The premiere Singapore International Light-Emitting Diode/Organic Light-Emitting Diode (LED/OLED) Technology Show, will take place at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre from 28 to 30 March 2012.

Jointly organized by EXPORUM Inc (EXPORUM) and Conference & Exhibition Management Services Pte Ltd (CEMS), LEDTEC ASIA 2012 will be held in Singapore for the first time and is the only dedicated LED/OLED technology show in the region of Singapore and around ASEAN countries. It is expected to be an excellent foothold for industry players to find new markets in South East Asia.

The inaugural event is chosen as an overseas specialized exhibition by Korea Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE), and supported by Singapore’s Building & Construction Authority (BCA) and the Singapore Exhibition and Convention Bureau (SECB), as well as regional associations such as the Korea LED Association and the Taiwan LED Lighting Association

LEDTEC ASIA 2012 brings together key industry players and partners for the LED/OLED supply chain and products featured ranging from LED/OLED lighting fixtures, applications andponents, manufacturing and testing equipment, display and digital signage.

During the three-day event, industry events such as opening ceremony, the LED/OLED Technology Conference and Business Matching program will offer participants and delegates the chance to confer on industrial trends, opportunities and technological advances fueling the LED/OLED industry today.

Int’l LED/OLED Technology Conference invites technical expertise such as ‘World LED Market Analysis’, ’Smart & Green LED Lighting’ and’ Trend of LED Application’ from Lighting Association of Singapore(LAS), LEDinside, Cree, Philips, Japan LED Association etc.
Also Business Matching Program provides unparalleled networking opportunities for East-Asia market by key buyers who have qualified purchasing power from Singapore, Malaysia, India, Vietnam Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines etc.�

With the participation of leading international LED manufacturers andpanies, as well as qualified buyers from South-East Asia and Oceania, LEDTEC ASIA 2012 will provide ample opportunities for industry partners to exchange ideas, cultivate valuable business networks and effective collaboration onmon platforms. To register, please visit the official website at ledtecasia

Show Outline

Title: Singapore International LED/OLED Technology Show 2012 (LEDTEC ASIA 2012)

Date: 28-30 March 2012 (Wednesday-Friday)

Opening Time : 28~29 March – 10:30~18:00
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Venue: Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre (Suntec Singapore)

Jointly Organised by: EXPORUM (Korea) & CEMS (Singapore)

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��� ��� Singapore Manufacturer's Federation (SMa)
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Exhibit Items:
•��� LED/OLED Lighting Fixture
•��� Application &ponent
•��� Manufacturing & Testing Equipment
•��� Display & Digital Signage

Concurrent Events:
•��� International LED/OLED Technology Conference
•��� Corporate Seminar for New Product / Technology Launching Event
•��� Buyer Business Matching Program

It’s a well-known truth that we humans love glowing, sparkling things. For proof of that fact, one needs only to note the growing number and popularity of international lights festivals. A few weeks ago I blogged about the Harbin Ice Festival in China, which displays amazing frozen artworks and sculptures illuminated by flexible LED lights. Their beauty was enough to make me want to drop everything and head on over to the other side of the globe to see it for myself.

And now I’m having that same feeling about the 2012 Light Festival in Ghent, Belgium. Not only am I certain that I would enjoy a cornucopia of Belgium’s delicious chocolate and beer, I’m quite convinced I would also be blown away by the LED light installations at this festival—30 of them, to be exact. One in particular seems exceptionally intriguing: a 91-foot tall cathedral made with 55,000 color changing LED lights and constructed by Luminarie De Cagna, an Italian lighting company. The installation pays homage to Luminarie De Cagna’s almost 100 year tradition of illuminating buildings and squares on festive occasions. It began in the 1930s with candles and oil lamps, and continues to this day with waterproof LED lights.

And thanks to efficient LED light technology, the cathedral only uses 20 kilowatts of energy per hour, but can display a whole range of patterns and colors, by employing an RGB controller.

Have any of you ever visited a light festival like this one? We’d love to hear your stories!

Via DVice

Beef: it’s what’s for dinner…or so the adage goes. And while it’s true that many Americans consume beef on a daily or weekly basis, it’s also true that most shoppers turn their noses up to beef that looks brown in its packaging. Kyle Steele, a recent master’s graduate in animal sciences and industry at Kansas State University, estimated that this finicky fact costs grocery stores billions each year, and so he set about finding away to rectify it. LED light bars turned out to provide the solution. Steele found that, “by using LED lighting in meat retail display cases, retailers can save money by lowering the operational costs of refrigerated cases and extending the color shelf life of fresh meat products,” he says.

In his study, Steele employed the help of Elizabeth Boyle and Melvin Hunt, professors of animal sciences and industry, as well as with Melissa Weber, a recent doctoral graduate in animal sciences and industry. The researchers compared the reaction of five different meat products—pork loin chops, beef loin steaks, ground beef, ground turkey and beef inside round steaks—to fluorescent lights and LED strip lights. They found that in terms of discoloration, rancidity and operational costs, LED ribbon scored positively in nearly all areas: it helped reduce operating costs and prolonged the shelf life for most of the meat products. “Most meat products displayed under LED lighting had colder internal product temperatures, which helps extend product shelf life,” Steele said. “Beef loin steaks and inside round steaks that were stored under LED lights can have up to one day longer shelf life.”

