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Newest Energy Efficient Lighting Technologies:
Darden Restaurants
Darden, the parent
company of Olive Garden
and Red Lobster, recently
implemented an LED
lighting initiative that
supports their goal to
partner with their suppliers
in creating long-term
collective value.
National EnergySolutions News:
1. New Business Models and Solutions Through Circular Lighting - Philips is applying
circular economy principles in its business models and end-to-end value chains based on
the conviction that companies that solve the problem of resource constraints will have a
competitive advantage. Applying these principles to indoor lighting at Bruynzeel,
Philips supported its client to transition towards sustainable lighting, where the emphasis
is less on “ownership” and more on “use”. Philips remains the owner of the luminaires
and lamps, and Bruynzeel is the user who will pay a fixed fee for its indoor lighting
solution over the coming years. This means that not only is the product circular, but the
business model itself is also based on circular economy principles. Responsibility for
management, maintenance and innovation lies with Philips. http://nr.newsrepublic.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=1&articleid=45324431 The circular
economy aims to eradicate waste systematically throughout the life cycles and uses of
products and their components. Watch the video at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCRKvDyyHmI
FSG was chosen to
perform a turn-key retrofit
replacing traditional
incandescent and halogen
lighting in 477 Olive
Garden and Red Lobster
restaurants with new LED
lamps.
DARDEN estimated that
annual savings from the
project would exceed $2
million per year on energy
costs alone. This does not
include the savings from
the reduction in avoided
maintenance costs.
2. IES Publishes New Method for Evaluating Color Rendition TM-30-15 – While CRI
enjoys widespread use, its limitations are well recognized, and the need for a viable
alternative is increased by the proliferation of SSL, which offers tremendous scope for
spectral engineering and optimization. TM-30-15 addresses many of the CRI's
limitations, providing more information with greater accuracy. With two main numerical
parameters and other visualization tools for better understanding the rendition of specific
hues, it provides a more complete characterization of color rendition than a fidelity
metric alone can. DOE will host two 90-minute webinars on TM-30-15 next month: one
on September 15 that covers the basics, the development process, and the ongoing steps
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toward widespread adoption; and a follow-up on September 22 that focuses on the math
and color science underlying the calculation engine, the derivation of the new set of 99
Past Sponsors
color evaluation samples, and why the improvements are important. Both webinars start
at 1:00 p.m. EDT. To register: http://energy.gov/eere/ssl/events/webinar-understanding- Leviton Zipline®
LED Platinum Series
and-applying-tm-30-15
3. HID Lamp Indexes Decline During First Quarter 2015 - Sodium vapor lamp
shipments fell 11.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis compared to the same period last
year. Shipments of mercury vapor lamps retreated by 18.4% year-over-year (y/y).
Although the index for metal halide lamps registered a modest year-over-year increase
of 1.2%, shipments were still below the level during calendar year 2014. Sodium vapor
lamps gave back 2.4 percentage points, decreasing to a share of 30.1%, while mercury
vapor lamps declined marginally to 3.5%. The market share of metal halide lamps
increased to a new high level in the series, at 66.5% for the quarter.
http://www.nema.org
Leviton Universal
Lighting Controls
www.leviton.com/
Lithonia D-Series
LED Family
www.lithonia.com/
Philips LEDALITE
BoldPlay
www.ledalite.com/
4. Philips Recalls Halogen Bulbs - The lens of the bulb can shatter in the lamp or the lens MaxLite LED
High Bays
can fall and shatter, posing a laceration and burn hazard. This recall involves Philips
60W PAR 16 120V halogen bulbs manufactured from November 2013 to March 2015. www.maxlite.com/
Date codes that represent the month and year of production are painted on the bulb glass
Hubbell Building
along with “PHILIPS Halogena PAR 16,” “China” and “60W/120/V.”
Automation (HBA)
http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2015/Philips-Recalls-Halogen-Bulbs/
Dimming WASP
5. NEMA Announced That ANSI Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) C82 Revised http://www.hubbellANSI C82.6 -American National Standard for Lamp Ballasts—Ballasts for Highautomation.com
Intensity Discharge Lamps—Methods of Measurement. This standard is now updated to
provide industry-wide consistency for products that have the technological advantages of MaxLite LED
electronic ballasts and can be paired with existing low frequency lamps. ANSI C82.6
Commercial Recessed
describes the procedures to be followed and the precautions to be taken in measuring
Downlight Retrofits
www.maxlite.com/
performance of low-frequency ballasts (electromagnetic and electronic ballasts that
operate at less than 400 Hz) for high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps. www.NEMA.org
6. NEMA Reaffirms New Standards - www.NEMA.org
Lunera
www.lunera.com/
☼ NEMA Reaffirms ANSI C78.1406-2004: P28 Single-Contact Medium Prefocus- WaveStream™
www.cooperindustries.com
Based Projection Lamps for Base-Down Operation—Dimensions. This standard
establishes the dimensions essential to interchangeability of single-contact medium
EiKo
prefocus-based projection lamps of T10 and T12 bulb sizes.
