LED outdoor lighting is growing in variety: Signs. Pathways. Architectural accents.  Safety lights. Even moving lights on vehicles!

I'm reminded of the old advertising slogan, "We'll leave the light on for you..."  Ourdoor lights are inviting, functional and have been contributing 24/7 to our national electrical grid load.

LED lights can lighten that load. 

Energy Star rated LED lights are now available to provide energy-saving and eco-friendly lighting.  Other outdoor lighting options are labeled as solar lighting, dark sky lighting, LED lighting, and fluorescent lighting.

Some of the top outdoor LED light features focus on the fixture.  And the long lasting quality of the LED bulbs and fixtures themselves.  Quality matters, especially when the major cost of lighting is embedded in the maintenance costs of changing the bulbs to meet quality lighting requirements.

LED outdoor lights are green -- they bring energy savings, maintenance savings and a simple lighting presence to many existing lighting applications such as track lighting, recessed lighting and landscape lighting.

Types of LED outdoor lights include:

Outdoor lighting fixtures
Outdoor lighting strips
Outdoor lighting spotlights
Outdoor lighting floods
Path / walkway lights
Solar LED lights
Well lights
Pagoda lights
Outdoor message centers

 Some of the Energy Star rated brands available for outdoor lighting include:

Great Outdoors by Minka
Murray Feiss
Hinkley Lighting
Kichler
Sea Gull Lighting
TransGlobe
Triarch Lighting
Maxim Lighting
Craftmade
Golden Lighting
Kenroy Home
Thomas Lighting
TransGlobe
Quoizel
Westinghouse
Forecast Lighting
Thomas Lighting
Dolan Designs
Craftmade
Triarch Lighting
Troy Lighting
Progress Lighting
Kenroy Home
Maxim Lighting
Elk Lighting

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Product development is an ongoing challenge in these days of extreme...well, extreme everything! Check out how you can sharpen your innovation and commercialization operations with the right certification for your technology, marketing and creative teams.

Since their creation, the CPM® credentials  created and managed by the AIPMM have come to represent an individual's agreement to adhere to standards of excellence and a way to demonstrate a commitment to the career.

The CPM credentials indicate a thorough understanding of the functions responsible for championing new products throughout the front end of the product lifecycle, from inception through to launch.

ACPM:  The Agile Certified Product Manager

The ACPM® credentials indicate a thorough understanding of basic and advanced strategic and tactical concepts in agile product management. It ensures that those who pass the exam fully understand agile product management and are able to apply the concepts immediately to be more effective in their jobs.

The ACPM credentials demonstrate skills in the areas of:

• Agile development (Scrum, XP, Lean)
• Release management and planning
• Documentation
• Organizing around Agile launches
• Roadmapping
• Distributed/larger teams
• Integrating agile within a traditional product process

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A report released by Strategies Unlimited entitled LED lighting Fixtures -Market Analysis and Forecast provides a detailed assessment of the market drivers and challenges faced by the LED lighting fixture industry in penetrating the general illumination market.

The report  provides application analyses and forecasts for nine lighting market segments through 2012.

Through 2007, LED lighting applications included niche markets such as

• exit signs
• architectural lighting
• accent and decorative lighting
• entertainment lighting
• ...many of which used red, green, and blue LEDs.

Market Growth of White LED Fixtures

However, white LED fixtures have begun to capture a strong market position in selected applications such as consumer portable lighting (e.g. flashlights, headlamps) and solar landscape lighting , and more recently have begun to be used on a limited basis in applications such as retail display lighting, commercial and industrial lighting, and outdoor area lighting.

In 2008, white LED fixtures accounted for just over 50%
of the total LED lighting fixture market.

The penetration of white LED lighting fixtures into general illumination applications will accelerate when such fixtures offer quantifiable energy and cost savings relative to the use of conventional light sources.

Performance Gains = Efficacy = Market Gains

In recent years, LED technology has made impressive performance gains, which in turn have improved the efficacy of LED lighting fixtures.

The Holy Grail of Performance:  100 lumens per watt

In the forecast period 2008-2012 white LED fixtures will make gains in market share as the best commercially available high-performance white LEDs move beyond luminous efficacies of 100 lumens per watt.

Further improvements in designing fixtures that can optimize LED operation are expected to drive the growth in LED lighting fixture market. Both recessionary pressures and mass manufacturing of LED lighting fixtures will further reduce the cost of manufacturing.

Opportunity Will Be In General Illumination Applications

As the LED lighting market grows beyond single color and color-changing applications into general illumination applications such as

• residential
• commercial
  
• off-grid applications,
  
• ultimately into outdoor area applications,
  

...it is forecast to exceed $5 billion in 2012 , corresponding to a CAGR of 28% from 2008-2012.

By then it will be only be the beginning for the ultimate replacement of conventional light sources, including high-efficiency fluorescent and HID fixtures. However, many challenges face the LED industry to accomplish that goal, all of which are discussed in the report.

LED Lighting Fixtures - Market Analysis and Forecast is available for immediate delivery from Strategies Unlimited.

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LED business ... Design arena is the opportunity today!

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

Strategies Unlimited Reports High-Brightness LED Market Poised for Rapid Growth in 2010 and Beyond

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

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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.

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An EPD is a standardized (ISO 14025/TR) and LCA based tool to communicate the environmental performance of a product or system, and is applicable worldwide for all interested companies and organizations.

A declaration is based on a Life Cycle Assessment. It includes information about the environmental impacts associated with a product or service, such as raw material acquisition, energy use and efficiency, content of materials and chemical substances, emissions to air, soil and water and waste generation. It also includes product and company information.

Certified EPDs are open for all products and services. There is no evaluation of the environmental information since no predetermined environmental performance levels are set. Instead it builds on well-structured and quantitative data certified by an independent third part

An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) presents quantified environmental data for products or systems based on information from a LCA conducted according to the ISO-standards for LCA. EPD is voluntarily developed information and the purpose is to provide quality-assured and comparable information regarding environmental performance of products.

The information presented in this section is based on the framework developed by the Swedish Environmental Management Council.

This system is the most internationally recognized of its kind. Certified EPDs can be found and downloaded from the web site link above.

Documents for EPD Calculation

Two documents control how the calculations and data collection behind an EPD should be conducted and what information the EPD must contain;

Requirements for the EPD system (MSR) The MSR contains general requirements for all EPDs

Product specific requirements (PSR) The PSR contains more detailed requirements for each product group.

EPDs are:

Objective, due to the requirement that scientifically accepted and valid methods are used for life cycle assessment (LCA)

Non-selective and neutral, due to the absence of valuations and predetermined environmental performance levels that must be met

Flexible, since the contents of an EPD can be amended as necessary and as required by the company/organisation after due external review and verification

Using EPD Certifications

For those using the information, EPDs can be used as a source information for factual-based and comparable environmental information about the environmental performance of products and services along the supply chain and for end-products. Specific attributes of EPDs are:

Comparable, since the information in the declarations is collected and calculated based on common harmonized calculation rules.

