News Updates for the Week of December 23

Merry Christmas Everybody

1.   Traditional Incandescent Bulbs - 2013 Global Strategic Business Report - This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Traditional Incandescent Bulbs in US$ Million. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2010 through 2018. Regulations supporting phase out of lesser efficient incandescent bulbs are in place in all key countries with majority of them already carving out roadmaps for complete phase out over the next few years. For more information, click on http://www.researchandmarkets.com/publication/mvv2z4a/traditional_incandescent_bulbs_global_strat   

2.   LED A-line Replacement Lamps Begin Making Inroads into the Market - NEMA’s index for LED A-line replacement lamps increased for the second consecutive quarter in Q3 2013. Shipments during the quarter registered a gain of 71.9 percent compared to the previous quarter. Shipments rose 60.2 percent on a year-over-year basis. Halogen A-line lamp shipments improved as well, eclipsing the level during the same period last year by 140.7 percent. Sales of incandescent A-line lamps returned to positive territory during the quarter, following declines in the previous three quarters, advancing by 16.2 percent. However, the index declined 14.8 percent versus Q3 2012. The index for CFLs dipped on both a quarterly and annual basis, declining by 2.8 and 11.2 percent, respectively. Despite their recent rapid gains, LED A-line lamps constitute just a tiny fraction of the market: 0.7 percent during the quarter. Their share increased 20 basis points to Shares of halogen and incandescent A-line lamps also grew, reaching 9.6 percent and 55.1 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, CFLs gave back 4.5 percentage points, falling to a share of 34.6 percent. http://www.nema.org/News/Pages/LED-A-line-Replacement-Lamps-Begin-Making-Inroads-into-the-Market.aspx

3.   DOE Publishes Report on Accelerated Life Testing of SSL Luminaires - The U.S. DOE has published the findings of a new study utilizing a highly accelerated life-test method (called the “hammer test”) intended to produce failures in SSL luminaires in a reasonable test period, with the goal of providing insight into potential failure modes. Entitled Hammer Testing Findings for Solid-State Lighting Luminaires, the report was prepared by RTI International for DOE's LED Systems Reliability Consortium. The report is available at www.ssl.energy.gov/tech_reports.html

4.   DOE’s New CALiPER Snapshot Report on LED A Lamps - This report covers products listed as either A lamps or omnidirectional replacement lamps. The multitude of commercially available LED A lamps differ widely across a number of performance parameters - not just in their luminous intensity distribution, but in their energy efficiency, color quality, dimming and compatibility with controls. Among the Snapshot's key findings:

• The mean efficacy of all LED A lamps is now at 69 lm/W
• 95 percent of those lamps meet the current ENERGY STAR efficacy criterion
• There's still wide variation for individual products; e.g., those with lumen output equivalent to a 60W incandescent lamp range from less than 60 lm/W to nearly 90 lm/W.
• Several LED A lamps are now available with lumen output equivalent to traditional 75W and 100W incandescent A lamps.
• Approximately 91 percent have a CRI in the 80s, and a CCT of either 2700 K or 3000 K

http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/publications/pdfs/ssl/snapshot2013_a-lamp.pdf

To download a PDF of all Snapshot reports, visit www.ssl.energy.gov/ledlightingfacts.html

5.    LED Lighting Facts - DOE's LED Lighting Facts^® program showcases LED products for general illumination from manufacturers who commit to testing products and reporting performance results according to industry standards. For lighting buyers, designers, and energy efficiency programs, the program provides information essential to evaluating SSL products. Central to the program is the LED Lighting Facts label, which presents independently verified performance data in a simple summary that facilitates accurate comparison between products. The data is measured by the industry standard for testing photometric performance, IES LM-79. http://www.lightingfacts.com/ 

6.   DOE Awards Clean-Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits to Two SSL Manufacturers - Two SSL manufacturers are among the 12 businesses that collectively will receive a total of more than $150 million in clean-energy tax credits: The SSL awardees:

• OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc. has developed energy-efficient, cutting-edge single-point LED systems for automotive low/high beam projectors, reducing wattages by approximately 70 percent. The tax credit allows the expansion of production capacity.
• Cree, Inc. will expand its manufacturing footprint, including the purchase, installation, and proprietary modification of new machinery that will allow the company to produce 304 million next-generation LED lighting systems.

