Lextar stressed that it has worked hard to diversify customers for a while, in order to reduce business overdependence on its parent company for sustainable development.
In the meanwhile, the company has also built business links with several Korean and Chinese panel makers, as well as a few consumer electronic device brands abroad.In addition, the company stated that it will continue to explore segments for lightings and backlights this year to boost shipment of its LED products. And it will also work hard on technology upgrades and patent acquisition, moving forward on its plan of becoming a globally competitive maker of this kind.
Despite of the low price, the bulbs do have some limitations when compared to their less energy efficient counterparts. The Pharox Blu line is available in 200-lumen and 350-lumen versions, but both give off less light than a 40-watt incandescent, which offers 450 lumens. These bulbs consume less than 5 watts and 8 watts, respectively, but probably won’t offer enough light for general conditions.
2015年9月30日星期三
2015年9月28日星期一
the best returns on investment for companies looking to reduce their energy use
EECA has found switching to energy efficient lighting provides one of the best returns on investment for companies looking to reduce their energy use.
“Lighting accounts for about a fifth of the electricity used in commercial buildings so there’s a lot of potential for savings for both individual companies and the country as a whole” says Bill Brander, EECA’s Lighting Programme Manager. “For example, reducing electricity use by just 20% through use of more efficient lighting and controls has the potential to save 1.4 petajoules or over $40 million of energy at a national level.”
Apart from that, the company is also developing the 2nd generation (or "type 2") panel which will up the efficiency to 60 lm/W and the lifetime to 15,000 hours. It will keep the same size, but the color will be 3,500K. It plans to start mass production of type 2 panels in 2Q 2012.
In the meanwhile, LG Chem published their LED lighting roadmap. According to its roadmap, the company schedules to provide larger panels (150x150 mm) which will feature 80 lm/W and 20,000 lifetime hours (LT70) by 2013. And they will also produce transparent panels by then. By 2015 the company will offer flexible panels as well, and their most efficient panel will feature over 135 lm/W and 40,000 lifetime (LT70) at 200x200 mm.
“Lighting accounts for about a fifth of the electricity used in commercial buildings so there’s a lot of potential for savings for both individual companies and the country as a whole” says Bill Brander, EECA’s Lighting Programme Manager. “For example, reducing electricity use by just 20% through use of more efficient lighting and controls has the potential to save 1.4 petajoules or over $40 million of energy at a national level.”
Apart from that, the company is also developing the 2nd generation (or "type 2") panel which will up the efficiency to 60 lm/W and the lifetime to 15,000 hours. It will keep the same size, but the color will be 3,500K. It plans to start mass production of type 2 panels in 2Q 2012.
In the meanwhile, LG Chem published their LED lighting roadmap. According to its roadmap, the company schedules to provide larger panels (150x150 mm) which will feature 80 lm/W and 20,000 lifetime hours (LT70) by 2013. And they will also produce transparent panels by then. By 2015 the company will offer flexible panels as well, and their most efficient panel will feature over 135 lm/W and 40,000 lifetime (LT70) at 200x200 mm.
2015年9月27日星期日
LED system can also be used for different lighting applications
LED technology that completely redefines the lighting industry and erases old assumptions about up-front LED cost and performance. The Cree XLamp? XT-E White LED delivers twice the lumens-per-dollar of other LEDs and features the highest performance and efficacy in the industry. Based on a new silicon carbide technology platform, the XT-E LED and the recently released XB-D LED represent a dramatic transformation in LED price-performance. Cree’s revolutionary new platform addresses the largest obstacle to mass LED lighting adoption, initial cost, and enables LED lighting systems to replace their inefficient ancestors.
Cree has a history of delivering excellent LED solutions and the XLamp XT-E LED has exceeded our expectations,” said Fritz Morgan, chief product officer, Digital Lumens, Inc. “We are committed to building the most energy-efficient industrial lighting systems and the XT-E LED enables us to do just that with high lumens per watt. The result is an intelligent LED-based lighting system that is driving widespread adoption of LEDs in industrial facilities, with compelling performance and end-user payback.
The new Fire Series includes three different sizes of LED modules - Flare?, Blaze?, and Inferno? - and each module is intended for a different size of channel letter installation. The Flare? product line is intended for small size channel letters, Blaze? is for middle size channel letters, and the Inferno is intended for large size channel letters. Each product line is available in colors of 3000K white, 5000K white, 6500K white, 9000K white, red, amber, blue, and green colors, respectively. The Luxembright? LED system can also be used for different lighting applications.
Recently, Energy Focus, Inc. has awarded several additional lighting retrofit contracts for 2012 totaling $2.5 million, which including retrofits to upgrade the lighting of a Fortune 500 manufacturing facility in the United States, a University in the Midwest as well as a number of school systems in the Southeastern United States.
Cree has a history of delivering excellent LED solutions and the XLamp XT-E LED has exceeded our expectations,” said Fritz Morgan, chief product officer, Digital Lumens, Inc. “We are committed to building the most energy-efficient industrial lighting systems and the XT-E LED enables us to do just that with high lumens per watt. The result is an intelligent LED-based lighting system that is driving widespread adoption of LEDs in industrial facilities, with compelling performance and end-user payback.
