Next Generation: GE Aluminum PAR38 Comapct Fluorescent arrived to my desk today!
GE – brining halogen features to compact fluorescent lamps!
Funny how timing works. I was just commenting the other day how it seemed that the majority of CFL manufacturers “missed the boat” when it came to producing a PAR38 CFL (excluding Sylvania, who did actually come to marker, although they were kind of secretive about it). Now GE has arrived with something we can all use!
Environmentally Conscious – Energy efficient, lead free glass, and long life means fewer lamp replacements vs. standard halogen light sources.
Outstanding Energy Efficiency – Reduce energy costs by up to $52 over the life fo the lamp vs. a standard 75 watt halogen PAR38 while maintaining nearly the same light output (1185 lumens vs 1050)
61227 FLE23/2/PAR38FL (2700k)
63244 FLE23PAR38FL3000 (3000k)
Specs:
23 Watts
1185 Rated Initial Lumens
10,000 Rated Life (hours)
82 CRI
5.4″ MOL
4.8″ MOD
Rated for Indoor & Outdoor Locations
ENERGY STAR RATED
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Neptun Light produces one of the best dimmable Par38 CFLs available on the market
For some unknown reason, lighting manufacturers have steered away from making dimmable PAR38 compact fluorescent lamps. You’ll easily find cfls in the R30 and R40 style lamps that are dimmable, yet the PAR38 was left behind. This is odd since the PAR38 is your prototypical flood lamp and one of the most common lamps in existance.
Neptun Light is taking full advantage of this sweet spot in the market place by producing the 938-ADIM Series. Neptun Light produces the PAR38 CFL in 14,18,20, and 23 Watts for Analog Dimming Controls.
The lamps feature:
•DIMMABLE in range of 100% – 10% using ordinary dimmers
•New! Patented flicker-free ANALOG DIMMING™ system
•Reliable start at the lowest setting
•Color Temperature of 2700°K – Matching incandescent BPAR bulbs
•High Luminous Efficacy: Up to 45 Lm/W
•Wide range of operation ambient temperatures: -20°C – +60°C
•New! Patented Amalgam Technology: Any working position with stable light output
•Superior Lumen Maintenance of 85% after 3200 hours of use
•Indoor or Outdoor
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Cree’s New Lighting-Class LEDs Shatter Industry Performance Standards
Commercially Available Single-Die XLamp® XM-L LEDs Deliver 1000 Lumens at 100 Lumens per Watt
DURHAM, N.C., November 10, 2010 — Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces the commercial availability of the industry’s brightest, highest-performance lighting-class LEDs. With breakthrough light output and efficacy, Cree XLamp® XM-L LEDs are designed for very-high-lumen applications, such as high-bay or roadway lighting.
The XLamp XM-L LED has gone from concept to commercial availability in less than eight months, demonstrating Cree’s proven commitment to developing the highest-performance, most cost-effective LEDs optimized for each lighting application.
“The XLamp XM-L LED can fundamentally change the way Cree customers look at LED light,” said John Edmond, Cree director of advanced optoelectronics. “An LED with this level of light output and this level of efficacy can accelerate the development of high-output commercial lighting products and could enable applications we haven’t even thought of yet. This sets a new standard for LED performance.”
Cool white (6500 K) XLamp XM-L LEDs deliver 1000 lumens with 100 lumens per watt efficacy at 3 A. In a compact 5-mm x 5-mm footprint, XM-L LEDs offer the unique combination of very high efficacy at very high drive currents, delivering light output and efficacy of 160 lumens per watt at 350 mA and up to 315 lumens and 150 lumens per watt at 700 mA, providing a 20-percent efficiency gain from the Cree current industry-leading XLamp XP-G LEDs.
XLamp XM-L LEDs are available in sample and production quantities with standard lead times. To locate a distributor, please visit http://www.cree.com/buyxlamp.
Light therapy shines on seniors’ depression
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK | Thu Jan 6, 2011 12:18pm EST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The bright-light therapy often used to fight the “winter blues” may also ease major depression symptoms in older adults, a small clinical trial suggests.
Researchers found that of 89 older adults with clinical depression, those who were randomly assigned to three weeks of “bright light” therapy showed improvements comparable to what’s been seen in studies of antidepressant drugs.
The therapy, which involves spending time with a “light box” each day, is a standard treatment for seasonal affective disorder, a form of depression that arises in the late fall and winter, when natural light is scarce.
But there’s also evidence that light therapy can help some cases of non-seasonal depression.
Research suggests that bright light can affect levels of certain brain chemicals, like serotonin, thought to be involved in major depression. Light therapy also seems to zero in on the same brain structures that antidepressants target.
These latest findings, reported in the Archives of General Psychiatry, suggest that light therapy could offer an alternative to older adults with depression, who often cannot or do not want to take antidepressant drugs.
“I think bright light therapy definitely now deserves a place in the treatment of major depression in older adults,” said lead researcher Dr. Ritsaert Lieverse, a psychiatrist at GGZ inGeest and the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam.
“Many of them don’t receive adequate antidepressant treatment because they refuse or resist (drug) treatment,” Lieverse told Reuters Health in an e-mail. Older adults are also more vulnerable to drug side effects compared with younger people, he added.
