This means the lantern can be used as a small lighting fixture at night

The US professional lighting journal Architectural SSL Magazine has awarded Osram Opto Semiconductors for the third time in a row as winner of the Product Innovation Award in the category Market Leadership.The award also honours the work of Jianzhong Jiao, who as Director of Regulations and Emerging Technologies at Osram Opto Semiconductors has made a significant contribution to establishing industry standards for Wholesale Led high bay light With eight recently approved research project proposals, the program is now officially launched. The aim of these projects is to develop innovative, efficient lighting that will also be available for new applications. The five-year program has had the sum of three million euros allocated to it: each of the partners will pay half. The initial results are expected in 2014.

The Market Leadership category includes five sub-categories in which awards are given. Osram Opto Semiconductors is the 2013 winner for Industry Participation. Comprised of distinguished industrial design experts, the jury was swayed by the company's extraordinary dedication to developing a number of standards and regulations for opto-semiconductor products, and by its achievements in research and development.In the development of new products, Osram Opto Semiconductors garnered recognition for product innovations such as the Oslon SSL LED, which achieves a value of 95 on the colour rendering index.The fact that we have received our third consecutive PIA award reinforces our intention to continue along our chosen path,” emphasises Don Klase, Chief Executive Officer of Osram Opto Semiconductors in the USA.

These awards make us very proud, and they show the public to our committed employees are capable of yahamlighting. They are the ones who spend every single day enhancing existing SSL.The solar lantern operates by generating electricity from sunlight during the day and storing it in a battery. This means the lantern can be used as a small lighting fixture at night.According to the International Energy Agency's 2011 World Energy Outlook, there are about 1.32bn people worldwide living without electricity, mainly in developing countries in Asia and Africa.Many communities in these regions use kerosene lamps for lighting, but such lamps can pose fire risks as kerosene is highly flammable, as well as health risks as a result of the black carbon that's released.Panasonic is aiming to have donated 100,000 of its solar lanterns to developing countries by 2018 to mark its 100th anniversary and to help such regions get Agent of floodlight better access to healthcare and education.In order to meet the growing demand for sustainable lighting, Technology Foundation STW and Philips have taken the initiative to form the ‘Advanced Sustainable Lighting Solutions’ partnership.