LED Industry News

Cree 231 Lumen Per Watt LED Shatters LED Efficacy Records High-Power R&D Result Sets Record for Solid-State Lighting Industry Cree Continues to Lead the LED Industry, Demonstrates Most Efficient LEDDURHAM, N.C., May 9, 2011 — Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE)..

 UL acquires Lighting Sciences, Inc. 03 Mar 2011 UL has expanded its capacity for photometric testing of lighting products through the acquisition of solid-state lighting test specialist Lighting Sciences, Inc. UL, the Northbrook, IL-based product-safety testing o..

- from Rodney Chan, DIGITIMES, Taipei [Monday 25 October 2010] LED devices' share of the global lighting market will reach 16% in 2013 when worldwide LED production value tops US$20 billion, according to Digitimes Research. Global LED production value is projected to reach US$8.25 billi..

 A recent email chain has brought out more reasons to switch to quality LED products.  The topic photo is from somebody's bathroom.  It was turned on and then started to smoke after a few minutes.  Then four inch flames were spewing out of the side of the ballast like a b..

 LED lighting productsDid you know that LED lighting products (LED tubes) are different to fluorescent lamp tubes?The Electrical Safety Office (ESO) is conscious of increasing safety concerns as new technology LED tubes are used to replace fluorescent lamp tubes in both commercial and hou..

    In an Australian first, City of Sydney is installing 250 sustainable street lights across the Sydney CBD and city villages as part of an LED street lighting trial. The City of Sydney could potentially reduce energy consumption by 50 per cent – saving millions of d..

 Even more of a reason to switch to LED lighting... The Building Code of Australia (BCA) has just introduced new requirements for artificial lighting that restricts the amount of lighting, or more power used for lighting the home.The changes in the BCA involve dropping the old 25 watts per squa..

 LEDs for Commercial Applications finally approved under the VEET schemeFor months we have been waiting for the Victorian Government to make amendments to the VEET scheme and finally as of the 16th May 2012, commercial lighting is now eligible to create VEECs.Currently only approved p..