That said, Lieverse stressed that people with depression symptoms should see a doctor rather than self-treat. Light boxes are available without a prescription — online or at drug stores — for a few hundred dollars, but that doesn’t mean people should use them without medical guidance.
One reason, Lieverse said, is that major depression is a serious disorder that should be managed with the help of a professional.
Another is that light therapy is not for everyone. And older adults are more likely to have certain conditions that may preclude them from using light therapy — including eye diseases like diabetic retinopathy.
The current study included 89 men and women age 60 or older who were randomly assigned to one of two groups. In one, participants were given a light-therapy box, donated by Philips Lighting, that emitted pale blue light; they were told to use it every morning for one hour over three weeks.
The rest of the study participants served as a “control” group. They were given boxes that emitted a dim red light, which has no known benefits or harms to the body.
After three weeks of treatment, the researchers found, the light-therapy group showed a greater improvement in scores on a standard measure of depression symptoms, the Hamilton Scale for Depression.
And three weeks after the therapy ended, more people in the light-therapy group were considered treatment “responders” — meaning their depression scores had dropped by at least 50 percent. Of the light-therapy patients, 58 percent were responders, versus 34 percent of the control group.
Along with the changes in depression symptoms, the study also found some biological changes, Lieverse said.
Patients who underwent light therapy began to show a steeper rise in evening levels of the hormone melatonin, which promotes sleep. They also had a drop-off in levels of the “stress hormone” cortisol — which, at the start of the study, had been elevated in the study group as a whole.
Lieverse said that the improvements in depression symptoms were on par with what has been seen with antidepressant treatment in older adults.
Light boxes typically range in price from about $100 to $500, and insurance may not cover the cost. They are generally considered safe, but can cause side effects like headache, eye strain, nausea and irritability.
There was some evidence that light therapy might also be helpful as an “add-on” treatment for older adults whose antidepressants are not working well enough.
One-third of patients in the light-therapy group were already on antidepressants — but still depressed — and had the light box added to their drug treatment. They were as likely to improve with light therapy as their counterparts who were not on medication.
Despite the positive findings, though, the study has limits. One is the small size, and another is the short-term follow-up. The researchers, who reported no financial ties to makers of the light boxes, say longer term studies are still needed to see how the benefits hold up over time.
SOURCE: bit.ly/gxvNZC Archives of General Psychiatry, January, 2011
Acuity Brands’ Lithonia Lighting Product Stock Guide Now Accessible via iPad and Facebook
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Acuity Brands (NYSE: AYI), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, is pleased to announce the release of its popular Lithonia Lighting® Stock Guide for the iPad® and Facebook®. This comprehensive, full-color catalog features a broad offering of in-stock, ready-to-ship luminaires and intelligent controls solutions from Lithonia Lighting and Sensor Switch®.
“It is important to provide our customers and sales force with practical tools and multiple avenues of access most convenient to their working style”
.With these convenient tools, access to product images, IES photometry and technical specifications are always within reach. The iPad catalog is accessible from any mobile device by accessing http://thestockguide.lithonia.com. Additionally, the Facebook app offers a comments section along with “Like” and “Share” buttons, further extending the reach of the current print catalog and providing a direct link for electronic access and mobile customers.
“It is important to provide our customers and sales force with practical tools and multiple avenues of access most convenient to their working style,” said Ed Weaver, Vice President and General Manager of Distributor Sales and Operations. “The enhanced version of the catalog creates an updated and optimized user experience, demonstrating our commitment to electronic and mobile applications and social media marketing,” added Weaver.
For more information, please visit the Acuity Brands, and Lithonia Lighting websites. For more information, you can also become a fan of Acuity Brands and Lithonia Lighting on Facebook.
About Acuity Brands
Acuity Brands, Inc. is a North American market leader and one of the world’s leading providers of luminaires, lighting control systems and related products and services with fiscal year 2010 net sales of over $1.6 billion. The Company’s lighting and system control product lines include Lithonia Lighting®, Holophane®, Peerless®, Mark Architectural Lighting™, Hydrel®, American Electric Lighting®, Gotham®, Carandini®, RELOC®, Antique Street Lamps™, Tersen®, Renaissance Lighting®, Winona Lighting®, Synergy® Lighting Controls, Sensor Switch®, Lighting Control & Design™, DTL® and ROAM®. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Acuity Brands employs approximately 6,000 associates and has operations throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
IKEA removes all incandescent light bulbs from stores
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IKEA has pulled the plug. Incandescent lights are out.* As of January 4, 2011, IKEA US stores no longer stock or sell these traditional bulbs. Ahead of the upcoming legislation – The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 that will phase out all incandescent light bulbs by 2012-2014 (2) – IKEA has now made these lights a thing of the past. As a result, IKEA is now the first major retailer to stop the sale of incandescent lights.
