by Commercial LED Lighting | Jul 22, 2016 | Backlighting Signs & Displays, Business and Industry, Controls and Power, Drivers Electronics, Features, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, LED, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Light Sources, Modular light engines, Networks & Controls, OLEDs, Outdoor Lighting, Retail & Hospitality, Services & Testing, SSL Design, White-Point Tuning
Networks and smart lighting remained in the spotlight at LightFair 2016, but Maury Wright reports that lighting designers and specifiers may still care more about the quality of LED-based products than value-added, lighting-centric features. The original version of...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jul 19, 2016 | Agriculture & Aquaculture, Drivers Electronics, Industrial & Life Sciences, Industry News, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Networks & Controls, Services & Testing, SSL Design, Vegetables & Floriculture
Topics such as horticulture, floriculture, vertical farming, light recipes, and plant response to light will be explored in depth with speakers from academia, research centers, commercial growers, and SSL manufacturers at the Oct. 12 Horticultural Lighting Conference....
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jul 13, 2016 | Indoor Lighting, Industry News, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, OLEDs, Research & Development, Services & Testing, SSL Design, Standards, Test Equipment, Test Labs
OLED lighting still holds potential, according to a US Department of Energy report on available products and promised improvements, while a Snapshot Caliper report on LED downlights reports lower levels of performance improvement relative to other SSL luminaire types....
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jul 12, 2016 | Industry News, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Light Engines, Modular light engines, Packaged LEDS, Retail & Hospitality, SSL Design, White-Point Tuning
The new Luxeon Stylist Series of COB LEDs will include subset component lines with the CCT and spectral power distribution implemented specifically for different areas of a grocery store, for high-fashion retail, and for optimized ambience in restaurants. The original...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jun 20, 2016 | Industry News, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Light Engines, Materials, OLEDs, Optics, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Research & Development, Retail & Hospitality, SSL Design
The latest US Department of Energy funding for SSL research and development totals $10.5 million and recipients range from university programs to LED-industry stalwarts including Cree, Lumileds, and GE. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jun 9, 2016 | Backlighting Signs & Displays, Driver ICs, Drivers Electronics, Features, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Microcontrollers, Modular Drivers, Networks & Controls, Retail & Hospitality, Services & Testing, SSL Design, Street, Test Equipment, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
Alexander Wilm examines the factors that impact the efficiency of LED-based solid-state lighting systems, and considers product development options that balance application requirements and optimum efficiency. The original version of this article can be found...
