LEDSynergy News Archive - April 2008
LEDSynergy news achive for April 2008.
Universities save money with environmentally friendly LED illumination
Five universities have signed up for a new pilot scheme that will see them install and evaluate the benefits of LED illumination.North Carolina State University (NCSU), Marquette University, University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), University of Arkansas and China's Tianjin Polytechnic University will all examine the financial and environmental incentives for...
Wednesday, 30th April 2008 - full story
Hospital hits on a bright idea with LEDs lighting
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital has installed LED lighting as part of a drive to reduce costs.The hospital is expected to make energy and maintenance savings of £1,600 a year after withdrawing halogen lights from its East Atrium in favour of LED illumination.PuraLED, a lighting division of Zyphos LED Systems Ltd, provided the new low wattage...
Wednesday, 30th April 2008 - full story
Milwaukee Arts Centre "given a new face" by LED lighting
Milwaukee's Marcus Centre for the Performing Arts has been given a facelift after the venue fitted 900 new LED lights.The state-of-the-art lighting fixtures, which were partly funded by the Argosy Foundation, will enable the building to be bathed in millions of different hues suited to particular events.The digitally programmed lighting scheme is inspired...
Monday, 28th April 2008 - full story
LEDs to light up Trafalgar Square
LEDs will light up one of London's most famous landmarks this autumn.The Greater London Authority has announced it is seeking a contractor to replace current lighting systems in Trafalgar Square's fountains with a new LED lighting system, LEDs Magazine reports.Currently, the two fountains are fitted with 28 individual waterproof luminaries with 250-watt...
Wednesday, 23rd April 2008 - full story
Exhibition highlights LEDs' bright future
LEDs are set to feature highly in an event in Germany taking place later this year.Electronica 2008, aims to highlight the technological trends and their power supply currently making waves across the world.Taking place at the New Munich Trade Fair Center, from November 11th to 14th 2008, the event gives both small and large players in the industry a chance...
Wednesday, 23rd April 2008 - full story
Taiwan prepares for LED Conference
A conference examining issues affecting the high-brightness LED (HB-LED), advanced LED and solid state lighting sectors will be held in Taiwan next month.Publishers CompoundSemi Online and Solid State Lighting Net will join forces to host the "Blue" LED conference in Hsinchu, which has been running since 2004.The conference will offer networking...
Tuesday, 22nd April 2008 - full story
LED video screens: Roadshow brings music to London 2012 event
Four groups of talented young Londoners will have their performances projected on LED screens to huge crowds after being chosen to perform at a special Olympic event this summer.Musical acts from all over London took part in a roadshow organised by London 2012 to compete for the opportunity to perform at the Handover Celebration in the capital in August when London...
Thursday, 17th April 2008 - full story
LED technology conference announced
A conference focusing on the global high-brightness LED (HB LED) market is set to take place later this year.LED Japan/Strategies in Light, to be held at the Tepia Exhibition Hall in Tokyo, will bring together experts in the HB LED field over two days from October 16th to October 17th. It is hoped that the conference, which builds on the existing US...
Wednesday, 16th April 2008 - full story
LED display screens beset by temporary station closure
Recently-installed LED display screens at Liverpool Street station will show a limited timetable at the beginning of May as engineering works cause large-scale disruption.Liverpool Street mainline station is to close across the Sunday May 4th and Bank Holiday Monday (May 5th) to allow vital engineering work to take place.A team of engineers will roll an...
Tuesday, 15th April 2008 - full story
LED factory news: chip maker gains $40m
A leading LED chip maker has secured $40 million in financing allowing it to build on steps already made in developing eco-friendly technologies.Bridgelux's financing includes $30 million of private equity investment and $10 million of bank lines of credit, LEDs Magazine reports.The money will allow the firm to take advantage of growth in the LED market as...
Monday, 14th April 2008 - full story
LED video screens bring live opera to life
Cruise ship passengers were treated to a special opera performance last week with the help of LED technology.A live performance of La Boheme performed by the Metropolitan Opera in New York was screened on LED video screens measuring an impressive 300 sq foot on Princess Cruises' entire fleet.The Puccini opera was screened live across 16 ships on the screens...
Friday, 11th April 2008 - full story
Latest LED technology for Chaifetz arena
A line-up including some of the world's best sporting and entertainment stars is set perform first in front of state-of-the-art LED equipment at a brand new $81 million arena.Easy-listening crooner Barry Manilow and renowned basketball team the Harlem Globetrotters will be making appearances at St Louis University's new Chaifetz Arena in the coming few days and...
