By Krisha Brooks, P.E., Vice President of Engineering Services – GMR

With the economy still in recovery mode, business owners are looking to cut costs wherever possible. This creates real opportunity when it comes to identifying alternatives to traditional lighting sources. For many businesses, transitioning from antiquating lighting modalities can be an attractive and ultimately cost-saving alternative. While LED can produce a long-term cost savings in terms of maintenance and energy expense when full conversions take place, there remains sizable upfront costs that must be absorbed. MORE

By Adeline Chan – Cree

Cree’s LED Components business unit began developing lamp and luminaire reference designs in 2009 with a paper that laid out a six-step framework for systems development. In 2010, we delivered Cree’s first application-based reference design, a unique approach to pendant design, a heat sink external to the glass enclosure that allows a highly efficient LED-to-ambient coupling. MORE