Switch Off. Switch Over. IKEA made the announcement back in late Spring that starting August 2010, IKEA would begin to phase out selling incandescent light bulbs with a January 2011 stop date. Focusing on a comprehensive range of effective energy saving bulbs, IKEA currently offers: the popular compact fluorescent bulb (CFL) – many of which have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR® label, as well as a full range of LED lamps that are 70% more efficient than incandescents. IKEA’s offering also includes Halogen lamps which consume 30% less energy than traditional incandescents and are a great ‘white light’ alternative. The halogen range also includes a halogen retrofit bulb which can be used in a standard light socket. IKEA also offers solar powered lamps including the SUNNAN desk lamp and the ‘SOLVINDEN’ range of outdoor lights.
“IKEA is committed to integrating sustainable practices into our range and business practices. As the largest home furnishings store, we are constantly looking at ways to help support our customers with every day environmentally responsible solutions that will improve their lives. Eliminating incandescents is just one simple way for IKEA customers to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gases,” commented Mike Ward, US IKEA President.
What do consumers think about this phase out, upcoming government legislation and more? IKEA wanted to know. Here are the results of the IKEA lighting survey, conducted by telephone in December 2010 by Harris Interactive among 1,011 US adults. (3)
•Changing light bulbs in home to energy saving lights. Nearly two-thirds (59%) of Americans have changed majority of light bulbs in their homes to energy saving lights. Women (63%) are more likely to have changed their bulbs than men (55%).
•Awareness of US Legislation; The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 which will mandate more efficient light bulbs by 2012-2014. More than half (61%) of Americans are not aware of the legislation to phase out incandescent light bulbs. And 84% of people, ages 18-24, are not aware of the legislation.
•Concern for energy saving lights. More than two-thirds (67%) of Americans care about using energy saving lights. And more than half (56%) of Americans are ready to switch to energy saving lights.
•Saving money. Nearly 8 in 10 (79%) Americans believe that using energy saving lights will save them money.
•Disposal of old bulbs. 62% of Americans are not concerned about disposal of old bulbs.
•Environmental Practice. 81% of Americans say that using energy saving lights is a good environmental practice.
•Light color and intensity concern. Only 14% of Americans are “very concerned” about light color, in regards to the change from incandescent to energy saving lights in their homes. 51% of Americans are “not at all concerned” about light color. More than half (61%) of Americans are not concerned about light intensity, in regards to the change from incandescent to energy saving lights in their homes.
73% of Americans are not concerned about being able to dim the lights with energy saving lights. In regard to the change from incandescent to energy saving lights, more than half (56%) of Americans are not concerned about the bulb not being able to fit in their regular light fixtures.
“We are pleased to have IKEA as both a retail and lighting partner with ENERGY STAR, says Alex Baker (ENERGY STAR Lighting Program Manager, EPA).Their commitment to qualify their IKEA brand CFLs and promote energy-efficient lighting helps save their customers’ energy and money, while making an important difference in the fight against climate change.”
From 2001- 2007, IKEA was the first and only retailer offering its customers an environmentally safe recycling program for CFLs. In fiscal 2006 year, IKEA recycled 126,722 CFLs. The IKEA stop sale of all incandescent light bulbs is just one of many sustainable initiatives that IKEA has taken. The IKEA Sustainability Report clearly outlines many other programs and actions that IKEA has and will take to lessen the company’s impact on the environment and be a responsible global citizen.
Clearly, Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulb discovery was a landmark 19th century invention. But times have changed. New discoveries prevail. And everyday sustainability practices are important to IKEA customers. People are questioning old habits and creating new lifestyles with a charge to be environmentally responsible – everyday in some simple way. Whether it be great home furnishing solutions or sustainable practices, IKEA is dedicated to helping its customers improve their everyday lives.
Did You Know?
IKEA offers lighting solutions that are more efficient and have less negative impact on the environment.
•CFLs last from 6-10 times longer than incandescent light bulbs (6000 – 10,000 vs. 1,000 hours) and use 80% less energy. Due to this lower energy use, they can save $30 or more in energy costs over each bulb’s lifetime. (EnergyStar.gov)
•If every American household replaced 1 incandescent bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified CFL bulb, we would save enough energy to light 3 million homes for 1 year. (EnergyStar.gov)
•IKEA supports the recycling of all mercury containing CFL light bulbs through the take back recycle bins at all IKEA stores.
•According to 18seconds.org, if every American home replaced just one light bulb with a CFL, we would prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than two million cars. And families would save more than $600 million in annual energy costs. The average American family spends $1,900 on energy bills each year. (green.yahoo.com/18seconds)
•Lighting expenses account for almost 25% of electricity costs of customers’ homes. (EnergyStar.gov). Halogen bulbs use 30% less energy and last 2-4 times longer than conventional bulbs. (IKEA Group). IKEA LED lights use 70% less energy and burn at least 20 times longer than a standard incandescent bulb. (IKEA Group)
* While IKEA has phased out all Incandescent light bulbs, IKEA will continue to sell two styles of 25 watt chandelier bulbs. This falls under the guidelines of The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
(2) The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 requires that all general purpose light bulbs be 30% more energy efficient (similar to current halogen lamps) than current incandescent bulbs by 2012 to 2014. The bulbs that are exempt from the government ban are reflector bulbs, appliance lamps, 3 way and candelabra bulbs.
(3) This survey was conducted by phone by Harris Interactive in the US on behalf of IKEA US from December 1-5, 2010 among 1,011 adults ages 18 and older. Results were weighted to reflect the US adult population. For complete survey methodology, including weight variables, please contact IKEA Corporate PR.