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Thanks to Physorg for the quotes and In Flex We Trust for the image.

City Capital Corporation has acquired Nevada-based Solar and LED lightingpany, Strategic Energy and Power (STEP).

With distribution and installation agreements already in place, thepany offers solar and LED installation for both residential andmercial applications around the country. Talks are uing with several Native American entities for systems to meet their needs, and plans are underway to bidpetitively for governmental contracts.

Recently, Philips is working with The Climate Group and One Foundation to install solar driven LED street lighting in Guiyang, China. And the Guiyang scheme has been chosen by the UNFCCC as a case study for its Momentum for Change program.

Part of the wider Solar LED Lighting 1000 Villages Programme− an initiative launched by The Climate Group and the One Foundation – its mission is to test policy measures and financial mechanisms in rural areas.� The five year projectmenced in August 2009.

So far the scheme has been a qualified success. Villagers in the Guiyang were especially happy the lights are offering protection against the area’s thieves and snakes.

Currently, there are 400 demonstration villages in China with another 600 projects planned for villages in China, India and Africa.

Yep, you read it correctly. Scientists from UC San Diego have figured out how to make bacteria glow. The Los Angeles Times is calling it a “living LED screen” made up of “biopixels,” AKA fluorescent, flashing E. coli bacteria. It began in 2008 when lead researcher biology and bioengineering professor Jeff Hasty published a paper stating that his team had figured out how to fit a tiny biological clock into a single bacteria cell that would tell it when to emit a flashing, glowing light.

Then, the team discovered in 2010 how to get several bacteria to blink their lights in unison. The most recent discovery found that using a special vapor, different bacteria colonies could communicate with each other and therefore send signals over long distances. (“Long” in the bacteria world is 1 centimeter, by the way.) This allowed the bacteria in different colonies to blink on and off at the same time. According to The LA Times, “It’s all on a very micro scale right now. So far, the scientists have made screens — or chips — of two sizes. The larger chip contains about 13,000 colonies, or biopixels, (50 to 60 million bacterial cells) and is about the size of a paper clip. The smaller chip (pictured above) contains about 2.5 million cells — or 500 colonies — and is about a 10th of the size of the larger chip.”

And just what are the applications for living, bacteria-laced lighting, one might wonder? Well, let’s just say you shouldn’t plan on having any LED wall lights or LED puck lights crawling with microscopic bugs any time soon. Turns out bacteria can detect low levels of certain poisonous substances, like arsenic. “So if you are in Bangladesh and you want to know if there is arsenic in your water, you could use a sensor made out of these chips,” Hasty said. “That’s more the direction we are headed.”

Thanks to The LA Times for the quotes and image.

By Scott Patterson

Who says crops can only be planted on vast farms in the Midwest. It is possible to grow crops in isolated city warehouses without sunlight and soil says LEDinside. By implementing LED artificial light source, this innovative idea of urban farming has been developed and quietly making progresses over the past decades. Most of these urban farmers are used to be nonprofit organizations, schools and restaurants, but a new generation of city farmers is graduallying into existence. They are business motivated with ambition to take a chunk of the profit of local food supply. With supermarkets in urban settings showing an increasing demand for safe, organic and locally grown food, LED lights’ energy efficiency and long lifespan making urban farming a growing new business idea.

Vertical farming technology solutions

Ites to our attention that a farm of such opened last September in Vancouver. TerraSphere, apany provides vertical farming technology solutions, have successfully grown lattice and spinach in an 8000 square-foot warehouse with a hydroponic system replacing soil and using high efficiency LED lighting as an alternative artificial light source. They are said to supply 8 supplies of Choices Markets, chained natural food stores in Vancouver.

These evolutionary unban farming utilizing the LED lighting technology is said to be clean, safe and eco-friendly. Now new indoor farms are scheduled for New York, New Jersey, Rohde Island and Ontario. The demand for locally grown and organic food is not to be ignored. With the advancement and improving LED lighting technology, without a doubt food despite its species and variety can be produced everywhere.

Finding spaces for grow crops will no longer be a problem, for that the America is full of abandoned warehouses and stores due to the current economic downtrend. According to the government approximately 11 of themercial and real-estate nationwide are empty, statistically doubled the vacancy than 4 years ago.

Finding a buyer for your products are also fairly easy from Wal-Mart to Whole Foods, they have made selling locally grown foods a priority. Urban agriculture is a growing industry with high-tech greenhouses equipped with LED lights. Despite critics said they are afraid this trend will be short-lived and soon give in to their electric bills.

