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Market Intelligence for Lighting Developers

October 2019
DS: Signify acquires former Eaton Lighting (after their name change to Cooper Lighting Solutions).

Lighting World Rocked! Signify Buys Cooper Lighting for $1.4B
Source: edisonreport.com

Signify to acquire Cooper Lighting Solutions to strengthen its position in the attractive North American lighting market.
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Please Welcome Cooper Lighting Solutions
Source: edisonreport.com

EdisonReport has learned that the new name for Eaton Lighting is Cooper Lighting Solutions.
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DS: Check out my latest article in the October issue of enLIGHTenment Magazine about OLED, lasers, and electroluminescence. 

The Other SSLs
Source: enlightenmentmag.com / David Shiller

Many people mistakenly believe solid-state lighting (SSL) is just another name for LED, but that’s not quite accurate. There are several other important forms of SSL that lighting professionals need to know more about.
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Recent Standards Activity

DS: Below are some key areas that have changed in the 2019 version of LM-79. 

LM 79-19
Source: lightlabint.com 


Electrical Circuitry: Limits have been established for laboratory electrical circuitry and equipment. This is intended to improve the uniformity of the electrical measurements taken during testing – particularly when rapid transitions in current are present.

Angular Intervals: The language for defining the angular intervals for goniometric measurements have been more clearly defined. This includes angular measurements of chromaticity for color uniformity as well as integration.

Stabilization Criteria: The criteria for the stabilization of the test subject has been changed from 15-minute intervals to 10-minute intervals. When coupled with a good pre-burning process, this can help to increase efficiency in the laboratory.

Tolerance Intervals: Some metrics such as ambient temperature have been specified using tolerance intervals. This now defines the acceptable range in terms of the allowable deviation combined with the uncertainty of the measurement. The target values have remained the same, but the quality of the laboratory’s equipment and process has been taken into account. This should improve uniformity across laboratories.
 
DS:  What’s in the DLC Second Draft SSL Technical Requirements V5.0?  Plenty of proposed changes, as highlighted below.

DLC Second Draft SSL Technical Requirements V5.0
Source: designlights.org
  • Increasing average efficacy between 11 - 23%
  • New IES TM-30 metrics and pathway
  • Introducing BUG and UGR glare metric requirements
  • Reporting of flicker performance
  • Dimming requirement for indoor luminaires, not outdoor
  • DLC Premium efficacy 15 lpw higher than DLC Standard V5.0
Release of the final V5.0 SSL Technical Requirements is expected in January 2020.

Here is an executive summary of changes in Draft 2. 
 
DS: Menards is expanding eastward into Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Menards Preparing for Pennsylvania
Source: hbsdealer.com 

Plans are underway for Menards – the home improvement giant of the Midwest – to build its first store in Pennsylvania. This store would the most eastern location for Menards, which operates more than 300 locations in 14 states.
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DS: Convenience is the new definition of service. It's distributor ease of doing business with manufacturers.

Convenience Will Deliver Sales and Loyalty
Source: electricaltrends.com 

Buyer behavior is changing.  Convenience is now a differentiator. Customers expect it. It’s the new definition of service. It started in the consumer world and is quickly transitioning to B2B buyer expectations, and it will become distributor reality (and is defined as “ease of doing business” by distributors in considering manufacturers.) 
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DS: Nakamura on laser lighting and LiFi.

Nobel Laureate Shuiji Nakamura Sees Laser Lighting and Li-Fi the Next Target for LEDs
Source: ledinside.com / Yining Chen

Shuiji Nakamura, the blue LED inventor and the winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014, visited Taiwan last week and delivered speeches in Taiwan’s National Tsing Hua University and Chung Hsing University, as well as in Micro LED company PlayNitride. Nakamura shared his research experiences in Japan and the U.S. on the way of blue LED development and pointed out the trends and potentials of the LED industry.
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DS: Chinese researchers increase the efficiency and CRI of phosphor + quantum dot LEDs, simultaneously, by adding silver and gold nanoparticles.  

Improving White Light-Emitting Diode Luminous Efficiency and Color Rendering
Source: semiconductor-today.com / Mike Cooke

Researchers based in China have combined phosphors, quantum dots and metal nanoparticles to create blue-to-white light converters for indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with simultaneously improved luminous efficiency and color rendering [Rongqiao Wan et al, Optics Letters, vol44, p4155, 201]. Often improved color rendering comes at the cost of reduced luminous efficiency.
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DS: Fascinating advances in nano lasers for therapeutic use inside the human body.

