providing lighting designers, lighting system integrators and lighting subsystem developers with in-depth features and application stories, as well as product and market news updates for this rapidly evolving technology. http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/ 2010-09-07T22:56:58+01:00 text/html 2010-09-03T04:00:00+01:00 http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/ http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/documents/articles/news/119676.html#top Carmanah Technologies Corporation, a company known for its solar powered, LED luminaires has been recognized by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) in the 2010 IES Progress Report. The report recognizes the company's newly developed Advanced Occupancy Sensing technology, as providing a unique and significant advancement to the art and ...<br><br>Category: ledlumcontrol text/html 2010-09-03T04:00:00+01:00 http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/ http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/documents/articles/news/119675.html#top Zumtobel’s Supersystem LED lighting systemhas been incorporated into the contemporary interior design of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. The Museum now welcomes its guests in an entrance hall flooded with light. As the museum’s technical director, Thomas Frey, points out, “<i>From the very beginning we tended towards ...<br><br>Category: ledlumspotflood text/html 2010-09-03T04:00:00+01:00 http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/ http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/documents/articles/news/119677.html#top Kenosha, Wisconsin will reportedly be retrofitting 750 of its downtown area street lights. The city has engaged Amerlux Global Lighting Solutions to do this project and still maintain its existing street light poles and refractors, thereby saving potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in replacement costs. <p> <i>"In the spirit of making ...<br><br>Category: ledlumarea text/html 2010-09-03T04:00:00+01:00 http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/ http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/documents/articles/news/119666.html#top Beginning tomorrow the second stage of an EU regulation for the phase-out of incandescent lamps will be coming into force. The 75-Watt bulbs will gradually disappear from shop shelves. Retailers will be allowed to sell their existing stock, but production of the bulbs by manufacturers and importation of bulbs must ...<br><br>Category: ledlumspotflood text/html 2010-09-03T04:00:00+01:00 http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/ http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/documents/articles/news/119667.html#top At a large corporate event, some of Germany's most popular bands took the stage in Cologne at the Lanxess arena, one of Europe's largest all-purpose venues and host to concerts by an impressive range of international music stars. Lighting designer Marcus Krömer specified 330 Chroma-Q Color Block 2 LED fixtures to ...<br><br>Category: leddevpkgrgb text/html 2010-09-03T04:00:00+01:00 http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/ http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/documents/articles/news/119663.html#top Burger King opened its first energy efficient restaurant in early June in Waghäusel, Germany, with LED lighting technology from Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. According to Everlight and Burger King, the parking area is illuminated by six 60 W SL-Dolphin street lights in neutral white with Phoenix lighting pattern. The SL-Dolphin street ...<br><br>Category: ledlumarea text/html 2010-09-03T04:00:00+01:00 http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/ http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/documents/articles/news/119652.html#top Albeo of Boulder, Colorado USA, reports that the company is expanding into a new 20,000 square foot facility. Albeo says that its new space will house larger production lines, an expanded quality control department, and new engineering and test labs enabling Albeo to better serve its diverse base of customers. <p>The ...<br><br>Category: ledlumspotflood text/html 2010-09-03T04:00:00+01:00 http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/ http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/documents/articles/news/119647.html#top It's interesting when you arrange something like the LED lighting-focused <a href="http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com/summit/2010/ny/">SSL Summit</a> to see who's really ready to walk the walk, rather than just talking the talk. Here you have an conference that's bringing in real facilities-oriented decision makers that should represent somewhere ...<br><br>Category: ledlumdown