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1. Navigant
Predicts ESCO Market Will Pass $8 Billion by 2020 - Energy service companies (ESCOs) grew from a bit player a decade or so
ago to a major driving influence in the market to retrofit existing buildings
with more energy-efficient technologies. A report announced by Navigant
Research says the ESCO market in the United States has gone through a difficult
period in recent years as customers have grown concerned about the impact of
energy performance contracts on their financial positions. Annual revenue for
U.S. ESCOs will grow from $4.9 billion in 2013 to almost $8.3 billion in 2020,
the study concludes.
http://www.navigantresearch.com/research/the-u-s-energy-service-company-market
2. LED to Grow 45%
Through 2019 - Sales of LEDs that outpace incandescent bulbs in North
America are expected to soon completely eliminate incandescent bulbs. The LED
lighting market at $4.8 billion in 2012 is anticipated to go to $42 billion by
2019. The reason is the declining price points and the increased interest by
the channels in pushing LEDs to consumers. The major lighting companies are
listed in the report “LED Lighting: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts,
Worldwide, 2013 to 2019” http://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/269046-led-lighting-market-shares-strategies-and-forecasts-worldwide-2013-to-2019.html Buy a copy of the report at http://www.reportsnreports.com/purchase.aspx?name=269046 10/9 PRWEB
3. Cost and Efficacy Forecasts for LEDs - DOE in April released a
report entitled Solid State
Lighting Research and Development: Multi-Year Program Plan. In the report, DOE said that Cree,
Inc. has already developed a 200 lm/W product, that efficient high-quality
LED-based 60W replacement bulbs have dropped in price from more than $50 to
about $15 in 2012. Other statements by text or graph in the report include: by
2030, about 70% of installed base lighting will be LED; prices for good quality
60W LED replacement bulbs are approaching $10 a bulb, which may be a tipping
point for consumers buying replacement bulbs for their homes; by 2020 the price
per klm/W will be about $5, by 2020 LED lighting
will compose 36 percent of the general illumination market, a figure that would
grow to 61 percent by 2025 and to 74 percent by 2030. http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/publications/pdfs/ssl/ssl_mypp2012_web.pdf
4. LED
Market Research Reports - http://www.reportsnreports.com/tags/led-market-research.html
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Solid State
Lighting Market by Types (LED, OLED, and PLED), Application
5. Incandescents and CFLs Continue Decline, A-Line
Halogens Booming - Shipments of traditional A-line incandescent lamps, as
measured by NEMA’s lamp shipment index, decreased for the third consecutive
quarter in Q2 2013 by 8.6 percent from the previous quarter. Moreover, the
index fell by 20.6 percent on a year-over-year basis. CFLs also posted a third
consecutive quarterly decline during 2013Q2, fell by 0.6 percent compared to Q1
2013 and 8.5 percent from the same period last year. Shipments of halogen
A-line lamps remain robust, having registered a quarterly gain of 28.3 percent. Incandescent lamps fell
to a share of 64.5 percent during the quarter compared to 25.1 and 10.4
percent, respectively, for CFLs and halogen A-line lamps (8% higher than last
year). http://www.nema.org/news/Pages/Incandescent-Lamp-Shipments-Wane-During-Second-Quarter.aspx
6. Sustained
Growth in T5 Fluorescent Lamp Shipments - NEMA’s T5 lamp
shipments index grew by 2.6 percent compared to the previous quarter and 13.3
percent on a year-over-year (y/y) basis. Shipments of T8 lamps during 2013Q2
retreated from a near record high posted in 2013Q1, decreasing by 5.3 percent.
Still, the T8 index increased 15.7 percent y/y. The decline in the T12 index
accelerated during the quarter showing a decrease of 45.8 percent y/y versus an
average decline of 39 percent during the previous three quarters. T5
lamps posted a share of 10.8 percent while T8 and T12 lamps ended the quarter
with shares of 74.1 and 15.1 percent, respectively. http://www.nema.org/News/Pages/Sustained-Growth-in-T5-Fluorescent-Lamp-Shipments.aspx
7. HID
Lamp Indexes Continue to Hover Near Record Lows - NEMA’s indexes for HID lamp shipments
continued to hover near historical low levels during 2013Q2. The index for
mercury vapor lamp shipments continued to track downward, declining by 8.2
percent on a year-over-year (y/y) basis. Likewise, shipments of metal halide
lamps fell 6.4 percent y/y, landing at the second lowest level in the series
history. Sodium vapor was the lone HID index segment to show improvement.
Following four consecutive quarters of y/y declines, the index stabilized
during 2013 Q2 by registering a gain of 0.4 percent. Sodium vapor lamps
increased their share to 33.2 percent. Shares of mercury vapor and metal halide
lamps decreased to 4.2 and 62.6 percent, respectively.
http://www.nema.org/News/Pages/HID-Lamp-Indexes-Continue-to-Hover-Near-Record-Lows.aspx
8. Zhaga
Specifications Reference NEMA Standard for LED Dimming - Control and dimming is an essential
feature of many LED-based systems. However, there has been a shortage of
standards to ensure compatibility between dimmable LED light engines (LLEs) and
phase-cut dimming controls. To
help address this lack of standards, NEMA published in April 2013 a new
standard: NEMA SSL 7A-2013 Phase-Cut Dimming for Solid-State Lighting: Basic
Compatibility http://www.zhagastandard.org/specifications/
9. T-Opto to Exit LED Lighting Business - T-Opto® is a Toyota Tsusho America brand focused on the development of LED
packages, modules, retrofit bulbs, and
power supplies. They were
focused on establishing long-term relationships with Lighting OEMs. Effectively they will phase out this division
as of the end of December. Their USA office will be open through March in order
to complete all of their financial transactions. As with the recent exit by Honeywell, the issue
is that between product innovation and execution, the costs are coming down,
but the prices are coming down even faster…so that they are generating losses
that they cannot justify. http://www.t-opto.com/
10. Home Depot Points to Its 2013 Innovation Award Honorees - The Home Depot unveiled its Innovation
Awards with a light bulb company Cree at the top of the list for its LED light bulb. The annual innovation award
recognizes “the most revolutionary new products that provide true benefits to
consumers and the companies that exceeded expectations in sales, service and
program execution.” Cree’s innovation
was explained as a game changer–at a retail price just under $10 that gives
consumers a reason to switch to LED lighting. 10/7 HCN
11. The Houston County
Commission Planning
to Spend $5.1 Million on Energy-Saving Project The
commission selected Trane as its ESCO provider last year, and the company has
now provided the county with the proposal. The project will cost the county
about $5.1 million, financed for 20 years, but Trane guarantees the investment
will pay for itself through long-term energy savings. If savings fail to reach
the promised levels, Trane will pay the county the difference. 10/10 McClatchy-Tribune
Regional News
12. Next Generation Streetlights Initiative - The Bay Area Next Generation Streetlight
Initiative provides leading-edge education, resources and guidance to
local governments to accelerate the move to solid-state lighting (LED). The overarching
goal is to catalyze the conversion of 200,000 streetlights in the Bay Area and
deliver $50 million in cost savings and 100,000 metric tons of CO2 avoidance over 5 years. Developed in partnership
with UC Davis California Lighting Technology.
13. LED Specifier Summit - Gain knowledge that
can be applied immediately to making the right LED lighting decisions This new event offers key education in LED
lighting products and practices, geared toward architects, lighting
designers, engineers, interior designers and other specifiers of LED lighting. Experience first-hand the
latest LED lighting products via
tabletop exhibits by 75+ leading manufacturers. http://www.prereg.net/2013/ledss/
