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Unique LED Lit Surf Boards Make Night Surfing Truly Spectacular

Sep 22, 2011 Juan Mari Indo, a surf board maker, has invented and made four unique LED lit surfboards for Pukas Surf company. One of them now belongs to a professional surfer Artiz Aranburu. Gizmodo has published an article and video highlighting these spectacular surfboards.

Gem Hsin Released New Series of LED Luminaires - Albite

Sep 21, 2011 Gem Hsin, Taiwan has launched the new Albite LED Home Lighting Series It includes a floor lamp, wall lamp and ceiling lamp. The main feature differentiating the Albite series LED home lighting is use of low power LEDs rather than high power LEDs, that allows to achieve carbon reduction goals with only 2W per hour of electrical use.

Philips OLEDs and LEDs Showcased as Part of Black Eyed Peas Stage Costumes

Sep 21, 2011 Printed Electronics World has reported that Philips has supplied OLED panels and LEDs and took active part in design and creation of the magnificent stage costumes for the recent Black Eyed Peas concert tour.

Instrument Systems GmbH Welcomes Dr. Thomas Heinrich as a New COO

Sep 21, 2011 Instrument Systems GmbH has announced that dr. Thomas Heinrch has joined the company as a new Chief Operating Officer in September. He is now responsible for Finance, Operations, Human Resources and Production. Dr. Heinrich will report to the company’s founder and President Richard Distl. Richard Distl will maintain responsibility for Strategy, R&D, Marketing and Sales within the company.

Encelium Technologies Will Present at Greenbuild 2011, Toronto

Sep 21, 2011 Encellium Technologies has announced that on October 4-6, 2011 in will take part in the Grenbuild 2011 Exhibit in Toronto as well as conduct a tour at Rogers Centre. According to company's press releaseTerry Mocherniak will be presenting Encellium's innovative energy management and lighting control systems.

New LED Lamp and Driver Released by GlacialLight

Sep 20, 2011 GlacialLight, a division of experienced global technology leader, GlacialTech Inc., today announced the MR1605WH-V2AN LED Lamp and GP-HS05N driver bundle, as part of the Mizar Series of LED lighting products.

LumiGrow Provides Horticultural Lights for Green Winter Farm

Sep 20, 2011 LumiGrow, Inc. has today announced its work with Green Winter Farm in Palmer, Alaska, where the indoor farm will be retrofitted with energy-efficient lighting. As a leader in LED-based horticultural lighting, LumiGrow will provide Green Winter Farm with the ability to cut energy use and cost in half.

Cree Troffers Meet Highest Level of Quality Standards of DesignLights Consortium™

Sep 20, 2011 Cree, Inc. today revealed that its entire series of LED-based troffers has met the DesignLights Consortium™ highest level of quality standards, including its most recent Cree CR series. Notably, the CR14™, CR22™, CR24™ and LR24™ and LR24-HE troffers were rated as the most efficient with the highest CRI of any products in the "Linear Panel" categories.

Switch Lighting Appoints New CEO

Sep 20, 2011 California based LED manufacturer Switch Lighting has announced that Tracy Bilbrough has joined the company as a new CEO.

AEP Ohio Will Provide Discounts for Purchase of Energy Star® LED Bulbs

Sep 20, 2011 On Monday American Electric Power Ohio has officially announced an incentive program that offers consumers $10-$15 discount of selected models of ENERGY STAR LED bulbs.

Indian BSES Rajdhani Power Signs Preliminary Distribution Agreement with Lighting Science Group

Sep 20, 2011 Indian power distributor BSES Rajdhani Power has announced signing preliminary agreement with US-based Lighting Science Group to offer LEDs to customers at discounted rates.

Seattle Continues Installation of LED Streetlights: Shoreline and LFP to Be Completed in October

Sep 20, 2011 Shoreline Patch has reported on the expansion of green LED streetlights installation project in Seattle. On September 20th, 2011 Seattle City Light (SCL) will begin the replacement of the 2,150 streetlights in Shoreline and Street Forest Park.

Magnalight Released New Handheld Infrared LED Spotlight

Sep 20, 2011 Larson Electronics' Magnalight has extended its IR LED lighting equipment line with the new handheld spotlight - HL-85-3W1-IR Infrared LED spotlight. It operates on voltages ranging from 9 to 32 VDC and comes with an included 16 foot coil cord and cigarette plug to allow portable connection to most types of vehicles and equipment equipped with cigarette plug sockets. Extremely durable and capable of producing an infrared light beam reaching up to 1,800 feet in length, this IR spotlight is ideal for military and law enforcement applications using night vision equipment.

PRG Releases First Fixture from TruColor™ Line

Sep 19, 2011 Production Resource Group, L.L.C., the leading global entertainment lighting company, began to introduce its new TruColor™ line of digital lighting for image capture. Three months after receiving the 2011 Cine Gear Expo Technical Award (in Lighting), the Foton™ is the first fixture in the series to be released.

Bridgelux Selected Winner in GoingGreen Global 200

Sep 19, 2011 California-based LED solutions provider Bridgelux has been chosen as one of the GoingGreen Global 200 winners by AlwaysOn. In the selection process, input from world industry experts and the AlwaysOn editorial team determined the companies who qualified the most.

Philips Introduced Fortimo LED Decorative Modules

Sep 19, 2011 Philips announced launch of the Fortimo LED Decorative modules which offer high quality light with an excellent color rendering index (CRI 85), color consistency of 4 SDCM and is available in warm (2700 K) and neutral white (4000 k) color temperatures.

Research Highlights: Biocompatible LEDs for Cancer Detection

Sep 19, 2011 Research group led by Professor Keon Jae Lee from The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed a biocompatible, flexible Gallium Nitride (GaN) LED that can detect prostate cancer. In the research paper published on September 16, 2011 in the online issue of Nano Energy Elsevier Journal the researchers discuss fabrication and proof of concept study usage highly efficient, flexible GaN LED in detecting cancer.

Zyloware Completes LED Lighting Installation at the Headquarters

Sep 19, 2011 Zyloware Eyeware, a global supplier of high-quality eyewear, has installed energy-efficient LED lighting in its new 50,000 square foot facility. The retrofit began at the end of last year and now Zyloware's offices and distribution center shine with 700 clean, energy-efficient Seesmart LEDs. A total cost of the project came to $125,000 according to company's CEO James Shyer and it allows the company to save over 40% in energy costs and creates a "better and happier" work environment.

MagnaChip Presents 4-Channel LED Drivers

Sep 19, 2011 Today MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation, a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, has launched a series of 4 channel LED drivers for use in LED monitors and LED-TV applications.

Optogan Enters Distribution Agreement with Atlantik Elektronik

Sep 16, 2011 Optogan, a technology leader of LED manufacturing, and Atlantic Elektronik have signed a distribution agreement for the pan-European market. The goal of the agreement is to distribute the latest LED German-manufactured lighting solutions, such as white LEDs, chips and components like driver ICs.