       More information on these awards is available on the DOE website

7.   What’s New for Lighting Control in the New California Title 24 by Charles Knuffke, WattStopper Lighting professionals in California are watching the approaching New Year with some apprehension, for 2014 brings with it a completely revamped and far more aggressive energy code. Front and center is the new multi-level general lighting requirement. Indeed, the code explicitly states that when LED fixtures are used for general lighting in these spaces, these luminaires must be dimmable from 10-100%. Lots of changes in the area of daylighting and demand response also. http://lightingcontrolsassociation.org/

8.   Cree's 60-Watt Replacement LED Is the Bulb to Beat - Bulb technology has taken some big strides in recent years, leading to higher quality lights at increasingly affordable prices. Our current favorite among this new generation is the Cree 60-watt Replacement LED Bulb. With a light output of 800 lumens coming from just 9.5 watts of energy usage, the Cree bulb is a legitimate replacement for 60-watt incandescent bulbs, and one of the most efficient household LEDs currently available. http://reviews.cnet.com/smart-home/cree-60-watt-replacement/4505-9788_7-35833107.html

 9.  Top 20 LEDs Magazine Stories of 2013 - http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/12/14  

1)      Cree 60W LED replacement bulb review and tear down

2)      Cree and Philips take divergent approaches to sub-$15 LED lamps

3)      Packaged LED market resumes moderate growth while the SSL market will enjoy 12% CAGR through 2017 (MAGAZINE)

4)      What's inside the 3M/Walmart 60W LED replacement bulb?

5)      Understand RGB LED mixing ratios to realize optimal color in signs and displays (MAGAZINE)

6)      What's inside the Walmart 60W-replacement LED bulb?

7)      Varying approaches to LED retrofit lamps show no limit (MAGAZINE)

8)      Proper driver design optimizes LED lighting (MAGAZINE)

9)      Understand color science to maximize success with LEDs – part 4 (MAGAZINE)

10)  Philips Lumileds announces bare LED die and new multi-emitter components at SIL

11)  Manufacturing LEDs on large diameter substrates: What's the holdup? (MAGAZINE)

12)  Samsung hits 160-lm/W efficacy in new mid-power LEDs

13)  LED lighting suffers bad press in Van Gogh paint-degradation study

14)  Sharp announces 100W COB LED delivering 14,000 lm

15)  Samsung touts ZigBee-based smart lighting at LFI, launches new packaged LEDs and modules

16)  Myth busting as it relates to LED tubes (MAGAZINE)

17)  Cree announces brighter and bigger COB LED arrays

18)  Cree, Lumileds, and Nichia spar on LED future at The LED Show

19)  Executives chart future of LEDs and lighting at Lightfair (MAGAZINE)

20)  Lighting industry progresses on DC-power grids that pair well with LEDs (MAGAZINE)

10.  Call for Papers – 32nd West Coast Energy Management Congress -  The Association of Energy Engineers is inviting those interested to submit an abstract for consideration to speak at the 32nd West Coast Energy Management Congress (EMC), being held June 25-26, 2014, at the Washington State Trade & Convention Center in Seattle. http://www.energyevent.com. To submit an abstract: www.aeecenter.org/emcabstract

11.  2014 DOE Solid-State Lighting R&D Workshop - January 28–30, 2014, Hilton Tampa Downtown Tampa, FL. Tomorrow's solid-state lighting will deliver much more than just light. As SSL products move to the mainstream, scientists and thought leaders are digging deeper and thinking more broadly about new form factors and innovative ways to utilize lighting more effectively. The end result will be increased market adoption—and greater energy savings. Join DOE at the 11th annual SSL R&D workshop. http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ssl/rdworkshop14.html