LitespanLED.EiKO.com
☼ NEMA Reaffirms ANSI C78.1407-2004: Condenser-Reflector, Four-Pin PrefocusOsram Sylvania
Base Projection Lamps—Dimensions. This standard specifies the dimensions
www.osram-americas.com
essential to the interchangeability of condenser-reflector lamps having four-pin
prefocus bases, T12 or T14 bulbs, and used in 8 mm motion-picture projectors.
Green Creative
www.greencreative.com
☼ NEMA Reaffirms ANSI C78.1408-2004: CBA Projection Lamp. This standard
provides information on the description, ratings, restrictions, physical characteristics,
RAB Lighting
dimensions, life, illumination, seal temperature, and operating temperature of a lamp www.rabweb.com
that has been designated as a CBA projection lamp.
☼ NEMA Reaffirms ANSI C78.379-2006: Classification of the Beam Patterns of
Reflector Lamps. This standard describes a system for classification of beam
patterns and beam angles of reflector lamps. A method of describing light output
also is defined.
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7. NEMA Reaffirms ANSI C78.20-2003 - American National Standard for Electric
Lamps—A, G, PS, and Similar Shapes with E26 Medium Screw Bases. This standard
sets forth physical and electrical characteristics of the group of incandescent lamps that
have A, G, PS, and similar bulb shapes with E26 single- and double-contact medium
screw bases, including the reduced-wattage versions. Last reaffirmed in 2007, this
standard was developed by the ANSI Accredited Standards Committee for Electric
Lamps. Download at no charge: http://www.nema.org
8. NEMA Publishes ANSI C82.77-5-2015 - American National Standard for Lighting
Equipment—Voltage Surge Requirements. This new standard specifies voltage surge
limits and testing requirements for lighting equipment. ANSI C82.77-5 was developed
by the ANSI Accredited Standards Committee for Electric Ballasts, and covers lighting
equipment used for general illumination that is typically found in residential,
commercial, and industrial applications. http://www.nema.org
9. NEMA Reaffirms ANSI C78.1452-2004 - American National Standard for Electric
Lamps—Projection Lamps—Vocabulary. This standard provides definitions for a wide
range of terms used in the design, manufacturing, and application of photographic
lamps. It serves as a common reference for all ANSI lamp standards in the C78.1400
series, thus reducing the number of terms that need to be defined in individual
standards. It includes standards and specifications for electric lamps of all types,
including the electrical values necessary for limitations in operation, regulation, and
starting of the lamps, as well as standards and specifications for starters for fluorescent
lamps. http://www.nema.org/Standards/Pages/American-National-Standard-for-Electric-Lamps-ProjectionLamps-Vocabulary.aspx
10. LIGHTFAIR® International 2017 Will Take Place in Philadelphia - LFI® returns to
Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Convention Center in 2017 for its 28th-annual staging May
7—11, according to Jeffrey L. Portman, Sr., vice chairman, president and chief
operating officer of LFI managing partner AmericasMart ® Atlanta. LFI’s 2017 return to
Philadelphia will follow its 2016 showing in San Diego at the San Diego Convention
Center, the event’s newest west-coast venue. LFI’s San Diego event will run April 24—
28, 2016. http://www.lightfair.com/lightfair/V40/
11. 7 Energy-Saving Lighting Control Strategies - http://ecmweb.com/ Based on some
original source material provided by Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. Potential savings:
1) Daylight Harvesting
25% to 60% lighting load
2) Demand Response
30% to 50% lighting load during peak demand
3) High-End Tuning
10% to 30% lighting load
4) HVAC Integration
5% to 15% HVAC load
5) Occupancy / Vacancy Sensing
20% to 60% lighting load
6) Personal Dimming Control
10% to 20% lighting load
7) Scheduling
10% to 20% lighting load
City & State EnergySolutions News:
12. Cities Make Headway in Reducing Energy Use - Charlotte, N.C., is one example of a
city that's found a way to both reduce energy use and measure the impact. The city
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recently implemented a public-private partnership between Verizon, Duke Energy and
business and civic leaders of Charlotte called Envision Charlotte. The partnership's first
initiative placed shadow meters in the basements of more than 60 large buildings in the
commercial center. The meters allow them to gather real-time energy data, beam it to the
cloud, aggregate it, and then beam it back down to kiosks located in the buildings. The
kiosks allow the public to track energy use right along with city officials.
