New Serena® Cellular Shades from Lutron Named ‘Product of the Year’ by Electronic House Magazine

 
Coopersburg, PA (January 11, 2012) – Energy-saving lighting control manufacturer Lutron Electronics is pleased to announce that its new Serena cellular shades have been awarded a Product of the Year Award by Electronic House magazine. Serena shades won in the Motorized Window Treatments category.

Visit http://www.electronichouse.com/product/potywinners to view the complete list of 2012 winners.

Visit www.serenashades.com to view the complete Serena offering.

About Lutron Electronics (www.lutron.com)
Lutron Electronics, headquartered in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, designs and manufactures energy-saving lighting controls, automated window treatments and appliance modules for both residential and commercial applications. Its innovative, intuitive products can be used to control everything from a single light, to every light, shade and even stand-by power in a home or commercial building. Lutron products make any space more versatile, while enhancing ambiance, comfort and productivity. They also save energy and make light bulbs last longer, making them an eco-friendly addition to the home and workplace. Founded in 1961, Lutron estimates that the installed base of its products saves the nation nearly 10 billion kWh of electricity, or approximately $1 billion in utility costs per year. Lutron manufactures more than 16,000 energy-saving products, sold in more than 100 countries around the world.

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Kenall Manufacturing is pleased to announce that our new TekDek LED parking garage luminaire has earned the highest efficacy rating of all parking garage fixtures within the Lighting Facts® program. As a member of the Department of Energy’s (DOEs) LED Quality Advocates, Kenall Manufacturing has pledged to include a Lighting Facts Label for all of the LED luminaires we produce. The label reports product performance results in five areas from actual test data in accordance with industry standards measuring photometric performance of LEDs, including: luminaire light output, efficacy (lumens per watt), measured power (watts), correlated color temperature, and color rendering index.

Kenall’s TekDek™ luminaire returned the following impressive Lighting Facts results:
· Light Output (Lumens) 5600
· Efficacy (Lumens per Watt) 100
· Measured power (Watts) 56
· Correlated Color Temperature 5700K
· Color Rendering Index 70

TekDek’s powerful efficacy rating is the highest in the parking garage lighting category within the Lighting Facts program. When used together with the SmartSense control system, which intelligently monitors both occupancy and daylight, parking garage light levels are adjusted throughout the day to provide facility owners’ significant cost and energy savings. In combination with a low cost of entry, SmartSense provides payback in as little as 14 months.

Kenall Manufacturing is a registered Lighting Facts Product Partner. For additional information about this program or for copies of our Lighting Facts Labels, please contact Kenall at info@kenall.com, or visit us on the web at www.kenall.com, or contact us by phone at (800) 4-KENALL (453-6255).

About Kenall Manufacturing
Kenall Manufacturing, located in Gurnee, IL, produces and supports high quality and durable lighting solutions for the most demanding environments. Since its inception in 1963, Kenall has been known for superior quality, exceptional value, and durable solutions, and it is proud to provide sealed lighting for containment or clean spaces, security lighting for detention facilities, and specialized healthcare and transportation applications. Kenall products are manufactured in the USA and meet the guidelines established under the Buy American Act and the North American Free Trade Agreement. For additional information, visit www.kenall.com.

LED Lighting,Energy,Commercial Lighting,Lighting Ideas,Energy Savings,New.

​Dallas, Texas and Danvers, Mass. (January 16, 2012) – Continually bringing innovative and sustainable lighting solutions to the market, North American lighting leader OSRAM SYLVANIA announced today that it will be displaying an array of new LED lighting products for use in residential and commercial spaces at the Dallas International Lighting Market, taking place January 19th to 23rd, 2012 at the Dallas Market Center.

The semi-annual Dallas International Lighting Market with one-million square feet of showroom space, offers retail buyers and designers the opportunity to check out the latest new lighting fixtures designs for residential and commercial use as well as interact with lighting manufacturer representatives. At the Market, OSRAM SYLVANIA will debut their new line of Decorative LED Fixtures and showcase other LED lighting solutions including under cabinet and decorative lighting options. New LED light bulbs, advanced halogen, and compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulb technologies will also to be shown.