End of an Era…The 100 Watt Light Bulb Retires from Production
By Tracy Seipel
tseipel@mercurynews.com
Posted: 01/01/2011 06:16:27 PM PST
Updated: 01/01/2011 10:02:47 PM PST
Californians can start saying goodbye to traditional 100-watt incandescent light bulbs now that the state has become the first in the country to require a new standard for the screw-base bulbs.
Experts say the new rules, which took effect New Year’s Day, will save residents money and energy. California is already the nation’s leader in energy-efficiency standards.
As of Saturday, what used to be a 100-watt light bulb manufactured and sold in California will have to use 72 watts or less. The 72-watt replacement bulb, also called an energy-saving halogen light, will provide the same amount of light, called lumens, for lower energy cost.
Similar new standards for traditional 75-watt, 60-watt and 40-watt incandescent bulbs will go into effect in California over the next few years, with wattages reduced to 53, 43 and 29 respectively.
The new rule does not ban incandescent light bulbs; it just requires those bulbs to be 25 to 30 percent more efficient. And it only affects incandescent light bulbs manufactured in 2011 or later, not those already in use or on store shelves.
The new lights are comparably priced to the regular incandescent lights. A two-bulb package of 100-watt incandescent bulbs is about $4.32 at Lowe’s, while a four-bulb package of new 72-watt halogen bulbs is $8.66, or $4.33 for two. By contrast, a two-bulb package of energy-saving compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) is $11.28.
“The 72-watt bulb is improving
Edison’s original idea,” said Adam Gottlieb, a spokesman for the California Energy Commission.
“Consumers will still have the amount of light they need for the task at hand,” said Gottlieb. “But they’ll see lower electricity bills.”
Noah Horowitz, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, called the new regulation “a great thing for consumers.” He played a key role in the development and passage of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, upon which the new regulation is based.
“The 125-year-old incandescent light bulb is far and away the least efficient product in our homes, because 90 percent of the electricity is wasted as heat,” Horowitz said.
The new standard, passed in 2007 by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush, becomes effective nationwide on Jan. 1, 2012. But California and Nevada, which already had energy-efficiency standards in place for lighting products, were able to adopt the law earlier. Gottlieb said Nevada legislators could have voted to do so before Dec. 31, 2008, but they let the deadline expire.
California’s energy commission said the state’s move will avoid the sale of 10.5 million inefficient 100-watt bulbs this year and save consumers $35.6 million in higher electricity bills.
By reducing energy consumption, Gottlieb said, the standard also will reduce air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels in power plants.
California’s move follows similar laws that have gone into effect recently in Europe and Australia.
Consumers can already purchase the new incandescent bulbs. The Home Depot, the country’s largest lighting retailer, has spent the past few months training sales associates in the lighting departments of its California stores to help customers looking for guidance on the new law, said spokeswoman Kathryn Gallagher.
The chain, including its 40 Bay Area locations, also is placing special signs in the lighting aisles that explain the energy efficiency of different kinds of bulbs, including CFLs. The California Energy Commission says a 23- to 27-watt compact fluorescent bulb provides the same amount of light as a traditional 100-watt incandescent bulb while consuming about 75 percent less energy.
At Lowe’s Home Improvement stores, spokesman Gerard Littlejohn said the retailer is removing all 100-watt incandescent lights from its California stores.
Many consumers seem open to the new regulation.
“It’s not a problem at all,” said San Jose resident Daniel Robles, 28, who was shopping Saturday for CFL bulbs at a San Jose Lowe’s. He buys them to save money but said the light from CFLs give his wife migraines, so the new energy-saving halogen lights would be worth trying out.
“I wasn’t aware of that option,” Robles said.
Contact Tracy Seipel at 408-275-0140.
