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Efficiency Benefits Up to 82% in Energy Savings!
According to Flex Your Power, documented studies have proven the energy savings potential of LEDs:
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The benefits of LED lighting technology go far beyond reducing
electricity consumption.
Even with a higher initial investment, dollar savings and quality improvements significantly outweigh costs.
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LED technology's numerous benefits also include:
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Current market-ready or near market-ready uses of LED lighting include:
Commercial Signage: Commercial signage often operates 12 to 24 hours per day, consuming about 2% of the total electricity in the United States. Fluorescent signs currently account for about 48% of this market, with neon signs holding about 41%, and the remainder of the market dominated by incandescent products.
Institutional, Industrial and Commercial Lighting: LED products can have a significant impact on energy use in airport, ports and roadway lighting, where conventional fluorescent- and incandescent-lit signage is heavily used.
Retail Lighting: LEDs offer unprecedented flexibility in colors and configurations to lighting designers in creating displays and “moods” in retail settings.
Key resources pertaining to LED technology:- LED Lighting Systems, 2003 (47 pgs.), by John Bullough
- Information from ENERGY STAR about high efficiency exit signs and traffic signals
- Information from the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on LEDs in transportation applications and exit signs
- Specifications on LED traffic signals developed by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
- lighting bases
- poles
- fixtures
- signals
- bollards
- banner arms
- signs and sign holders
- planting baskets
- mail boxes
Street furnishings that can create a stunning theme for an entire project design.
Universities around the world are switching to
LED lighting to help save energy, reduce costs and
protect the environment.The LED University™ program
is an international community of universities working to accelerate
the adoption of energy-efficient LEDs. Goals include:
• Increase energy savings
• Protect the environment
• Reduce maintenance costs
• Provide a better quality of
light for improved visibility
and safety
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A wide variety
of organizations have discovered how LED lighting
technology can reduce energy and maintenance costs.LED lighting is currently being used in workplace installations, including:
- Overhead lighting for conference rooms and office spaces
- Recessed lighting for hallways, bathrooms, breakrooms, and more
- Exterior lighting for parking lots, walkways and entrances
Check out the featured installations and discover the potential savings achieved by installing state-of-the-art LED lighting.
Learn how LED lighting is lowering lighting costs for a variety of workplaces:
Dragon-shaped water fountains in Olympic Park brightened by OSRAM Golden DRAGON LEDs
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and Tong Fang joined hands to illuminate the elegant dragon-shaped water fountains in Beijing’s Olympic Park with OSRAM Golden DRAGON LEDs.
Tong Fang Co. Ltd. installed its dragon-shaped water fountains,
located along the northeast side of the Bird’s Nest and the Water Cube
in the Olympic Park, in July of this year.
The fountains were outfitted
with OSRAM Golden DRAGON with lens and enhanced Thinfilm LED
components, providing the “Dragon” with its characteristic golden glow.
The partnership marks OSRAM’s continued efforts to be the leader and top innovator in China’s LED market, as well as to provide support for China as it prepares to host the largest sporting event in the world.
Two impressive dragons team up
Tong Fang turned to OSRAM Opto Semiconductors for its leading-edge LED
technology, but the partnership may have a deeper, if coincidental,
Chinese connection as well: two dragons, OSRAM's Golden DRAGON LED
lamps and Tong Fang's “dragon fountain”, working together to show
strong support for Beijing’s Olympic Games.
Projects like the dragon-shaped fountains reflect the expanding
opportunities customers find to create interesting and original LED
solid-state lighting applications.
More than 600 meters long, the
“Dragon” is formed by thousands of tiny water jets arranged in a long,
gentle curve cutting through the Olympic Park, comprising a river
stretching two kilometers long. The dynamic jets launch water columns
as high as six meters, creating a kind of rolling wave, like the body
of a dragon as it glides through the air. At the base of each column,
mounted 10cm underwater, a lamp containing 24 OSRAM Golden DRAGON LEDs
radiates yellow light upwards to a height of 15 meters, illuminating
the “dragon” for four to five hours every evening.