Credible, due to the requirements for inspection, review, approval and follow-up by an independent verifier.

Continuously up-dated, through the requirements concerning routines for documentation and follow-up procedures

ISO 14025:2006

ISO 14025:2006 establishes the principles and specifies the procedures for developing Type III environmental declaration programmes and Type III environmental declarations. It specifically establishes the use of the ISO 14040 series of standards in the development of Type III environmental declaration programmes and Type III environmental declarations.

ISO 14025:2006 establishes principles for the use of environmental information, in addition to those given in ISO 14020:2000

Type III environmental declarations as described in ISO 14025:2006 are primarily intended for use in business-to-business communication, but their use in business-to-consumer communication under certain conditions is not precluded.

Related Links

Overview: http://www.environmentalproductdeclarations.com

SO 14025:2006  Environmental labels and declarations -- Type III environmental declarations -- Principles and procedures.

Swedish Environmental Management Council
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The EPD certification (Environmental Product Design), which is issued by the Swedish Environmental Management Council, is an environmental labeling system that is based on International Standards Organization (ISO, an organization that sets international standards and the U.S. member body is ANSI).  EPD certification is one of the world's most respected environmental certifications.

The SEMC awarded EPD certification based on an independent 'full life cycle' assessment of LG.Philips LCD's 32, 37, and 42-inch LCD TV panels.

This certification will help LG.Philips LCD meet the increasing consumer demand for in-depth product information, and underscores the company's commitment to environment-friendly products and manufacturing processes. In particular, as the first TFT-LCD (Thin film transistor liquid crystal display) manufacturer to obtain EPD certification, LG.Philips LCD is helping to establish environmental information disclosure standards for the TFT-LCD industry, as a whole.

LG.Philips LCD is currently ahead of government regulations in terms of environmental standards, as all of its TFT-LCD TV panels already conform to RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances)  in July 2006. The company has also ensured that its production processes for other TFT-LCD products, such as PC monitors and notebook PC panels, are ready to meet the rigorous RoHS standards.

As part of its commitment to the environment, LG.Philips LCD has adopted lead-free soldering in the production of all of its LCD TV panels, and is expanding its green house gas treatment system to include all of its production lines in order to reduce emissions of PFCs, one of most hazardous greenhouse gases.

An EPD is defined as "quantified environmental data for a product with pre-set categories of parameters based on the ISO 14040 series of standards, but not excluding additional environmental information". The goal of EPD certification is "to encourage the demand for and supply of those products and services that cause less stress on the environment, thereby stimulating the potential for market driven continuous environmental improvement".

As a result, an EPD is increasingly being seen as an important tool to use when communicating the environmental performance of products in business-to-business transactions. Itcontains information about the company and product, the environmental performance of the product as well as information from the company and certification body.

 

About LG.Philips LCD

LG.Philips LCD is a leading manufacturer and supplier of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels. The Company manufactures TFT-LCD panels in a wide range of sizes and specifications primarily for use in notebook computers, desktop monitors and televisions. Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, LG.Philips LCD currently operates six fabrication facilities in Korea and has over 14,000 employees in locations around the world. For more information about the Company, please visit http://www.lgphilips-lcd.com.

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The incandescent bulb is turning into a case study of the way government mandates can spur innovation.

Despite a decade of campaigns by the government and utilities to persuade people to switch to energy-saving compact fluorescents, incandescent bulbs still occupy an estimated 90 percent of household sockets in the United States. Aside from the aesthetic and practical objections to fluorescents, old-style incandescents have the advantage of being remarkably cheap.

"There's a massive misperception that incandescents are going away quickly," said Chris Calwell, a researcher with Ecos Consulting who studies the bulb market. "There have been more incandescent innovations in the last three years than in the last two decades."

The first bulbs to emerge from this push, Philips Lighting's Halogena Energy Savers, are expensive compared with older incandescents. They sell for $5 apiece and more, compared with as little as $ .25 for standard bulbs.

But they are also 30% more efficient than older bulbs. Philips says that a 70-watt Halogena Energy Saver gives off the same amount of light as a traditional 100-watt bulb and lasts about three times as long, eventually paying for itself.

The line, for now sold exclusively at Home Depot and on Amazon.com, is not as efficient as compact fluorescent light bulbs, which can use 75 percent less energy than old-style bulbs. But the Energy Saver line is finding favor with consumers who dislike the light from fluorescent bulbs or are bothered by such factors as their slow start-up time and mercury content.

"Due to the 2007 federal energy bill that phases out inefficient incandescent light bulbs beginning in 2012, we are finally seeing a race" to develop more efficient ones, said Noah Horowitz, senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Some of the leading work is under way at a company called Deposition Sciences here in Santa Rosa. Its technology is a key component of the new Philips bulb line.

The big three lighting companies -- General Electric, Osram Sylvania and Philips -- are all working on the technology, as is Auer Lighting of Germany and Toshiba of Japan.

A third technology, bulbs using light-emitting diodes, promises remarkable gains in efficiency but is still expensive. Prices can exceed $100 for a single LED bulb, and results from a government testing program indicate such bulbs still have performance problems.

That suggests that LEDs -- though widely used in specialized applications like electronic products and, increasingly, street lights -- may not displace incumbent technologies in the home any time soon.

Read More:  NY Times

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US-based LED manufacturer Luminus Devices has revealed that its devices are being used by a number of projector manufacturers, including BenQ, LG Electronics and Coretronics.

LED illumination is helping the front projector market evolve by eliminating the size, heat, fragility, and lifespan issues commonly associated with mercury arc lamps.  Such improvements have created a new class of small, light, ultra-portable "pocket projectors" that promise to benefit business travelers and consumers by enabling instant projection rooms anywhere at anytime.

BenQ mini projector
BenQ's new Joybee mini projector, powered by the PT-39 PhlatLight LED chipset from Luminus, is designed for traveling professionals, gamers and other mobile system enthusiasts. The chipset is designed specifically for projection systems that use micro-displays ranging from 0.4- to 0.55-inch, and comprises individual red, green and blue LEDs. The Joybee is priced under $499
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LG pocket projector
Also built using Luminus LEDs, the LG HS-200G pocket projector from LG Electronics weighs less than two pounds and fits in the palm of a hand. "The HS-200G is the next advancement in LG's effort to offer consumers superior picture quality for projecting presentations, games or movies anywhere," said Brian Park, Marketing Group Leader, LG Electronics. LG uses PhlatLight LEDs to power the HS-102 pocket projector.

Coretronic data projector
Coretronic, Texas Instruments and Luminus demonstrated a new DLP-based data projector with an LED light source, which was described as the first of its kind to offer light output suitable for the classroom and boardroom.

