Lighting News

The MAXXI is one of the Zaha Hadid’s masterpieces, which is located in the Flaminio quarter of Rome, in the area of the former Montello military barracks. The two important elements of the building are the concrete walls and the transparent roof which is composed of the systems for filtering...

The Twist, the new gallery of Kistefos Museum, in Norway, has opened the doors in September 2019. The building it‘s not only a museum but also a bridge and a sculpture on the Randselva river. Worldwide artists exhibit their artworks in this exciting building which twists into an impossible form.

As most people know, here now is a critical respiratory contagion disease in China. What are the effects on importing business and supply chain? What about lighting fairs such as Light + Building, Hong Kong International Lighting Fair, China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair)?

According to the report released by the Mordor Intelligence research company, the smart lighting market reached $14.24 billion in 2019. By 2025, the market is expected to reach $58.64 billion, growing by 27.1 percent each year.

Due to the Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, the Chinese Central Government extended the new year holiday until February 3, 2020. Local governments also take measures against the Coronavirus to the extreme. Production at the factories was stopped until February 10, 2020, and this period can be extended.

The world’s leading trade fair about lighting and it’s technologies Light + Building will open the doors on the 8th of March till 13th, in Frankfurt am Main. Over 2.700 exhibitors will present their products and innovations first at L+B. More than 220.000 visitors from all over the world are...

Amsterdam light festival gives visitors a dazzling experience on long winter nights. Residents and thousands of tourists can enjoy through the canals at night, these light-based artworks.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who made the opening speech of the Smart Cities and Municipalities Congress and Exhibition, underlined that a problematic period has started in crowded cities, especially in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. Erdogan stated that the emerging problems can be overcome with a smart city approach.

Traditional street lights are used for decades in Turkey. These are planned to be converted with LED luminaires. Within the scope of this study, a 5-year cost benefit analysis of the street lighting transformation was performed, and it was concluded that the present value of the benefit is greater than...

By using LED lights, automated sensors, and an automated control system, researchers at Michigan State University created a long day lighting (LDL) system at Wing Acres Dairy and solved the technical difficulties that were faced by Michigan dairies, leading to less productivity.

PTC Product Testing and Certification has completed the accreditation process for periodic control of lifting and transmission machines. In this context, periodic checks of machines such as cranes, forklifts, pallet trucks, chain hoists, work platforms, vehicle lifting equipments will be carried out accredited according to the relevant standards and specifications.

Entek LED, one of the leading manufacturers of the lighting industry, has published an ambitious campaign announcement for the first period of 2020. The 150W Eco Spec LED street light and 150W Eco Housten LED floodlight are available for only $85. Moreover, both are guaranteed for 5 years!

Evercore introduced new series of COB LED solutions from 10W to 50W with 110 lm/W luminous efficiency in response to the high lumen demand of its customers in color changeable COB LEDs. Color changing COB LEDs stand out as a unique solution for smart lighting and human centric lighting applications.

Evercore which has over 20 years of experience in COB LED chip and packaging technology, is preparing to enter the Turkish lighting market. Foshan Evercore Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd. is recognized as the first company in China to professionally focus and manufacture COB LED technology.

The Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan, has developed a new In-Line Compact Thermal Analyzer Technology (ICTA), which reduces the testing time to 0.3 seconds, an improvement of the LED thermal testing time by more than 90%. It also offers a measurement speed of 12,000 LEDs per hour.

The Texas Eastern District federal court issued a permanent injunction against the sales of several TV and lighting products, including a Philips TV product, as well as light bulbs of Feit Electric, according to a stipulation made between Seoul and Fry’s.

New standards of indoor lighting by LIBUS®; Efficacy 172 lm/W (L.O.R: 95,3%), UGR: 

The 12th International Lighting & Electrical Equipment Fair and Congress – IstanbulLight will take place at Istanbul Expo Center on September 18-21, 2019. Organized in strategic partnership with Turkish Lighting Manufacturers Association (AGİD) and Turkish National Committee of Lighting (ATMK), the exhibition will bring the players of the Turkish and...

According to recent research, LED light sources with a spectrum close to natural sunlight produced better visual comfort, more alertness, and happier moods in the morning and evening among the test participants, compared to those exposed to conventional spectrum LEDs.

Seoul Semiconductor, a leading global innovator of LED products and technology, has been awarded a 2019 LEDs Magazine Sapphire Award, presented annually at Strategies in Light by leading lighting industry publisher LEDs Magazine for its Acrich NanoDriver Series ultraminiature LED drivers.