WAC Lighting's new Impulse uses an integrated multi-chip LED spot or low-voltage MR16 lamps.  Robustly engineered from solid die-cast aluminum, Impulse is a thermally efficient luminaire offering architectural lighting options. Additional optical beam spread and color temperature selections make this luminaire an all-in-one choice for lighting professionals.

The Energy Star compliant luminaire uses a 12-watt multi-chip LED that offers a 50,000-hour potential life from ANSI compliant warm/neutral bins for optimal color consistency. Multi-chip technology improves thermal management and heat dissipation while centralizing the light source with one replaceable 12-watt LED module rather than multiple LEDs. The technology enables the user to change beam spreads (24 or 32 degrees) and optics by changing reflectors while delivering a higher lumen output (up to 543 lumens) than a 50-watt MR16 while using 80 percent less power consumption with a CRI (Color Rendering Index) of 80.

In addition to operating with an LED, Impulse is available with a low voltage MR16 halogen lamp that provides a more powerful light source than a standard incandescent. A clear lens is included, however, other options are available for optimal light control.

Dimmable with an electronic low voltage dimmer, Impulse operates on WAC Lighting’s 120-volt Standard Track Systems, as well as popular tracks in the industry.

Hardware is available in handsome, rich finishes, including Black, Dark Bronze and White, to coordinate with a variety of decors. Impulse is 7 ¼ inches tall, 3 1/8 inches wide and 5 6/8 inches deep, and it has a five-year warranty.

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, is proud to announce that products from its Winona® Lighting unit, a leader in custom luminaire design and manufacturing, have been included as part of the National September 11 Memorial at New York’s Ground-Zero. The Memorial was architecturally designed to feature twin reflecting pools marking the exact footprints of the fallen towers. The pools are illuminated by 1500 feet of Winline™ 607 LED Submersible luminaires. Also, Winline™ 203W Surface Linear Wet luminaires provide illumination to the Names Parapet, a low wall projecting from the edge surrounding the pools where the names of the nearly 3,000 victims are memorialized. The Memorial, part of a permanent tribute called “Reflecting Absence”, was dedicated at a ceremony held on September 11, 2011, commemorating the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
 
The illumination of the twin reflecting pools, with their cascading waterfalls, as well as the lighting of the Names Parapet surrounding the pools, are critical parts of the emotional experience and design of the Memorial. In 2005, the design of this enormous illumination undertaking was awarded to the architectural lighting design firm of Fisher Marantz Stone in New York City. For Paul Marantz, founder and design principal, the scope of the project posed many challenges. Marantz imagined that LEDs would be an appropriate lighting solution, but in 2005 a LED linear submersible luminaire that could be placed beneath a thirty-foot waterfall, offering low maintenance, proper heat dissipation, and high quality light output was years away. As the project developed, Marantz and the Winona Lighting team began discussions on the characteristics required for such a demanding application. After several years of engineering and custom innovation efforts by Winona Lighting, the resulting solution was the Winline 607 LED Submersible light.
 
As Memorial visitors approach the pools, the names of the victims glow through the bronze stencil cutouts in the surrounding parapet. The names are illuminated by three-hundred and fourteen Winline 203W Surface Linear Wet LED luminaires in varying lengths, installed inside the bronze parapet. These fixtures have a very small profile and offer superior light output.
 
“We can think of no greater honor than to have our Winona Lighting luminaires included as part of the 9/11 permanent tribute,” said Ron Schimmelpfenning, Acuity Brands Lighting, Director of New Product Engineering, Winona Lighting. “We were able to look into the future to create the appropriate lighting solution for the 9/11 Memorial,” Schimmelpfenning continued.
 
All Winona Lighting products, including the Winline 607 LED Submersible and Winline 203W Surface Linear Wet luminaires are available nationally through the Company’s sales representatives and authorized distributors. For more information on these products, click here.
 
About Acuity Brands

Acuity Brands, Inc. is a North American market leader and one of the world’s leading providers of luminaires, lighting control systems and related products and services with fiscal year 2010 net sales of over $1.6 billion. The Company’s lighting and system control product lines include Lithonia Lighting®, Holophane®, Peerless®, Mark Architectural Lighting™, Hydrel®, American Electric Lighting®, Gotham®, Carandini®, RELOC®, Antique Street Lamps™, Tersen®, Winona® Lighting, Syner¬gy® Lighting Controls, Sensor Switch®, Lighting Control & Design™, Dark to Light®, ROAM®, Sunoptics®,  acculamp™ and Healthcare Lighting®. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Acuity Brands employs ap¬proximately 6,000 associates and has operations throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

At ISAL in Darmstadt (September 26 to 28, 2011) OSRAM Opto Semiconductors will be showcasing two new LED prototypes for headlights in the shape of the OSLON Black Flat and the OSRAM OSTAR Headlamp Pro. Both combine new chip and package technologies and are equipped with a ceramic converter. Their strengths include high light output even at high currents, a uniform light pattern, thermal stability and a particularly good contrast ratio.

