Report: Global LED Lighting Market Growing But Slowed by Key Limitations
The global LED lighting market is likely to reach $70.24 billion in the next five years but key limitations remain, according to a recent report.
Cree
Joining EP100, Cree and H&M Commit to Bold Efficiency Targets
Multinational clothing retail company, H&M, and US-based LED lighting manufacturer, Cree, have become the latest members of EP100, a one-year-old global, collaborative initiative of influential businesses that have pledged to double their energy efficiency.
Horticultural Lamps from Cree
Cree has introduced the XG-E an XP-E High Efficiency Photo Red LEDs for horticultural uses. The LEDs deliver as much as 21 percent higher output than previous generations of the products. The XG-E and XP-E deliver Photosynthetic Photon Flux (PPF) levels up to 5.39 ?mol/sec at 85 C, the press release ... Read more »
Cree Recalls Lamps
Cree has recalled several products, according to Facility Executive. The site says that the lamps replace two-pin outdoor T8 fluorescent tubes. The 48-inch-long white lamps all are prefaced with BT848 in the product number. The four follow with these codes: 170227FLW-BDG13-2C100, 17040FLW-BDG13-2C100, 17027FLW-BDG13-2C120 and 17040FLW-BDG13-2C120. Cree is reported in the ... Read more »
Behind the Meter Podcast: Seeing U-Haul’s HQ Parking Structure in a New (LED) Light
Energy Manager Today discusses Cree's LED retrofit of U-Haul's corporate headquarters parking facility in Phoenix.
Cree Extends Line with 3 LEDs
Cree has added three products to its line of RSW LED Street Luminaires. The new LEDs replace high intensity discharge (HID) lights operating at 70-100W HPS, 150W HPS, 250W HPS and 400W HPS. The new items deliver efficacy of as much as 115 LPW at color temperatures of 3000K or ... Read more »
Cree Introduces SmartCast
Cree’s new SmartCast is a power-over-Ethernet (PoE)-based lighting platform that is being combined with Cisco’s Digital Ceiling framework. It is, according to the Cree press release, the first LED lighting platform that is ready for mass deployment with the Cisco platform. SmartCast enables the Internet of Things (IoT) to be ... Read more »
Global Industrial and Commercial LED Market to Reach $166B by 2022
The global industrial and commercial LED lighting market is expected to reach $165.91 billion by 2022, according to a new report by Grand View Research. That figure represents a more than a seven-fold increase from the market’s 2014 estimated value of $21.53 billion. A shift toward the implementation of energy ... Read more »
Bowling Green University Tabs Cree for Field House LEDs
Bowling Green University is using LEDs from Cree to replace metal halide lighting fixtures in its Perry Field House. The playing field, which measures 100 yards by 60 yards, now is lit by Cree CXB High-Bay LED luminaires. The changeover is saving the school, which is in Bowling Green, Ohio, ... Read more »
Raleigh, N.C. Finally Getting its LEDs
Raleigh, N.C. is on the road to replacing about 30,000 high pressure sodium and mercury vapor street lights with LEDs. The city is working with Duke Energy on the project and expects to save $400,000 annually with the switch. The LEDs already deployed – 1,500 in a pilot project – have been ... Read more »
New LEDs From Cree
Cree has introduced the KR8 and LR6 LED downlights. The KR8 is an architectural downlight that gives the company’s portfolio to handle ceiling heights from 8 feet to 40 feet. The KR8 covers commercial and retail applications with 6,000 lumens to 8,000 lumens outputs. It incorporates Cree’s WaveMax technology ... Read more »
Community College Nets $80K in Lighting Rebates
San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) chose Cree energy efficient LED lighting for its campus along with Cree SmartCast technology. The college upgraded its administrative offices with the LED lights and controls and is now consuming up to 75 percent less lighting energy. The college also received over $80,000 in ... Read more »