http://www.energycentral.com
13. Musco Illuminates Statue of Liberty with LED Lighting System - The Statue of
Liberty, an icon of freedom for nearly 130 years, now shines like never before. Musco
developed a custom-designed LED lighting solution using precise optics to highlight all
the aesthetic details of the monument while reducing the amount of light projected into
the night sky. The new permanent system will provide twice the brightness level while
reducing energy consumption by 62 percent when compared to the prior metal halide
lights. The Statue of Liberty National Monument joins many other famed landmarks that
also feature customized lighting systems by Musco, including the Washington
Monument, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, the White House and the Flight 93
National Memorial. http://musco.com/news/statueliberty.html
14. 2015 NEEP Northeast Industrial Efficiency Summit - November 12-13, in Omni Mt.
Washington Resort, Bretton Woods, NH. The industrial sector uses more energy than
any other sector of the economy yet the movement towards implementing energy
efficiency into industrial processes has seen a low adoption rate. NEEP is hosting
industrial experts, utility program administrators and other advocates to share best
practices, receive training from the DOE on
Strategic Energy Management and celebrate
the successes of the 2015 Northeast Business
Leaders for Energy Efficiency. The 2 day
summit will feature:
http://www.neep.org/events/2015-northeastindustrial-efficiency-summit
15. Energy-Efficient Solutions Help Carnegie
Hall Secure LEED Silver Certification - Making it one of the oldest and most notable
buildings to achieve such distinction. The nearly 125-year old iconic New York City
music venue achieved this milestone in part through a close
collaboration with Siemens, which was enlisted as one of
Carnegie Hall’s technology partners to modernize almost 165,000
square feet of non-performance space. The certification came to
fruition following the fall 2014 completion of Carnegie Hall’s
Studio Towers Renovation Project (STRP), an infrastructure
upgrade for two towers originally added atop the famed concert
hall at the end of the 19th century. A central focus of this
comprehensive renovation was the addition of the new 60,000
square foot Resnick Education Wing, located on the Hall’s upper
floors, as well as the refurbishment of the Hall’s backstage areas.
http://www.tedmag.com
16. This Toll Point on a Busy Florida Expressway Now Has Colorful LED Light - For the
one million motorists who drive the Miami Dade Expressway (MDX) every year, the
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journey is getting easier. The MDX authority has been installing open toll gantries that
automatically read car license plates and passes, so drivers don’t have to stop or wait in
line to pay a toll with the help of fixtures from Iluminarc, installed by Barbizon Lighting
Company. The gantry and pylon structure spans ten lanes of the 15-mile State Route
836. http://www.luxreview.com
17. Michigan Cities Gearing Up for Fight with Utilities Over LED Streetlights - A battle is
over the rate DTE Energy will charge municipalities to operate LED streetlights. At least
one municipal official is calling for cities to take over their streetlights altogether. The
issue is part of a larger rate case, DTE's first in four years. The utility is seeking
increased rates to cover the cost of environmental compliance and new generation
capacity. A decision is expected in the fall. Buried within that case is a proposed
increase for operating municipal LED streetlights, with a concurrent reduction in rates
charged for less-efficient high-pressure sodium fixtures. http://midwestenergynews.com
18. Chicago Smart Lighting Project Request for Information - Interested parties are
invited to respond to a comprehensive streetlight modernization initiative intended to: a)
Deliver an energy efficient street, alley, viaduct, and pathway lighting grid and lighting
control network to the City and Parks under a design, build, and finance framework, and
b) Potentially utilize the City’s and Parks’ existing outdoor lighting infrastructure for
other services that enhance safety, quality of life, and reduce Chicago taxpayer
expenditures, and c) Potentially utilize Chicago’s lighting infrastructure to expand the
City’s fiber optic network allowing for the modernization of streetlight controls and the
expansion of other City of Chicago digital technologies The City maintains an extensive
roadway lighting system of approximately 232,100 streetlight fixtures, 72,000 alley light
fixtures, and 23,500 viaduct fixtures. A combined inventory of over 327,500 lighting
fixtures. http://shapechicago.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ChicagoSmartLightingRFIFinal_20150917.pdf
19. LEDs Illuminate Jerry World and the Nashville Predators NHL Arena - Musco
Lighting has announced that it supplied LED-based lighting to AT&T Stadium, home of
the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL. The installation is based on Musco's SportsCluster
Green system. The company said it used custom optics to focus the light on the playing
surface while not creating glare for players or spectators. LEDs allowed the team to
increase light levels by 42% while reducing energy usage by 76%. Meanwhile Ephesus
Lighting has announced another sports-lighting project with SSL being installed at the
Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN. The company has prior experience lighting a
professional-level ice arena, having supplied sports lighting products to the home of the
Ottawa Senators in 2014. The Bridgestone project includes interior sports lighting with
color-tuning capability and the company's Prism full color luminaires are deployed both
inside and outside of the arena. A DMX control system will allow the team to generate
dynamic and colorful light shows. http://www.ledsmagazine.com
