the design of new properties.

Cost-Effective Investments

• Engage in energy audits and retrocommissioning to identify areas of inefficiency.
• Install energy-efficient lighting systems, ENERGY STAR qualified compact fluorescent lights (CFLs), light-emitting diode (LED) exit signs, and occupancy sensors where feasible.
• Install window films and add insulation or reflective roof coating to reduce energy consumption.
• Purchase energy-efficient products like ENERGY STAR qualified office and commercial food service equipment.
• Retrofit, upgrade, or install new heating and cooling equipment to meet reduced loads and take advantage of efficient technologies.
• Use a performance contract to guarantee energy savings from upgrades made.
• Work with an energy services provider to manage and improve performance.

ENERGY STAR Offers Assistance for Commercial Real Estate Planning:

• Guides and manuals
• Facility benchmarking
• Training
• Institutional purchasing
• Technical support
• Financing resources
• Emissions reporting
• Third-party recognition
• Motivational campaigns

Recognition for Energy Savings Achievements

Earn the ENERGY STAR: The top 25 percent of energy-efficient buildings in the nation may qualify for the prestigious ENERGY STAR label. www.energystar.gov/eslabel

Become an ENERGY STAR Leader: ENERGY STAR partners who demonstrate continuous, portfolio-wide improvements qualify for recognition as ENERGY STAR Leaders. www.energystar.gov/leaders

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Illuminated exit signs are an important and legally required safety feature in a facility, be it a manufacturing plant, a public meeting facility or an apartment building.

In the case of an emergency such as a fire, their operation is critical in protecting the well being of residents, employees or visitors.

By design, exit signs operate 24 hours per day, and can consume large amounts of energy to operate. Many exit signs in today’s buildings use older, incandescent and fluorescent/compact fluorescent lighting (CFL) technology. To make matters worse, many older exit signs require frequent maintenance due to the short life span of the lamps that light them. For example, many older exit signs consume over 350 kilowatt-hours (kWh) and cost $28 each annually to operate.

Advances in the technology of solid-state light-emitting diodes (LED)  have allowed exit sign manufacturers to develop signs that harness the advantages of this technology at competitive costs. In addition, exit signs are easy to install, if you can install a light switch or electrical receptacle you can install an exit sign.

Advantages of LED Exit Signs:

Ultra-low energy usage.  Energy Star labeled LED exit signs use approximately 44 kWh of electricity annually to operate. Low energy use not only means less pollution but also lower electricity bills as a LED exit sign usually costs less than $4 annually to operate.

Low maintnance. Energy Star labeled LED exit signs must be guaranteed to last at least 5 years, however, many manufacturers state that their lamps will maintain National Fire Protection Association compliant levels of luminance for 10 to 25 years.

Safety: LED exit signs are usually brighter than comparable incandescent or fluorescent signs, and have greater contrast with their background due to the monochromatic nature of the light that LEDs emit.

Exit Sign Features

LED Color: Exit signs come in two colors, green or red. Choosing what color is right for your facility depends on   aesthetics and local regulations. Check with your local building codes office or fire officials before purchasing any exit sign.

LED Battery Back-up: To ensure a powered exit sign remains lit during an emergency if the building’s electrical system is interrupted, many exit signs come with a battery back-up or offer this feature as an option. Some localities may require that a battery back-up be installed with any exit sign so consult your local building codes office or fire officials before purchasing.

LED Emergency Lighting: Some exit signs have integrated emergency lighting; if your current exit sign has integrated emergency lighting you can replace it with a combined LED exit sign/emergency lighting unit or install emergency lighting separately from your exit sign.

LED Voltage: LED exit signs are available that are compatible with either 120 volt or 277 volt power. Many models are variable voltage and will operate properly on both voltage levels.

Ask your architect or designer to use only LED exit signs in your new building. And LED exit signs are an ideal replacement in current buildings, but you need to determine what kind of exit sign your facility already has. LED exit signs provide the best balance of safety, low maintenance, and very low energy usage compared to other exit sign technologies.

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