When you decide to throw away your LED lighting after its long lifetime, it will not contain the hazardous material that compact fluorescent bulbs contain, but it will fill space in a landfill. And like most mass produced products, the final product takes a lot of energy and resources to …
The European Union’s ban on producing or importing halogen bulbs will go into effect as of September 1, 2018. Back in 2016, Halogen GU10 spotlights were been banned. The new ban effects E27 Edison screw (ES) or B22 bayonet bulbs (BC), reportedly the most common type of halogen bulbs in …
With 14 locations, Swiss Helicopter AG serves as Switzerland’s leading helicopter company. As well as offering conventional transport and passenger flights, Swiss Helicopter also provides flights for sightseeing, giving customers the opportunity to experience the Swiss alpine landscape from above. Instead of purchasing a lighting solution for its lighting refurbishment, …
Osram Licht AG officially announced that the company’s management board has decided to divest its luminaires business. “Thanks to numerous measures, the earnings position of the Lighting Solutions business unit has stabilized significantly, therefore allowing us to initiate an organized sales process. This will result in a more strategic focus with …
Seoul Semiconductor will serve as the official conference sponsor of the Lighting for Health & Wellbeing Conference in Newport Beach, California USA on July 18, 2017. At the conference, the company plans to showcase its SunLike Series natural spectrum LEDs, which Seoul says are the first light source that closely …
Lighting Science® of West Warwick, Rhoad Island USA, a developer biologically active LED lighting solutions, has partnered with Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, a health and wellness hotel group. The goal of Six Senses Hotel Resort Spas is to help people reconnect with themselves, others and the world around them. …
Durham, North Carolina-based Cree, Inc., reported that executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Mike McDevitt will retire from his executive positions after a transition period. Mr. McDevitt plans to stay on until a successor is appointed. Thereafter Mr. Devitt intends to remain available as a consultant to the …
Signify (formerly Philips Lighting) of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, reported that in May it reached the 900th member milestone for its EnabLED Licensing Program for LED luminaires and retrofit bulbs. According to Signify, this latest milestone underscores the company’s commitment to research and development and innovation in the latest energy efficient …
LEDVance, reported the results its North American lighting survey. Research Now conducted the representative survey on behalf of LEDVance. The survey got responses from over 3000 people in North America about current and future lighting technology. The survey results point to a significant knowledge gap about lighting technology. The release …
German firm Osram’s venture capital business, Fluxunit, has acquired a stake in Canadian startup Motorleaf. Motorleaf leverages artificial intelligence to derive actionable, data-driven insights for indoor farm and greenhouse operators. Motorleaf’s hardware and software assist and bolster the human and environmental factors of greenhouse production, helping to predict actual harvest yields in …
