The US Department of Energy (DOE) projects the potential energy savings of solid-state lighting (SSL) sources

Green Lighting LED's primary chip manufacturer, Cree, Inc., located in North Carolina, announced a new LED chip producing over 200 lumens per watt in preliminary tests.  This doubles the efficiency standard of chips currently being used!

Seoul Semiconductor announced the release of a new LED chip with estimated 100lm/watt efficiency.  This breakthrough will be 25% more efficient than current high power LED products worldwide, but does that really make it a better product?  Time will be the deciding factor.

High brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs) had a global consumption of $4.9bn in 2009.  Forecasts market research firm ElectroniCast Consultants project this number to triple by 2015.

We want to inform all our current and potential customers that the Chinese New Year holiday officially begins on February 14, 2009.  This is by far the most important and longest holiday celebrated in China and there will be order/shipping delays during the month of February.

Presently, the biggest problem of Chinese LED lighting industry is the deficiency of national standards and industry standards. The disorderly market is full of enterprises with uneven capacity and products with inferior quality, which blows the market confidence. Nine Chinese official-led industrial standards were approved by Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

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RoHS Compliance & LED Lighting Products:  LED products (LED bulbs and LED lighting fixtures) are fully compliant with the RoHS directive currently in force across Europe and North America.  Lighting users, lighting designers, specifiers, architects and manufacturers working and using the Green Lighting LED products are assured they are compliant with the legislation and contain no lead, mercury or toxic gasses.

My wish for the New Year is that a clean energy economy emerges from this recession, and that carbon emissions continue to decline at a very steady rate in 2010 and beyond.

In an effort to make grant opportunities and resources more readily available, the Regional Center for Workforce Excellence has made the following blog, maintained by our Grants Specialist, Abby Skinner available.

Lightsavers is an international program currently evaluates real time use of outdoor LED lighting.  Launched by The Climate Group (UN), the program tests working outdoor LED models.  The Climate Group claims LED lighting can cut CO2 emissions on outdoor lighting by 50-70% all while reducing cost and light pollution.