LED EnergySolutions News:
20. Smart Lighting Products to Dominate the Industrial-Commercial Market - Alumage
Advisors http://www.alumageadvisors.com/smart-lighting-reports has released its latest
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LED Smart Lighting Report, including a free version for end-users, highlighting 40
product features of interest for 1,000 commercial and industrial (C&I) luminaires
worldwide. Alumage expects the C&I market for high lumen products to increase to
$11-14B by 2020, with smart lighting offering a more compelling value proposition
versus fluorescents. Since introducing our first reports in 2013, we added a smart
lighting focus, as 77% of the products we track are dimmable, 59% offer motion sensors
and 49% now offer network/controls options, representing a 100%+ increase in the last
12 months. http://lightingcontrolsassociation.org/
21. Osram Launches LED Retrofit Headlight for Audi A4 - Osram has developed and
produced the LEDriving Xenarc headlight, its first full retrofit headlight. The front
lighting on the Audi A4 is equipped with a combination of xenon and LED technologies.
Osram is the only manufacturer so far to offer the option of a legal upgrade to xenon
light without the need for costly reconstruction of the front of the vehicle. LEDriving
Xenarc is suitable for the Audi A4 B7 manufactured between 2004 and 2008. Compared
with standard halogen lamps, modern Xenarc technology from Osram provides up to
110 percent more light on the road. http://bizled.co.in/osram-launches-led-retrofitheadlight-for-audi-a4/
22. Saving Energy in Buildings with Adaptive Lighting Systems / Solutions for the Retail
Sector -The California Lighting Technology Center has produced a new report covering
the current state of retail lighting and the extraordinary energy savings potential that can
be achieved with adaptable lighting control systems. The retail sector, which represents
13 percent of California’s lighting electricity use, has historically not embraced the use
of lighting controls to save energy. To address the slow adoption of adaptive lighting
solutions in the retail sector, researchers developed and demonstrated an optimized retail
lighting control strategy based on a set of control layers specifically designed to deliver
maximum lighting energy savings and minimal negative impacts.
http://cltc.ucdavis.edu/sites/default/files/files/publication/201506-saving-energy-adaptive-lighting-systemsretail-sector.pdf
23. LED Package Diversity - Central to any LED lighting product is the LED package,
because that's where the light is generated. Initially, the goal was to develop one type of
LED package that would be suitable for any application -- an approach that would reduce
costs through high volume. But for the past seven or eight years, it's been increasingly
apparent that such an approach is not viable, because the requirements of the various
lighting applications are so diverse as to demand a similar diversity in LED package
types in order to ensure high performance. That's why the development of new types of
LED packages has been a priority in the DOE SSL R&D Plan:
http://energy.gov/eere/ssl/downloads/solid-state-lighting-rd-plan
24. Defining and Implementing Your Enterprise IoT Strategy - Enterprise IoT (Internet of
Things) is set to disrupt a large number of industries, enabling new business models,
creating new revenue streams, reducing costs, extending and enhancing relationships
with end customers, and improving product development processes. The world will see
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25 billion Internet-connected things by 2020 and will produce close to $2 trillion of
economic benefit globally. In this Strategy Report, Machina Research says that IoT
must be on the enterprise's strategic agenda and effort must go into identifying and
prioritizing specific opportunities. Further, the enterprise must understand the
technology and business requirements of IoT, including the potentially transformative
effect it might have on its business model, and it must establish the relevant
partnerships. Above all, Enterprise IoT is a continuous process of development and
evolution. https://machinaresearch.com/reports/iot-strategies/reports/
25. LED Therapy Improves Wellbeing of Racehorses - Now LED lighting is being tried on
animals. Two racehorses in Britain, who were kept under LED lighting for six weeks,
showed improvement in their wellbeing and performance. Valoya LED B-series Full
Spectrum lights were installed in two of the stables to stimulate the release of adenosine
triphosphate (ATP), the major carrier of energy to all cells that provides the energy
driving the chemical reaction of the cell. When ATP is increased, it allows cells to use
nutrients faster as well as get rid of waste products faster by increasing the energy level
in the cell. Some studies in Singapore and Italy showed that LED lights can also heal
strains and wounds. http://bizled.co.in/led-therapy-improves-wellbeing-of-racehorses/
26. LED MR16 Lamps: Despite Progress, Room to Improve - According to the recent DOE
report Adoption of Light-Emitting Diodes in Common Lighting Applications, the
installed penetration of LED MR16s and other small directional lamps more than
doubled over the past two years, increasing from 10% in 2012 to 22% in 2014 -- the
highest of any LED lighting product. But DOE's CALiPER program has identified a
number of issues in this popular and fast-growing category. CALiPER Application
Summary Report 22, which was published last year and investigated the photometric
performance of 27 LED MR16 lamps compared to benchmark halogens, found that
while all of the LED MR16s offered some efficacy advantage over the halogens, the
range in efficacy among the LED MR16s was substantial (38 lm/W to 90 lm/W), many
equivalency claims were inaccurate, and a majority of the products had CRIs in low 80s.