New products include:

• SYLVANIA Decorative LED Fixtures are designed to provide general ambient lighting and/or decorative, accent lighting for a variety of residential and commercial applications, both interior and exterior. Each equipped with a state-of-the-art LED light source, these energy-efficient, long life fixtures are offered in traditional and transitional styles. The fixtures offer a simple plug and play design for easy installation with no external power supply or complex wiring required. The SYLVANIA LED fixtures are available as exterior wall mount, wall sconces, interior ceiling mount, pendant and vanity fixtures.
• SYLVANIA LED Festoon offers a unique LED lighting solution featuring optical properties optimized for numerous applications including cove, under cabinet, accent and display lighting.The very uniform, high quality light source uses up to ninety percent less energy than traditional Festoon lamps and comes in three color temperatures of 2700K, 3000K, and 4000K. Featuring plug and play compatibility with existing 12V AC systems, the SYLVANIA LED Festoon is also easy to install.
• SYLVANIA A-line lamp solutions include Halogen SuperSaver lamps, Living Spaces compact fluorescent (CFL) lamps and the ULTRA Omni-directional LED A-line lamps. The Halogen SuperSaver® lamps offer the familiar, high-quality light of incandescent lamps while being up to thirty-three percent more energy-efficient. Living Spaces™ CFL lamps offer warm, gentle light from high-efficiency fluorescent technology with a lamp life of up to twelve times longer than traditional incandescent lamps. The SYLVANIA ULTRA Omni-directional LED-R A-line lamps are fully dimmable and available in three low-power wattages that offer true substitutes for 40, 60 and 75-watt incandescent lamps with twenty-five times the rated lamp life of traditional lamps.
• SYLVANIA PAR lamp solutions also include both Halogen CAPSYLITE® IR PAR lamps and the latest ULTRA HD LED-R PAR lamps. The SYLVANIA CAPSYLITE Halogen IR PAR lamps offer exceptional light quality with up to thirty percent energy savings and three times the lamp life over traditional lamps.The ULTRA HD LED PAR lamps provide the light quality of halogen lamps while offering energy savings of up to eighty percent and rated lamp life of up to twenty times longer than halogen PAR lamps.
• SYLVANIA ULTRA RT4/RT6 LED Downlight Kits are energy saving retrofits for four- or six-inch IC or non-IC rated LED recessed downlights that typically utilize R20 or BR30 shaped light bulbs. The kits come with a convenient medium base socket adapter or if necessary a GU24 socket adaptor can be purchased separately to meet California Title 24 requirements. Available in both 2700K and 3000K color temperatures, the 9-watt version for 4” cans delivers 550 lumens of light, comparable to a standard 50-watt incandescent R20 light bulb. The 11W version for 6” cans delivers 625 lumens, comparable to a 65-watt BR30 light bulb. An internal LED light engine provides quality white light, high energy-efficiency and superior optical design, providing smooth, low glare ceiling lighting in traditional and contemporary homes. The long life 35,000 hours life (L70) of the recessed light will save consumers countless trips up the ladder to change out traditional recessed light bulbs.
• MUSICLITES®, the result of collaboration between OSRAM SYLVANIA and leading high-end audio technology firm ARTISON, this new electronics product is pioneering a new category by combining light and sound in a wireless, high-fidelity speaker with a state-of-the art LED light. Fitting into four-, five- and six-inch recessed cans, each MusicLites’ unit features an efficient 10-watt LED light that puts out the equivalent of a 65-watt reflector bulb. It also has a 70-millimeter full-range high-fidelity loudspeaker and a wireless audio receiver. A 2.4 GHZ wireless transmitter can be connected to many audio sources, including stereos, televisions, computers, iPods, iPads and smartphones, to transmit a signal to the MusicLites speakers.
• SYLVANIA EASY COLOR CONTROL SYSTEM is a light management system that brings to life both static and dynamic RGB and White lighting for decorative or accent lighting. From controlling a single fixture to creating a complex scene with multiple sources, EASY is a system with a lot power and flexibility. A single control unit, with its integrated sequencer can control four separate output channels. The unit stores four 16 scene sequences. The EASY Color Control system can easily be extended to 64 control units and 256 channels. IR receivers enable all the important system functions to be accessed via remote control or a more traditional simple push button can be used to change scenes. Commissioning is simple with easy to use PC software. Colors can be selected, copied and adjusted at the click of a mouse. The EASY Color Control system is an easy to use, easy to manage RGB and White light management system.
• SYLVANIA LED Thin Panel is an ultra thin light box that provides uniform light distribution and utilizes a snap frame for quick and easy poster changes. It is designed for high impacting visual performance, long life, and energy savings. The SYLVANIA LED Thin Panel is a smart upgrade to traditional light boxes and window signs. Because of its ultra thin 1.1 inch design, advertisements, branding, and messaging can now be placed in new locations to increase awareness and drive increased sales. The LED Thin Panel allows for quick and easy content changes with durable snap frame integration. Prints can be changed out in seconds. In addition, advertisements and photos will look vivid and clear with the enhanced light guide technology that distributes the LED lighting evenly across the sign face. There are standard sizes available and orders for custom sizes may be available based on quantity
• OSRAM KREIOS G1 LED Image Projector Is the ideal solution for any application needing spotlighting image projection, including special events, bars and restaurants, museums, shopping malls, department stores and other retail and architectural environments. With easily interchangeable standard size and do-it-yourself gobos, company brand names and logos can be projected at points of sale and exhibition booths. Using high-powered, long-life LEDs, the KREIOS G1 projector has a dedicated optical system that delivers a sharp image of the gobo with an extremely homogeneous distribution of light across the entire image. Thanks to this energy efficient, white LED light source, the KREIOS G1 LED image projector can deliver an output of 800 lumens using just 20-watts of power.

