Unlimited Design Variety Meets Energy Efficiency

The new, freestanding reception building at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ head office in Regensburg (Germany) shows the variety of applications of light-emitting diodes (LEDs); all the lighting functions – workspace, general room, effects and outdoor lighting – are handled by LEDs. In contrast to conventional lights LEDs make completely innovative lighting designs possible while saving energy too – for example, 35 percent alone in the case of... 

OSRAM Ceramic Lamps Now as 100W Systems

With its Powerball HCI 100W lamps Munich lighting manufacturer OSRAM now provides 100W systems for halogen metal halide lamps with ceramic burners for the first time. It means the company is meeting the demands of OEMs and lighting designers for a Powerball lamp solution between 75W and 150W. Now 100W luminaires can be equipped with tried and trusted Powerball technology for various applications. PowerballHCI-T, HCI-T/P und HCI-E/P lamps are now available... 

OSRAM equips hotel conference room with LED light

The Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Regensburg now has yet another attraction. In the newly refurbished conference room known as the “Light” room, linear modules with Golden Dragon LEDs from OSRAM are used to create any lighting of any mood, color and intensity. The LED modules are concealed behind a large panel. Depending on the purpose to which the room is being used, they can provide bright light for concentrating, soft calming light or exciting... 

Regency Lighting Celebrates Their 25th Anniversary

In February 2008, Regency Lighting celebrated their twenty-fifth anniversary, marking their dependability and success in the lighting industry by remembering their history. Regency Lighting opened their doors in Van Nuys, CA in 1983. The cofounders, Ron Regenstreif and Mike Goldstone, hired two sales representatives and an administrative assistant to help run their new business of distributing light bulbs. They couldn’t afford a full-time driver,... 

LEDs from OSRAM light up the globe on the Hotel Atlantic

The city of Hamburg has another bright attraction now that OSRAM has bathed the globe on top of the Hotel Atlantic in colored light. All thanks to 24 high-power LINEARlight-DRAGON Colormix LEDs. Twelve OT Easy 60 controllers from OSRAM ensure that the LEDs can produce light of almost any color. The globe, supported by two caryatids (sculpted female figures), has been the emblem Hotel Atlantic in Hamburg since it was opened in 1909. Initially it was... 

World record in the OSRAM laboratory: quantum leap in the brightness and efficacy of white LEDs

By improving all the technologies involved in the manufacture of LEDs, OSRAM development engineers have achieved new records for the brightness and efficiency of white LEDs in the laboratory. Under standard conditions with an operating current of 350 mA, brightness peaked at a value of 155 lm, and efficacy at 136 lm/W. White prototype LEDs with 1 mm2 chips were used. The light produced had a color temperature of 5000 K, with color coordinates at...