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The U.S. Department of Energy once again hosted its award-winning informational booth and free educational sessions at LIGHTFAIR® International, held May 8–10 in Chicago. Attendees got the latest scoop on SSL’s most challenging topics and had the opportunity to attend…
Amerlux Launches Linea 1.5″ Mini Indirect
New Linear LED Fixture Features Remote Driver to Add Design Flexibility OAKLAND, N.J. – March 20, 2018 –Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today its new linear lighting solution—Linea 1.5“ Mini Indirect—which leverages a remote driver that can be…
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Green Creative Honored at Fourth Annual LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards Gala
SAN BRUNO, CA, March 5, 2018 — The Sapphire Awards Gala Dinner, held on the night of February 14, 2018, celebrated the most innovative companies in the solid-state lighting (SSL) industry by naming the fourth annual LEDs Magazine Sapphire Award…
Tagged with: awards, energy efficiency, Green Creative, smart lighting, solid state lighting, SSL
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Amerlux Lights Path From NYC to Chicago
Cities Demand Avista Retrofits Before $831B Government Relief Expires OAKLAND, N.J. – Feb. 27, 2018 – Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today its Avista pedestrian light engine has nearly lit 800 miles around the country—in less than four…
Tagged with: Amerlux, LED, LED lighting, LED lights, LEDs, lighting, lighting controls, luminaires, outdoor lighting, smart lighting, solid state lighting, SSL, street lighting, streetlights
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Amerlux Launches Modern-Styled Track Lighting
Cylinder Accent Light Provides Clean Design, Performance For Retailers, Galleries OAKLAND, N.J. – Feb. 13, 2018 – Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today it has launched a new line of modern-styled track lighting solutions that delivers a controlled,…
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Strategies in Light 2018
February 13 – 15, 2018 – LONG BEACH CONVENTION CENTER, LONG BEACH, CA – The lighting industry has been steadily marching beyond the LED component to the capabilities of digitally-controllable solid-state lighting (SSL), which can now be connected to other…
Avista Receives U.S. Patent Protection
Amerlux’s Game-Changing Pedestrian Lights Reduce Energy Up to 75% OAKLAND, N.J. – Nov. 14, 2017 – Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today it has been granted U.S. patent protection for intellectual property incorporated into its game-changing Avista pedestrian…
Tagged with: Amerlux, energy, energy efficiency, energy-efficient, LED, LED lighting, LED lights, LEDs, lighting, luminaires, smart lighting, solid state lighting, SSL, street lighting, streetlights
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Tenino School District Scores Energy Savings with MaxLite LED Flood Lights
WEST CALDWELL, N.J. (October 12, 2017) – The Tenino, Washington school district selected MaxLite StaxMax LED High Output Flood Lights to illuminate Beaver Stadium, the home turf of the high school football, soccer and track teams, as part of a…
Tagged with: energy efficiency, LED, LED lighting, LED lights, lighting, lighting controls, smart lighting, solid state lighting, SSL
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Weather-proof Step Lights Hit Market
Amerlux’s Passo Seals LED Optical Chamber To Eliminate Water Infiltration OAKLAND, N.J. – Oct. 3, 2017 – Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today it has launched a step light with game-changing innovation that prevents water seepage, which is…
Tagged with: DOE, energy, energy efficiency, ENERGY STAR, energy-efficient, LED, LED lighting, LED lights, LEDs, lighting, lighting controls, luminaires, solid state lighting, SSL
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MaxLite releases 40W LED Area Lamp for outdoor luminaires replacing 175W MH
WEST CALDWELL, N.J. (September 21, 2017) – MaxLite introduces the 40-watt LED Area Lamp as an energy-efficient replacement for 175-watt metal halide bulbs in outdoor luminaires. The lamp is an easy and economical retrofit for pole and surface mounted…
Tagged with: energy, energy efficiency, energy-efficient, LED, LED lighting, LED lights, LEDs, lighting, luminaires, smart lighting, solid state lighting, SSL
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SSL Manufacturing Is Traveling Back to the US by Matt John
Is lighting manufacturing moving away from its traditional base in China? This question has been a hot topic for as long I can remember. China is not ready to relinquish the manufacturing throne just yet. The nation has massive production…
MaxLite Recieves Honorable Mention from Lighting for Tomorrow
WEST CALDWELL, N.J. (September 15, 2017) – MaxLite, a leading manufacturer of energy-efficient lighting solutions, was awarded an Honorable Mention for its Joint Appendix 8 (JA8) certified LED A21 Lamp in the 2017 Lighting for Tomorrow competition. Winners of the…
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Eleven New SBIR-STTR Grants Awarded for SSL Technology
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science has awarded 10 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants and one Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant for projects targeting critical advances in solid-state lighting (SSL) technology. The 11 FY17 grants will…
The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) Has Published a Report
Entitled Assessment Of Solid-State Lighting, Phase Two. The DOE SSL Program features prominently in the new report, as the lead federal organization driving SSL advances. The new report focuses on three key areas: commercialization (noting the rapid uptake of SSL…
DOE Announces Awardees of First Phase of SBIR-STTR Grants for 2017
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science has awarded four Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and one Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants for projects targeting critical advances in solid-state lighting (SSL) technology. The five Phase I Release 1…
LED Industry Directory
157 Pages – 1,600 Companies – 3,500 Contacts. The LED Industry Directory is an annual desktop reference guide for executives, managers and technical professionals that design, manufacturers, service and distribute Solid State Lighting. Inside this high-quality publication is a comprehensive,…
Tunable LED Lighting Technology Takes Lightfair Center Stage
Smart lighting and the Internet of Things (IoT) may have been the most prevalent theme at LightFair International (LFI), but tunable-white LED technology was close behind and of course inherently requires some form of lighting controls to set color and…
A Reminder of SSL’s Potential
As SSL performance continues to improve and prices continue to drop, adoption continues to increase. According to the latest DOE Revolution Now report, total installation of LED A-type bulbs exceeded 200 million last year, growing 160% over 2014, and they…
DOE Loan Programs Office (LPO) Opportunity for Solid-State Lighting
The LPO invests in the power of American innovation to accelerate the deployment of innovative clean-energy projects across the U.S. in order to avoid, reduce, or sequester greenhouse gases. To date, it has supported a large, diverse portfolio of more…
DOE Webinar Series on Healthcare Lighting
Registration is open for a three-part webinar series on healthcare lighting. All webinars will start at 1:00 p.m. Eastern (10:00 a.m. Pacific) and will last one hour. • Tuesday, September 13: The Nurses’ Perspective on Hospital Patient Room Lighting Learn…
