News Updates for the Week of January 13

1.      World LED Lighting Markets - Government Initiatives and Declining Prices are Driving the High Growth - The key challenges that the LED lighting market face are the prevalence of alternate technologies and high initial investment. Raising awareness amidst residential end users, financing projects, and leasing and maintenance of lighting solutions in the professional lighting market can tackle these challenges and provide untapped opportunities. End users benefit from the savings on their energy bills due to decreasing payback period from using LED products. Infrastructure spending and new construction activities will open doors for new installation of this technology in the professional market. High level of consciousness towards energy efficiency and activity in the outdoor applications will also contribute to market revenue. The scope of the study includes LED lamps or light sources and luminaires and does not include packaged LED itself.   For more info: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/publication/m3i8jyn/world_led_lighting_markets_2013_update

2.      DOE SSL Postings 2013 in Review - DOE continues to work to accelerate SSL technology advances and guide successful market introduction of high-efficiency, high-performance products, so that solid-state lighting can fulfill its energy-saving potential. Solid-State Lighting Program

• LED Lighting Facts^® 
• Adoption of Light-Emitting Diodes in Common Lighting Applications 
• Residential Lighting End-Use Consumption Study: Estimation Framework and Initial Estimates
• Color Maintenance of LEDs in Laboratory and Field Applications 
• Dimming LEDs with Phase-Cut Dimmers: The Specifier's Process for Maximizing Success 
• SSL Pricing and Efficacy Trend Analysis for Utility Program Planning 
• 2013 Solid-State Lighting Market Introduction Workshop
• OLED roundtable 
• Multi-Year Program Plan and Manufacturing Roadmap 
• Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium 

3.      DOE Publishes GATEWAY Report on Pedestrian Friendly Outdoor Lighting - Recognizing that pedestrian lighting has different criteria for success than street and area lighting, GATEWAY followed two pedestrian-scale lighting projects that required multiple mockups–one at Stanford University in California and the other at Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York–to gain insight into what those criteria might be, how they differ from street and area lighting applications, and how solid-state lighting can be better applied in pedestrian applications. The report presents the results of surveys and observations from residents and pedestrians, feedback from facility design and engineering professionals, thoughts and observations from lighting designers, and input from researchers and scientists. Conclusions at: www.ssl.energy.gov/gatewaydemos_results.html

4.      Linear Fluorescent Lamp Shipments Retreat During Third Quarter - NEMA’s shipment indexes for T5, T8 and T12 lamps retreated during 2013Q3, decreasing by 7.3, 9.4 and 5.5 percent, respectively. Year-over-year (y/y) performance showed mixed results for the different lamp types. The T5 lamp index increased by 5.7 percent compared to 2012Q2. T8 lamp shipments improved as well increasing by 10.7 percent. Shipments of T12 lamps continued to decline, registering a decline of 6.3 percent (y/y). Market shares varied marginally: T5 lamps gained 20 basis points to secure a share of 10.9 percent; share of T12 lamps increased 0.5 percentage points to 16.5 percent, while the share comprised by T8 lamps decreased to 72.7 percent. www.nema.org

5.      LEDs Shine the Light on Wi-Fi - The benefits of LEDs as a brighter, more efficient alternative to fluorescent lamps have become common knowledge. It may only be a matter of time before LEDs become the lighting source of choice for consumers.
What is not so widely known is another beneficial use of LEDs—as a wireless network router.
Light bulbs that produce their own wireless digital signal—light fidelity, or Li-Fi—are the subject of research around the world. While the technology has not reached the same degree of mainstream usability as its lighting counterpart, scientists have made notable gains this year. http://www.ecmag.com/section/your-business/leds-shine-light-wi-fi