The new Fire Series includes three different sizes of LED modules - Flare?, Blaze?, and Inferno? - and each module is intended for a different size of channel letter installation. The Flare? product line is intended for small size channel letters, Blaze? is for middle size channel letters, and the Inferno is intended for large size channel letters. Each product line is available in colors of 3000K white, 5000K white, 6500K white, 9000K white, red, amber, blue, and green colors, respectively. The Luxembright? LED system can also be used for different lighting applications.
Recently, Energy Focus, Inc. has awarded several additional lighting retrofit contracts for 2012 totaling $2.5 million, which including retrofits to upgrade the lighting of a Fortune 500 manufacturing facility in the United States, a University in the Midwest as well as a number of school systems in the Southeastern United States.
2015年9月25日星期五
LED lighting not only offers the advantage of a long service life
The Jerónimo Martins Group is among the first European retail companies to equip its new stores entirely with innovative LED lighting, a move that will save the company 50 percent of its lighting energy costs in future – thanks to Oslon SSL LEDs from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and the intelligent light management system of the luminaires supplied by the Portuguese lamp manufacturer Arquiled.
The Jeronimo Martins Group has been using the luminaire concepts from Arquiled in its new stores since spring 2011. The first LED-based lighting systems were installed in a newly opened Recheio store in Torres Vedras, a rapidly growing region north of Lisbon. The lighting in both the shop and the outdoor areas is being seen as a model and reference for the chain’s other stores. The next project is already being planned for a store in Tavira, Portugal, where Arquiled will likewise incorporate products from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors in its special lighting concept, aiming to achieve the highest quality of the LEDs used. “Apart from the performance and efficiency of the products, which are unparalleled on the LED market, another winning feature of the LEDs from Germany is the excellent local support we receive,” says Arquiled’s CEO, Rafael Abelha Santos, explaining the background of the partnership.
The Jeronimo Martins Group also elected to use luminaires from Arquiled and high-quality LEDs from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors for its outdoor lighting in the area of the parking lots and around the integrated gas stations. The Arquicity street lamps are equipped with light sensors and can adapt their brightness automatically to changing situations. The combination of intelligent light management and the low energy consumption of the LEDs will slash energy costs. "The technical properties of the LED technology will help to achieve considerable savings on power consumption and offer numerous advantages in terms of installation and maintenance, too. That means we save three different resources: power, time and money," said Antonio Sousa, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Portugal.
The project began with a detailed analysis of the retail chain’s lighting requirements. Based on the results, Arquiled developed a luminaire concept to meet the special needs of supermarkets. LED lighting not only offers the advantage of a long service life and the associated low maintenance costs, but is also ideal for direct product illumination. LEDs generally emit very little thermal energy and do not heat up the objects they are illuminating. They can hence be positioned closer to products without damaging them.
The Jeronimo Martins Group has been using the luminaire concepts from Arquiled in its new stores since spring 2011. The first LED-based lighting systems were installed in a newly opened Recheio store in Torres Vedras, a rapidly growing region north of Lisbon. The lighting in both the shop and the outdoor areas is being seen as a model and reference for the chain’s other stores. The next project is already being planned for a store in Tavira, Portugal, where Arquiled will likewise incorporate products from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors in its special lighting concept, aiming to achieve the highest quality of the LEDs used. “Apart from the performance and efficiency of the products, which are unparalleled on the LED market, another winning feature of the LEDs from Germany is the excellent local support we receive,” says Arquiled’s CEO, Rafael Abelha Santos, explaining the background of the partnership.
The Jeronimo Martins Group also elected to use luminaires from Arquiled and high-quality LEDs from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors for its outdoor lighting in the area of the parking lots and around the integrated gas stations. The Arquicity street lamps are equipped with light sensors and can adapt their brightness automatically to changing situations. The combination of intelligent light management and the low energy consumption of the LEDs will slash energy costs. "The technical properties of the LED technology will help to achieve considerable savings on power consumption and offer numerous advantages in terms of installation and maintenance, too. That means we save three different resources: power, time and money," said Antonio Sousa, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Portugal.
The project began with a detailed analysis of the retail chain’s lighting requirements. Based on the results, Arquiled developed a luminaire concept to meet the special needs of supermarkets. LED lighting not only offers the advantage of a long service life and the associated low maintenance costs, but is also ideal for direct product illumination. LEDs generally emit very little thermal energy and do not heat up the objects they are illuminating. They can hence be positioned closer to products without damaging them.
2015年9月24日星期四
contrasting varying international industry standards
Martyn Chamberlain of CORDIS will also provide the European perspective on the SSL industry and information regarding the Solid State Lighting Green Paper, consultation, and follow-up, plus developments for Horizon 2020, alongside presentations from UL and the Zhaga Consortium comparing and contrasting varying international industry standards.