"Powerful, affordable, long-life projectors will set the new performance standard. We are proud to be the first company to show such a system that provides the very high output business users require," says Shen Wang, President of Coretronic.

High-performance projectors from projectiondesign®
Headquartered in Fredrikstad, Norway, projectiondesign specializes in advanced, high performance DLP-based projection solutions for challenging applications in professional, business, home cinema and eCinema markets. Its FL32 projector series provides superior image quality and performance for the most demanding scientific visualization and simulation applications.

Luminus Devices develops and manufactures high performance, solid state lighting solutions for a variety of illumination applications previously thought impossible for solid state lighting.

Luminus Devices claims that their patented PhlatLight^® LEDs products are the brightest and most versatile solid state light sources available today, redefining the solid state lighting landscape by enabling the creation of innovative new products and applications.

PhlatLight LED technology is used today in products from  global mass market consumer and specialty products companies.

Luminus maintains its corporate offices and engineering, assembly and test operations in Billerica, Massachusetts with its semiconductor foundry nearby in Woburn, Massachusetts.

www.luminus.com/

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

The report entitled "LED Replacement Lamps--Market Analysis and Forecast, 2009" analyzes five LED-based lamp types that are designed to replace lamps that currently populate billions of sockets:

• A-lamps and globes
• PAR and R lamps
• MR 16s
• candelabra and decorative lamps
• linear fluorescent tubes

LED Performance Enhances Market Position

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.

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

Regulations Decrease Incandescent 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. Similarly, the Energy Information and Security Act of 2007 began the process of restricting the sale of inefficient lamps in the US.

By 2012, with a few exceptions, the result of incandescent lighting legislation will be that inefficient incandescent lamps cannot be sold.

GlacialLight replacement LED lamp

Although the awareness of these regulations is still weak in the marketplace, they will create market opportunities for LED replacement lamps.

LED Technology Outpaces CFLs

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
  
• environmental cost of ownership
  

Some well-designed LED lamps already offer effective lumen efficacies that compete with CFLs.

Commercial and industrial market segments will embrace LEDs to control costs and save energy. 

In the report, 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 for immediate delivery 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, or on the Strategies Unlimited website.

Strategies Unlimited specializes in market research and has published reports on LED markets and technology since 1994. It established Strategies in Light, the first annual industry conference on HB LEDs, in 2000. The company, based in Mountain View, California, is a research unit of PennWell Corporation., which publishes over 45 periodicals, including LEDs Magazine.

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According to LEDs Magazine, "2008 is likely to be remembered as the Year of LED Standards, due to the publication of ANSI C78.377 (chromaticity), LM-79 (luminous flux) and LM-80 (lumen maintenance)."

Reporting on these standards trends is Kevin Dowling is the VP of innovation at Philips Color Kinetics (www.colorkinetics.com) and has been active in SSL for over 10 years. He founded and chairs the IES SSL Committee and the NEMA SSL Committee, and is a past Chairman of the Next Generation Lighting Industry Alliance.

The LM-80 standard describes the measurement of lumen maintenance of LED light sources including LED packages, modules and arrays (but not luminaires). Prediction of lifetime beyond the testing period is not included in the standard.

To read the full version of this article, visit the  LEDs Magazine page, where you can download FREE electronic PDF versions of all issues of LEDs Magazine.

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Canada is becoming a hotbed for LED educational activities to train the next generation of lighting professionals.

SSLNet at the University of Toronto Institute of Photonics

Solid-state lighting educational strategies that include enhanced marketing activities for attracting and recruiting students into the Photonics program would help turn out additional trained graduates ready for the LED manufacturing and retail workplace. LED manufacturers in regions that are shifting their economic focus from heavy manufacturing to innovation and technology will benefit from having solid-state technicians at all levels available for jobs being created by the upsurge in demand.

MITACS ACCELERATE

MITACS ACCELERATE is a unique cost-shared internship program managed by MITACS Inc, a national research network, which connects companies, governments and community organizations with the vast research expertise in Canada's universities, from applied sciences, engineering, social sciences, business, arts, life sciences and much more.

The conduit between the partner organization, being a company, government department or agency or not-for-profit and the university is a graduate student or post-doctoral fellow. Armed with the very latest tools, techniques and innovations, the intern brings a new perspective and the latest knowledge to a research challenge faced by the partner. Internship projects can be undertaken in a wide range of areas including manufacturing, technical innovation, business processes, IT, social sciences, design and many more.

MITACS ACCELERATE: www.mitacsaccelerate.ca
Photonics program at Niagara College, contact Alexander McGlashan, Coordinator of Photonics at 905.735.2211 Ext. 7513 or amcglashan@niagarac.on.ca.

More details about Canada's LED/Solid-state trends, see ledsmagazine.com

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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 global warming using existing technology.

LED lighting was once used in computer dashboards,  basketball scoreboards, cellphone consoles, traffic lights and colored Christmas lights.

But as a result of rapid developments in LED light, cost efficiency and cooler technology, LED lighting is now poised to become common on streets and in buildings, as well as in homes and offices.

Some American cities, including Ann Arbor, Mich., and Raleigh, N.C., are using LED lights to illuminate streets and parking garages, and dozens more are exploring the cost and environmental benefits of LED technology.

LED lighting is a growing part of LEED cetified green buildings to improve lighting control and reduce energy use.  With new downlight styles as well as flat panels, new architectural applications are rapidly developing.

And don't forget that what's good for the Queen, could be good for your home -- the 60-foot-high ceiling lights of Buckingham Palace's grand stairwell are now illuminated with LEDs!

The McKinsey Research Report

Starting in 2007, the McKinsey research team worked with leading experts to develop a detailed fact base estimating costs and potentials of different options to reduce or prevent greenhouse gas emissions in the US over a 25 year period.  The team analyzed more than 250 options encompassing efficiency gains, shifts to lower-carbon energy sources and expanded carbon sinks.

Central Conclusion

The US could reduce GHG emissions in 2030 by 3 - 4.5 gigatons of CO2e using tested approaches and high-potential emerging technologies.  The cost would be less tan $50 per ton, with the average net cost to the economy being far lower if the nation can capture sizable gains from energy efficiency.  Achievement of these reductions would require strong, coordinated, economy-wide action that begins in the near future.

One complicating factor is reaching goals is that a gradual decrease in the absorption of carbon by US forests and agricultural lands will reduce achievements, and require greater GHG reductions.

Abatement Opportunities

• The largest option -- coal-fired power plants -- offers less than 11 percent of total abatement potential.  The largest sector (power generation) only accounts for approximately 1/3 of the total potential.
• Almost 40% of abatement could be achieved with options that would generate positive economic returns over their lifecycle. 
• Abatement potentials, costs and mix vary by geographic region. 

