LED supplied by Toshiba to light up Louvre

Toshiba Corporation in a recent announcement said that it has reached a basic agreement with the Louvre Museum to replace a part of the interior lighting of the Louvre with its own LED lighting. This is Phase 2 of a renovation project that Toshiba Corporation and the Louvre Museum have pursued in partnership since 2010. This next project phase will see renovation of LED lighting in important interior spaces of the museum. It includes specific exhibit lighting for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, and for the Red Rooms, which display famous masterpieces such as Jacques-Louis David's Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine, as well as the Napoleon Hall, the Louvre's main entrance.
As part of the project, a dedicated lighting system will be installed for the Mona Lisa, and the Red Rooms' ceiling fixtures will be converted to LED by the end of May 2013. Lighting in the Napoleon Hall is expected be converted to LED by the first half of 2014.Under a partnership agreement with the Louvre (term: June 30, 2010 to December 31, 2023), Toshiba has already lit up parts of the Louvre's exterior, including I.M. Pei's Pyramid. The implementation of the second phase of the project is testament to the successful collaboration between Toshiba and the Louvre Museum in balancing environmental and aesthetic considerations during the exterior lighting renovation phase.
Part of the LED lighting replacement work, which included the Pyramid, Pyramidion and the Colbert Pavilion, was completed last December, and installation of LED lighting for the whole of Cour Napoleon, the first phase of lighting renovation, was completed on May 12.Cooper Lighting's LED Solutions Boost Long-Term Sustainability.It has taken approximately two years, since the project commenced in June 2010, for all the lighting in the Cour Napoleon to be converted to LED. Renovation of LED lighting in the Cour Carre is also scheduled to complete in 2013.Through the renovation of exterior lighting, Toshiba and the Louvre Museum is reducing power consumption by 73% without compromising the visual beauty of the museum. The renovation process involved repeated consultations with the Historical Monuments Committee and the Architecture and Heritage Service. This partnership has pursued artistic integrity in the LED lighting from every conceivable perspective: the shape of the fixtures, illumination brightness, color tone and installation angle, to achieve a lighting finish that respects the scenery of Paris. The fusion of French artistry with Japanese technology that Toshiba has promoted has been realized ultimately through numerous innovations. Toshiba will continue to refine its technical skills in the pursuit of the potential of LED lighting.

Cooper Lighting's LED Solutions Boost Long-Term Sustainability

Officials at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport recognized a need for upgrading the parking garage lighting that would optimize energy savings, while continuing to provide a safe and well-lit environment for its passengers. Analyzing multiple products and their performance to find the best solution, they selected LED fixtures from Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry.Funded by the City of Atlanta Green Loan Fund, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport officials decided to replace each of the 4,342 210-watt metal-halide fixtures with Cooper Lighting's 80-watt McGraw-Edison Valet LED fixtures in its north and south parking decks. This decision would not only lead to greater energy-efficiency, but also cost savings of almost half a million dollars each year. According to the City of Atlanta's Office of Sustainability, the Airport's financial and environmental partner, the carbon reduction associated with the project is equivalent to taking 500 cars off of the road.
"Replacing parking garage lighting with more energy-efficient options is one of the most practical upgrades a city can make to save energy, reduce costs and lower CO2 emissions," said Mark Eubanks, President, Cooper Lighting. "This project has been a great opportunity to showcase how Cooper's innovative LED products can increase overall efficiencies and performance to provide a safe and well-lit environment, all while helping the City of Atlanta save almost $500,000 each year in energy costs." Through superior optical control, Cooper's Valet LED fixtures deliver uniform and energy conscious illumination optimized to improve vehicular movement and pedestrian safety in parking structure applications. Cooper's modular LightBAR(TM) technology, featuring patented AccuLED Optics(TM) system, delivers uniform and energy conscious illumination. Both factors were key to Airport officials who hoped to improve the distribution of the lighting in the Airport parking garages while also optimizing energy savings. The Valet LED fixtures will also reduce maintenance costs as they are designed to last 50,000 hours. Cooper Lighting has made a significant investment in people, resources and technology to ensure the company provides first-class solutions to its customers' lighting challenges. The Company offers a range of indoor and outdoor LED lighting products and controls, all of which are specifically designed to maximize energy and cost savings. For additional information on Cooper's LED product offering, click here.