Altogether 1,920 lamps containing 46,080 Golden DRAGON LEDs help bring the dragon fountain to life.
“The first time Tong Fang discussed their idea for the dragon fountain with us, I knew OSRAM had to be involved, as it was a perfect opportunity for us to show the versatility, efficiency and advanced technology behind our Golden DRAGON LEDs. This kind of innovative and creative thinking is precisely how we aim to revolutionize the lighting industry in China and the rest of the world,” says Dr. Alfred Felder, CEO of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Asia.
The OSRAM Golden DRAGON advantages
Tong Fang ultimately chose to work with OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
because of the benefits inherent to using the Golden DRAGON with lens
and enhanced OSRAM Thinfilm LED technology.
The Golden DRAGON LEDs come with one of
the narrowest viewing angle
integrated lenses in the industry (just
20°), taking up less space and reducing the need for secondary optics.
Furthermore, the high optical efficiency (61lm/W) of these yellow LEDs
enhances energy efficiency, while the over 50,000 hours lifespan (under
proper operating conditions) minimizes maintenance costs.
“We’ve already received extremely positive feedbacks from people who’ve witnessed the fountain in action, especially with respect to the golden color, which resonates with traditional Chinese perceptions of dragons, as they symbolize power, prosperity and celebration; and this summer is set to be one of the biggest celebrations ever,” says Miao Chen, General Manager at Tong Fang. “OSRAM, whom we’ve worked with before, has proven once again to be a highly reliable and forward-thinking partner in providing us with this solid-state lighting solution.”
OSRAM Opto Semiconductor’s golden future
Partnering with leading Chinese companies such as Tong Fang is
a key ingredient to OSRAM Opto Semiconductors recipe for developing
China’s rising LED market. As a leader in its industry, OSRAM is
continually aimed at shaping the future of lighting in China and
developing people’s perceptions and understanding of LED technology,
which has rapidly gone from niche market/high fashion to mainstream,
mass market use, and the range of solid-state lighting applications
expands day by day. By supporting local Chinese customers who wish to
turn their next-generation lighting ideas into a reality, OSRAM Opto
Semiconductor is confident that the China LED market will continue to
flourish for years to come.
To know more innovative LED applications, please visit www.osram-os.com.
About OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
OSRAM is part of the Industry sector of Siemens and one of the two leading lighting manufacturers in the world. Its subsidiary, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH in Regensburg (Germany), offers its customers solutions based on semiconductor technology for lighting, sensor and visualization applications. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has production sites in Regensburg (Germany) and Penang (Malaysia). Its headquarters for North America is in Santa Clara (USA), and for Asia in Hong Kong. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors also has sales offices throughout the world. In the 2007 fiscal year (to the end of September) OSRAM Opto Semiconductors employed more than 4000 people and achieved sales totaling EUR520 million. For more information go to www.osram-os.com.
About Tong Fang Co. Ltd.
Tong Fang brings its own core technologies to the use in expanding the information industry and the establishment of industrial applications. These are also used to serve the growing informational needs of the national economy, to drive the growing informational needs of societal and city planners and to improve the capabilities of intelligent technology in people’s daily lives. In the area of integrated city management, Tong Fang is the first to provide an e-city service; in the area of improving the intelligence of everyday digital products, Tsinghua Tong Fang is developing the total solution for intelligent home and technologically advanced communities. For more information go to http://www.thtf.com.cn
Infinilux is based in Carson California with call centers in Colorado and Pennsylvania as well as manufacturing facilities in Dong Guan Mainland China. Infinilux's primary mission is to create energy efficient Solid State Lamps that will replace costly inefficient incandescent lamps. The leadership team has over 50 years combined experience in the LED indication and lighting industries and holds multiple patents in the use and transfer of LED output
Infinilux
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its flagship LED recessed down light, the LR6, won a prestigious Silver International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) in the EcoDesign category. IDEA is one of the most prominent design competitions in the world, celebrating cutting-edge products and product concepts. Selected from 1,517 entries, the juried awards are co-sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America and BusinessWeek. This award continues the parade of accolades garnered by the LR6 for its performance and quality.