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| HUBBELL POWER SYSTEMS: | Helix foundations |
| HYDREL: | Specification-Grade Architectural and Landscape Lighting. |
| I LIGHT: | Decorative LED Tubular Linear Simulated Neon |
| ICON LIGHTING: | Icon International is an architectural lighting manufacturing company specializing in high quality, performance-oriented linear, recessed, and custom fluorescent luminaires. |
| iGuzzini NORTH AMERICA: | Italian leader in indoor/outdoor architectural lighting. Made in Italy and assembled in North America, the iGuzzini systems are designed by renowned Italian architects & designers. |
| ILLUMIVISION: | Illumivision Inc. represents manufacturers in the fields of high intensity LEDs (SACO Technologies), facility lighting (3M Light Pipe), LED Screen Technology (SMARTVISION) and solar LEDs. Utilizing the experience gained by working on such projects as New York Citys Tribute in Light and the Harley Davidson 100th Anniversary celebration, the former Space Cannon Illumination Inc. team is looking forward to this new venture! Illumivision provides linear outdoor, LED, light pipe and outdoor special effects. |
| INDESSA: | Indessa Lighting is a manufacturer of distinctive, commercial grade sconces. Designed and constructed with some of the most stringent requirements in the lighting industry, our products are built for the test of time. |
| INDY LIGHTING: | Indy Lighting, Inc., founded in 1970, is a leader in specification grade downlighting and track lighting products for use in commercial, institutional, and retail projects. They work with architects, engineers, and lighting designers to provide innovative lighting solutions to a variety of applications. |
| INFINITY LIGHTING: | Infinity Lighting is a division of H. E. Williams |
| INTELLIGENT LIGHTING CONTROLS: | American made low voltage lighting control systems for energy management and automation. |
| INTENCITY: | Innovative solid state technology for indoor and outdoor illumination |
| INTENSE LIGHTING: | Manufacturer specializing in recessed, track, and exit lights. |
| INTER-LUX: | Interior/Exterior stainless & glass architectural products, low voltage, track accent & general lighting systems. |
| IOTA: | Emergency Battery Packs |
| ISOLITE: | Self-Luminous Safety Products |
| JUNO LIGHTING: | Architectural recessed downlights; track and task. |
| KIRLIN: | Recessed & Surface Incandescent, Fluorescent, HID |
| LDPI: | LDPI, Incorporated, the leader in paint spray booth lighting, has been manufacturing hazardous fluorescent lighting for nearly two decades. Located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, LDPI has been the solution to the specialized lighting needs of the finishing, fabricating and industrial markets. LDPI, Incorporated has diversified our line of paint/powder booth fixtures and added fixtures for wet, harsh, marine, hazardous, general industrial, and clean room applications. |
| LEGION: | Architectural & Commercial Fluorescent |
| LDPI: | LDPI, Incorporated, the leader in paint spray booth lighting, has been manufacturing hazardous fluorescent lighting for nearly two decades. Located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, LDPI has been the solution to the specialized lighting needs of the finishing, fabricating and industrial markets. LDPI, Incorporated has diversified our line of paint/powder booth fixtures and added fixtures for wet, harsh, marine, hazardous, general industrial, and clean room applications. |
| LEOTEK ELECTRONICS: | LED outdoor architectural/roadway luminaires, linear LED strips |
| LIGHTECH: | Directional Signage, Darkroom, Lighted Handrails |
| LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP: | Design and produce innovative LED lighting solutions and encourage our customers to “go green” with LEDs for every lighting application. |
| LIGHTOLOGY: | Full line contemporary indoor/outdoor lighting fixtures and accessories. |
| LINEAR LIGHTING: | Architectural Fluorescent Systems |
| LITECONTROL: | Leader in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of innovative, high quality architectural lighting systems. |
| LITHONIA: | Commercial & Industrial Fluorescent, Emergency, Downlighting, Track, Decorative, Residential and Outdoor Lighting |
| LOUIS POULSEN (TARGETTI-POULSEN): | Contemporary Architectural Indoor and Outdoor |
| LUMASCAPE: | Exterior, Inground, & Underwater Lighting |
| LUMCA: | Decorative outdoor lighting fixtures & poles: Street, parking lots, bldg facades, public areas, etc. |
| LUMEC (PHILIPS LUMEC): | Outdoor lighting products and fixtures manufacturer, Lumec is specialized in outdoor luminaires, bollards lights, light columns, poles, brackets and wall sconces for public and commercial landscapes. |
| LUMECON: | Outdoor LED lighting products and light engines |
| LUMENPULSE: | Designs & manufactures solid state lighting luminaires for indoor and outdoor applications and develops custom product solutions for large scale projects. |
| LUMID: | Lumid has distinguished itself in the fields of architecture and design by building custom-made lighting fixtures for commercial and public institutions and by designing a range of high-end lighting fixtures that are bold and uniquely stylish. |
| LUMUX: | Lumux Lighting Inc., is an architectural lighting company and manufacturer of innovative, energy efficient, aesthetically pleasing and cost effective lighting fixtures serving the Lighting professionals, Architects, Engineers & Design & Build type of Market. |
| LUNERA: | Design and manufacture high performance commercial LED lighting fixtures that replace common fluorescent fixtures. |
| LUSTARTE: | Decorative interior lighting with Spanish influence |
| MARK ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING: | Architectural Fluorescent Systems |
| MARLIN CONTROLS: | Architectural dimming control systems |
| McFADDEN LIGHTING: | McFadden Lighting Co., Inc. has been manufacturing quality church lighting for over sixty years. As the oldest church lighting manufacturer, we are proud to continue to be the industry leader in contemporary, colonial, and traditional designs. |