27. LED T8 Tubes Tops North America Recall Lists in 2015 -Several large lighting brands
have made large scale recalls over the past three months in the North America market,
such as Cree, Osram Sylvania and IKEA. LED T8 tube lights recalled in the U.S. and
Canada this year reached an astounding 761,500, and comprise the largest volume of
withdrawn products. In comparison, LED emergency lights and wall mounted lights
consisted the largest volume of recalls in 2014. Cree’s massive recall of LED tube lights
manufactured in China on Aug. 25, 2015 contributed to nearly 93.43% of the tube light
recalls this year. This was followed by Osram Sylvania’s recall of some 50,000 LED
tube lights that were manufactured by a Korean OEM in early September. Electric shock
and burn hazards remains the top cited reasons. http://www.ledinside.com
28. Lighting Changes Proposed for ASHRAE/IES Energy Standard - Twenty-three
addenda to ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2013, Energy Standard for Buildings
Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, are now open for public comment until October
4, 2015. To access the online comment database either to review documents currently
posted for public review and comment or to respond or reply to comments from previous
public reviews: https://www.ashrae.org/standards-research--technology/public-reviewdrafts
29. Greenvity Develops Hybrid Powerline and Wireless Lighting Network - Greenvity
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Communications has announced the HybridMesh networking technology that the
company has realized in a single IC and that supports both RF wireless and powerline
communication (PLC) networks media. The company asserts that the hybrid unified
network will enable seamless communications between a mix of nodes connected via
IEEE 802.15.4 RF mesh links and/or connected by PLC links. The PLC capability can
bridge wireless networks where range or obstacles limit reception and will further
simplify the development of controllers for LED-based products that implement both
ZigBee and PLC types of lighting networks. Greenvity will offer the technology to
developers through modular controllers in printed-circuit board (PCB) form that can be
integrated into SSL products. http://www.ledsmagazine.com
30. Cree 4Flow LED (2015) CNET Review - Cheaper isn't necessarily better. That's Cree's
message in a year where LED prices are plummeting, and where new arrivals from
Philips and GE can be had for less than $5 each -- an eyebrow-raising comparison to the
$8 Cree 4Flow LED, which sits right next to them on Home Depot shelves. You get
what you pay for, Cree warns -- those cheaper competitors aren't dimmable, and they
don't last nearly as long as the 4Flow LED, either. http://www.cnet.com/products/cree4flow-led-2015/
31. IES Publishes New Method for Evaluating Color Rendition TM-30-15 – While CRI
enjoys widespread use, its limitations are well recognized, and the need for a viable
alternative is increased by the proliferation of SSL, which offers tremendous scope for
spectral engineering and optimization. TM-30-15 addresses many of the CRI's
limitations, providing more information with greater accuracy. With two main numerical
parameters and other visualization tools for better understanding the rendition of specific
hues, it provides a more complete characterization of color rendition than a fidelity
metric alone can. http://energy.gov/eere/ssl/events/webinar-understanding-and-applying-tm-30-15
32. Battle Lines Drawn Over Color Rendering Method - The lighting industry appeared to
be gearing up for another of its periodic format wars as battle lines were drawn this
week over a proposed replacement for the Color Rendering Index. The Illuminating
Engineering Society in the US has unveiled a replacement metric dubbed TM-30, which
has won the backing of the US DOE. But industry opinion is divided over the proposed
method. In a statement last week, the Global Lighting Association – which represents
5,000 lighting equipment makers – appeared to pour cold water on the unveiling of the
new method. It said it wanted to keep the existing and familiar CRI method which has
been around since the 1930s, but it would welcome an addition to it. However, critics
say the CRI doesn’t work well with LEDs. The new Tm-30 method will be explored in a
special presentation at the LuxLive 2015 event in London in November. To register:
www.luxlive.co.uk
33. Xicato Publishes IES TM-30-15 Color Rendering Data for LED Modules - Xicato®, a
leading manufacturer of intelligent light sources, published today on its website TM-3015 Color Rendering results for its entire product range of XTM and XIM modules. TM30-15 is a new method for quantifying color rendering properties of light sources that
was recently published by the Illuminating Engineering Society. It distinguishes both
color fidelity and color gamut and provides a framework for interpreting chroma and hue
shift associated with light sources. http://www.xicato.com/
34. DOE Announces Two New CEMI R&D Efforts – As part of the Clean Energy
Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI) and may be of interest to the SSL community. The two
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efforts—a national laboratory-industry collaboration pilot and a competitive solicitation
to leverage national labs' high-performance computing capabilities:
1) Technologist in Residence Selections. Seven "technologist" pairs have been
selected to receive $2.6 million to participate
2) High Performance Computing Program. DOE announced up to $3 million
available for qualified industry partners to participate in the High Performance
Computing for Manufacturing Program (HPC4Mfg), led by Lawrence Livermore,
Oak Ridge, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories.
http://energy.gov/eere/cemi/clean-energy-manufacturing-initiative
35. DOE's CALiPER Report 23: Photometric Testing of White-Tunable LED Luminaires
- The advent of SSL has already brought substantial change to the lighting industry, and
one recent development that's especially intriguing is color-tunable luminaires
http://energy.gov/eere/ssl/led-color-tunable-products -- that is, luminaires that can
change their spectral power distribution (SPD). Although versions of this product type
have been around for years, LEDs make color-tunable luminaires much more practical,
even though at present they remain a niche market segment. With potential benefits
including improved health and wellbeing, increased productivity, enhanced mood or
alertness, and higher occupant satisfaction, there's reason to believe that color-tunable
luminaires will gain market share. But at this point it's important to understand the
tradeoffs, limitations, and issues, so that the industry can work together to maximize the
rate of product maturation. http://energy.gov/eere/ssl/downloads/report-23-photometrictesting-white-tunable-led-luminaires
36. The Climate Group Calls for All City Street Lighting to Switch to LED by 2025 - The
Climate Group, which is hosting its annual Climate Week NYC, launched its new major
global campaign LED = Lower Emissions Delivered, to encourage local governments,
cities and utilities to embrace the carbon and cost benefits of switching to LED. A new
report, The Big Switch: Why it's time to scale up LED street lighting, published by The
Climate Group today, reveals that major cities around the world want to upgrade to
LED. Technological barriers for switching to LED have now been overcome. However,
in the run-up to COP21, cities want more support from government and financial
institutions to refine business models and financing options to help make the switch.
http://www.theclimategroup.org
37. Light Conversation – Visible Light Communication by Craig Dilouie - Wi-Fi is not the
only means of transmitting data these days. Another unique method you may not have
heard of is visible light communication (VLC). VLC is a free-space optical wireless
communication technology that uses visible light to transmit data across distances. The
advent of light-emitting diode (LED) technology in general lighting is creating new
opportunities for VLC in the built environment, and major new product offerings are
under development.
The principle of optical communication using modulated light is
simple. Varying the pattern of a light beam’s intensity encodes information. The light
then transmits that information over distances at a speed of 186,000 miles per
second.
http://www.ecmag.com/section/light-conversation
38. Lighting Isn't Just About Lighting Anymore By Chris Brown - Lighting used to be
about lumens, foot candles, color temperature, CRI and, oh yes, energy efficiency.
Today we talk about sensors, controls, connectivity, IoT, IoE, data mining, Smart
Lighting, Intelligent Lighting, Lighting as a Service, etc. And who knows what new
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word or phrase we will hear tomorrow? But still, lighting has to be about light, and not
just any lighting, but about quality of lighting appropriate to the specific applications.
Defining what lighting qualities are appropriate is primarily subjective, but let's try to
get our arms around the broader concepts of quality lighting. http://www.tedmag.com
39. ASU Researchers Demonstrate White Lasers that Could Potentially Replace LEDs While lasers were invented in 1960 and are commonly used in many applications, one
characteristic of the technology has proven unattainable. No one has been able to create
a laser that beams white light. Researchers at Arizona State University have solved the
puzzle. They have proven that semiconductor lasers are capable of emitting over the full
visible color spectrum, which is necessary to produce a white laser. The researchers have
created a novel nanosheet capable of lasing in any visible color, completely tunable from
red, green to blue, or any color in between. http://www.ledinside.com
40. Navy Replacing Fluorescent Tubes on Land with TLEDs - The effort is part of the
Navy’s commitment to energy efficiency on land, according to a CNIC press release.
