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After the successful 2008 launch and 2009 continuation of the Solid State Lighting Design Summit in New Jersey, the feedback was consistent: Just what we needed, do it again soon. The Summit brings together lighting decisin makers with industry thought leaders, pioneers, and innovators from the across the solid state lighting eco-system. Read the 2009 conference report...

Following or changes in 2009, 2010 will continue to be all about quality, quality, quality. Showcase participants and sponsors are vetted to separate the wheat from the chaff (have your IES LM-79 test reports ready!). With revised dates for LA, the 2010 Summit has expanded to 3 venues, including LA/Long Beach lined up for January, Mar/April for Taiwan and October for NY/NJ. Look into the series information at www.SSLsummit.com for the details. Sponsorships are available for the full series or just the US events.

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The opportunities presented by the development and deployment of solid state lighting will have a massively disruptive effect on the established lighting industry, and where there is disruption, there is an intense need for information.

Solid State Lighting Design is here to serve the information needs of lighting designers, specifiers, and decision makers, along with luminaire designers, lighting system integrators and lighting subsystem developers with application, product and market news updates for this rapidly evolving technology. Our readership also includes LED packagers, technology enablers and service companies seeking the the answers to how best to meet their customers' needs.

You're about to make a difference, whether you like it or not...

Solid state lighting promises to create unprecedented changes in what we can do with light. Simultaneously, it will deliver on a promise of massive global energy savings and access to useful nighttime lighting that has not been conveniently available to nearly 2 billion people around the world. We're glad to have you join us in the revolution!

Energy Focus Awarded $2.8 Million in Lighting Retrofit Contracts
SSLDesign News Staff

August 17, 2010...Energy Focus of Solon, Ohio USA, reports that its turnkey lighting retrofit division, Stones River Companies, LLC ("SRC") was recently awarded seven additional lighting energy services contracts. The new contracts total $2.8 million, and they bring the total contracts awarded to Energy Focus' new business unit to $21.8 million.

The company has $ 1 million contract to upgrade the lighting at several locations of a large southeastern healthcare system. According to Energy Focus, the remaining contracts are to upgrade lighting in three elementary school districts and at four fortune 500 industrial facilities. SSL Design PageTwo members login for more. Guests can view membership details.

Cree Extends EasyWhite Technology to Its LMR4 LED Modules
SSLDesign News Staff

August 5, 2010...Cree of Durham, North Carolina USA has expanded its LED Module LMR4 product line with the introduction of Cree EasyWhite™ technology and a broad range of available color temperatures. Cree contends that the larger LMR4 portfolio demonstrates its commitment to simplify the design process and shortening time-to-market for new LED-based fixtures. Cree contends that the uniquely integrated driver electronics, optics, and primary thermal management of its LED Module LMR4 with EasyWhite technology makes the module compact, easy to integrate, and fast to market. The module is designed to last 35,000 hours while consuming just 12 watts of power. It comes in color temperatures of 2700-K, 3000-K, 3500-K and 4000-K at 80 CRI. SSL Design PageTwo members login for more. Guests can view membership details.

Bridgelux Former President and CEO Becomes CEO of Intematix
LIGHTimes News Staff

August 3, 2010...Mark Swoboda, the former president and CEO of LED maker Bridgelux, has become the CEO of the phosphor expert company, Intematix. At Bridgelux, Mark Swaboda reportedly transformed the company from an R&D and chip design business into a vertically integrated solid state lighting product company. Prior to Bridgelux, Mark served as Executive Vice President of Philips Lumileds, where he led sales, marketing, applications and custom product development teams that pioneered the power LED product class and developed high-growth markets in applications including automotive forward lighting, mobile phone camera flash, LED backlighting, and general lighting. Additionally, Swoboda spent 17 years with the Hewlett-Packard Semiconductor Products Group in various sales, marketing, and channel management positions. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Marquette University. SSL Design PageTwo members login for more. Guests can view membership details.

Acuity Acquires Renaissance Lighting and its IP Portfolio
SSLDesign News Staff

July 27, 2010...In what some see as a sign of a maturing industry, Acuity Brands, a lighting company and parent of Acuity Lighting Inc., has purchased LED luminaire maker, Renaissance Lighting and its IP portfolio. Acuity Brands, Inc. announced that it has acquired for an undisclosed amount of cash the remaining outstanding capital stock of Renaissance Lighting, Inc. ("Renaissance"), a privately-held, innovator of solid-state LED architectural lighting. Renaissance of Herndon, Virginia, offers a range of LED-based specification-grade downlighting. Renaissance has also reportedly developed what Acuity calls an extensive intellectual property portfolio related to advanced LED optical solutions and technologies.

Previously, Acuity Brands formed a strategic partnership with Renaissance, which included a minority ownership in the company and a license to the company's intellectual property estate. Renaissance's IP portfolio includes the Renaissance's Constructive Occlusion optical system currently utilized in Acuity's rapidly growing Gotham Ecos downlighting family. SSL Design PageTwo members login for more. Guests can view membership details.

Herkules Electronik Showcases LED Lamp Powered by Osram Opto LEDs
SSLDesign News Staff

July 8, 2010...Herkules Electronik GmbH showcased its efficient LED lamp at the Light & Building trade fair, The lamp comes in a modern, robust die-cast aluminium housing with an eye-catching design providing protection class IP 65. Golden Dragon LEDs from Osram Opto Semiconductors power the LED modules inside the housing. The modules mounted on the bottom of a specially developed thermal drainage device. An IMS substrate provides what Herkules says is efficient thermal coupling. The device reportedly use a thermally conducting silicon elastomer – a technology similar to LED modules used in the automobile industry.

