Qualcomm as a partner is the common link in plans from GE Lighting and Acuity to deliver LED-based lighting products that can enable location services for smartphones in applications such as retail.

The 2015 indoor and outdoor luminaire entries were judged based on evolving solid-state lighting technology developments, according to the NGL program’s announcement.

LightFair International has yielded a deluge of LED-centric product and technology announcements in the SSL networks and controls sector, although there remains little agreement on how to best implement connectivity.

After addressing numerous responses to draft 2 of the Luminaires V2.0 specification, the Environmental Protection Agency has delivered a final draft of the new document that will take effect next summer.

Individual control of 61 LEDs allows the OmniPoint SSL downlight to direct light on command over a relatively-wide maximum beam area with the control coming via a smartphone app.

Awarding nearly 10 million research dollars for efficient lighting development, the US Department of Energy tabbed nine companies and research institutions to work on LEDs, OLEDs, SSL, and quantum dots.

LED-based outdoor lighting installed along the US border fence near Yuma, AZ is demonstrating a higher level of illuminance variation than anticipated, with the harsh environment the probable cause.

LightFair International 2015 delivered a relatively small number of new packaged-LED announcements, although LED manufacturers shed substantial new light on upcoming trends in the component space and the impact on SSL products.

LEDs Magazine chief editor Maury Wright interviews Jerry Duffy, GE Lighting’s GM of global lighting products, on the latest outdoor lighting products with smart city capabilities, as well as the company’s recently developed high-color-quality technology.

Patent-infringement actions have come fast and furious of late in the packaged LED space and in SSL end products, and LightFair seemed to spur further activity.