| MEGAMAN GLOBAL: | Established in 1994, MEGAMAN® is a phenomenally successful global brand – a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of innovative, eco-friendly, energy saving lamps using Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) and Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology. The unique MEGAMAN® range of energy-saving lamps is achieving impressive, and rapidly growing sales in over 90 countries across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and North and South America. The MEGAMAN® range now includes over 400 different, high-quality products. Extensive research and development facilities ensure a continuous supply of new, exciting, energy saving lamps comes to market every year. |
| MERCURY: | Commercial, Industrial & Retail Fluorescent |
| MP LIGHTING: | MP Lighting was founded in 1994 and is a Canadian based owned and operated company with its headquarters in Vancouver Canada. The company started with the design of two ceiling mount fixtures and one of the very first Cable Systems in Canada. The demand for this unique style of lighting was so popular that the line eventually expanded to include a Single and Double Rail system that could be curved to different radiuses. It was at this time that the company really started to evolve. Today MP Lighting |
| MSi SOLID STATE LIGHTING: | Founded in 2003, MSi is dedicated to the design, development and manufacturing of application specific solid-state lighting products. Cognizant of the rapidly changing developments and improvements of high performance white LED products, MSi maintains a strong ongoing relationship with CREE, a leading manufacturer of LED components. Product design, engineering, testing and rapid prototyping at our Florida headquarters provides the ability to develop and test products for quality and performance allowing speed to market for specific application demands |
| MYERS/CPI: | On-Line AC Lighting Systems |
| NATIONAL LIGHTING: | National Lighting Company is dedicated exclusively to the manufacture of flourescent lighting products. Since 1941, National has held high standards in design and production, manufacturing a wide variety of optically energy efficient recessed, surface and custom fixtures |
| NERI FOMENICO: | Neri was founded in 1962 and specializes in european style out door period poles and fixtures, steel furniture, kiosks, gazebos, and custom designs. |
| NESSEN: | Floor, Table, Pendant, Ceiling, Task, Hospitality |
| NEW STAR LIGHTING: | Security, High Abuse and Custom Lighting Fixtures |
| NEXLIGHT: | Full two-way remote lighting control system, including dimming, switching, and daylight sensing | NILAND: | Cast iron, aluminum and bronze antique reproduction luminaires and bollards |
| NIPPO LIGHTING: | T6 Fluorescent Cove Lighting System |
| NORAL BARBICAN: | Noral Barbican also provides Noral Lighting to the North American market. Noral is a high end decorative European lighting line that is unmatched in durability, ease of use, design and quality. Noral lighting can easily be applied to commercial and residential projects. |
| NORTH PACIFIC: | North Pacific manufactures aluminum, concrete, steel, fiberglass and wood poles, luminaries, and accessories. |
| NORTHSTAR/THORN: | North Star has a long standing reputation for providing a comprehensive, highly energy efficient family of HID (high intensity discharge) Products, and meeting their customer’s precise performance and price requirements for lighting and lowering devices. |
| NULITE: | H.I.D./Flourescent services and specialty lighting. | OCL: | Manufacturer of decorative pendants, sconces, ceiling, outdoor, pedestal and custom lighting. Made in the USA. | OEC: | Retail, Office, & Architectural Display Lighting Products |
| ORGATECH OMEGALUX: | “Continuous & Seamless” fluorescent cove lighting system. All the benefits of cold cathode without the expense. | PARAMOUNT: | Fluorescent & HID Security, Marine, Hazardous Location | PATHWAY LIGHTING: | Pathway, the Lighting Source, manufactures a complete line of lighting products for commercial, institutional, and residential applications. |
| PEERLESS: | Architectural Linear Wall and Pendant Fluorescent | PERFORMANCE IN LIGHTING (FORMERLY PRISMA): | Architectural Exterior Lighting Products |
| PHILIPS LIGHTING: | Wide range of lighting products for consumer, office, outdoor, and retail markets | PICASSO LIGHTING: | Creative and competitively priced products designed to enhance green sustainable and LEED certified projects | POINT LIGHTING CO.: | FAA Certified manufacturer of Obstruction Lighting, Heliport Lighting, and Windcones |
| PRECISION ARCHITECHTURAL: | Specialists in quality linear fluorescent architectural lighting fixtures |
| PURE LIGHTING: | Trimless, recessed housing w/MR16 & LED lamping for home theatres, retail, restaurants, etc. |
| Q-TRAN: | Manufacturer of toroidal transformers and power supply centers for indoor and outdoor low voltage lighting. |
| QUALITY /METROLUX: | Outdoor decorative and architectural, performance flood, parking garage and low level lighting. | RAMBUSCH: | Down light / Up light Quartz Point Sources |
| RELOC: | Modular Wiring Systems | RELUME: | Relume manufactures highly efficient, cost-effective LED lighting products based on its patented Silver Circuitry� thermal management technology. |
| RENAISSANCE LIGHTING: | Designer and Manufacturer of innovative Solid-State LED Downlights. | ROBERTS STEP-LITE: | Low Voltage Step-Light Systems |
| SCHNEIDER CONTROLS: | Full line of occupancy sensors and controls |
| SATCO: | SATCO offers a wide range of lighting products | SCHREDER LIGHTING: | Architectural Exterior Lighting Products |
| SEDAP NORTH AMERICA: | Innovatively designed, environmentally friendly and energy saving decorative architectural luminaires made of wood, plastic or stretch. Made in France and assembled in North America. | SENTRY ELECTRIC: | Decorative Reproductions & Poles |
| SHERIDAN: | Architectural outdoor lighting products |
| SIMKAR: | SIMKAR Corporation, founded in 1952, is a U.S. based manufacturer of linear and compact fluorescent, exit and emergency, HID and vandal resistant lighting fixtures for commercial, industrial and residential applications. |
