German lighting giant says it’s still on schedule for April 1 “carve-out” of group now called LEDVANCE.
LIFX adds Google Android voice control for smart lamps
Nothing can be more of a turn-on than talk.
Soraa LED lamps make plumbing fixtures sparkle
The violet emitter and three-phosphor formulation used in Soraa’s SSL products are finding success in color-critical applications such as the Crosswater bathroom fixture showroom and in similar retail and gallery settings.
Boise Wyndham hotel makes transition to LED lighting
Heliodon Lighting found SSL replacement lamps or retrofit kits to allow the Wyndham Garden Hotel and Conference Center to make a complete energy-efficiency transition and to leverage rebates on the project.
Packaged LED news: Cree adds to XQ Series; Samsung adds 5630 LEDs
Cree’s new XQ-A LEDs are intended to enable more flexibility in products that require small-footprint white and color LEDs while Samsung’s LM561B+ and LM561C mid-power LEDs offer improved performance.
Osram CEO pushes digital services beyond lighting (UPDATED)
With offers for lamps group “days” away, Olaf Berlien outlines plans to add Internet connectivity and data-centric activities to company’s stable.
Philips terminates $2.8B sale of Lumileds LED business to China’s GO Scale
The LED business deal is nixed in the face of US national security concerns.
Rensselaer engineering center trials smart solid-state lighting in hospital room
The Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center is working with the University of New Mexico to trial tunable lighting and its impact on human health using an LED-based system and controls in a hospital patient room.
SIL STRIKING POINT: The LED Show will spark smart city discussion
The “Net-Zero Non-Zero: Lighting and the Evolving Smart City” workshop at The LED Show, co-located with Strategies in Light in Santa Clara, CA, promises to provide a unique perspective on several topics: IoT, the future of lighting, smart cities, and the nature of innovation. Chair James Highgate interviews the workshop leader, Clifton Lemon, founder of Clifton Lemon Associates in San Francisco.
Philips Lighting supplies Power over Ethernet LED lighting to Clemson
Networked SSL system delivers controllable lighting while sensors also allow Clemson University to autonomously gather real-time data including occupancy and more.