For more information on these products and other sustainable lighting solutions from OSRAM SYLVANIA, please visit the third floor SPECTRUM lighting gallery (#3656) at the Dallas International Lighting Market, January 19-23, 2012, or visit www.sylvania.com.

​About OSRAM SYLVANIA:

OSRAM SYLVANIA is a leader in lighting solutions and specialty products that feature innovative design and energy saving technology. The company sells products for homes, businesses and vehicles primarily under the SYLVANIA brand name, and also under the OSRAM brand. Headquartered in Danvers, Mass., OSRAM SYLVANIA is the North American operation of OSRAM GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG. For more information, visit www.sylvania.com and follow us at www.twitter.com/sylvania

Cree LEDway® Luminaires to Replace More than 3,600 Antiquated Street Lights

DURHAM, N.C., January 23, 2012 — Taking steps to improve energy efficiency and reduce its overall carbon footprint, the City of Asheville has initiated North Carolina’s first large-scale deployment of LED street lights. There are 3,643 LEDway® street lights from Durham-based manufacturer Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) being installed, with projected savings of $260,000 annually.

In the initial phase of the project, completed in June 2011, 730 street lights in Asheville’s River District and Kenilworth neighborhoods were replaced with 67-watt to 195-watt LEDway luminaires, estimated to save the City $45,000 in annual energy costs. An additional 2,913 LEDway street lights are currently being installed, and the City anticipates saving 50 percent of current energy use and maintenance costs due to the LED upgrade.

“Upgrading to LED street lights allows us to decrease energy consumption, increase energy efficiency and contribute to the sustainability of our community,” said Maggie Ullman, energy coordinator for the Asheville Office of Sustainability. “This exciting initiative helps affirm Asheville’s role as a leader in carbon footprint reduction.”

Asheville’s city-wide street light upgrade project complies with the City Council’s 2008 lighting ordinance, designed to reduce glare and light pollution. In 2009, Asheville City Council unanimously approved using Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), to fund efficiency initiatives, including the first phase of the street light replacement. The revolving fund rolls energy savings back into the city’s green and efficiency initiatives.

Progress Energy, which serves the City of Asheville, provides N.C. Utilities Commission-approved rate tables to its customers that choose LED street lights. In addition to helping its customers understand the energy cost savings of LED technology, Progress Energy provides the option of renting or owning LED lighting fixtures.

“As more municipalities commit to replacing outdated, inefficient lighting with the support of their local utilities, LED adoption and consumer awareness continue to increase,” said Christopher Ruud, president of Ruud Lighting, a Cree Company. “We applaud the City of Asheville and Progress Energy for working together for the benefit of its citizens demonstrating the growing trend of cities and municipalities working together to join the LED lighting revolution.”