| SISTEMALUX: | Designs & manufactures indoor/outdoor architectural specification grade products for commercial, institutional, urban & residential applications. | SOLAVANTI LIGHTING: | Contemporary Architectural Lighting |
| SPECIALTY LIGHTING: | Specialty Lighting Industries manufactures high-end lighting solutions for the world’s most demanding clients. Our custom Supertex lenses are heat-resistant and water-clear, bathing your room in full and even sheets of light, free from any brightness or glare. All of our fixtures are flawlessly finished and minimalist in design; they blend in so that everything else stands out. |
| SPECTRUM LIGHTING: | A true lighting manufacturer, Spectrum produces major components of lighting fixtures that it sells, allowing total control of design, inventory, and quality. This enables Spectrum to custom design fixtures and retrofits quickly and econonmically. | SPI LIGHTING: | Architectural High Performance Pendants, Sconces, Surface Adjustables |
| SPRING CITY LIGHTING: | Spring City is a company with both in-house casting and fluting capability, for extraordinary fast turnaround. Their huge design library and advanced data processing bring you full submittal drawings and specifications in minimum time. With Spring City, you can choose from the country’s widest range of traditional styles – or create your own custom designs. And since they don’t send our work out to another foundry, they can maintain tight project timing and stringent quality control over every single step of your job, from initial preparation all the way to final finishing. | STINGRAY: | Energy Efficient Dual-Reflector HID Highbay |
| SUN VALLEY: | Sun Valley Lighting’s goal is to provide quality lighting products that are both innovative and integrated. Total in house control is the best way to acheive this. The industry’s leading design, engineering, tooling, and manufacturing capabilities allows them to modify their standard product line as well as produce custom lighting targeted at individual client requirements. |
| SYLVANIA (OSRAM SYLVANIA): | We are pleased to introduce you to OSRAM SYLVANIA. A company you can work for. The home and business lighting unit manufactures incandescent, fluorescent and high-intensity discharge. The Electronic Control Systems (ECS) business unit develops, manufactures and markets ballast products and systems. Over 500 different Display/Optic halogen and discharge lamps are produced in the United States, Mexico, Germany and Japan. | TARGETTI – POULSEN: | Downlights, Pendants, Track & Structures |
| TCP: | TCP set the standard for energy efficiency, design, quality, value and exceptional service in everything they do. TCP doesn’t just make lights, TCP creates energy. | TECH LIGHTING: | Low Voltage Flexible Track Systems & Pendants |
| TEKA ILLUMINATION: | TEKA furnishes luminaires composed of solid spun copper, sand cast bronze, machined brass and stainless steel for fine homes and commercial applications. |
| TEMPO INDUSTRIES: | HP LED cove and soffit lighting. Theatre LED safety step and aisle – wall, seat and rail lights. Vanguard signs. |
| TERSEN: | Outdoor Architechtural Site Lighting Solutions |
| TIMES SQUARE: | Full line theatrical fixtures, display lighting and track systems. | TIR SYSTEMS: | Specificaition grade Architectural LED Luminaries Linear HID and LED Light Pipe Systems | TIVOLI: | Architectural Tube & Cove Lighting | TMS LIGHTING LTD.: | Manufacturers of RLM, and Architectural Lighting RLM’s, Vaportite Lighting, Custom, Architectural and Retail Lighting. |
| TOKISTAR: | Tokistar Lighting has provided decorative low-voltage lighting systems for over 30 years. We develop energy-efficient products that combine aesthetics and durability, making us the number one choice of architects and designers worldwide. Applications range from subtle and calm indirect cove lighting, to dramatic and festive outlining with distinct points of light. | TOSHIBA LIGHTING: | Worldwide diversified LED manufacturer of lamps and lighting fixtures. | TRAXON LED ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING: | Creative LED Lighting Technologies |
| U.S. ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING: | U.S. Architectural Lighting Is One Of The Most Diverse Manufacturers Of Contemporary Outdoor Lighting In The United States. The Factory’s Manufacturing Capabilities Are Unexcelled, Producing An Extremely Broad Selection Of Both Standard And Unique Products For Contemporary Outdoor Lighting Applications. | USL: | Outdoor Universal Sports Lighting Systems |
| VALMONT: | For more than 40 years, Valmont has offered customers steel and aluminum poles and structures to meet their most demanding requirements. From commercial lighting and utility applications to structures for municipalities and the Department of Transportation, Valmont products offer durability, attractiveness and value. |
| VERVE LIVING SYSTEMS: | Eco-friendly wireless lighting control systems with radio frequency technology |
| VIEWPOINT ELECTRONICS: | Viewpoint Electronics’ products incorporate the latest motion sensing technology to provide the most advanced and reliable energy-saving controls for HID and flourescent lighting fixtures in the industry. |
| VISIO LIGHTING: | Visio Lighting by Beacon Products is dedicated to bringing ‘Internationally Designed’ lighting products and site furnishings to the architectural community for their distinctive municipal, commercial and institutional projects. Visio will offer products that demonstrate solutions to today’s fast changing demands. For decorative, roadway and security lighting for public areas, Visio can provide comprehensive solutions for the toughest lighting applications. |
| VISIONAIRE: | Manufacturer of high performance, specification grade outdoor lighting with a wide variety of quality architecturally designed fixtures and poles. | VISTA PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE LIGHTING: | Landscape, Inground, Low Level, and Flood |
| VISUAL LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY: | Visual Lighting Technologies is the new force in fiber-optic and special-effects lighting! They offer the most advanced fiber optic solutions available today. | VODE LIGHTING: | Architectural Lighting Systems with seamless integration |
