TÜV SÜD America Inc. has opened a new 30,000 square foot Energy Efficiency Center of Excellence located just north of Atlanta, Ga. The new NVLAP* 17025-accredited laboratory allows TÜV SÜD to test and certify products to global energy efficiency programs. In addition to energy efficiency and product safety for lighting fixtures and lamps, the laboratory will provide services … [Read more...]
Thermal Modeling and Testing for LEDs and Luminaires
Mentor Graphics Corp. has introduced the T3Ster (“trister”) thermal transient tester for LEDs, board-level LED arrays and luminaires. Together with the company’s FloTHERM thermal simulation tool based on computational flow dynamics (CFD), lighting designers can model and improve heat transfer through the LED, printed circuit board (PCB) or luminaire system during design and … [Read more...]
