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Nitride Semis Verifies Effect Of UVC Light On Coronavirus

Nitride Semis Verifies Effect Of UVC Light On Coronovirus 275nm UVC light has an inactivating effect equal to or greater than 245nm light sources

Japanese UV-LED company Nitride Semiconductors has verified the inactivating effect on OC43 coronavirus (pseudo SARS-CoV-2) using three different wavelengths in the deep ultraviolet region, wavelengths 222nm, 254nm, and 275nm in collaboration with the National Hospital Organisation Sendai Medical Center Clinical Research Department Virus Center (Director Shuichi Nishimura). The Nitride team confirmed that the deep ultraviolet […]

Reducing The Operating Voltage Of Tunnel-junction Deep UV LEDs

Reducing The Operating Voltage Of Tunnel-junction Deep UV LEDs

A Japanese collaboration is claiming to have broken new ground for reducing the operating voltage of tunnel-junction deep-UV LEDs. Success has come from suppressing the incorporation of carbon contaminants in an n-type AlGaN layer that is then doped with a high concentration of silicon. The lower operating voltage promises to increase the optical efficiency of […]

What is the real Human Centric Health Lighting

What is the real Human Centric Health Lighting

Human Centric Lighting, the literal translation is human-centered lighting, people-specific lighting, translators are too talented because of lighting, if it is because of human lighting, it looks very lame, and Human Centric Lighting looks very compelling. Human-caused lighting refers to the application of lighting technology to perfectly integrate light and space, allowing people to obtain […]

3 Things You Must Know about Office Lighting Design

3 Things You Must Know about Office Lighting Design

When decorating an office, many companies often pay attention to the design effect of the office, cost, corporate culture integration, etc., but seldom pay attention to the lighting design, but in fact, the office is a place where employees spend eight hours a day after all. The design effect will also affect work efficiency. If […]

Studay shows Far-UVC light (222 nm) efficiently and safely inactivates airborne human coronaviruses

Studay shows Far-UVC light (222 nm) efficiently and safely inactivates airborne human coronaviruses

Abstract A direct approach to limit airborne viral transmissions is to inactivate them within a short time of their production. Germicidal ultraviolet light, typically at 254 nm, is effective in this context but, used directly, can be a health hazard to skin and eyes. By contrast, far-UVC light (207–222 nm) efficiently kills pathogens potentially without harm to […]

New York MTA is Using UV Light Devices to Kill Coronavirus in Subways

During outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York ,a worker wipes down surfaces as the MTA Subway closed overnight for cleaning and disinfecting

From next week, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will use ultraviolet light to help remove Covid-19 from its subways, buses and commuter trains as the technology has shown to eradicate the virus from surfaces. In a report by The Sun, scientists from Columbia University and officials of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced on Tuesday, […]

MEAN WELL launched XBG Series New Generation of Circular LED Driver

MEAN WELL XBG driver

Mean Well XBG series is a new generation LED driver with a patented circular case mechanism design for high bay light and floodlight application. The main differences compared with the last generation of HBG series are the circuit design with constant power output and complying with the latest safety regulations— isolation between output and dimming […]

GE Introduces New Dimmers and Smart Switches

C by GE lighting

 GE Lighting has announced new features for the C by GE series, including wireless dimmers, wireless motion sensors, and smart switches. None of the series requires a hub to connect to the Internet. According to GE, the new hubless smart switches and two hubless battery-powered dimmer models are industry firsts. They don’t need a product […]

Dr. Mariana Figueiro was awarded $3.8M for Light and Health Research by National Institute on Aging

Lighting for healthy living

In August 2019 the National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a replacement 5-year grant totaling $3.8 million to Dr. Mariana Figueiro, academic and Director at the Lighting centre (LRC) at Rensselaer engineering school to research on light and health whether or not a semipermanent (6-month) lighting intervention designed to market time unit entrainment can improve […]

Signify launches smart lighting training program for electrical contractors

Signify launches smart lighting training program for electrical contractors

Signify smart lighting training program was launched for electrical contractors. It’s a welcome idea, but the hidden message could be that the IoT isn’t as easy to implement as advertised. Meanwhile, Zigbee trumps Bluetooth. It’s no secret that the lighting industry has encountered slow going in its attempt to morph into a provider of lighting-based, […]

Lumileds Introduces Brand New 2835 LED Package with Up to 200 lm/W

Lumileds New 2835 LED Package 200 LM per Watt

On October 23, Lumileds introduced the new LUXEON 2835 HE LED, which has a power of up to 200 lm/W and provides a new definition of color consistency for LEDs on the market. On October 23, Lumileds introduced the new LUXEON 2835 HE LED, which has a power efficiency of up to 200 lm/W and […]

General lighting pattern tends to solidify: OLED lighting becomes the next player

oled-lighting-by-LG

We all know that after more than 100 years of evolution and development, general lighting has matured from incandescent lamps, halogen lamps, fluorescent lamps, and LED lighting products. At the Frankfurt Lighting Fair, we also noticed that the difference between the products of different manufacturers is not very obvious, and the fiery filament lamp products […]