Delivering 15,000 lm, the Gen 2 Luxeon COB 1216 offers 40% better performance than prior components in the same 28×28-mm footprint.

The US Department of Energy released a report on the Detroit, MI SSL street light conversion that is also enabling a restoration of infrastructure that was aging or had been stolen.

An energy-focused company, Current, Powered by GE, will now be the corporate home of commercial LED lighting with residential products still being sold under the GE Lighting brand.

Ohio university has realized energy and maintenance savings from SSL retrofit of an athletic facility and found that the instant on/off capabilities of LEDs deliver unanticipated extra savings.

The new Zhaga book is the first to only define an LED module and also the first to reference the driver interface that has been defined by the Module-Driver Interface – Special Interest Group (MD-SIG).

Intended for linear SSL products such as cove lighting, the flexible Level 2 modular strips output about 112 lumens per meter.

Halifax is the latest city to select Silver Spring’s mesh network to operate individual LED street lights, monitor energy use, and report outages. Smart city applications could follow.

Osram Sylvania has announced plans to build automotive LED modules in the US, while parent Osram and Nanoco have extended a joint-development agreement; and Digital Lumens’ Tom Pincince is lauded at business conference.

Speakers at the Street and Area Lighting Conference were near unanimous in the belief that additive energy savings achieved through adaptive dimming is taking a backseat to new services such as security and safety for municipalities and utilities installing outdoor SSL networks.

PSV Eindhoven taps longtime partner Philips for LED-based stadium lighting.