| Burger King's First Energy Efficient Restaurant Employs LED Technology from Everlight Electronics August 31, 2010...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 lights feature a luminous flux of about 6,000 lm and a color temperature of 5,000 K. The asymmetric wide view... EU Ban on 75-Watt Incandescent Bulbs to Begin, Packaging to Have New InfoAugust 31, 2010...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 cease.
As part of the phase-out plan a uniform Europe-wide duty to inform will also apply to new lamps... Philips Lumileds Chroma-Q Color Block Provides Stage Backlighting for Event in Cologne, GermanyAugust 31, 2010...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 provide stage scenic elements backlighting for the event.
Marcus needed a fixture that was bright enough to uplight a curved wall... Sharp Introduces LED Ceiling LightsAugust 26, 2010...Sharp Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, announced at a press conference that it is following up its LED lamps with LED-based ceiling lights
The new ceiling lights will come in six models in the Japanese market.
The luminaires will use the company's proprietary light diffusion technology. The ceiling lights have a thin design that is 43 mm at the thickest part and just 8 mm at the thinnest.
With three of the... Albeo Expands LED Lighting Production Line in Boulder, ColoradoAugust 26, 2010...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.
The company has more than doubled its revenue each year for the past three years. The company posted an average annual... MSi Lighting Helps Las Vegas Retailer Save MoneyAugust 24, 2010...RC Willey, a furniture retailer in Summerlin, Nevada on the western edge of Las Vegas with a 50,000 square-foot showroom decided to replace all of its halogen spotlights.
After doing the math, the company decided to replace the inefficient halogen bulbs with super efficient MSi LED lighting. All of the showroom's 4500 90-watt halogen spotlights were replaced with 10-watt iPAR LED lights. The conversion was a simple matter of... Creative Technology Hong Kong and Future Lighting Develop Luxeon-Based LED Downlights for Asia & EuropeAugust 19, 2010...Future Lighting Solutions today announced a completed joint development project with Creative Technology Hong Kong Limited, which produced a new line of solid state downlights. The LED luminaires were manufactured under Creative Technology's Mabushi brand. The luminaires utilize Luxeon Rebel LEDs and were designed with thermal, electrical and optical support from Future's engineering team.
Creative reportedly selected Luxeon Rebel LEDs for their industry-leading reliability and 50,000-hour useful life. Future also aided... Lighting Science Group and BHP Energy Provide DC-powered LED Street Lights for Mexican SuperhighwayAugust 19, 2010...Lighting Science Group has devised a direct current version of its LED-based Prolific street lights. The lights can reportedly be run by low voltage direct current from alternative energy sources that do not need to be connected to the electrical grid such as solar or wind power.
Lighting Science Group (LSG) also reports that its Prolific DC LED street lights will soon light up Mexico City's newly constructed "Viaducto Bicentenario"...
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