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Light quality and performance battle the connected SSL push at lighting industry confab (MAGAZINE)

by | 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...

Cree lands another Power over Ethernet lighting installation at a data center

by | Jul 22, 2016 | Business and Industry, Commercial and office, Controls and Power, Drivers Electronics, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, Industry News, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Lighting Projects, Microcontrollers, Networks, Networks & Controls, Services & Testing, Smart Cities

Tech firm Quest will use Cree and Cisco Power over Ethernet gear at a California facility, and will resell it as a service too in an IoT play. The original version of this article can be found...

Soraa MR16 and PAR30 LED lamps shine in new museum projects

by | Jul 19, 2016 | Business and Industry, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Industry News, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Lighting Projects, Manufacturing Equipment, Materials, Optics, Retail & Hospitality, Retail and museum, Retrofit lamps, SSL Design

Famed San Francisco wax museum turns to AC-powered, MR16 GU10 LED lamps to spotlight life-size representations of actors, politicians, and more, while the Staten Island Museum turned to PAR30 SSL products to light its historical exhibits. The original version of this...

LED business news: Cree sells power semi unit, Sylvania socket survey, and NYC Lowline

by | Jul 18, 2016 | Business and Industry, Controls and Power, Drivers Electronics, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, Industry News, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Materials, Outdoor Lighting, Services & Testing, SSL Design, Substrates & Wafers

Cree will sharpen its focus on LEDs and SSL with sale of Wolfspeed, while LEDvance and Sylvania suggest a transition to smart lamps is coming and New York will build the solar-lit Lowline. The original version of this article can be found...

After a small hiccup, Osram completes legal carve-out of LEDvance lamps group

by | Jul 7, 2016 | Business and Industry, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, Industry News, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Networks & Controls, Retail & Hospitality

LEDvance is still part of Osram for now, but is officially a separate entity from the chips, smart lighting, and automotive portion of the technology company. The original version of this article can be found...