Five Sectors offer Clusters of Abatement Potential

1. Improve energy efficiency in buildings and appliances  (710-870 megatons)
This cluster of options includes:  Lighting rtrofits, Improved heating, ventialation, air conditioning systems, Building envelopes, and building control systems; Higher performance for consumer and office electronics and appliances...and other options.

2.  Imcrease fuel efficiency in vehicles and reduce carbon intensity of transportation fuels (340-660 megatons)
Most of the benefit would come from fuel economy packages such as light weighting, aerodynamics, turbocharging, drive-train efficiency, reduction in rolling resistance, and increased use of diesel for light-duty vehicles.  Plug-in hybrid vehicels offer longer-term potential if vehicle cost/performance improves and the nation moves to a lower-carbon electricity supply.

3.  Industrial Sector pursues various options cross energy-intensive operations (620-770 megatons)
A multitude of fragmented opportunities exist within specific industries:  Equipment upgrades, process changes  -- and across setors:  Motor efficiency, combined heat and power applications. 

4.  Expand and enhance carbon sinks (440-590 megatons)
Increasing forest stocks and improving soil mnagement practices are relatively low-cost options.

5.  Reduce carbon intensity of electric power production (800-1370 megatons)
Shift toward renewable energy sources primarily wind and solar, additional nuclear capacity, mproved efficiency of power plants and eventual use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies on coal-fired electricity generation. 

"The theme of greater energy productivity pervades these clusters." 

Improving energy efficiency in buildings and appliances and industrial sectors, for example, could offset some 85% of the projected incremental demand for electricity in 2030, largely negating the need for the incremental coal-fired power plants assumed in the government reference case.

Improved vehicle efficiency could roughly offset the added mobility-related emissions of a growing population, while providing net economic gains.  

SOURCE: Download the full report at  Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report 11.21.07

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"In the U.S., 78% of the public is completely unaware that traditional light bulbs will be phased out in 2012," reports Charles F. Jerabek, president and CEO of Osram Sylvania, a unit of Siemens.

By law, bulbs must be 30% more efficient than current incandescent versions beginning 2012.

While the current crop of compact fluorescents (CFLs) could do the interior lighting job, the home lighting industry is rallying around LED lamps for many applications. Lighting manufacturers say LEDs last longer than incandescent bulbs and CFL bulbs and their energy consumption could eventually be less than fluorescent lights". They can also be made in many shapes and sizes and colors.

Unlike compact fluorescents bulbs, LED lights contain no mercury and they work well in cold weather. They also provide more pleasing light than fluorescents.

LED applications that already are capturing marketshare include large warehouses, garages and street-lighting fixtures, flexible light ribbons, and replacements for the halogen reflector lamps used in kitchens and offices.

Strips of flexible LEDs put light in places where it could not otherwise fit. Later this year, Osram will market tiny LED chandelier lights that use 6 watts instead of the 15 watts typical of an incandescent version.

Energy efficiency is a major driver of innovation and much of the industry's effort is aimed at making LED lamps that emit as much light as a 60-watt or 75-watt incandescent bulb. Cree, a leading researcher and manufacturer of LEDs, has developed a new version of its LED ceiling fixture that uses 6.5 watts, compared with the 11 watts used by last year's model, to create the light of a standard 65-watt lamp.

Even with a wide range of LED products available, CFL bulbs will be the a popular consumer choice for many years because of LEDs' high prices -- more than $20 for a 40-watt-equivalent bulb -- and the challenge of delivering bright bulbs. Consumers like bright light!

But the sea change is coming -- GE Lighting, a division of General Electric, is devoting 50% of its research and development money to LED-related technologies.

Technology Change Brings With It Business Model Change

Long-lasting bulbs will remove the "replacement" factor from the lighting business model. Light bulb companies have to shift away from making most of their money selling replacement bulbs. Philips (Osram) has been facing that change in the business model by remaking itself with acquisitions that sell lamp fixtures for homes and businesses.

Philips expects its LED sales in the United States to increase from $120 million in 2008 to $200 million in 2009, says Kaj den Daas, president of Philips's lighting group for the US. Instead of $1.25 light bulbs, they'll be selling $10 to $20 lighting systems.

The industry is still reeling from the market's rejection of early CFLs that produced unacceptable quality. They are taking extra care that the same reaction doesn't happen with their introduction of LED lighting to the consumer marketplace.

Read the complete article at New York Times

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"That is how we will achieve the number one goal of my plan--which is to create three million new jobs, more than eighty percent of them in the private sector." President-elect Obama, January 3, 2009

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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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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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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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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.

Contact Information
Telephone +44 (0)117 946 7262
General Enquiries: info@ledsmagazine.com
Mailing Address:
PennWell Corporation,
16 Arlington Villas, Bristol BS8 2EG, UK
Editorial Contact:
Tim Whitaker (tim.whitaker@ledsmagazine.com)

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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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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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"In a restaurant -- where people must look as aesthetically pleasing to each other as the food does to them -- the quality of light is crucial - the type of fixture and the kind of light they produce," says Re:Vision's Jeremy Avellino, an architect/designer and former builder.

For now, he has chosen compact fluorescents (CFLs) that cast a surprising bluish light. They'll use nearly one-quarter the energy incandescent bulbs would and will last 10,000 hours or more.

CFLs produce varying shades of white light, identified by color temperature measured on the Kelvin scale, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Web site (www.energystar.gov). Lower Kelvin numbers mean the light has a warmer color; higher numbers mean the light has a cooler cast. But not all manufacturers list color temperature on their packaging.

Most CFLs on the market offer soft or warm light (2,700K to 3,000K), comparable to an incandescent, that will enhance warmer room colors such as red, yellow and orange, the Web site says. At higher Kelvin color temperatures (3,500 to 6,500K), CFLs will emit more white to bluish-white light that enhances cooler colors (blue, green, violet).

"Our eyes have been tuned to incandescent bulbs for years," Avellino says. "After you get used to compact fluorescent . . . people look better."

But even in mid-renovation, decisions are being reconsidered at the White Dog. The CFLs are an interim step, to be replaced ultimately with light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

LEDs are Environmentally Sound, Use Less Energy, and Last Longer

LEDs are the next wave because they are more environmentally sound, use less energy and last longer than both CFLs and incandescents, Wicks and Avellino say.

LED Colors are Endlessly Creative!

And the light they cast allows for any number of tones and moods. "You can totally name your color," Wicks says.

LED Lights for Exterior AND Interior

Though she is starting to use LEDs in exterior lighting, as the technology advances Wicks plans to use them inside, too - they are easier to dim, an important feature for a restaurant.

Don't Stop with Creative Rays -- Create Environmentally Friendly Fixtures, too!

For environmentally aware designs, he uses life's flotsam and junk: old brass instruments, discarded crystal candy dishes, colanders, antique glass jars, car and motorcycle parts.

Being ahead of the game in repurposing what's available is what led developer Tony Goldman to Muller's door.

