INDOOR COMPETITION INTENT-TO-SUBMIT DEADLINE EXTENDED! The 2013 Next Generation Luminaires Solid-State Lighting Indoor Design Competition has officially launched! Written Intents to Submit are due by January 25, 2013, and must be submitted online at www.ngldc.org. Physical product entries are due by February 8, 2013. Judging takes place in ...
The U.S. Department of Energy has completed Series 18 of testing through the DOE Solid-State Lighting CALiPER program. Report 18 analyzes the performance of 17 LED recessed wallwasher luminaires. The products tested were diverse in luminous intensity distribution and lumen output—reflecting the varied applications in which recessed wallwashers ...
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science has awarded two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants (Phase I Release 3) targeting advances in solid-state lighting (SSL) technology. Applied Nanotech, Inc. and Universal Display Corporation will each explore the technical merit or feasibility of an innovative concept or technology. ...
The US Department of Energy has released a common cost model for the manufacturing of LED packages. Developed by a DOE working group in response to feedback from previous DOE workshops and roundtables, the Modular LED Cost Model (LEDCOM) provides a simplified method for analyzing the manufacturing costs of an LED package. The model focuses on ...
The Optical Society joined several others in the optics and photonics community in Washington, DC, in September to draw attention to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report Optics & Photonics: Essential Technologies for Our Nation. The report discusses the current state of the optical sciences and their possibilities for the future. A ...
The U.S. Department of Energy has published the 2012 edition of the Solid-State Lighting Manufacturing R&D Roadmap, and has posted the summary report from the fourth annual SSL Manufacturing R&D Workshop, held in San Jose, California in June. Complementing the SSL R&D Multi-Year Program Plan (MYPP) that guides the Core and Product ...
A new US Department of Energy (DOE) report finds that LED lamps have a significantly lower environmental impact than incandescent lighting and a slight environmental edge over compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). The report, LED Manufacturing and Performance, compares these three technologies from the beginning to the end of their ...
The US Department of Energy has completed Series 15 of testing through the DOE Solid-State Lighting CALiPER program. Report 15 of testing analyzes the performance of a group of 10 LED floodlights that mirrors the broad range of conventional luminaires designated as floodlights. Given the broad and ambiguously defined nature of the floodlight ...
On June 7, 2012, DOE announced the competitive selection of three SSL R&D projects, in response to the SSL Manufacturing R&D funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0000561. Due to funding limitations in FY12, DOE will not select or fund any projects in response to SSL Core Technology FOA DE-FOA-0000564 or SSL Product Development ...
New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced the sweeping installation of light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures in Central Park, the East River Bridges, Eastern Parkway and the underdeck of Manhattan’s FDR Drive—significant upgrades to the City’s lighting infrastructure that will provide ...