6.      Outdoor Lighting Gets Intelligent as LED Installations Expand - Fixture by fixture, lighting in American cities is transitioning from the traditional metal halide domain to LEDs, not only on city streets, but also in landscaping and commercial building settings. LEDs are providing a long-lasting, energy-efficient light source with a lowering price tag, and they more frequently are coming with controls that further reduce costs for users—whether public entities or businesses. The GE LightGrid technology pilot in LA enables the city to remotely monitor each of its streetlights using data from a GPS unit on each fixture to mark the longitude and latitude of that unit. The controllers themselves twist into standard NEMA sockets on each of the fixtures and then encompass what GE Lighting calls the LightGrid network. With this network, the city can track energy usage and lighting data through a central management system accessible with a Web-based portal. http://www.ecmag.com/section/lighting/under-control-outdoor-led-lighting

7.      China’s LED Lighting Market to More Than Double to $7.4 Billion in 2017 - The residential and commercial segments will drive the Chinese LED lighting market to a CAGR of 24%, far outpacing the 5.6% CAGR for the broader lighting market. A report published by Lux Research says China’s LED lighting market will more than double to $7.4 billion in 2017 from $3.1 billion, as ongoing urbanization, local energy savings targets and price cuts make the technology more appealing. As a result, LED lighting will grow its share of the lighting market from 9.6% to 18%.The residential segment shows fastest growth. The Chinese residential LED market will grow from $23 million in 2013 to $310 million in 2017, a CAGR of 92%, the highest among five market segments, as average prices fall from $6.02 per fixture in ‘13 to $3.13 in ‘17.  http://ewweb.com/

8.      OSI Releases Light Bulb Study - The sixth annual SYLVANIA Socket Survey finds that 65 percent of Americans plan to switch to more energy-efficient lighting technologies, as a result of federally mandated legislation that is increasing efficiency standards. Yet, 30 percent of consumers say that they plan to buy a lot of traditional light bulbs where still available and will continue using them. This is a sharp increase from the 2012 Socket Survey which showed just 16 percent said that they plan to stockpile bulbs. Additional research highlights from this November 2013 study include:

• 4 in 10 consumers are aware of the January 2014 phase out of 60W and 40W bulbs 
• More than half (59%) of consumers are excited about the phase out 
• 46 percent of consumers plan to switch to CFLs, 24 percent will opt for LEDs, and 13 percent say that they will choose halogens

https://www.sylvania.com/en-us/tools-and-resources/surveys/Pages/socket-survey.aspx

9.      IES Philadelphia Section Presents....LED Retrofit Lamps: Where They’ve Been, Where They Are & Where They Are Going - Thursday January 23, 2014 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EST at Spasso Italian Grill, 34 South Front Street Philadelphia, PA 19106.  Speaker Bill O'Connell of Osram-Sylvania. Register Now!

10.  LEDucation 8 at the Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel 811 7th Avenue, 53rd  Street, NYC -

http://leducation.org

 

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Expanded to a new 2-day format
and held in a new venue!
Tuesday and Wednesday,
March 18 and 19, 2014

11.  2013 California Electrical Code Now in Effect - The 2013 California Electrical Code, which is based on the 2011 NEC, was adopted and published by the state earlier in 2013 and went into effect on January 1, 2014. https://law.resource.org/pub/us/code/bsc.ca.gov/gov.ca.bsc.2013.03.pdf

12.  AEE Seminars registrar@aeecenter.org - Top quality professional training online while earning the CEU / PDH credits by Association of Energy Engineers:

Developing an Energy Management Master Plan	High Bay Lighting Advances: LED High Bays Coming of Age
Instructed by Fredric S. Goldner, C.E.M.	Instructed by Stan Walerczyk, L.C., C.L.E.P.
A 6-Hour Distance Learning Seminar	4-Hour Distance Learning Seminar
Earns 0.6 CEU / 6 PDH	Earns 0.4 CEU / 4 PDH
Presented in three 2-hour live online sessions	Presented in two 2-hour live online sessions
New Program Starts March 3	New Program Starts March 3