News Updates for the Week of October 14

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

·         LED Lighting: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2013 to 2019

·         Solid State Lighting Market by Types (LED, OLED, and PLED), Application

·         Global LED Lighting Market 2012-2016

·         LED Lighting Markets in China

·         Global UV LED Market 2012-2016

·         2013 Market Research Report on Global and China LED epiwafer Industry

·         Global Active Matrix Organic LED (AMOLED) Market 2012-2016

·         Global LED Industrial Lighting Market 2012-2016

·         Global Packaged GaN LED Market 2012-2016

·         UV LED Technology & Application Trends report

·         LED Packaging

·         LED and OLED Global Markets, 2nd Edition

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.

http://www.baclimate.org/impact/next-gen-guide.html

 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/ 

 

News Updates for the Week of July 23

1.      Study: Energy-Saving Light Bulbs Can Cause Skin Cancer - Energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs popular among environmentalists are harmful to skin, researchers at a New York university have found.  Phosphor coatings on the bulbs wear off, the study from Stony Brook University on Long Island reported in the study published by in the journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology.  The scientists, led by Miriam Rafailovich, collected CFL bulbs from across Long Island to measure the amount of UV the bulbs gave off. They were alarmed thow many of the bulbs' phosphor coatings were lacking, causing them to leak significant levels of UVC and UVA.  Read more on Newsmax.com: Study: Energy-Saving Light Bulbs Can Cause Skin Cancer 

2.    ETS Focuses on Lighting Tax Incentives - Engineered Tax Services (ETS) www.engineeredtaxservices.com recently posted several lighting-focused articles on the 179D tax incentive program set to expire at the end of 2013.  179D was enacted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to stimulate investment in energy-saving technologies, though it remains widely unknown in the lighting industry. Non-public commercial buildings (both new and renovated) can claim up to $60,000 for every 100,000 square feet of building space where qualified efficient lighting is installed.  Surprisingly, building owners and designers and engineers are all eligible to take advantage of this incentive, which can improve the ROI of a prospective project. And if the incentive was missed during the design phase, past projects completed after January 1, 2006 remain qualified. http://lighting.com/ets-lighting-tax-incentives/

3.      New Light Bulb Rules Go into Effect July 14 - New U.S. Department of Energy regulations outlaw the manufacture of traditional T12 tubes, the most common fluorescent bulbs in the country.  T12 tubes are 4 feet long and 11/2 inches in diameter. According to a Department of Energy report, American homes in 2010 used more than 330 million old-fashioned fluorescent bulbs. An additional 410 million were lighting offices and shops. 7/14 The Kansas City Star

4.      DOE Releases CALiPER Application Summary Report 16 - The U.S. Department of Energy has completed Series 16 of testing through the DOE Solid-State Lighting CALiPER program. A summary of the results is now available for download on the DOE SSL website at www.ssl.energy.gov/reports.html.  Report 16 analyzes the performance of a group of 13 LED products labeled as BR30 or R30 lamps. Results show substantial improvement versus earlier CALiPER testing of similar products, and that many of the LED lamps could be effective replacements for conventional directional lamps in the right application. The report also indicates the need for a broader range of LED lamps within product families in terms of lumen output and distribution type, and questions the adequacy of existing reflector lamp categories for LED products.

5.      Energy Savings Draw Consumers to Energy-Efficient Lighting Systems - As lighting accounts for more than 20 percent of primary energy use in commercial buildings in the United States, there is an urgent need to upgrade existing lighting systems.  New analysis from Frost & Sullivan's Analysis of the North American Lighting Equipment Market finds that the market earned revenues of $17.3 billion in 2011 and estimates this to reach $20.8 billion in 2016.  7/19 PRNewswire http://www.buildingtechnologies.frost.com

6.      Fluorescent Lamp Shipments Dim During First Quarter - NEMA’s shipment indexes for linear fluorescent T5, T8, and T12 lamps decreased during the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period last year. T5 lamps showed the largest decrease, declining 7.9%, while T8s and T12s declined by 5.5% and 5.0%, respectively. Despite posting year-over-year declines, shipments of T5 and T12 lamps grew by 6.8% and 4.9%, respectively, on a quarterly basis. Shipments of T8 lamps decreased 4.9% over the previous quarter. http://www.nema.org

7.      HID Lamp Shipment Indexes Show Growth for First Quarter - NEMA’s shipment indexes for high intensity discharge (HID) lamps returned to positive growth territory during the first quarter of 2012, with each lamp type showing year-over-year gains following negative growth to close out the final quarter of 2011. Sodium vapor lamps increased 2.9 percent, while shipments of mercury vapor and metal halide HID lamps increased 5.0 and 0.1 percent, respectively. http://www.nema.org