| VOLUME: | Decorative multi-family and residential lighting. |
| W.F. HARRIS: | W.F. Harris lighting was founded in 1970 and is based out of North Carolina. They offer non-corrosive polycarbonate fixtures, outdoor path lighting and portable work lights. |
| W2 ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING: | Specification grade architectural track, recessed, decorative & monorail lighting for hospitality, retail and commercial |
| WE-EF: | WE-EF merges technical performance with functional design to create luminaires that provide effective and innovative solutions for architectural lighting challenges worldwide. Supported by an in-house lighting laboratory that develops high performance optical systems, WE-EF combines state-of-the-art technology and contemporary product design with the most advanced production facilities. |
| WESTERN LIGHTING: | Cast aluminum period outdoor poles and luminaires. | WHATLEY: | A leading supplier of composite lighting poles and lamp posts specified by utilities, municipalities, developers, electrical engineers, landscape architects and governmental agencies. A Valmont company. |
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Macy’s Goes Green with MSi LEDs
December 30, 2010
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MSi Deploys Cypress LED Controllers in Macy’s StoresCypress Semiconductor Corporation, a provider of enhanced mixed-signal, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and exceptional system value, has announced that MSi, a provider of application specific solid-state lighting products has deployed its Light Emitting Diode (LED) power controller inside the LED replacement lamps implemented within Macy’s stores around the country.
Macy has decided to replace around 117,000 traditional incandescent light bulbs in 86 stores within its chain, with new LED lamps. The new lamps use around 73 percent less energy in comparison to the traditional incandescent light bulbs, and installing the new lamps will help Macy in saving around 16,200 megawatts per hour every year, which is equal to plant over 65,500 trees in terms of energy conservation. While the traditional bulbs have an expected life of less than one year, the LED lamps offer uninterrupted services for around 10 years and also cut down the landfill disposal considerably. “Many retailers are a little concerned about the initial investment of converting to LED lighting,” commented said Bruce Johnson, managing partner at MSi. “But if they take the time to run the numbers as Macy’s has, they’ll see that switching over produces a tremendous return on their investment.” As more and more enterprise and retail customers worldwide have been adopting the LED lamps, Cypress provides a wide range of lighting solutions that enable the users in controlling the way their LED lamps function. These solutions comprise of stand-alone AC-DC Power Controllers for LED retrofits, and PowerPSoC, a programmable power controller that integrates onboard power regulation and power drive with a microcontroller capable of 16-bit dimming to full custom color mixing, and offers enhanced levels of intelligent integration. The company has developed temperature or optical feedback algorithms, which can be incorporated with selected designs to reduce the design time by several weeks’ duration. Additionally, it provides communication resources such as wireless and Powerline solutions as an alternative to expensive rewiring. “It’s exciting to see our technology deliver significant benefits in a major project such as Macy’s retrofit,” said Brian Moody, director of Marketing for PowerPSoC business at Cypress. “As more companies see the tangible benefits of LED lighting, we can see a ‘snowball effect’ leading to significant growth in which we are well positioned to participate.” In September 2010, Cypress Semiconductor announced that it released a new CapSense capacitive touch-sensing controller that will help designers to attain mechanical button replacement without the need to code new firmware or learn new software. Raja Singh Chaudhary is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Raja’s articles, please visit his columnist page. Edited by Tammy Wolf Article Sourced From TMCnet.com Safety Alert for Tubular Fluorescent to Led Luminaire Retrofit Kits
December 29, 2010
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Northbrook, Ill., Oct. 20, 2010: Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is alerting Authorities Having Jurisdiction, facilities managers, contractors, building owners, purchasers and retailers that certain types of tubular fluorescent to LED luminaire retrofit kits when used with luminaires employing shunted bi-pin lampholders could pose a potential fire or shock hazard at the time of installation. Name of product: Tubular fluorescent to LED luminaire retrofit kits that specify the power is to be connected to only one lampholder as depicted below:
Potential hazard: LED luminaire retrofit kits require the lampholders to be rewired, bypassing the existing ballast. If the LED luminaire retrofit is designed to receive power from only one lampholder, a short-circuit condition in the shunted lampholder will occur and pose a potential fire or shock hazard. Already installed retrofit kits, however, do not pose a potential fire or shock hazard. Identification: Shunted lamp holders are found only in fluorescent luminaires with Instant-Start ballasts. Instant-start ballasts can be identified by the words “Instant Start” or “I.S.” marked on the ballast. This designation may be in the form of a statement pertaining to the ballast itself, or may be combined with the marking for the lamps with which the ballast is intended to be used, for example F40T12/IS. What you should do: Do not install tubular fluorescent to LED luminaire retrofit kits in luminaires employing shunted bi-pin lampholders when the retrofit kit instructions specify that line and neutral power be connected to the same lampholder. For more information, contact the LED luminaire retrofit kit manufacturer. Jeffrey A. Fecteau C.B.O., E.C.O Light Guy |
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