Goldman Properties helped create New York City's SoHo district and Miami's South Beach from once-trashed warehouses and old hotel spaces. In Philadelphia, he's taken on a once-worn-out area of South 13th Street between Locust and Chestnut.

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In two recent articles the Daily News reported that the city of Fairbanks, Alaska spent over $880,000 dollars on electricity each year.

HolidayLEDs.com an online retailer specializing in LED Christmas lights and LED decorative lighting is offering to donate energy-efficient LED Christmas lights to the City of Fairbanks to help the city in its efforts to reduce its energy consumption.

I read an article in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner about the Cities' efforts to reduce its energy consumption and decided we would offer to help

"I read an article in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner about the Cities' efforts to reduce its energy consumption and decided we would offer to help," said Philip C. Curtis, President of HolidayLEDs.com.

Fairbanks city engineer, Mike Schmetzer, and his energy task force were reported to have set out to figure out how the city could reduce its energy costs. Some of the proposed solutions of the task force including turning off non-critical streets lights and eliminating Christmas light displays.

"Its commendable that the City of Fairbanks is taking a serious look at its energy consumption--we should all be doing this--but Christmas lighting displays are such an important part of the Christmas celebration it would be a shame if the residents of Fairbanks had to eliminate this tradition," Curtis added.

LED Christmas lights are 80-99% more efficient than standard incandescent lights and substantially reduce the cost of operating a holiday display.

"If Fairbanks replaced its incandescent lights with LED Christmas lights the amount of power consumed would be de minimus and we'd like to help the City make the switch by offering to donate four cases of lights to the City," Curtis explained.

Curtis' company shipped a substantial number of LED Christmas lights to the State of Alaska in 2007. "The residents of Alaska have been good customers to us and we are glad that this opportunity arose to help the citizens of Fairbanks," Curtis concluded.

For more information about HolidayLEDs.com and energy-efficient LED Christmas and decorative lighting visit http://www.holidayleds.com.

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LED-based Christmas lights have been available since 2002, but are only now beginning to gain in popularity and acceptance due to their higher initial purchase cost when compared to similar incandescent-based Christmas lights.

For example, as of 2006, a set of 50 incandescent lights might cost US$2, while a similar set of 50 LED lights might cost US$10.  The purchase cost can be even higher for single-color sets of LED lights with rare or recently-introduced colors, such as purple, pink or white.

Savings with LED Christmas Lights

Regardless of the higher initial purchase price, the total cost of ownership for LED Christmas lights would eventually be lower than the Total Cost Outlay for similar incandescent Christmas lights since the LED requires much less power to output the same amount of light as a similar incandescent bulb.

More to the point, LEDs have practically unlimited life and are hard-wired rather than using unreliable sockets as do replaceable bulbs. So a set of LED lights can be expected to outlive many incandescent sets, and without any maintenance.

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Energy Star in Canada recently took a long look at how Energy Star branding if morphing in the Canadian market place.

Energy Star Awareness and Loyalty

Statistics from a recent public survey in Canada showed that as 57% of Canadians are aware of Energy Star in some manner and the younger the respondent, the greater the awareness. The survey indicated high level of loyalty towards Energy Star, as 70% of those asked looked for the Energy Star label when making buying decisions.

Resources help companies that support Energy Star strategies such as the Energy Star calculator, assistance in procurement, workshops and Energy Star in the news, employing common messaging that can be identified by the consumer or end-user. Managing the Energy Star brand to protect its importance to and integrity with the consumer and end-user is strengthened with consistent communications create brand awareness and understanding.

The brand and process must create differentiation while showing relevance. Credibility and satisfaction are important and must be maintained, all leading to the resulting outcome being loyalty due to consumer confidence.

US EPA Residential Light Fixtures Release

EPA release of Energy Star Program Requirements for Residential Light Fixtures (RLF), Eligibility Criteria – Version 4.2, includes fixtures using LED light engines that can now qualify as Energy Star, -- however recessed cans are not eligible. The LED light engine efficacy must be 50 lm/W for uncovered light engines and 40 lm/W for covered light engines. She covered criteria for driver temperature and lumen maintenance, such as the L₇₀ for indoor light engines the must equal or exceed 25,000 hours and for outdoor light engines this must be equal to or greater than 35,000 hours. The power factor must be equal to or greater than 0.7.

Read more at LEDs Magazine: Date: June 2008

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How LEDs work. If you can get past the funky intro, the visiting scientist, Kiki gives a great overview of how LED lights work.

And if you stick around the remainder of this Viddler program, you'll pick up some helpful Internet tips and an insight into the GenY way of communicating. :-)

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LUXEON power LEDs from Philips Lumileds are poised to rapidly increase their presence in front-of-vehicle applications with expected European Union regulations mandating daytime running lamps (DRLs) on new cars beginning in 2011.

One of the major factors driving LUXEON use will be the dramatic reduction in DRL power consumption (Watts), on the order of 80%, made possible by energy-efficient LED technology.

Audi and VW currently offer LUXEON-based daytime running lights, and several other carmakers are
preparing to release vehicles with LUXEON-based DRLs over 2008-09 as part of a movement to improve road safety by increasing vehicle visibility during daylight hours.


This energy savings is critical because DRLs built with conventional bulbs consume more power than any other exterior lighting application due to their always-on daylight use, potentially running afoul of today’s fuel economy standards.

A typical DRL solution with incandescent or halogen bulbs uses 40-80 Watts of power. LUXEON-based
DRLs consume 10 Watts of power or less because of the technology’s low power demands and energy
efficiency.

Given these benefits, any new regulation requiring DRLs is expected to drive broader LUXEON adoption for
daytime running lamps as well as other forward automotive lighting applications. Already, LUXEON
technology is lighting the world’s first all-LED headlight on the Audi R8 supercar.

“Today LED DRLs are used on fewer than 1% of vehicles, in part because daytime running lamps are not
required in most countries. If the new regulation by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe moves ahead as expected, it will increase that number dramatically because of the low power usage,
longevity and design flexibility of LEDs compared to conventional light sources,” said Scott Kern, Vice
President, Automotive Sales, for Philips Lumileds. “LUXEON LEDs promise to lead the market because of
their reliability, high quality white light, and proven performance in the automotive industry.”

Over the years, Philips Lumileds has pioneered many automotive exterior lighting applications with its
LUXEON, SuperFlux and SnapLED products. In addition to driving the industry’s first all-LED daytime
running lamp and all-LED headlamp, the company’s solid-state lighting technology has enabled the world’s
first all-LED rear combination lamp, first single-LED stop-tail lamp, first LED front-, rear- and side-mirror
turn signals.

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It's nice to see the "kid grow up", as my parents used to say.  I moved North Carolina in the late 1980s and was privy to the babysteps of the new regional innovator, Cree.  Simple name, complex technology...for a simple lighting solution.  It's hard to believe Cree is 20 years old...practical an emancipated adult!  And what a wake they have carved in their 20 years of youthful thinking and creative development.