Friday, 11th April 2008 - full story
LED displays for NY bus shelters
New Yorkers waiting for public transport will no longer be bored while waiting for a bus as LED advertising display panels are to be introduced on bus shelters in the city.Media company Cemusa, which currently holds the contract for street furniture for the New York City Department of Transportation is to install the screens at 20 bus stops in the Big Apple,...
Wednesday, 9th April 2008 - full story
Mega LED screens in Beijing
An LED screen eleven times the area of a double-decker bus has been installed in Beijing.The LED outdoor advertising display measuring 264 square metres was erected on the outside overpass wall of a shopping centre in the Chongwen district, CNN news reports.And the city is also about to gain further LED displays in future, with a second screen in the...
Wednesday, 9th April 2008 - full story
LED chip factory opens
Osram has officially opened the last section of its new plant in Germany.Taking seven years to build, the new section increases current capacity at the Regensburg factory by 50 per cent, LEDs Magazine reports.Osram's chief executive Martin Goetzeler and chief executive of Osram Opto Semiconductors Radiger Maller attended the opening with Hans Schaidinger,...
Wednesday, 9th April 2008 - full story
LED video screens at UB40 arena tour
One of the UK's biggest reggae acts of all time performed in front of a vast wall of LED video screens in their latest arena tour.More than 80 square metres of LED panels provided an impressive focal point for UB40's tour to promote the release of their new album, 24/7, Entertainment Technology Press reports. Visuals for the gig included a US flag to...
Tuesday, 8th April 2008 - full story
Florida church 'excited' by green LED lighting
A Baptist church in Florida has opened its doors for the first time ever showing off the LED technology inside to its congregation. The First Baptist Church of Marco Island includes a 500-seat worship centre as well as children's space, youth rooms and multi-purpose areas, Live Design Online reports.And to complement to new building designers Brawner and...
Tuesday, 8th April 2008 - full story
LED tech sweet for Sugababes
LED technology can now be seen in action during the tour of one of the UK's most popular girl pop groups.Chart-toppers Sugababes' current set of UK gigs features BB4 wash lights operated by the tour's lighting director Darragh McAuliffe, Entertainment Technology Press reports.For the tour, the BB4s are rigged five per side, 5ft off the deck on 'soft...
Monday, 7th April 2008 - full story
LED screen for Louis Vuitton boutique
One of the fashion world's most respected designer labels has put an LED screen into good use at its brand new store.Louis Vuitton's latest store on Canton Road in Kowloon Hong Kong features the largest LED facade in Asia, giving the outlet a very special unique selling point indeed.The shop also boasts the world's longest 'bag bar', exclusive products...
Monday, 7th April 2008 - full story
LED traffic technology wins energy prize
A project which uses LED technology in traffic signals in Brazil has received an award recognising its green credentials.The Brazilian government awarded the Rational Use and Energy Conservation National Award to the project organised by electric power distributor Bandeirante Energia, LEDs Magazine reports.The initiative involved the replacement of 5,370...
Friday, 4th April 2008 - full story
LEDs could make drivers more alert
LED technology could be used in future to keep sleepy drivers more awake at the wheel, it has emerged.Researchers in New York are to bid for research funding into a study to look at the affect of light on drivers' body clocks, science magazine the New Scientist reports.Mariana Figueiro and a team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York are to...
Thursday, 3rd April 2008 - full story
Public LED on by digital clock spoof
LED displays featured in an elaborate April Fool's Day set-up in a national newspaper on Tuesday.Many readers of the Daily Express were duped into believing that London's iconic clock tower of Big Ben had undergone a digital transformation.LED signage company LEDSynergy were drafted in to mock up a digital clock on the four faces of the tower.The...
Wednesday, 2nd April 2008 - full story
LED lights feature in fashion show finale
LED technology helped a fashion show's finale to come to a fantastic finish last week in Shanghai as a fashion label celebrated its 80th anniversary.A wall of LED lights signalled the culmination of Italian Salvatore Ferragamo's celebration of eight decades in the fashion world, and started the start of an after party following an evening of style and glamour,...
Tuesday, 1st April 2008 - full story
School finds funds for sports scoreboard
A school in Canada is reaping the benefits of an annual fundraising event supporting its drive to buy a new electronic sports scoreboard.Blenheim Bobcats raised a total of $10,500 at a yearly fundraising dinner and auction last weekend, the Chatham Daily News reports.The money raised brings the total up to $30,000 and allows an order for the scoreboard to...
Tuesday, 1st April 2008 - full story