The Navy is installing T-LED lighting at its installations around the world, including
administrative buildings, parking garages, street lights, and athletic facilities. The Navy
has been changing light bulbs to LED-based bulbs in its fleet of ships for some time. In
December the Navy ordered $6 million worth of LED retrofit tubes for the planned
installations. http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/navy-replacing-fluorescenttubes-on-land-with-tleds/
41. Checking Air Quality, Rerouting Traffic... Streetlights Aren't Just for Lighting
Anymore - Lighting has gone digital with the advent of LEDs, and with that, streetlights
are starting to double up not only as light sources, but also as information technology
do-it-alls that will help cities monitor and control everything from traffic to air quality to
crowds and noise. Local authorities will use data collected by the lights to decide when
to grit roads, locate parking spaces for stressed-out motorists, reroute cars and trucks as
necessary, and much, much more. The possibilities are as endless as the imagination.
One city even wants to use them to monitor the bird population.
http://www.luxreview.com/article/2015/08/streetlights-and-the-new-enlightenment
42. NEMA Publishes ANSI C78.377-2015 - American National Standard for Electric
Lamps—Specifications for the Chromaticity of Solid State Lighting (SSL) Products.
This standard specifies the range of white light recommended for general lighting with
solid-state products to ensure high-quality white light. It categorizes chromaticity so that
accurate descriptions of the white light can be communicated effectively to consumers.
In this revision, the specifications for nominal
correlated color temperature values of 2200 K and
2500 K have been added. www.NEMA.org
43. DOE Publishes GATEWAY Report on Successful
LED Wall Washer Retrofit - The U.S. Department
of Energy has released a report in which
maintenance and energy costs were significantly
reduced while retaining the quality of light when
LED modules replaced 87 halogen lamps in
existing wall washers at the University of Maryland's Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center. The project began with mockups in the spring of 2014, with final installation
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completed in March 2015. The primary goals were to maintain the visual appearance of
the space while reducing maintenance costs, with energy savings considered an
additional benefit. The full report can be downloaded at
http://energy.gov/eere/ssl/gateway-demonstration-indoor-projects
44. DOE Announces FY 2016 SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunity - DOE seeks applicants
for grants directed toward FY16 Phase I projects. Topics for this funding opportunity
can be found at http://science.energy.gov/sbir/funding-opportunities and include LED
and OLED lighting. Two different webinars to review the SBIR/STTR programs,
application, and award process as it relates to this announcement are tentatively
scheduled for August 21 and August 28, although those dates could change; interested
parties should check the website for finalized dates and registration links.
45. Philips L Prize Winner Completes 40,000 Hours of Testing - When the L Prize in the
60W replacement lamp category was awarded in August 2011 to Philips, samples of the
winning product had already survived more than 8,000 hours of accelerated long-term
testing. A selection of 31 of those lamps passed the 40,000-hour point of continuous
operation in July 2015. The average lumen maintenance was 95.6%, with no failures. At
that rate it would take an average of 194,765 hours of operation for the lamps to reach
70% lumen maintenance (L70), if no other failure modes came into play before then. The
average chromaticity change was 0.00093 – a minuscule difference indicating that there
was no detectable color shift, and that the light emitted today is indistinguishable from
the light emitted four years ago. These results show that well-designed LED integral
lamps can operate very reliably over long periods of time, with excellent lumen and
chromaticity maintenance. http://www.lightingprize.org/news_testing_hours.stm
46. Researchers Create Light-Emitting Device That Flashes 90 Billion Times Per Second
- The device could be a way to greatly speed up data transmission in computers. Things
like smartphone batteries currently power transistors by flipping electronics on and off
billions of times per second. However, if microchips were able to use photons instead of
electrons, computers might be able to operate a lot faster. Researchers at Duke
University, however, are getting closer to creating this kind of a light source. A team
from the Pratt School of Engineering was able to push semiconductor quantum dots to
emit light at over 90 gigahertz.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/72296/20150727/researchers-create-light-emittingdevice-flashes-90-billion-times-per.htm
47. IKEA to Only Sell LED Bulbs and Luminaires - IKEA announced today that as of
September 1, 2015, all IKEA stores will only sell LED bulbs and lighting to enable
customers to live a more sustainable life at home. This bold move was announced in
2012 and IKEA is pleased it has met its commitment. Since 2013, IKEA U.S. customers
have purchased 7.6 million LED bulbs. IKEA makes the switch affordable by offering
the LEDARE E26 2-pack of 400 lumen/40 watt LED bulbs and a 600 lumen/60W
dimmable bulb for $4.49 and a 1000 lumen/75W dimmable bulb for $10.99. IKEA LED
bulbs are mostly all dimmable in all shapes and sizes, and all with high quality.