Nanolaser Thinner Than a Human Hair Would Work Within Human Tissue
Source: newatlas.com / Nick Lavars

Scientists at Northwestern and Columbia universities have developed a tiny new kind of bio-compatible laser that could, theoretically, be implanted inside living tissues without causing them damage. Measuring less than 150 nanometers in thickness and requiring minimal amounts of power, the researchers are hopeful that further down the track the microscopic device could come to open up new treatments for neurological disorders and diagnosis of diseases.
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DS: Strobe lights help to reset circadian rhythms.

How Strobe Lights Can Help Teenagers Sleep Almost One Hour More Per Night
Source: new atlas.com / Rich Haridy

Combining an experimental light treatment with cognitive behavior therapy has resulted in a sample of teenagers increasing their total sleep time by around 45 minutes a night. The Stanford University study found subtle light flashes in the last few hours of sleep can help adjust an adolescent’s circadian rhythm.
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DS:  A graduate student has won a national inventor contest with a green cubic LED claimed to be more efficient and affordable, using a patterned silicon substrate with GaN.  (“Graduate’s got green gap game with GaN.”  Thanks, Linda.)

Finalists Named for 2019 Collegiate Inventors Competition
Source: prnewswire.com 

Cubic LEDs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
Team Member: Dicky Liu; Adviser: Can Bayram 

A Brighter, Greener Future: LEDs are transforming the lighting industry, but widespread adoption of solid-state lighting is hindered by high upfront costs and green LEDs' inefficiencies. For brighter, more efficient, more affordable full-spectrum phosphor-free lighting, Cubic LEDs are created on industry-standard silicon substrates nano-patterned with U-shaped grooves to facilitate the growth of pure, defect-free cubic phase gallium nitride. Cubic LEDs are cheaper, more efficient, brighter, produce less heat than conventional lights and LEDs, and can reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission globally.
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DS: Congrats to Retrolux for winning the Schneider Electric & Powerhouse 4D Challenge.  Proud to have been involved as a board member.

Source: linkedin.com / Retrolux

It's Official!! Retrolux is the winner of the Schneider Electric and Powerhouse #4DChallenge. Big Thank You to everyone who voted and the other finalists. Shout out to Leif Elgethun for his continued drive and leadership, to the entire team for their dedication and hard work, and our customers their continued support and believing in us.
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DS: Utah upgrades its commercial building energy efficiency code.

Utah Adopts New Lighting Provisions
Source: ecmweb.com 

Utah recently passed its Construction Code Modifications bill, updating the commercial building energy efficiency code from the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) to the 2018 IECC, effective July 1, 2019.
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DS: YUJILEDs releases RGB(CW)(WW) LED with color tuning and 95 CRI.

YUJILEDS Releases a New Generation of High Power RGBWW LEDs with High CRI
Source: yujiintl.com / Steven Liu, Daniel Han, Kay Tang

YUJILEDS lab has announced the state-of-the-art R&D results in the high CRI monochromatic tunable spectrum field. Based on the superposition of spectrum, the new product of 7070 LED, integrated 5 channels - red, green, blue, cold white and warm white within one packaged LED. The technology is mainly required in photography and film lighting, but also has a potential for any areas that demand various colors or CCTs, like entertainment venue or horticulture lighting.
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DS: Rick Perry stepping down as DOE Secretary.  Trump names replacement.

Trump to Nominate Dan Brouillette as Energy Secretary
Source: politico.com / Eric Wolff

President Donald Trump said on Friday he will nominate Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette to replace Rick Perry in the agency's top job.

Brouillette's appointment follows the same model that put Andrew Wheeler at the helm of the Environmental Protection Agency and David Bernhardt atop the Interior Department: All held the No. 2 positions at their agencies, had years of experience in Washington and advanced with the departures of more flamboyant predecessors.
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DS: Smart city network standards are evolving for outdoor lighting tech and communications.

Outdoor Lighting Standards Illuminate the Road to Smart Cities 
Source: ledsmagazine.com / Dan Evans

Enhancing community safety, accelerating progress toward sustainability goals, and delivering predictable return on investment (ROI) are the key drivers behind the rapid adoption of LED-based solid-state lighting (SSL) systems. Cities from Chicago to Copenhagen to Christchurch are showcasing a variety of social, environmental, and economic benefits realized from upgrading their outdoor lighting networks to intelligent street lights that enable remote connectivity and control by municipalities and consumers.
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