More and more flexibility is needed for the light sources used in headlights, the “eyes” of any vehicle. Not only do they have to be reliable and provide the appropriate amount of light in all visibility and driving conditions, they have to perform various functions and cope with changing ambient conditions, including the high temperatures in the headlight itself. To meet all these requirements OSRAM has developed the new LED prototypes OSLON Black Flat and OSRAM OSTAR Headlamp Pro.

OSLON Black Flat is the latest addition to the OSLON Black Series and is equipped with a ceramic converter and a QFN package (Quad Flat No Leads). With a typical thermal resistance of 5 K/W is it 20% better than the other member of the Black Series. The black package stands for high stability because the thermal coefficient of expansion of the special material matches the coefficient of expansion of the metal core board. The new LED does not require a lens so its light can be injected very close to the light guide for example. The solder pad is identical to the ones used in the entire range so the light output can be significantly increased from a largely identical board design. With a power draw of 2.3 W and an operating current of 700 mA, the new product achieves a typical luminous flux of 190 lm.

The OSRAM OSTAR Headlamp Pro is able to meet a wide range of requirements in terms of output and adaptability to ambient conditions. It offers a more uniform light pattern, better thermal stability and greater brightness than its predecessor. The 20 x 20 mm high-flux LED is available with two to five chips.

Headlight manufacturers have much lower costs with the new OSTAR solutions. There is more output for less money. AFS functionality (Adaptive Frontlighting System) can be achieved with chips that can be controlled individually or in series. This leads to configurations that allow matrix chip solutions. Typical luminous flux values are around 250 lm for the single chip (1 A operating current) – and therefore 1250 lm for the 5-chip version. The thermal resistance of the 5-chip version is 2.1 K and is therefore 0.5 K less than for the predecessor model.

Peter Knittl, Director of Automotive LED is confident: “The two prototypes combine new technologies with new functionality and are perfectly matched to the requirements of headlight systems. This makes them particularly attractive for widespread use in all vehicle classes.” All the prototypes are based on UX:3 chip technology and produce high light output at high currents. Their ceramic converter is responsible for a uniform light pattern. Encapsulation of the chips directly in the reflector produces a defined light/dark boundary in the light pattern and a particularly good contrast ratio in conjunction with advanced package technology. All these properties make the LEDs ideal for efficient use in headlights. Initial samples are already available. Market launch is scheduled for the 3rd quarter of 2012.

Meyda Custom Lighting introduces the One-Arm Wall Candlelight Sconce (110212), a fixture featuring a single candlelight on a uniquely primitive styled wall plate.  Meyda Custom Lighting is a Meyda Tiffany company,America’s leading manufacturer and designer of custom lighting solutions and decorative accessories.

The sconce features a faux wax dripping candlelight suspended from an ascending curved arm attached to the backplate.  The fixture is designed with a wall plate hand finished in an authentic Hand Wrought Iron.

Meyda lighting fixtures are offered with multiple candlelights as well, and in a variety of finishes and styles.  The fixture has a total height of 19 inches and a width of 3 inches.  Handcrafted by Meyda artisans at the company’s manufacturing facilities in Upstate New York.

The sconce is perfect for installation in hallways and corridors in residences, hotels, inns, lodges, residences and retail spaces.  For more information, contact Meyda Custom Lighting Toll-Free at (800) 222-4009, visit: Meyda.

Alcon Lighting in Los Angeles is hiring for F/T or P/T inside sales. Candidate must have experience in lighting & electrical supplies. Email resume to jake@alconlighting.com or fax to (310) 733-1249

The team of Professor Keon Jae Lee (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST) has developed a new concept: a biocompatible, flexible Gallium Nitride (GaN) LED that can detect prostate cancer.

A flexible LED can conformably place on the human heart, situate on the corrugated surface of the human brain, or roll upon the blood vessels, diagnose or even treat various diseases.

GaN LED, a highly efficient light emitting device, has been commercialized in LED TVs and in the lighting industry. Until now, it has been difficult to use this semiconductor material to fabricate flexible electronic systems due to its brittleness. The research team, however, has succeeded in developing a highly efficient, flexible GaN LED and in detecting cancer using a flexible LED biosensor.

Professor John Roger (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC) said, “Bio-integrated LEDs represent an exciting, new technology with strong potential to address important challenges in human health. This present work represents a very nice contribution to this emerging field.”

The team of Professor Keon Jae Lee (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST) has developed a new concept: a biocompatible, flexible Gallium Nitride (GaN) LED that can detect prostate cancer.

A flexible LED can conformably place on the human heart, situate on the corrugated surface of the human brain, or roll upon the blood vessels, diagnose or even treat various diseases.

GaN LED, a highly efficient light emitting device, has been commercialized in LED TVs and in the lighting industry. Until now, it has been difficult to use this semiconductor material to fabricate flexible electronic systems due to its brittleness. The research team, however, has succeeded in developing a highly efficient, flexible GaN LED and in detecting cancer using a flexible LED biosensor.

Professor John Roger (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC) said, “Bio-integrated LEDs represent an exciting, new technology with strong potential to address important challenges in human health. This present work represents a very nice contribution to this emerging field.”