“I am pleased that this year’s exciting conference programme features a broader range of high profile speakers than ever before and with the introduction of panel discussions, chaired by expert members of the advisory board, I am looking forward to lively debates of hot topics over the two day event, “ Hayley Marsden, Conference Producer of euroLED 2012.
Philips has developed what is said to be the world’s most efficient and cost effective solar powered LED street lighting solution per km of road.Philips’ latest Solar Gen2 innovation is developed together with NXP Semiconductors N.V. and presents a total solution for highly sustainable and efficient street lighting that is a serious alternative to grid connected systems, cutting back energy costs and CO2 emissions.
“I am pleased that this year’s exciting conference programme features a broader range of high profile speakers than ever before and with the introduction of panel discussions, chaired by expert members of the advisory board, I am looking forward to lively debates of hot topics over the two day event, “ Hayley Marsden, Conference Producer of euroLED 2012.
Philips has developed what is said to be the world’s most efficient and cost effective solar powered LED street lighting solution per km of road.Philips’ latest Solar Gen2 innovation is developed together with NXP Semiconductors N.V. and presents a total solution for highly sustainable and efficient street lighting that is a serious alternative to grid connected systems, cutting back energy costs and CO2 emissions.
2015年9月23日星期三
This will ensure Lumenpulse can locally and actively support project specification in the region
Lumenpulse Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with UAE-based Lightitude. The agreement will include Lightitude support for Lumenpulse’s business in the Middle East and North Africa and the relationship will be managed out of Lumenpulse’s recently opened London, UK office.
As part of a partnership unique to the region, Lightitude will act as a specification agent that will provide local support to specifiers, including managing sample requests, facilitating mock ups, and offering technical and commercial support as needed. This will ensure Lumenpulse can locally and actively support project specification in the region.
“The region has a unique trading culture that supports multiple distribution networks in each country,” said Gorm Teichert, Executive Vice President International Sales for Lumenpulse, “Lightitude will work in a very strategic role on our behalf and be the feet on the ground for Lumenpulse. They bring knowledge and experience of local markets and networks – and together with our LED fixture expertise-- will enable us to choose the right distribution channels and be closer to the specifier so we can add value to our clients.”
As part of a partnership unique to the region, Lightitude will act as a specification agent that will provide local support to specifiers, including managing sample requests, facilitating mock ups, and offering technical and commercial support as needed. This will ensure Lumenpulse can locally and actively support project specification in the region.
“The region has a unique trading culture that supports multiple distribution networks in each country,” said Gorm Teichert, Executive Vice President International Sales for Lumenpulse, “Lightitude will work in a very strategic role on our behalf and be the feet on the ground for Lumenpulse. They bring knowledge and experience of local markets and networks – and together with our LED fixture expertise-- will enable us to choose the right distribution channels and be closer to the specifier so we can add value to our clients.”
2015年9月21日星期一
YAHAM Lighting specializes in lens design for LED illumination
We know sophisticated LED developers already have relationships with plastic molding houses and require multiple sourcing, “ added Ellis. “We are selling design files which provide clients with maximum flexibility to use their own qualified LED optic molder or bid out production.”
Optics for Hire, the optical product development company, is a privately held firm with offices near Boston, Ukraine, and Belarus. Founded in 2002, OFH provides product development and prototyping services for clients with difficult, optics-centric requirements. YAHAM Lighting specializes in lens design for LED illumination, and has delivered over 100 designs for dozens of applications including street lighting, flash lights, medical light, light pipes, and interior lighting.
Located in the Guangzhou High-tech Development Zone, the lab comprises an area of over 3,800 m2. The expanded facility is the second CSA Guangzhou laboratory, which supplies LED lighting testing and certification services as well as energy efficiency verification (EEV) services.
According to Ash Sahi, President and CEO, CSA Group, "The expansion to the Guangzhou lab further demonstrates CSA's continued commitment to expanding operations in Asia to provide its clients highly sophisticated and innovative localized testing and certification services for global markets. CSA's growth in China and throughout Asia is fundamental to its global business strategy and goal to become the first choice in providing global testing and certification services."
Optics for Hire, the optical product development company, is a privately held firm with offices near Boston, Ukraine, and Belarus. Founded in 2002, OFH provides product development and prototyping services for clients with difficult, optics-centric requirements. YAHAM Lighting specializes in lens design for LED illumination, and has delivered over 100 designs for dozens of applications including street lighting, flash lights, medical light, light pipes, and interior lighting.
Located in the Guangzhou High-tech Development Zone, the lab comprises an area of over 3,800 m2. The expanded facility is the second CSA Guangzhou laboratory, which supplies LED lighting testing and certification services as well as energy efficiency verification (EEV) services.
According to Ash Sahi, President and CEO, CSA Group, "The expansion to the Guangzhou lab further demonstrates CSA's continued commitment to expanding operations in Asia to provide its clients highly sophisticated and innovative localized testing and certification services for global markets. CSA's growth in China and throughout Asia is fundamental to its global business strategy and goal to become the first choice in providing global testing and certification services."
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