LED + SSL

The U.S. Department of Energy’s CALiPER program has released a new Snapshot report on LED downlights. Among the key findings of the new Snapshot, which is based on DOE’s LED Lighting Facts database: • Across all products listed with LED Lighting Facts, average efficacy gains continue to track at about 10 lm/W per year. • [...]

ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING recently published an article evaluating OLED general lighting technology and the obstacles facing broader adoption. Check it out here.

Republication of Postings from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solid-State Lighting Program by Jim Brodrick, SSL Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy Among the many possibilities enabled by the advent of SSL is the use of light to trigger or suppress certain physiological responses of living things — from humans, to animals, to plants. [...]

A recent contribution to tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. The Department of Energy (DOE) recently updated its bi-annual report, Energy Savings Forecast of Solid-State Lighting in General Illumination Applications. This major report models adoption of LEDs in the U.S. general lighting market. In 2015, LED products comprised an estimated 6 percent of the total installed [...]

Republication of Postings from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solid-State Lighting Program by Jim Brodrick, SSL Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy Not too long ago, solid-state lighting was more of an intriguing possibility than a practical solution. The majority of SSL products on the market back then were all over the map in [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy has published the latest edition of its biannual report, Energy Savings Forecast of Solid-State Lighting in General Illumination Applications, which models the adoption of LEDs in the U.S. general-lighting market, along with associated energy savings, based on the full potential DOE has determined to be technically feasible over time. The [...]

My contribution on the July issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR proposes that LED lighting must be maintained, though it is changing maintenance best practices. Check it out here.

SeventhWave posted a pop quiz about LED lighting on its website here. See how you do.

LED lighting is not only changing lighting as we know it but is also influencing building power delivery systems. As with many other devices prevalent in today’s commercial spaces, LED lighting and integrated controls are low-voltage systems powered by AC systems. This has created interest in low-voltage power alternatives, including power over Ethernet (PoE) and [...]