Reportedly, Sharp has developed a square ceiling light LED ceiling light,which is considered as the most efficient in the industry. Combining direct illumination with the kind of highly efficient LEDs used in LCD televisions,the new product

GT Solar has announced its name change to GT Advanced Technologies Inc.,and the company is now trading under its new GTAT stock ticker symbol on NASDAQ. According to Tom Gutierrez, GT Advanced Technologies president and CEO,Our transition fr

Custom LED retrofits from SimplyLEDs and Bridgelux rejuvenated a Boise, Idaho aquatic center while reducing energy usage by 80 percent.

Organizations representing the European lighting industry have published papers discussing LED-based lighting, and the EC is looking for a name for its upcoming Green Paper on SSL.

The award of the L Prize to Philips for its 60W-replacement LED lamp leaves a few unaddressed issues, writes TIM WHITAKER.

Korea, Japan, and China appear to have the solutions to see steady and positive proliferation of LED lighting products, key price points could trigger real commercial demand. The rapid increase in the market for LEDs used in various applicat

Cree revealed a new LED light bulb that boasts the same output as a 75-watt incandescent bulb while consuming about one tenth of the electricity. The bulb produces 152 lumens, producing around 1,300 lumens using Crees new TrueWhite technolog

More than 100 new manufacturing jobs are one step closer to Bettendorf. Thats as a developer plans to create an LED lighting plant. Doug Borgeson, BEM Lighthouse Development, decided to reverse the trend that companies went overseas. The com

Lumenpulse Inc. , a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, today released a customer case study focused on a project for the B

Kymas new n+ GaN substrate product line will boast a bulk resistivity specification of 0.02 -cm, which is two orders of magnitude lower in resistivity than Kymas previously offered n-type GaN. Whats more, Kyma has successfully produced n+ bu

Bridgelux Inc. has raised $60 million in a Series E round of venture capital funding. They would use the money to accelerate RD in key areas including GaN-on-Silicon development and LED chip-on-board packaging. Craton Equity Partners is a to

Lunera is borrowing a page from Californias fast-growing rooftop solar industry. On Thursday, it plans to unveil a lease-to-purchase program that lets commercial building owners retrofit their lighting for no money down. The lease is believe

Energy Focus has been awarded a $23 million Navy supply contract to provide LED fixtures and its proprietary IntelliTube LED lamps for use on the U.S. Navy fleet. EFOIs advances in LED technology will allow the Navy to save 50-90% of their l

Hyderabad-based MIC Electronics Ltd, a manufacturer of LED lighting and display systems, is reportedly set to enter the fast-growing LED lighting retail segment. According to reports, the company would take a call on pan-India retail plans i

Recently, Cree has revealed a new XLamp XT-E Royal Blue LED, which is optimized for use in remote-phosphor lighting and other applications with similar requirements. XLamp XT-E Royal Blue LED Cree says its new XLamp XT-E LED delivers the ind

Energy Focus has been awarded a $23 million Navy supply contract to provide LED fixtures and its proprietary IntelliTube LED lamps for use on the U.S. Navy fleet. EFOIs advances in LED technology will allow the Navy to save 50-90% of their l