http://www.luxreview.com
48. Reuters Breaks Down Go Scale Capital’s Loan for Acquiring Lumileds - Reuters
recently broke Go Scale Capital’s US $1.93 billion loan to acquire Lumileds and former
Philips automotive lighting business. The loan will mostly be used to merge with the
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$2.8 billion financing to acquire 80% of Lumileds shares. The Bank of China is the only
leading bank, book runner and underwriter that has loaned $1.61 billion to Lumileds.
Exim Bank of China lent US $120 million, Bank of Communications and Rabobobank
have respectively loaned $75 million, while Bank of America Merrill Lynch has loaned
$ 50 million. Bank of China is also the agent bank. The loan agreement was signed on
July 29, 2015. http://www.ledinside.com
49. GE Issues HID, Incandescent, Fluorescent & Induction Luminaire Discontinuation
Notice – Effective January 1, 2016 - EXCLUSIVE from http://www.edisonreport.net
GE has issued an internal memo announcing the discontinuation of HID, Incandescent,
Fluorescent & Induction Luminaires due to falling demand for traditional lighting
products and the accelerated adoption of solid state lighting. GE Lighting will no longer
be creating new, custom non-LED luminaire configurations. These undocumented
catalog numbers will no longer be allowed on quotes or orders. GE Lighting continues
to focus on LED and intelligent lighting technologies, investing in the future of
advanced lighting controls and energy efficient LED luminaries.
50. NCTU Researchers Develop Bendable LEDs that Matches OLED - Researchers
from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan have created highly flexible, efficient
white LEDs with potential use in wearable displays and non-flat surfaces, such as curved
and flexible television screens. While the design itself is new, the LED was completely
fabricated from pre-existing technologies, allowing others to easily replicate and build
on the platform. Future work includes reducing the LED device's thickness, as well as
increasing its functional lifetime and energy efficiency.
http://www.ledinside.com/
51. Osram Sylvania Recalls Nearly 50,000 T8 LED Tubes Due to Burn Hazard - Lamps
can overheat and melt, posing a burn hazard. This recall involves SubstiTUBE IS T8
LED lamps. The recalled lamps are white, cylindrical in shape and measure 48 inches
long and 1 inch in diameter. “OSRAM SubtiTUBE ® IS LED T8” is printed on a silver
label affixed to the end of lamps. The model number 73312-1 or 73315-1 only also
appears on the label beneath the statement “Compatible LED T8 for use with instant
start T8 electronic ballasts.” http://www.sylvania.com/enus/about/legal/recall/Pages/SubstiTUBE-IS-T8-LED-Recall.aspx
52. Great Primer on LED Lighting - Magnitude Lighting Converters has a link on their
website http://www.magnitudeinc.com/led-basics-infographic/ that includes a terrific
and lengthy infographic describing how LED lighting works, concluding with detail
about the difference between constant current and constant voltage operation.
http://www.lightnowblog.com/2015/08/great-primer-on-led-lighting/
53. U.S. DOE Inaugural Connected Lighting Systems Meeting November 16, 2015 •
Portland, Oregon - Will gather top experts from the lighting, semiconductor, and IT
industries to share perspectives and lay the groundwork for government/industry
collaboration. Join DOE and top experts for a full day of informative sessions and open
dialogue with technologists outside your traditional circles. Tom Herbst, CTO, Internet
of Things Solutions at Cisco is the keynote speaker.
http://energy.gov/eere/ssl/connected-lighting-systems-meeting
54. Light Pollution as Seen from Space Appears Worse with LED Streetlights than HPS 13
Photos before and after LED streetlight installation from the International Space Station
(ISS) show increased light pollution form LED-based street lights in Milan, Italy. LED
streetlights have been installed or announced for installation in several large cities as
well as smaller cities throughout the world. LED street lights actually make light
pollution — such as sky glow — significantly worse, as they emit more blue and green
light than the high-pressure sodium lights that they typically replace.
http://astronomynow.com/2015/08/12/iss-astronaut-pictures-of-earth-used-for-light-pollution-studies/
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