Color in the lighting and video is how they move the play in and out of reality

"So the question became, 'what's our neutral space?' James suggested that it should feel like a gallery, that being the "natural habitat" of the characters," says Riggs, whose idea for using nine custom fixtures made of one four-ft. standard lighting track and three 90W PAR 38 track heads came from the gallery concept. "That's also why each section of track lights was mounted to a white ceiling fragment," he explains. "We didn't want any ambiguity about the track lights being a scenic choice; we've all done plenty of downtown shows where track lights ARE the house inventory."
The white benches also echo the gallery idea and are used as surfaces for light or projection but could also be 2D or 3D objects of art. "They also gave Ianthe and Natalie the super-flexible palette they needed for the fluid staging that Ianthe already knew she wanted," Riggs points out, noting that he, Hunting, and Demos had worked together in the past: "Ianthe, James, and I benefit from a long history which has given rise to a very useful shorthand vocabulary," he says. "There's no substitute for knowing, trusting, and liking your collaborators."
Riggs' lighting design is all about "no color" except when it isn't, as he explains: "I used four Chroma-Q Studio Force Compact V photographic LED fixtures as the primary front light." His first experience with these fixtures, as it happens, and they provided what he hoped for, including a camera flash effect. "Shifting those to a cooler color, and boosting the cool white cross-light while dimming the warm white track fixtures,Solar Garden Lighting – The Next Generation Of Lights For Your Gardens,takes us to our more clinical spaces: the hospital, Sally's hospice," Riggs adds. "I wanted color to have a big impact when it's used, which happens with decreasing subtly as the play goes on and the characters succumb to their less-virtuous instincts more readily."
Color in the lighting and video is how they move the play in and out of reality. "The whole play, with the exception of the first and last moments, is a flashback," explains Riggs. "So my rhythm isn't really about "now" vs. "then." Instead, the lighting departs from that "normal" state—somewhere along the white-light spectrum—when the characters get more introspective and less guarded.This happens early on to reinforce the almost magical allure of the pool. Later (and less subtly) it happens to punch up the characters' descent into unconcealed envy, and to help us follow the characters' path through their drug trips."

Boni Tunnel gets solar-powered lights

A new lighting system will be illuminating the Boni Tunnel in Mandaluyong City.The Boni Tunnel Efficient Lighting System inaugurated today uses solar-powered light emitting diodes (LEDs) installed along the 297-meter tunnel.The system consists of 94 22-watt LED master lamps that last for 30,000 hours.The LED lights replaced the area's old lighting system composed of mixed tubular flourescent lights and high pressure sodium lamps.The Department of Energy (DOE) said the old system is "not only dim but also poses security risks" to vehicles passing through the tunnel.
DOE said solar panels installed in one of the tunnel entrances would cover 19 percent of the total tunnel power demand resulting in 51 percent energy savings compared with the old system.Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras said the use of energy efficient lighting systems in the local government units saves spending on electricity.Almendras said the city government of Mandaluyong can save up to P240,000 in electricity ecpenditure with the new system."It is very important for us today to continuously moderate electricity consumption. In reducing consumption, we also lessen our carbon footprints effectively contributing to the solutions towards the issue of climate change," he said.
DOE said the tunnel will be using Meralco power grid, solar power and lithium ion battery.
The tunnel will use solar power at daytime and will switch to power grid at nighttime. Meanwhile, lithium ion battery can back-up the system for four hours in case of power grid failure.DOE implemented the project in partnership with the Department of Public Works and Highways, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, the city government of Mandaluyong, PNOC Renewables Corp., Philips Electronics and the Asian Development Bank.
For this study, Palanker and his team fabricated a chip about the size of a pencil point that contains hundreds of these light-sensitive diodes. To test how these chips responded, the researchers used retinas from both normal rats and blind rats that serve as models of retinal degenerative disease. The scientists placed an array of photodiodes beneath the retinas and placed a multi-electrode array above the layer of ganglion cells to gauge their activity. The scientists then sent pulses of light, both visible and near-infrared, to produce electric current in the photodiodes and measured the response in the outer layer of the retinas.

Solar Garden Lighting – The Next Generation Of Lights For Your Gardens

Today, there are a number of different ways in which you might be able to illuminate your garden. Depending primarily on what kind of look you intend to develop for your garden, it might be essential to decide on the ideal kind of lights so that you get the perfect effect as a result of it. An option that you might probably want to consider would be solar garden lighting, which has a number of advantages that are inherent to it. In fact, you might be quite surprised at just how amazing your lighting system is going to end up looking with a little effort.One of the best aspects of going in for a solar garden lighting system is that it is so easy to install, that you are sure to want to do it for someone else! In fact, the ease of install is primarily because of the fact that you can simply place these around different parts of your garden and have a beautiful effect as a result from it.PDR Group to Distribute LED Horticultural Lighting Products in India.There is barely any technical skill required and as long as you know what you are aiming for, you don't have much to be worried about.
Technology today has advanced to such a degree that renewable sources of energy can be considered as a viable source to go in for. In fact, one of the reasons that people are drawn to solar garden lighting is because of the fact that it doesn't need much maintenance and will last for a really long time. Hence, when you do opt in for these kinds of lights, you can be rest assured that you will be able to put them to use for a really long time. This, in a number of ways, is a very good thing to have with the things that you invest your money in.
If you factor in the overall cost involved, which involves purchase, cost of running as well as maintenance, you will be able to see that this is a very effective solution. Homeowners that have opted for solar garden lighting systems for their homes are extremely happy with it and are in fact glad that they chose such a system. Not only is it one of the cheapest options out there, it is also one of the more superior ones that you could have gone in for.Thus, it is quite possible to say that if you need a reliable Garden lighting system for your garden, you should consider the solar garden lighting system without thinking twice about it. Not only is this a very good system to go in for, it is also easily one of the most sensible choices that you could possibly make. You can go ahead and perhaps try to look at some other options, but it is extremely unlikely that you will be able to get anything that could be quite as cost effective and forward thinking as solar garden lighting.

