News Updates for the Week of December 16

1.      Smart Lighting Markets and Opportunities 2013 - This report is NanoMarkets' latest analysis of the worldwide smart lighting market. It offers guidance on where new smart lighting business revenues will be generated over the next few years and beyond. The report shows how new value is being created in the lighting market by adding enhanced electronics and intelligent luminaires and how such product strategies will be able to build on the massive trend towards introducing LED lighting.   Also included in this new report is an analysis of the smart lighting strategies of the firms that NanoMarkets expects to see as major players in the smart lighting space. For more information: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/publication/mlo68qz/smart_lighting_markets_and_opportunities_2013  

2.      New Law Leads to Light Bulb Hoarders - As of Jan. 1, federal legislation will ban the manufacture of bulbs rated at 40, 60, 75, and 100 watts. Even though the manufacturing of 40-watt and higher bulbs will shut down, stores will be able to sell existing inventories that could last months, and specialized or lower wattage bulbs will still be permitted. 12/06 The Beaumont Enterprise

3.      Cree Ushers in the End of the Incandescent Light Bulb - Home Depot has been selling 60w and 40w Cree bulbs for about $10. Now Cree has reached another milestone with the introduction of a 75-watt replacement bulb. At $24 per bulb, it’s going to take a while to catch on, but the thing uses just 13.5 watts to produce 1100 lumens of light. And it is cheaper than a competing offering from Phillips at $30. Shares in Cree have been on a roller coaster ride in recent months, but are up nearly 350% in five years, and 79% in the past year. 12/09 Forbes

4.      BD+C Publishes Special LED Section - by Craig DiLouie - BUILDING DESIGN + CONSTRUCTION recently published a special LED section in its November issue. The special section talks about the relationship between LED technology and sustainability building practices, which was a general theme for the issue, and presents several projects that exemplify good design using LED lighting. http://editiondigital.net/publication/?i=182550&p=83

5.      DOE Excludes R20 Short Lamps from Coverage Under the EPCA Energy Conservation Standards - DOE is granting the NEMA's petition specifically, to exclude the lamp at issue, a 100-watt R20 short (having a maximum overall length of 3 and 5⁄8 or 3.625 inches) IRL (“R20 short lamp”). http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=EERE-2010-BT-PET-0047

6.      Fluorescent Bulbs - 2013 Global Strategic Business Report - This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Fluorescent Bulbs in US$ Million. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2010 through 2018. The rapid penetration of LEDs due to its rising efficiency and declining price is forecast to dent prospects of other energy efficient replacements of incandescents over the coming years. For the present however, fluorescent lamps, including linear fluorescent and CFLs, dominate the global lighting market in value terms. The report profiles 77 companies…click on: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/publication/mb441ak/fluorescent_bulbs_global_strategic_business

7.      Schools Face a Potential PCBs Threat from Dated Lighting Fixtures -EPA released a management guide for PCB-containing fluorescent lighting fixtures. School administrators and maintenance personnel should take time to inspect fluorescent lighting fixtures as some may have ballasts that contain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The EPA has released information that provides guidance on what to do if this is the case. http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/hazard/tsd/pcbs/pubs/ballasts.htm

8.      LED Street Lighting the Newest Challenge to Old Utility Business Models - In most cities around the country, the local electric distribution company provides overhead street lighting as a basic service at a flat monthly rate per light, which includes the light itself, maintenance, and electricity. Therein lies the rub—regulated utilities often have little incentive to invest in more efficient streetlights, which offer a reliable, consistent, and often lucrative revenue stream that comes at a time of day (or night) when demand is low. http://blog.rmi.org/blog_2013_11_26_Street_Fight

9.      EW's LED Product Picks of the Week - In this week's Electrical Wholesaling's Product Picks we highlight some of the more interesting LED products that hit the market recently. Making the EW Product Picks for this week are products from GE Lighting, McGraw-Edison/Cooper Lighting/Eaton, Cree, Lutron, Kichler Lighting and Modern Forms/WAC Lighting. http://ewweb.com/gallery/ews-led-product-picks-week-12112013

10.  Cree Supplies LEDs to Baytown, TX - Baytown, TX became the first city in the state of Texas to light freeways with LED fixtures mounted on double-arm 54-ft poles spaced at 270 ft. The company also announced the new LEDway High Output (HO) family that extends maximum output to 26,800 lm, enabling easy retrofit of 400W HID fixtures. Caltrans, meanwhile, is installing LED lighting on the new eastern span of the San Francisco, California Bay Bridge. http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/12/8

11.  Build a Greener Adirondacks (BAGA) - The older housing stock and cold winters in the Adirondacks mean that even more energy is wasted in this region than in others. The Build a Greener Adirondacks (BAGA) conference and workshops provide information for local contractors, builders, code officers and others in the building trade to learn more about how new building technologies and ideas can erase energy waste for home owners and allow builders to offer real options for their clients. The BAGA conference on January 30th and GPRO training on January 29th are great places to join your fellow building professionals in learning what works in the Adirondacks. http://www.wildcenter.org/baga