Growing from six founders in 1987 to more than 2,600 employees worldwide today, Cree continues to work with silicon carbide and gallium nitride materials to lead innovation in the LED and lighting industries. Opportunities for Cree and the LED have never been better, driven largely by the world’s rapidly growing demand for energy efficiency and a cleaner environment.

“There is an ever-increasing global recognition that LEDs can be used in many lighting applications in place of today’s common light bulb to help solve the world’s energy and environmental challenges. Cree is in the unique position of being one of the few companies that has the technology to lead the LED lighting revolution, without the baggage of a traditional bulb business to slow us down,” comments Chuck Swoboda, Cree chairman and CEO.

“We have aggressively advanced LED technology for 20 years, with the last two years being particularly exciting, because we have achieved lighting-class performance for use in general illumination,” notes John Edmond, Cree co-founder and director of advanced optoelectronics.

“In the next several years, we can expect LEDs to become an increasingly important source of light in our cities, businesses and homes.”

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, over the next 20 years rapid adoption of LED lighting can potentially reduce the demand for electricity in lighting applications by up to 62 percent. It can also eliminate up to 258 million metric tons of carbon emissions and avoid the need to build 133 new power plants.

Cree’s innovations span a number of markets. In new products, Cree released the first commercially available LEDs that achieve a minimum luminous flux of 100 lumens, and the first warm-white XLamp® LEDs for use in indoor home and office applications. Cree has also actively encouraged cities to adopt energy-efficient LED lighting throughout their infrastructures. The cities of Raleigh, N.C., and Toronto, Canada, seeking to improve energy efficiency of public lighting, have been first to join Cree in the LED City™ program.

“Cree was founded on our conviction that wide-bandgap semiconductors, silicon carbide and gallium nitride, could be superior alternatives to silicon and gallium arsenide for a wide range of devices,” says John Palmour, Cree co-founder and executive vice president for advanced devices. “Our materials and device expertise are the result of intensive research and development for the Department of Defense and Department of Energy programs. Our work has led to commercially available products that today can replace inefficient light bulbs and even significantly reduce the power needs of today’s massive IT server farms.”

“It’s remarkable to see the semiconductor materials company we founded so many years ago evolve in capability to take on two of this generation’s greatest challenges: the world’s demand for energy and the need for products that have less impact on the environment,” comments Calvin Carter, Cree co-founder and director of advanced materials technology. “From LEDs to power and wireless devices, all Cree products can significantly reduce energy use and are environmentally friendly alternatives to less-advanced technologies. We are in a great position from which to continue our growth and industry leadership.”

About Cree, Inc.
Cree is a market-leading innovator and manufacturer of semiconductors and devices that enhance the value of solid-state lighting, power and communications products by significantly increasing their energy performance and efficiency.

Key to Cree’s market advantage is its world-class materials expertise in SiC and GaN for chips and packaged devices that can handle more power in a smaller space while producing less heat than other available technologies, materials and products. Cree drives its increased performance technology into multiple applications, including exciting alternatives in brighter and more-tunable light for general illumination, backlighting for more-vivid displays, optimized power management for high-current, switch-mode power supplies and variable-speed motors, and more-effective wireless infrastructure for data and voice communications.

Cree customers range from innovative lighting fixtures makers to defense-related federal agencies. Cree’s product families include blue and green LED chips, lighting LEDs, LED backlighting solutions, power-switching devices and radio-frequency/wireless devices. For product specifications, please refer to www.cree.com.

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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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Cree's green XLamp® XR-E LEDs  are 70-percent brighter than the company’s previous green power LEDs. The  green XR-E released in November, 2007 produces maximum luminous flux of 87.5 lumens at 350 mA. The new green XR-E LEDs complement the previously released blue XR-E LEDs for industry-leading performance in RGB LED applications.

“Cree’s new green and blue XLamp XR-E LEDs deliver a significant performance increase for the LED industry,” said Norbert Hiller, Cree vice president and general manager for lighting LEDs. “These new XLamp LEDs allow our customers to build more-efficient color-changing LED lighting systems and fixtures using fewer LEDs. Performance boosts at this level make RGB LED systems far easier to design and more cost-effective.”

Cree’s green and blue XR-E LEDs are the newest lighting-class members of the award-winning XLamp XR-E family, which includes industry-leading performance in warm- and cool-white LEDs. All are available in production quantities.
 
Information about XLamp LEDs is available by calling XLamp Sales at 919-313-5300 or at www.cree.com/xlamp.

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According to industry sources, the LED industry grew nearly 50 percent year-over-year between 1995 and 2004, and its growth trajectory between 2004 and 2009 is expected to nearly double, from $3.7 billion to $7.3 billion.

LED Applications

Many industry observers would attribute these high-growth forecasts to the low penetration of LEDs in

• General illumination (1 percent)
• Signage (5 percent)
• Transportation (25 percent)

GE Lumination, Cree and LEDtronics are positioning their companies to develop industry-leading innovation for years to come.

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LEDs Are a Disruptive Technology

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are compound semiconductor devices that convert electricity to light. Invented by GE scientists in the 1960s, LEDs are vastly different from traditional incandescent, fluorescent and neon light sources.

LEDs stand out because -- unlike lamps that can shatter -- they are robust and highly resistant to shock and vibration. Due to the solid-state nature of LEDs, there are no filaments to break, no moving parts to fail and no glass components of any kind. With LEDs, breakage during transportation, installation or operation - a common problem of traditional light sources - is virtually eliminated. This robustness speeds installation times and installer training.

The benefits of using LEDs vary depending on the application, but typical technology features include:

• Up to 90 percent energy-cost savings
• A long life of up to 50,000 hours
• Minimized maintenance hassles and costs
• Low-voltage operation
• Excellent cold-weather performance

Environmental friendliness is also a factor, as LEDs do not contain mercury, and they save very significant amounts of energy that is frequently generated with non-renewable energy sources such as coal, natural gas and petroleum.

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In October, 2007, GE Consumer & Industrial announced layoffs of 1400 workers and the closing of seven incandescent light bulb plants in response to consumer demand for more energy-efficient lighting.

GE plans to focus more on developing and producing compact fluorescent lighting (CFL) and LED products.  Businesses and even governments are following the same preferential buying of energy efficient light fixtures and bulbs.  China and Australia, for example, have also signaled their intent to completely phase out incandescents.

GE is investing in new lighting technologies, such as LEDs, organic LEDs and high-efficiency incandescents.

GE's "ecomagination" program converges economic and social needs with GE's unique positioning n the market.  The need for lower-cost, cleaner and more secure energy coincides with the need for cleaner, more abundant sources of usable water.  GE's combination of technologies, operating skills and global merchandising reach makes them uniquely positioned to help solve these problems by upgrading their vast catalog of products and services.

