| Hi Score Converts Lighting of Florida Condominium September 8, 2010...Hi Score Corporation reports that the second stage of the conversion of the Ocean Four Condominium Towers in Sunny Isles, Florida has been completed. The company successfully replaced approximately 3,500 T8 fluorescent tubes with its EcoGreenBulb T5 Retrofit System. Management at Ocean Four confirmed that the conversion is saving Ocean Four approximately 40 percent off this part of their light bill.
In October of last year the conversion was begun with... Energy Focus Awarded $2.8 Million in Lighting Retrofit ContractsAugust 17, 2010...Energy Focus of Solon, Ohio USA, reports that its turnkey lighting retrofit division, Stones River Companies, LLC ("SRC") was recently awarded seven additional lighting energy services contracts. The new contracts total $2.8 million, and they bring the total contracts awarded to Energy Focus' new business unit to $21.8 million.
The company has $ 1 million contract to upgrade the lighting at several locations of a large southeastern healthcare system. According to... Cree Extends EasyWhite Technology to Its LMR4 LED ModulesAugust 5, 2010...Cree of Durham, North Carolina USA
has expanded its LED Module LMR4 product line with the introduction of Cree EasyWhite™ technology and a broad range of available color temperatures. Cree contends that the larger LMR4 portfolio demonstrates its commitment to simplify the design process and shortening time-to-market for new LED-based fixtures.
Cree contends that the uniquely integrated driver electronics, optics, and primary thermal management of its LED Module LMR4 with EasyWhite... Bridgelux Former President and CEO Becomes CEO of IntematixAugust 3, 2010...Mark Swoboda, the former president and CEO of LED maker Bridgelux, has become the CEO of the phosphor expert company, Intematix.
At Bridgelux, Mark Swaboda reportedly transformed the company from an R&D and chip design business into a vertically integrated solid state lighting product company. Prior to Bridgelux, Mark served as Executive Vice President of Philips Lumileds, where he led sales, marketing, applications and custom product development teams that pioneered... Acuity Acquires Renaissance Lighting and its IP PortfolioJuly 27, 2010...In what some see as a sign of a maturing industry, Acuity Brands, a lighting company and parent of Acuity Lighting Inc., has purchased LED luminaire maker, Renaissance Lighting and its IP portfolio.
Acuity Brands, Inc. announced that it has acquired for an undisclosed amount of cash the remaining outstanding capital stock of Renaissance Lighting, Inc. ("Renaissance"), a privately-held, innovator of solid-state LED architectural lighting. Renaissance of Herndon, Virginia, offers a... Herkules Electronik Showcases LED Lamp Powered by Osram Opto LEDsJuly 8, 2010...Herkules Electronik GmbH showcased its efficient LED lamp at the
Light & Building trade fair, The lamp comes in a modern, robust die-cast aluminium housing with an eye-catching design providing protection class IP 65.
Golden Dragon LEDs from Osram Opto Semiconductors power the LED modules inside the housing. The modules mounted on the bottom of a specially developed thermal drainage device. An IMS substrate provides what Herkules says is efficient thermal coupling.... GE Lighting to License Rambus TechnologyJune 29, 2010...GE Lighting, a unit of GE Electric's appliance and lighting business, has signed a patent licensing agreement with Rambus. Under the terms of the agreement, GE has licensed the use of Rambus' patented lighting innovations such as its product reference designs and manufacturing process methods. Initially GE hopes to use the patented technology to create a flat-panel LED lighting system for architectural and commercial lighting for global markets.
Rambus is... TerraLUX re-locates to new, expanded Longmont siteJune 29, 2010...Longmont, Colo. - In order to continue their strong growth in the solid state lighting sector, TerraLUX Inc. announced that they have re-located the company to a new, expanded headquarters site in Longmont, Colorado.
TerraLUX continues to be one of the fastest growing Cleantech companies in Colorado and have occupied their new facility to house increased personnel as well as expanded laboratory, pilot production and warehouse space.
TerraLUX started 2009...
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