With a system energy requirement of only 31 or 62 Watt, these LED lamps generate a light yield of either 2,300 or 4,600 lumens respectively. To protect the system against excessive temperature, a control loop with temperature measurement is fitted on the LED module. An LED failure protection circuit ensures additional safety. According to Hurkules, the lowered night-time lighting circuit can further reduce the output of the circuitry to 55%.

The Golden Dragon LEDs have a luminous flux higher than 100 lm/Watt. Each packaged LED is equipped with a primary oval optical lens to distributes the light evenly in the target area. The lamps are ideal for street lighting, as efficient lighting for parking spaces or for lighting tasks in factory courtyards and loading zones.

GE Lighting to License Rambus Technology
LIGHTimes News Staff

June 29, 2010...GE Lighting, a unit of GE Electric's appliance and lighting business, has signed a patent licensing agreement with Rambus. Under the terms of the agreement, GE has licensed the use of Rambus' patented lighting innovations such as its product reference designs and manufacturing process methods. Initially GE hopes to use the patented technology to create a flat-panel LED lighting system for architectural and commercial lighting for global markets.

Rambus is a technology licensing company with over 20 years of experience serving electronics computer, HDTV, and gaming system makers. Rambus launched its Lighting and Display Technology business in 2009. Rambus' suite of lighting solutions is reportedly based on patented innovations, including LED edge-lit optical designs, MicroLens light distribution features, and high-volume, low-cost light guide panel, and multi-function film manufacturing technologies. SSL Design PageTwo members login for more. Guests can view membership details.

TerraLUX re-locates to new, expanded Longmont site

June 29, 2010...Longmont, Colo. - In order to continue their strong growth in the solid state lighting sector, TerraLUX Inc. announced that they have re-located the company to a new, expanded headquarters site in Longmont, Colorado.

TerraLUX continues to be one of the fastest growing Cleantech companies in Colorado and have occupied their new facility to house increased personnel as well as expanded laboratory, pilot production and warehouse space.

TerraLUX started 2009 with 7 full-time employees and now numbers 27 full-time and FTE employees with plans to expand to 35 by year’s end. Headcount growth has occurred in sales and operations with ongoing additions in the engineering and quality teams.

This growth is fueled by the success in the solid-state lighting market for portable as well as general lighting and application-specific lighting products in vertical markets such as healthcare, military etc. along with a recent venture capital investment by Emerald Technology Ventures and Access Venture Partners.

As a Boulder County company it was important to TerraLUX that they stay in the area that is so rich in excellent human talent and where the roots of the company are.

“We really felt strongly that we needed to stay close to home,” said Jim Miller, President and CEO. “Boulder County is the home to many great, innovative, entrepreneurial companies and we will continue to foster that mentality within the expanded TerraLUX team. The Longmont site was perfect because it had everything we need in a pretty unique profile for lab space, pilot production, warehouse and office space. Time-to-occupancy and cost were also key factors for us and this location was ideally suited.”

“We are pleased to welcome TerraLUX to Longmont. Their focus on design and R&D, like many of our primary employers, will be an important addition within the growing alternative energy field. We are proud to have them join the corporate community here in Longmont,” commented John Cody, President/CEO of the Longmont Area Economic Council.

Mayor Bryan Baum added, “TerraLUX is the type of company that Longmont is looking for. We're proud and excited to be adding a company that fits the mold for Longmont's future as a leader in clean technology. We would like to welcome the employees into our community. We are confident they will be happy and proud to call Longmont their home.”

The company said it has continued plans to add additional engineering staff to the Longmont site as well. The new location is in The Campus at Longmont, a technology hub for the area and was formerly home to other great companies such as Seagate and Overland Storage. TerraLUX’s new address is:

1830 LeftHand Circle
Suite B
Longmont, CO 80501

About TerraLUX Inc.
TerraLUX Inc. is headquartered in Longmont, CO and invents, designs, patents, manufactures and distributes innovative high power LED OEM solutions for general lighting as well as industrial, commercial, medical and retail markets. TerraLUX also produces LED Embedded Light Modules to replace incandescent bulbs in commercial lighting as well as many popular flashlights and lighting tools. LED lighting is energy efficient and can provide significant relief from current energy consumption.
Contact
TerraLUX Inc.
Erik Milz, 303-442-4960
Vice President of Sales & Marketing

Bridgelux Makes New Neutral White Light LED Arrays Commercially Available
SSLDesign News Staff

June 25, 2010... Bridgelux Inc., of Livermore, California USA, announced the commercial availability of its ES and RS LED Array products in a neutral white color temperature (4100K). The new Array products extend Bridgelux add to the company's portfolio of Array products for high volume outdoor area and commercial lighting applications. Neutral white is the latest addition to Bridgelux’s efficient ES Array Series providing light output options of 400, 800 and 1200 operational lumens. The company says that the new ES Array LED light engines deliver an increase of more than 40% in energy efficiency over previous neutral white product generations while dramatically reducing the price per lumen. The powerful neutral white RS Array delivers 3400 operational lumens, complementing the existing RS Array product line which offers 3100 lumens in warm white and 4500 lumens in cool white.

“Bridgelux is delivering a broad range of design options with efficacies that enable the development of lighting products that meet both market demands and global regulatory requirements,” said Jason Posselt, Bridgelux vice president of Marketing. “Our expanding portfolio reflects Bridgelux’s core strength – the ability to reduce design complexity and product development risk for our customers while aggressively driving down the cost of solid state lighting.”

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