The application of LED lighting is the key to cut back electricity bill

It was considered too expensive due to the amount of light people underestimated to grow a plant, but this did not stop entrepreneurs from trying making urban warehouses into farms. The application of LED lighting is the key to cut back electricity bill. New LED lights are said to make big different in improving energy efficiency from 40 to 60 percent. This gives hopes to making farms factory-like where all the factors can be carefully controlled. This technology, if successful, is possible to produce food 365 days a year.

With $2.44 million funding from the USDA and equal amount contribution in service and equipment from industry partners, a new agricultural project titled “Developing LED Lighting Technologies and Practices for Sustainable Specialty Crop Production” has been grand to Cary Mitchell, a professor of horticulture at Purdue University.

This four year project is aimed to improve and evaluate the use of LEDs as an artificial light source in greenhouses. The ultimate goal is to improve greenhouse productivity and reduce energy consumption. The electricity cost of traditional artificial light sources (incandescent, florescent and sodium) in greenhouses can really add up to an astonishing number.

This project will provide specialty crop producers with the information, tool and technology they needed to grow successfully, maximize production, and produce high quality and market safe products. For example, a typical hardwired tomato can grow up to 22 feet in height and traditional light source have difficulty reaching the lower parts of the plants. The increase of light on the sides of plants can improve photosynthesis in flowering, and thus improving yield.

Roberto Lopez, an assistance professor of Agriculture at the Purdue University, point out that they will work with 20 different species of plants to test the ability of LEDs to establish new plants from cuttings and seeds because low winter light means producers need more expensive overhead light sources to establish new plants. It is important to learn the benefit and cost associated with using LED lighting.

To create specification of wavelength and color for farming

Having a set of standard for testingmercial lighting will be crucial. These researches aim to create the specification of wavelength and color best to establish new plants and transplants, and the best color and wavelength of light for different flower initiation on ornamental crops. As part of this project outreach, the result of this study will be provided to create LED products that meet these requirements.

Seoul Semiconductor and Philip Lighting have been reported to supplypanies in New York, Canada, and Japan with red and blue LED lights for farming purpose. Another Project organized by Japan Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), said the purpose for these projects are to advance the application of LEDs for agricultural use. Incandescent, florescent and sodium lamps have been the prevalent choice for artificial light sources for agriculture. Use LEDs as an alternative artificial light source have been popularized due to its low electricity consumption and long lifespan.

By eliminating transportation costs and fertilizer, a 10,000 square-foot green house can produce $500,000 in profit and approximately 20 to 30 tons of food a year. This will produce for the food supply for the local farmers’ market, supermarket and corporate cafeteria. Locally grown food has advantage over farms in the Midwest by providing equally excellent quality and nutrients but longer shelf life.

According to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) official, deputy secretary Kathleen Merrigan, the specialty crop industry plays an important part of American agricultural and estimated to be worth approximately $50 billion a year.

Who says crops can only be planted on vast farms in the Midwest. In the future grow crops in abandoned city warehouses, rooftops without sunlight and soil will be a viable and prevalent option with the advancement of LED technology. “LEDs enable crop production 365 days a year” says LEDinside.

We all know LED lighting is energy efficient, and that using it will most likely create a number of positive changes for any business or home. Well it turns out that that data centers are no exception, and that in fact, they are one of the facilities that can benefit most from making the switch to LED lighting. An article in the Data Center Journal stresses the fact that streamlining energy control in highly technical facilities like data centers will result in “increased building intelligence.” No, the buildings aren’t going to be passing the SAT exams any time soon, but they will operate more efficiently under this model and will therefore save their parent companies lots of money and time. And, according to that same article, the crux of building intelligence is LED lighting

“Lighting may not seem significant to energy efficiency, at least at first glance. After all, it accounts for only 3 to 5 percent of a data center’s electrical load. But lighting can make a much larger impact on a data center’s power usage effectiveness (PUE), and switching to an energy-efficient lighting network that integrates building-performance systems can improve PUE by up to 25 percent.”

But we’re not talking about switching out a few puck lights here and there, though that does help on a small level. Instead, author Sam Klepper emphasizes the vital role that networked LED light bars play since companies are able to customize the fixtures to best suit their needs. He gives the following examples of how facilities might best utilize these features.

–Sensor-driven, occupancy-based lighting to ensure lights only activate when employees in various areas of the data centers need them. If constant lighting is preferred, minimal light levels can offer energy savings while still providing enough light to support necessary functions like video surveillance.

–Daylight harvesting, which automatically adjusts light levels to maximize the use of available sunlight for administrative areas of the facility.

–Lighting policy scheduling that accommodates lighting needs at different times of day, on different days of the week, on holidays and during seasonal adjustments.

–Automated alerts to inform facilities managers of fixture outages.

–Fixture-specific data collection, enabling analysis of each light’s use to inform any necessary fine-tuning and to minimize wasted energy and money.

From smart phones to smart bulbs and smart buildings, LED lights are creating more efficient business operations everywhere we look.

Thanks to Data Center Journal for the quotes and image.