In October, the US EPA conducted a major campaign in conjunction with several companies, called the "Change-A-Light" campaign.  And Wal-Mart announced it had reached its goal of selling 1 million CFLs.

GE's announcement was the latest story in a restructuring trend that has already impacted 3,000 jobs from facility closures, work transfers, employee reductions and sales of operations at sites in the U.S., Europe, China, Indonesia, Latin America and India.

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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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Since 1983 LEDtronics has been a leader in designing and manufacturing environmentally friendly low power usage, long life LED bulbs and LED lamps as direct replace to incandescent bulbs.

They focus on delivering LED lighting solutions and products of consistently high quality and strive to exceed  customer’s expectations with new designs to meet  future lighting requirements.

They make the following claims on their website:

• Our rugged LED bulbs last 100,000 hours, over ten years, which greatly reduces maintenance and replacement costs because LEDs are virtually immune to shock and vibration.

• Our LED bulbs use a fraction of the electricity (LED lamps use 80% to 90% less energy then the incandescent lamps they replace) necessary to light an incandescent bulb; they significantly reduce power consumption to help achieve energy conservation goals.

• LED bulbs also remain cool so there is no excessive heat buildup, which can influence building air conditioning costs.

Why LED Bulbs:

•	Last an average of 100,000 hours (or about ten years). 50,000 hours for White LEDs
•	Withstand shocks, vibrations, frequent switching and temperature extremes that rapidly incapacitate fragile incandescent lamps.
•	Reduces maintenance and replacement costs
•	Are 10 to 50 times more energy-efficient, thus reducing your operating costs by up to 90%.
•	Produce little to no heat, cool to the touch, so they are safer then traditional lighting products

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The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that energy consumption for lighting can be reduced by more than 20 percent by 2020 through the use of solid-state LED-based lighting.

51% of energy consumption for lighting is in the commercial sector

ilumisys is bringing products to market that directly replace standard T-8 and T-12 fluorescent tubes. These products offer ballast-independent operation and take full advantage of LED attributes including long life, temperature robustness, vibration tolerance, energy efficiency and color control.

Ilumisys products provide direct replacement of fluorescent tubes in existing fixtures with the following features:

Ballast-independent operation.
Take full advantage of LED attributes, including:

• Long life
• Temperature robustness
  
• Vibration tolerance
  
• Energy efficiency
  
• Color control

500 - 600 million fluorescent tubes are disposed of annually in the U.S., representing a significant amount of mercury added to landfills despite industry efforts to limit mercury content and encourage recycling.

ilumisys is a Troy, Michigan-based company focused on next-generation solid-state lighting technology. The company was formed in 2007 as a spinoff venture and wholly owned subsidiary of Altair Engineering, Inc.

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Staples’ energy policy is rooted in its commitment to protect natural resources through sustainable business practices. This commitment covers four major areas:

• Purchase and promotion of products containing post-consumer recycled materials,
• Energy conservation and renewable-power procurement,
• Recycling initiatives, and
• Environmental education to build awareness among associates and consumers

Staples opened its first “green store” prototype in 2003, in East Wareham, Mass. It was built from the ground up to be as energy efficient as possible, starting with the materials used in its construction. Several of the lighting designs to save energy include:

• T-8 single-lamp fixtures with dimmable ballasts (work in con-junction with skylights)
• High-efficiency pulse-start parking-lot lights
• LED signage
• Back-room motion sensors

Energy planning is carefully integrated into Staples’ organizational model. The chain’s energy team, in place for many years, develops strategies for each component of energy management on an annual basis.

Staples joined EPA’s Green Power Partnership Program in 2002, with a commitment to purchase 2% of its total energy load from green or renewable power sources by the end of 2003. The chain made good on its promise and then some. Currently, renewable power accounts for 10% of the chain’s total annual
U.S. electricity consumption, making it the largest purchaser of green power in retail

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The ENERGY STAR criteria cover the requirements for SSL products used for general illumination, including
those with significant decorative function.

If a decorative SSL product serves a significant general illumination function, it falls within the scope of these criteria. The criteria apply to both residential and commercial products. The criteria apply only to products designed to be connected to the electric power grid. In addition, they do not apply to SSL products made for indication (such as traffic lights and exit signs); to products exclusively intended for decoration (such as holiday lights); nor to SSL products intended for retrofit into existing fixtures.

The general requirements apply to both Categories A and B. Additional requirements for correlated color temperature (CCT), luminaire efficacy, zonal lumen density, and minimum light output are listed under
Categories A and B.

A few key requirements include:

• Luminaires shall not draw power in the off state (but there are exceptions)
• A warranty must be provided for luminaires, covering repair or replacement of defective electrical parts (including light source and power supplies) for a minimum of three (3) years from the date of purchase.
• Luminaire manufacturers shall adhere to device manufacturer guidelines, certification programs, and test procedures for thermal management.
• LED module(s)/array(s) shall deliver at least 70% of initial lumens, when installed in-situ, for the minimum number of hours specified below:

Residential Indoor: 25,000 hours
Residential Outdoor: 35,000 hours
All Commercial: 35,000 hours

• Power supplies designated by the manufacturer for residential applications must meet FCC requirements for consumer use (FCC 47 CFR Part 15/18 Consumer Emission Limits).
• Included documentation must clearly state any known incompatibility with photo-controls, dimmers or timing devices.

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DOE has finalized a new ENERGY STAR specification for solid state lighting luminaires, including LEDs. The criteria goes into effect September 30, 2008.

Under normal circumstances, DOE would establish an effective date 270 days after public release of the final criteria. However, additional time is required for these criteria because the LM-80 Lumen Depreciation test procedure has not yet been adopted by ANSI and IESNA.

Solid State Lighting (SSL) Luminaires

The ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Solid State Lighting (SSL) Luminaires are intended for general illumination. SSL general illumination devices were not previously covered by any ENERGY STAR product category, although there are other product categories using light emitting diodes (LEDs) for non-illumination purposes, including indication and decoration.

DOE is leading ENERGY STAR management, specification development, and partner relations for SSL devices used for general illumination, including:

• Residential, commercial, industrial, and outdoor lighting SSL applications of all types
• Innovative SSL systems applications of all types (includes "free-form" SSL systems, and those incorporated into furniture, buildings, and equipment)

Solid-state lighting differs fundamentally from traditional lighting technologies in terms of materials, drivers, system architecture, controls, and photometric properties. A host of new test procedures and industry standards is needed to accommodate these technical differences.