LR6 LED Luminaire for performance and quality
The LR6 is an all-in-one LED luminaire that converts six-inch recessed cans into energy-efficient lighting.
The LR6 consumes just 12 watts of energy, which is 85-percent less than a traditional incandescent and 50-percent less than a compact fluorescent, while providing industry-leading light quality and aesthetics. A unique feature of the LR6 is the available Edison base that allows the retrofit of existing cans in minutes with no rewiring or special tools.
“The innovative design of the LR6 is truly unique in the industry, and we are pleased that it has been recognized through this prestigious award,” said Neal Hunter, president, Cree LED Lighting Solutions. “It was created for the critical need of energy efficiency combined with a user-friendly design that allows for easy installation.”
“LED lighting is ready today to help address the world’s energy needs,” said Chuck Swoboda, Cree CEO and chairman. “Cree continues to drive improvements in LED technology and to help accelerate adoption of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lights, such as the LR6.”
The LR6 is available through lighting showrooms and lighting and electrical wholesalers in all 50 U.S. states and across Canada (visit www.CreeLLS.com/buy). It has been honored with the 2007 Lighting For Tomorrow Grand Prize for Solid State Lighting, BuildingGreen’s Top 10 Green Building Products for 2007 and was also named a 2008 PCBC Cool Product.
About Industrial Designers and IDSA
Industrial designers determine the form, use features and interaction qualities of manufactured products, packaging and digital media systems. They study people at work, at home and in motion to create satisfying experiences with products from the kitchen and the office to the hospital and the warehouse, shaping these to fit their customers and to make effective use of industrial processes. In this way, industrial designers have a quiet but profound presence in almost everything people encounter during the day. IDSA is the voice of industrial design, committed to advancing the profession through education, information, community and advocacy.
About Cree
Cree is leading the LED lighting revolution and setting the stage to obsolete the incandescent light bulb through the use of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting. Cree is a market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting retrofit solutions, and semiconductor solutions for backlighting, wireless and power applications.
For additional product and company information, please refer to www.CreeLLS.com.
The roughly $3 million building will offer a host of improvements over the current location, including a two-story atrium for grand chandelier displays, light lifts in the ceiling - a motorized apparatus that allows chandeliers to be lowered to eye level - and a customer service area separate from the showroom.
LED Signage Attracts Consumer Traffic
The exterior will be highlighted by a roughly 35-foot-tall electric sign with a 9-foot by 14-foot LED screen that can be used for advertisements and demonstrations.
In response to the downturn, the Bebbers have tightened their credit policies, reduced overhead through such things as cutting energy usage by using fluorescent display lighting and dramatically increased retail advertising. The additional advertising has meant a boost in retail trade over the past year, as has a moving sale that began in January.
Sector Marketing Strategy Shifts to Consumer Remodeling
"We felt a lot of people would keep their money and turn to remodeling and home improvements, so we started marketing to them to try and make up for the lack of the volume-builder business," Chuck Bebber said.
Today, retail customers represent about two-thirds of the store's business, a position commercial customers occupied before the advertising blitz.
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SciWorks has new exhibit space focusing on the cranks, levers and lasers that are behind the basic science of physics.
In the new PhysicsWorks, displays are grouped by concept into mechanics, light and color, electricity, motion and perception.
The beginning of the exhibit starts with simple displays of levers, gears and pulleys, then moves on to flashier kiosks for electricity and lasers. Sanford explains, "Not everybody is going to be a scientist, but everybody is going to have to deal with it at some point."
They include a room that captures a photo of your shadow on photosensitive material with an LED flashing light and a game that shows off the focused intensity of lasers.
There are also displays
that are more like low-impact rides, such as a kid-size gyroscope,
where you sit on a bicycle seat, and holding a spinning wheel by its
axle, you turn around. That's the same concept used in the space and
air industry to keep shuttles and planes straight, Sanford said.
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