After releasing three draft editions, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published the final ENERGY STAR Eligibility Criteria for integral LED lamps on December 4, 2009. The new Energy Star criteria will go into effect as of August 31, 2010.   These ENERGY STAR program requirements wer...

Japan is the birthplace of LED outdoor lighting including LED ambient lights, LED night safety street lights, which help to reduce crime, and other novel lighting fixtures. Among the developed countries, Japan has a relatively higher aging population, and Japanese government as well as private en...

According to the statistics of industry research institute LEDinside, China’s overall demand for LED street lights in 2009 is around 30 thousand units, far less than the number the market had expected at the beginning of 2009. The main reason is that street light standards have not been establ...

LED industry research institute indicated that Taiwan listed LED manufactures’ October revenues reached NT$6.974 bn in total, up 0.7% MoM and 23% YoY growth - of which, LED chip makers’ total revenue in October added 7.3% MoM to NT$ 3.151 bn, while LED packagers posted a 7.3% MoM decline...

At FPD International 2009 which took place from Oct 28 to 30, 2009 in Yokohama, Japan, energy saving and eco-friendliness were shown as the most important themes for the photoelectric industry. According to research organization LEDinside, thanks to increasing shipments of LED TVs and growing applic...