PDR Group to Distribute LED Horticultural Lighting Products in India

"This partnership will create a large number of new opportunities in untapped areas for LumiGrow in India," said Neil Coppinger, vice president of sales, LumiGrow. He continued, "Carefully selecting high-quality partners such as PDR Group enables LumiGrow to provide lighting solutions with unprecedented power and energy efficiency to growers everywhere.""The greatest economic opportunity for growers is improving crop productivity," commented Sanjog Lunkad, director, PDR Group. "We're pleased to add the LumiGrow solution to our grower offering because it delivers the productivity gains of conventional greenhouse lighting with half the energy use," he added.
Growers in India are switching from open-field farming to controlled indoor environments to achieve greater crop yields that will meet the needs of a growing population, according to the Horticulture Training Centre. Agriculture in India has the potential for major productivity gains because crop yields in India are 30 percent to 60 percent of the best sustainable crop yields achieved in farms worldwide, according to research from Oklahoma State University.The LumiGrow product line is independently proven to improve crop yields and reduce energy consumption and costs by half compared to conventional lighting. Growers also conserve strained water supplies because plants grown with comparatively cool LumiGrow LED lights show lower transpiration rates than plants grown either in open fields or with conventional greenhouse lighting.
LED retrofit bulbs are considered by many as the heir apparent to incandescent and compact fluorescent lamps, due to their superior energy efficiency and long life. Key barriers to mass adoption have been higher cost and, like compact fluorescent lights (CFL), poor dimmer compatibility and color quality. The challenge posed by color quality improvements represents a significant opportunity for solid-state lighting (SSL) technology, given that consumers are largely dissatisfied with the color quality performance of existing CFLs. Improved color quality is a fundamental advantage for LEDs due to their more uniform optical characteristics. As a result, SSL products can more closely replicate the user experience of incandescent lighting by simultaneously delivering warm correlated color temperature (CCT) with high Color Rendering Index (CRI).

Chinese LED business standing quo: the cake captivating businesses anticipating spring

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Litepanels Introduces Inca Series Tungsten Balanced LED Fresnels

Litepanels recently introduced its Inca Series tungsten balanced LED Fresnel fixtures. The new Inca LED lighting fixtures derive their name from the "incandescent" lighting fixtures they replace. Inca Fresnels incorporate LEDs that are color-matched to the incandescent tungsten halogen lighting fixtures still in use in many television stations and teleproduction facilities. The Inca Series makes it possible for a studio to change over from incandescent to LED fixtures in a staged, multi-year plan, rather than having to do so all at once.
"With our new Inca Series Fresnels, production studios can begin realizing the financial benefits of LED lighting without requiring a facility to convert to daylight balanced light fixtures," said Chris Marchitelli, Litepanels VP of global marketing. "The greatly reduced energy consumption of Litepanels LED fixtures provides an ROI of less than three years, which make them an obvious choice for any studio. Now customers have the flexibility of choosing tungsten or daylight balanced output." Designed for use with an external power switch, the SSL2109 LED driver IC provides a single design platform for 100V, 120V and 230V mains input voltages and power ranges up to 25 W. By offering a controller-only version of the popular SSL2108x family, the SSL2109 provides LED retrofit lamp and driver module manufacturers with the flexibility to optimize external MOSFET selection based on cost, performance and heat dissipation.
"By bringing down the cost of LEDs, leading lighting manufacturers are accelerating their adoption in the residential and commercial lighting markets. The SSL2109 LED controller IC offers a very low electronic bill of materials for high-efficiency LED driver applications, a very low cost of design, and flexibility in optimizing external MOSFET selection across an extremely wide range of power levels, also with cost in mind," said Ryan Zahn, general manager, lighting solutions product line, NXP Semiconductors.This document includes forward-looking statements which include statements regarding NXP's business strategy, financial condition, results of operations, and market data, as well as any other statements which are not historical facts. By their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to numerous factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different from those projected. These factors, risks and uncertainties include the following: market demand and semiconductor industry conditions; the ability to successfully introduce new technologies and products; the end-market demand for the goods into which NXP's products are incorporated; the ability to generate sufficient cash, raise sufficient capital or refinance corporate debt at or before maturity; the ability to meet the combination of corporate debt service, research and development and capital investment requirements.