Think about this. As aging adults, we need environments that offer four times the light needed when we were younger. Ideally, it's natural light that's complemented by high-quality ambient, task or accent lighting. As we age, even without sobering eye conditions such as age-related macular degeneration or well-ripened-but-yet-to-be-removed cataracts, we lose our ability to focus on written detail... Read More

Plymouth's quest for greater efficiency in its street lighting has been dimmed, but not extinguished, as city officials grapple with more immediate financial concerns. The city commission, at a recent budget study session, informally agreed to postpone a $104,000 project that would replace 392 mercury-vapor street lights with new light-emitting diode, or LED, lamps that could greatly cut the am... Read More

At the 6th Annual EE Global Forum, the premier international energy efficiency conference hosted by the Alliance to Save Energy, Royal Philips issued a strong call for businesses and government to step up actions to implement energy efficiency measures. Read more.  ... Read More

Breakthrough Innovation Provides Rapid Payback of Less than a Year While Outperforming Traditional Lighting DURHAM, N.C., May 14, 2013 – Building upon the success of the CR Series downlights, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces Cree® Full Definition CR4™ and CR6™ downlights – the ideal luminaire to replace outdated incandescent four- and six-inch recessed downlights. Featuring a warm-wh... Read More

OLON, Ohio, May 15, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Energy Focus, Inc. (EFOI) a global leader in energy-efficient lighting technologies, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Financial results for the quarter include the following: Net sales of $5.3 million for the first quarter of 2013 and 2012. Gross margins of 22.5 percent of net sales compared to 14.8 perc... Read More

MANITOWOC, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orion Energy Systems, Inc. (NYSE MKT: OESX), a leading power technology enterprise, announced today that it has expanded its Board of Directors from eight to ten members, with the appointment of Kenneth L. Goodson, Jr. and James D. Leslie as independent directors. Read more.... Read More

Many Hong Kong brokerages have a new and profitable business, despite the economic downturn: lending money to mainland entrepreneurs at high interest rate, sometimes more than 30 per cent. Such private financing activities are a new and fast-growing business for many mid-sized and large local brokerages in the city. Mainland entrepreneurs have increasingly turned to Hong Kong for this kind of hi... Read More

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Philips Lumileds today introduced the LUXEON 3535 2D, which combines two LED chips in a package to enable reduction in LED count and cost of designing retrofit lamps, consumer downlights and diffuse industrial lamps. Best-in-class efficacy of 140 lm/W is achieved for cool white light at 4000K and minimum 80 CRI. Read more.... Read More

CINCINNATI, May 8, May 08, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- LSI Industries Inc. LYTS +4.91% announced today the introduction of an innovative and technologically advanced LED canopy lighting solution unlike anything available in the market today. The Legacy(TM), a revolutionary advancement in petroleum canopy lighting that is poised to revitalize the market, provides a combination of high pe... Read More

Osram said Wednesday it will shut down its production site in Indonesia's Tangerang with some 1,100 employees as part of the savings program of Siemens' lighting unit which aims for a public listing.Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/05/08/osram-to-close-light-bulb-factory-in-indonesia/#ixzz2SjrNdbSh Read more at Fox Business.... Read More

There’s a thing we do in Detroit. It’s a pattern we’ve repeated, time and time again, for decades. We spot a problem, we take a look at it, we think a while, and we come up with a few solutions. We select whichever answer is the simplest and least forward-thinking, and we implement it. This week, we’ve decided to spend a whole lot of money to turn the street lights back on. Read more at De... Read More

Perhaps fed up with several recent disputes over lighting in Malibu, city officials and 30 members of the public expressed overwhelming support for a citywide lighting ordinance last week at a special meeting at Malibu City Hall. The ordinance is expected to provide clear ground rules on outdoor lighting, although at least one commenter warned that it could prove costly for some properties to comp... Read More

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces a breakthrough innovation in canopy LED lighting with the introduction of the CPY250 canopy and soffit lighting series. Consuming 75 percent less energy than the MH (Metal Halide) systems it’s designed to replace and 5-15 percent less energy with more than 35 percent increased performance compared to competing higher-cost LED lu... Read More

Detroit’s new public lighting authority will begin receiving funds under an order Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr issued last week. The authority will get $600,000 on May 15 and another $600,000 in both June and August, according to the May 2 order from Orr, who has the power to make all of the city’s financial decisions without approval from the mayor or the city council.  Read more. ... Read More

There is a long-standing debate as to whether we would be better off had Tesla prevailed over Edison, and we had a DC-voltage power grid. Actually the answer isn’t clear cut, but without question a DC grid in a building can increase energy efficiency for many building systems including lighting. Indeed LEDs need DC power, so DC-powered solid-state lighting (SSL) eliminates one lossy power-conver... Read More

Industrial goods manufacturer Siemens AG (SI) reported second quarter fiscal 2013 net income of $1.36 billion (€1.03 billion) or $1.56 per share (€1.18) compared to $1.24 billion (€0.94 billion) or $1.35 per share (€1.02) in the year-earlier quarter. Although earnings increased on a year-over-year basis, it missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.92. Read more at Yahoo! Finance.... Read More

Q: What happened? A: On April 28, EPA’s ENERGY STAR website experienced a cyber-attack that resulted in unauthorized access to ENERGY STAR servers. The website was immediately taken offline, and the Agency began working with authorities to investigate.   Q: What information of mine was accessed? A: At this time, we have not detected signs that any data was accessed, but we are still investi... Read More

SOLON, Ohio, May 01, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Energy Focus, Inc. (otcqb:EFOI) today announced that Joseph Kaveski has stepped down as its Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors has appointed James Tu, previously non-executive Chairman of the Board, Executive Chairman. The Board has also appointed Eric Hilliard as President, a role he assumes in addition to his current role as C... Read More

 Valuation at a discount to lighting peers * Osram Q2 EBITA margin 7 pct, aims for more than 8 pct (Adds details on profit margin, valuation) FRANKFURT, May 2 (Reuters) - German engineering group Siemens aims to float its lighting business Osram on the stock exchange in early July, it said on Thursday, following a short delay due to legal action by a handful of investors.  Read the story a... Read More

As was shown by the flood of announcements leading up to the Lightfair conference last week, all the major LED companies are focusing on implementing intelligent platforms for controlling lighting fixtures in industrial and commercial buildings. A range of new partnerships are being formed to make it easier for LED manufacturers to produce "intelligence-ready" products, which may also create n... Read More