About Cree
Cree is leading the LED lighting revolution and making energy-wasting traditional lighting technologies obsolete through the use of energy-efficient, mercury-free LED lighting. Cree is a market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting, and semiconductor products for power and radio-frequency (RF) applications.

Cree’s product families include LED fixtures and bulbs, blue and green LED chips, high-brightness LEDs, lighting-class power LEDs, power-switching devices and RF devices. Cree products are driving improvements in applications such as general illumination, electronic signs and signals, power supplies and solar inverters.

For additional product and company information, please refer to www.CreeLEDLighting.com. To learn more about the LED Lighting Revolution, please visit www.creeledrevolution.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated. Actual results may differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that actual savings will vary from expectations, customer acceptance of LED products; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render Cree’s products obsolete; and other factors discussed in Cree’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 26, 2011, and subsequent filings.

Cree and LEDway are trademarks registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Energy Savings,LED Technology, Lighting

January 2012 – WattStopper has introduced the rugged FSP-211 Digital High/Low Passive Infrared Fixture Integrated Outdoor Sensor to conveniently control lighting in areas such as parking facilities, gas stations, pedestrian pathways and warehouses. The sensor, which was accepted into the prestigious 2011 IES Progress Report, mounts in a lighting fixture and provides motion-based multi-level control combined with optional hold off daylighting control. Its unique feature set provides the flexibility to quickly and easily customize control parameters for each project to ensure energy savings while also addressing security concerns. All parameters are adjustable via a wireless configuration tool capable of storing and transmitting multiple sensor profiles.

The sensor is specifically engineered for use in LED fixtures; it can withstand the high temperatures produced by LED lighting, and its relay will last for the life of the fixture. The FSP-211 also works with fluorescent lighting, including 0-10V dimmable ballasts. When installed in an outdoor fixture, it is IP66 rated, impervious to dust and powerful water jets. A choice of four lenses ensures complete coverage for mounting heights ranging from 8’ to 40’, making the sensor suitable for virtually any application.

The FSP-211 is the first fixture-integrated motion sensor to feature two fully adjustable lighting levels plus off. It delivers design levels for high and low modes, preventing over-lighting and maximizing energy efficiency. An integral photocell measures the ambient light level and can hold lighting off, or at low level, when there is sufficient daylight contribution. All adjustments are made with a wireless handheld infrared (IR) tool, and the hold off setpoint includes an automatic calibration option for added convenience. The wireless configuration tool can store and send up to five sensor profiles, including all parameters, to significantly speed project commissioning.

WattStopper Product Line Manager Daniel Trevino is proud that the FSP-211 was selected for the 2011 IES (Illuminating Engineering Society) Progress Report. “The committee appreciated the numerous benefits this product provides to lighting fixture manufacturers, electrical contractors and building owners, from its remarkable versatility to the ease of configuration using a handheld remote,” Trevino says. The IES Progress Committee’s annual report recognizes new products that contribute “unique and significant advancements to the art and science of lighting.”

WattStopper (www.wattstopper.com), a Legrand group brand, is a leading manufacturer of energy efficient lighting controls for commercial and residential use. We help customers find convenient ways to save energy, meet green initiatives, and comply with energy codes with our comprehensive range of products, programs, and services. Legrand (www.legrand.com), located in Limoges, France, is the world specialist in products and systems for electrical installations and information networks, offering solutions for use in residential, commercial and industrial buildings.

Contact Information:
Rita A. Renner
rita.renner@wattstopper.com

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Santa Clara, CA 95050
408.486.7503

EAST CLEVELAND, OH. — December 13, 2011 — (NYSE:GE) — GE Lighting announces a call for entries for its 29^th annual GE Edison Award competition, recognizing excellence and quality in professional lighting designs that employ the significant use of GE light sources (lamps and/or LEDs).
The competition is open to professional designers, architects, engineers and consultants for projects completed during the 2011 calendar year. Online entries are judged on the following criteria: functional excellence; architectural compatibility; effective use of state–of–the–art lighting products and techniques; appropriate color, form and texture revelation; energy efficiency and cost effectiveness.

