While LED-based lighting has gained a significant foothold around the globe, the industry must move to new forms and technology platforms to realize the full potential of SSL, according to speakers at Strategies in Light Europe.
B Light supplies enticing LED lighting to medieval Bellinzona, Switzerland
The Ticino capital will be more inviting at night for tourists and residents visiting shops and restaurants along the Viale Stazione.
Acuity embeds indoor location technology into retail luminaires
Following its acquisition of ByteLight intellectual property earlier this year, the Atlanta-based LED lighting company is ready to roll into lighting-as-a-service, with ceiling lights that track in-store customers and engage them with promotions.
Aurora regroups, forms an Internet-connected lighting division
LED lamp and luminaire specialist folds its Microlights unit, readies a new “Lighting 3.0” entity to leverage Gooee IoT technology.
Digital Lumens adds emergency lighting to LED luminaires and control suite
Battery backup for luminaires will combine with new capabilities in the LightRules software management platform, allowing companies to install a single lighting system in industrial and warehouse settings with requisite emergency-lighting support.
Packaged LED news: Osram and Everlight add mid-power LEDs
Osram Opto Semiconductors’ new Duris S 5 Color LEDs target tunable SSL products while Everlight Electronics’ 5630 white packaged LEDs break the 200-lm/W efficacy level and are intended for general lighting.
Philips, Cisco on brink of connected lighting partnership
An announcement by the companies is expected next week, and should include Power over Ethernet.
Princeton retrofits Jadwin Gym with LED lighting and wireless controls
Ivy League school updates its 250,000-square-foot athletic facility with 839 Hubbell SSL fixtures and deploys the company’s wiSCAPE network control system.
LED business news: EcoSense acquires Journée, MaxLite vs. ATG, BU wins
EcoSense Lighting has acquired Journée Lighting, while MaxLite has filed a patent infringement suit against ATG Electronics, and Boston University has won an IP action against several Taiwan players in the LED and SSL sectors.
GE taps IBM exec for new IoT lighting and energy unit (UPDATED)
Former vice president of the Watson cloud computing services group will lead the digital charge at GE’s Current.