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12/06/2011 Case Study: Pleasanton Library cuts lighting energy use 46% with wireless lighting controls and fixture retrofits
Adura Technologies provides technical details and discusses lighting retrofit challenges involved into the installation of their advanced lighting control wireless system at Pleasanton Public Library.

11/15/2011 Exclusive Interview with Eran Fine, Oree Inc.
Exclusive interview with Eran Fine, co-founder and president of Oree Inc.

11/11/2011 Exclusive Interview with Rudi Hechfellner and Chad Stalker, Philips Lumileds Lighting
LEDs Review received an opportunity for an exclusive interview with Rudi Hechfellner and Chad Stalker, LC from Philips Lumileds Lighting.

11/11/2011 Interview with Gary Manche, Ocean Optics
Exclusive interview with Gary Manche, Director of Training at Ocean Optics.

11/06/2011 Interview with Julian Carey, Director of Marketing at Intematix
Exclusive interview with Julian Carey, Director of Marketing at Intematix.  

09/22/2011 LUXEON Rebel and LUXEON Rebel ES Assembly and Handling
A very handy paper from Philips Lumileds detailing recommended board designs and assembly procedures for LUXEON® Rebel LEDs and highly efficient LUXEON Rebel ES* LEDs (part # LXML-PWN2 and LXML-PWC2).

09/19/2011 Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) Chart
A nice illustration of the relevance of color temperature provided by Lighting Science Group.

11/27/2009 Dimmable LED Lighting Made Easy with National Semiconductor, Arrow, and Cree
Designers of lighting systems have had a challenging time dimming every light source technology developed beyond the filament-based lamp. Dimming is critical in many applications because it allows the setting of an appropriate and desired level of light as well as significant energy savings.

10/27/2009 Efficient LED Headlights even more important for electric cars
Osram’s LED technology will contribute to the energy efficiency of Volkswagen’s L1 concept car, which according to Volkswagen can go into production in 2013, has headlights that are equipped with new Osram Joule JFL2 LED systems and matching reflectors.

09/15/2009 Elimination of Binning and Enhanced CCT Control
Enfis has developed a patented vari-CCT technology that enables tuneable white light of very high CRI guaranteed to be controlled to within tight CCT limits.

09/09/2009 The Appropriateness and Effects of Color Rendering in Outdoor Illumination Applications
Few topics have been more confusing than color rendering, and with the rapid advancement of power LEDs in lighting applications, it’s clear that there’s much work to be done and that the specification community should take care in approaching the subject.

08/27/2009 Celsia helps keeping LED lights cool
Celsia NanoSpreaders were developed with one simple goal in mind: cool today's silicon chips, LEDs, LCDs, and other electronic components better than any other technology in its price band.

07/29/2009 Selling LEDs: The Time is Now
A new survey on the adoption of LED lighting in the marketplace shows that full-line electrical distributors and lighting specialists are already starting to play major roles in the sale and marketing of LED lighting products to end users.

06/29/2009 Illuminance - recommended light levels
Recommended light levels - illuminance - for some common types of working activities.

06/26/2009 Preview: Molex Transcend RM2 and PM3 LED modules
Transcend is a line of self-contained, pluggable light modules based on the Acriche 4W AC LED from Seoul Semiconductor.

04/03/2009 Common LED Types and Packages
Diagrams of typical LED structures shown. Difference between "conventional" and high power LED explained.

03/18/2009 Candela to lumen conversion wizard
This calculator allows you to do an approximate conversion between millicandelas (or candelas) and lumens for an LED where you know the beam angle.

01/12/2009 Review: Ledfolio PaneLux 2x2
The paneLux is the flagship product of LED folio. It was designed to replace standard 2' x 2' fluorescent fixtures in office buildings. Brilliant idea. The result, however, is a bit controversial.

12/02/2008 Comparison: Edixeon Federal vs. Luxeon Rebel vs. Cree XP-E LEDs
Edison Opto have launched a new series of super compact high brightness LEDs: Edixeon Federal. Brief glance at the specs and pictures makes it obvious: Luxeon Rebel now have one more competitor.