8.      DOE Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium - DOE created the Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium in 2010 to leverage the efforts of the many cities that are investigating LED street lighting products, often as a result of block grants and energy mandates--and increasingly with an eye toward creative financing arrangements. The Consortium provides a convenient way for cities to navigate multiple sources of information in just one stop, and offers such tools as the Model Specification for LED Roadway Luminaires and the Retrofit Financial Analysis Tool. To date, more than 350 municipalities, utilities, and government agencies have signed on as primary Consortium members, and momentum continues to build. http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ssl/consortium.html

9.      New York City Goes Green with Retrofit Lighting to Maximize Energy Savings - Commercial buildings in New York City including hotels, university housing, multifamily housing, medical and outpatient facilities, and commercial offices now have an opportunity to cut their energy costs and consumption. Building and property managers, building owners, facility engineers and directors, electricians and contractors can take part in a free webinar to learn more about new retrofitting technology and rebate programs on July 30, 2012.  TerraLUX Inc., an industry leader that designs, patents and manufactures LED-based lighting solutions for portable and general illumination applications, will be leading the webinar with retrofitting experts from UL, Con Edison/Lockheed Martin, and Smart Energy US.  Scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. EDT on July 30th, 2012 at:  http://www.terraluxillumination.com/2012/maximize-energy-savings-in-lighting-retrofit/

      10.  What’s New in HID Lamps and Ballasts by Craig Dilouie -Similar trends as fluorescent are driving innovation in high-intensity lighting, which is dominated by HID lighting. Within this segment, there has been a major technology shift from mercury vapor to metal halide over the past 10 years, and the market is trending in favor of white light. Innovation has focused on energy efficiency, longer life and controllability among higher-wattage lamps, and miniaturization and improved color performance among lower-wattage lamps that compete with halogen. Installed base of high-intensity discharge lamps in the United States, 2001 versus 2010. The HID lighting market has seen a significant technology shift in the past decade or so from mercury vapor to metal halide as a more-efficient, higher-performing white light source. Low-pressure sodium has also declined in popularity. Images based on Department of Energy data.  http://lightingcontrolsassociation.org/whats-new-in-hid-lighting/

 

11.  Drive to Standardize Outdoor & Street Lighting Controls - Several outdoor and street lighting industry players have allied to form a new global consortium with the aim of creating a globally accepted standard for a management software interface for outdoor lighting networks. Named TALQ www.TALQ-consortium.org the founders/participants are Harvard Engineering, Kingsun, Philips, Schréder, Streetlight.Vision and Thorn/Zumtobel. http://lighting.com/standardize-outdoor-controls/
 

12.  Lutron to Retrofit Empire State Building’s Lighting - Lutron Electronics, Coopersburg, Pa., will provide lighting controls for a major renovation of pre-built tenant spaces in the Empire State Building. The lighting controls are expected to provide total lighting energy savings of up to 65% and a reduced installed payback period of 2.75 years. The Empire State Building is undergoing a building-wide retrofit to improve energy efficiency and financial performance as part of the Clinton Climate Initiative’s Building Retrofit program. The project is designed to reduce the building’s energy use by 38% and energy bills by $4.4 million a year. http://www.lutron.com

13.  The Market for Wireless Power Systems Will Triple over the Next 8 Years, Surpassing $15 Billion by 2020 - Originating with simple inductive charging mechanisms that require a direct point of contact between charger (transmitter) and device (receiver), wireless power systems are evolving toward devices that connect to the wider power delivery infrastructure. As the technology matures and the industry consolidates, wireless power is beginning to see greater acceptance across a range of applications, and will become an increasingly common form of charging in the coming years. According to a new report from Pike Research, the market for wireless power systems–encompassing mobile devices, consumer electronics, industrial applications, infrastructure devices, and electric vehicles–will triple over the next 8 years, growing from $4.9 billion in revenue in 2012 to $15.1 billion in 2020.  http://www.pikeresearch.com/research/wireless-power

14.  Register for the AdVenture Marketing Conference - August 20-22, 2012 | Chicago, IL | Renaissance Blackstone. This conference is your chance to catch up on the latest marketing techniques while mingling with fellow marketers from the channel. Warren Janes, Maurice Electrical Supply Co., recently described one of the best reason to attend: "The beauty of AdVenture is that it is an audience of both Distributor and Manufacturers discovering how to market together." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eawBXUmnSkk

15. Housing Starts Show Yearly Gains in June - Housing starts increased to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 760,000 in June, up 6.9% from the revised May estimate of 711,000 and 23.6% above the June 2011 figure. Single-family housing starts in June were at a rate of 539,000, a 4.7% increase from the revised May figure of 515,000. The yearly comparisons showed gains across the country, with the West coming out on top with a 38.3% spike compared with June 2011. In the Midwest, single-family starts rose 15.7% and in the South, 14.2%. The Northeast showed a 19.4% increase. 7/19 HCN