A new, Web-based entry submittal process has been developed to replace the former hard-copy process. To submit a project, entrants should go to the GE Edison Award website for full details.
Projects scoring the highest number of points will qualify to receive either Awards of Merit or Awards of Excellence. The GE Edison Award Winner is selected from among the Awards of Excellence.

In addition to these distinctions, an Award for Residential Lighting Design is presented to the project that best exemplifies excellence in lighting design within a residential application, using the same criteria as the other award categories. For this category, judges are looking for designs with innovative application(s) of light and the creative integration of lighting layers and controls.

The Award for Environmental Design gives special recognition to projects that minimize the use of energy, maximize the use of daylighting, control light pollution, and ensure system durability and maintainability.

All qualifying entrants will be invited to an awards ceremony, which will take place Tuesday, May 8, 2012, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on the evening prior to the opening of LightFair International, the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference. At that time, all winners will be recognized with personalized plaques acknowledging their lighting design achievements.

The identity of the 2011 GE Edison Award Winner will remain confidential until announced at the Awards ceremony. The winner will receive a personalized Steuben crystal trophy and continued publicity throughout the following year. A distinctive plaque also will be presented to the owner of the winning installation.

All lighting projects, submitted for award consideration, must have been completed between -January. 1, 2011, and December 31, 2011. Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. on January 9, 2012. Entries from all countries will be considered and will be only accepted electronically.

For more information about the GE Edison Awards visit www.GEEdisonAward.com .

About GE Appliances & Lighting
GE Appliances & Lighting spans the globe as an industry leader in major appliances, lighting, systems and services for commercial, industrial and residential use. Technology innovation and the company’s ecomagination (SM) initiative enable GE Appliances & Lighting to aggressively bring to market products and solutions that help customers meet pressing environmental challenges. General Electric (NYSE: GE), imagination at work, sells products under the Monogram®, Profile™, Café™, GE®, Hotpoint®, Reveal® and Energy Smart® consumer brands, and Tetra®, Vio™ and Immersion® commercial brands. For more information, consumers may visit www.ge.com .

Lusio Solid-State Lighting Fixtures Accepted in 2011 IES Progress Report

Innovative, energy-efficient high bay LED fixtures recognized as providing significant developments and improvements in the lighting industry

Overland Park, Kansas (PRWEB) December 13, 2011

Lusio Solid-State Lighting’s LED high bay fixtures have been included in the 2011 Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Report and recognized as products that provide significant developments and improvements in the lighting industry.

Acceptance in the Progress Report is based on an impartial judging process by a committee of more than 30 representatives from lighting industry leading manufacturers and lighting design firms. The Committee evaluates each submission on its uniqueness, innovation, and significance in the lighting industry. Lusio was one of about 150 products recognized from submissions that included products and manufacturers from all categories of the lighting industry.

The Lusio high bay LED fixtures were formally recognized by the IES Progress Committee at the recent 2011 IES Annual Conference in Austin, TX. The 2011 IES Progress Report is now posted on the IES website and will be presented at IES Section meetings throughout the year. The Report will also be featured in the January 2012 issue of Lighting Design + Application (LD+A) magazine.

About Lusio Solid-State Lighting

Lusio® Solid-State Lighting fixtures are engineered to meet the lighting requirements of virtually any commercial or industrial space while fully integrating with corporate goals of energy efficiency. Cool operating, low maintenance, and controllable, Lusio fixtures are comprised of two distinct families.

The Lusio Pro-Optics™ Series of feature-rich LED fixtures meets complex lighting requirements particularly where glare control is a critical factor. Available in five light distributions, the Pro-Optics series is listed (IP65) for dry/damp and wet locations.

The Lusio Essentials™ Bay Series includes five models of high lumen output fixtures, economically designed for cost conscious applications. These fixtures deliver high lumens, high efficacy, and high lumens per dollar and provide fast paybacks when compared to T5HO and HID fixtures.

The diverse variety of fixtures makes Lusio an energy-saving option for most commercial and industrial applications. Additionally, Lusio stands behind all its fixtures with an industry leading 7-year warranty.

Lusio is a worldwide brand and registered trademark of LightWild. Learn more about Lusio Solid-State Lighting at http://www.LusioLighting.com.