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Compare LEDs with most energy efficient lighting available for the specific application.  The US Department of Energy recommends the following evaluation metrics:

Verify lumens per watt
    Incandescent            12-15 lpw
    CFL                          50 lpw
    LEDs                        ~20-45 lpw depending on specific LEDs

Verify total light output
    Product manufacturers often don't report it
    Determine whether the fixture/system is sufficient for the needed amount of light for the task

Calculate cost
    Conventional (CFL, incandescent)    $1/1000 lumens (klm)
    LEDs                                             $50/klm
    LEDs on 24/7 or hard to reach areas: potential cost savings on maintenance

Assess need for special LED features
    Durability, accessibility

Check LED color output
    Bluer tones than fluorescents
    Warmer tones less efficient

Obtain a sample for testing

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Technology of LEDs is advancing rapidly.  In 2006 the "White Light" SSL Challenges included Lifetime lumen maintenance and thermal management; luminous efficacy, color quality, cost and test procedures and standards.

Color temperature and color consistency have been challenges.  Different color appearance within shipments of white LEDs, and color shifts over time with LED degradation have plagued the manufacturers. 

Color efficacy advances were announced by Cree with a 70 lpw for the XLamp 7090 and Lumileds' Luxeon I was rated at 45 lpw for 5500K white; however, manufacturer data represented performance under laboratory conditions of controled temperature, pulsed operation (not continuous), and performance depended on electrical, thermal design.

Consumer products often use clusters of 5 mm LEDs and they have lower efficacy, low wattage and low light output.  Research is improving SSL efficacy while decreasing price.

Potential near term applications of LEDs include:

• Airplane reading lights
• Accent lights and focused light applications
• Task lights and desk lights
• Under cabinet lights
• Display cases, including refrigerated
• Elevators with longer life and vibration resistance
• Architectural applications for hard to reach locations.

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Energy Star guidelines and rating systems for electrical products focus on energy efficiency and usage standards. LED lighting is new to the Energy Star evaluation process, and they are continually upgrading their ratings of categories  of LED lights and specific vendors.

Energy Star guidelines for LED light sources include the following requirements:

• Illuminance levels
• Efficacy
• Photometry
• Minimum light output

Proposed Category A Products include:

• Under-cabinet Kitchen Lighting
• Under-cabinet Desk/Task Lighting
• Display Case Lighting
• Portable Desk Lamps
• Outdoor Step Lighting
• Outdoor Walkway Lighting
• Outdoor Porch Lighting

A couple Energy Star approved products in various categories include:

Under-cabinet Lighting:  Albeo Talea, EnbrytenLED ENBU
Display Case Lighting: American Fluorescent, GELcore
Portable Desk/Task Lighting:  Halley LED Desk Lamp, and 6 Watt LED Desk Lamp
Outdoor Step:  (no listed brands)
Outdoor Pathway:  Advanced LED Ltd -- Alpha and Delta

Category "B" Efficacy Based Performance is most similar to current Energy Star criteria: Long-term efficacy based on exceeding current Energy star residential light fixture and CFL thresholds.  They will potentially introduce a new parameter to account for LED directional characteristics.

Key standards organizations include:  ANSI, CIE, IEC, IES, IEEE, NEMA, NIST, etc.

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Cree is a market and technology leader in LED chips, power LEDs, LEDs for backlighting, power switching and wireless communications devices. Cree, Inc. is an innovator and manufacturer of semiconductors that enhance the value of LED solid-state lighting, power and communications products by significantly increasing their energy performance.Applications include alternatives in brighter and more-tunable LED light for general illumination, backlighting for more-vivid displays, optimized power management for high-current, switch-mode power supplies and variable-speed motors, and more-effective wireless infrastructure for data and voice communications.

Cree’s product lines include blue and green LED chips, lighting LEDs, LEDs for backlighting, power-switching devices and radio-frequency/wireless devices.

Cree customers range from innovative lighting fixtures makers to defense-related federal agencies.

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Lumileds was formed as a 50/50 joint venture between Agilent Technologies (formerly part of Hewlett Packard) and Philips Lighting. Hewlet Packard's LED developments had advanced to a point at which LED technology could be thought about in lighting terms, and discussions began with Philips Lighting. Agilent provided the technology, people, and facility, selling 50% of its division to Philips, which in turn provided the funding and packaging infrastructure. Lumileds and Agilents combined LED sales revenue is currently $175 million.

Based in San Jose, Lumileds employs 700 people worldwide. 350 people work in Silicon Valley, while the majority of the rest of the workforce is based in Malaysia, in the packaging plant. Manufacturing the LEDs (by growing the crystals in a process called epitaxy) is done in Silicon Valley. Between 30-40% of its sales are to the automotive industry. Fifteen percent of Lumileds employees work in the R&D department, most in San Jose, but supported by a small team in Best, The Netherlands.

Leading the way in the development of high-flux, high-powered LED (light emitting diode) technology is Lumileds Lighting. In a few years time the company envisages our homes will be powered by LED technology, using materials that will last for 100,000 hours and run at a fraction of the energy cost.

Lumiled was the first company to specifically target the high brightness, high-power, large chip LED market. In February 2001, Lumileds demonstrated a single white LED with an output of 17 lumens a white light output four times higher than the best known white LED. In March, it announced a new solution for LCD display backlights, which will greatly change the industry.

High flux Luxeon light sources offer a larger range of real-life colour and saturation.

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Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are semiconductor sources, producing light in a solid state manner.

Small LEDs have been all around us on our computer printers and television sets for many years.

Today's innovations in LED technology have developed processes to make much larger LEDs, which produce high amounts of light enough to power a traffic signal or a tailgate light on an automobile.

In a few years time leaders in the LED industry envision our homes being powered by LED technology, using materials that will last for 100,000 hours and run at a fraction of the energy cost.

Another environmentally friendly aspect of LED technology is that it does not use mercury, unlike fluorescent lighting. As the product lasts twelve years, disposal is less of a problem.

For the last 25 years, as an opto-electronics division, Hewlett Packard had been developing LED technology, finding ways of making light brighter and brighter.

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CNew Product Family Featuring Cree's XLamp XR-E LED Provides 65 Lumens Per Watt System Efficacy

March 6, 2008 - Gallium Lighting announces the introduction of a high-performance LED downlight featuring the Cree XLamp® XR-E LED. The Gallium GS6-CXRE luminaire delivers more than 1,300 lumens while reducing energy consumption by up to 60% relative to comparable compact fluorescent downlights.
 
Gallium's advanced GS6 fixture was developed specifically for high-performance white LEDs. It features 1.5" (38mm) spacing between LEDs and a heavy-duty heat dissipation system to maximize efficiency and LED life, and a 45º shielding angle to maximize visual comfort. With the XR-E LED, the GS6 downlight fixture now achieves a total luminaire efficacy of up to 65 lumens per watt.
 
"LED technology is advancing at an astonishing rate," said Keith Bahde, Ph.D., President of Gallium Lighting. "In the last twelve months, we have been able to boost the light output of our GS6 luminaire by 49%, while reducing the energy consumption by 18%. It can now provide more light than most 6-inch 32-watt compact fluorescent downlights while consuming only about half as much energy. We can now demonstrate a three-year payback in many applications."

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