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CREE introduces the LRP-38 LED lamp that provides a tightly-focused beam, exceptional color quality, extended life and unmatched energy-efficiency.

Designed for display and retail installations, the Cree LRP-38 is a narrow beam spotlight for use in supermarket produce displays, department stores, and museums--especially where exceptional color quality is valued. The lamp is currently being evaluated in grocery, department and furniture stores, as well as in big box retailers, where it replaced halogen and ceramic metal halide bulbs.

"The technology in Cree's LRP-38 LED lamp is by far the most promising that I have seen yet. I am pleased to see that Cree has definitely raised the bar for serious LED lamp solutions," said Brandon Melton, Corporate Purchasing Manager at Chipotle Restaurants.

The Cree LRP-38 uses Cree TrueWhite(TM) technology to generate a CRI of 92 at a color temperature of 2700K. The tightly-focused beam delivers a center beam candlepower of 4000 with a beam angle of 20 degrees. This UL-listed light is designed to replace 50W - 90W halogen PAR38 bulbs, in various applications. The input power is only 12 Watts, resulting in a total delivered minimum efficacy of 42 lumens per Watt. The lamp is designed to last 50,000 hours in open track fixtures or 35,000 in non-IC commercial recessed downlights.

The lamp has a unique optical design that maximizes the amount of light within the beam while minimizing the source brightness- so the eye is focused on the merchandise, not the light source.

With this product Cree extends the quality and performance of their award-winning LED lights into beam-controlled retrofit lamps. Neal Hunter, Cree LED Lighting president claims that "LEDs contain no harmful mercury and because they don't emit large amounts of heat, UV or infrared light, they protect what they are illuminating--everything from priceless art to fresh tomatoes. Lighting customers should sacrifice nothing in the pursuit of beautiful, energy-efficient light, and with the LRP-38, they don't have to."

The Cree LRP-38 will be sold through Cree LED Lighting sales channels and is currently shipping in volume, with high preliminary demand.

For additional product and company information, please refer to www.CreeLEDLighting.com

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Fluorescent lighting has been in use for over 50 years in the workplace, our homes, the bank, and virtually everywhere we shop. The reason fluorescent lighting is so popular is that it uses one-fourth the energy that incandescent lighting does. Another reason for their popularity is that standard fluorescent lamps do not get hot like incandescent or quartz halogen lamps.


Light Emitting Designs, produces environmental lighting solutions that include LED retrofits for both fluorescent and CFL bulbs.


15W T8 Retrofit for 120V and 277V
Fully encapsulated FL replacement acrylic tube. 120V or 277V. 15W (48°). Available only in Daylight DL (5000K). Compare to 32W .


CFL 6W Hi Lumen Dimmable Retrofit
Fully encapsulated. Hi power CFL type retrofit bulb in poly material. For medium base sockets. Available in Soft White SW (3000K) or Daylight DL (5000K). Compare to 60W (DL) or 40W (SW).


CFL 10W Hi Lumen Dimmable Retrofit
Fully encapsulated. Hi power CFL type retrofit bulb in poly material. For medium base sockets. Available in Soft White SW (3000K) or Daylight DL (5000K). Compare to 80W (DL) or 60W (SW).

Light Emitting Designs
108 S. Wynstone Park Drive, Suite 103
North Barrington, IL 60010
Telephone:     (847) 380-3540
www.led-llc.com

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The Retrofit Revolution
"We see a growing momentum toward responsible energy usage--we like to call it the 'Retrofit Revolution,'" said LED-LLC CEO, Tim Taylor. "When you look at true ROI, upfront costs for LED fixtures are easily displaced by savings in long term expense, and our customers understand that. The linear series offers a nice complement to the rest of our product line."

Greener Lighting Solutions
All of LED-LLC's LED fixtures offer a green solution for new installations, and an environmentally responsible replacement for existing fluorescents. LEDs last longer, burn cooler, and deliver savings on labor, as well as energy, over time This makes a cost effective solution for any 24/7 application, and especially industrial and commercial installations that pay high prices for labor to replace bulbs that burn out frequently and leave bad impressions when not replaced in a timely manner.

Light Emitting Designs (www.led-llc.com), an innovator in LED lighting solutions for the commercial/industrial market, announces three new series of 12v LED linear fixtures now shipping through electrical distribution.

The R, S and SC series from LED-LLC include the three key features savvy lighting specialists now expect:

1) lumens above 150 per each 12" run.

2) CRI of 75 or above.

3) Three year warranty.

All lights are dimmable on the 12v side.

Available in lengths from 12 to 60 inches, in Day Light or Soft White, from 4 to 16 watts, applications include task lighting, showcase lighting, undercabinet lighting, refrigerator/freezer lighting, and illuminating architectural features.

• "S" (Square) Series: Square (S) Extruded White Powder Coat Aluminum Housing
• "R" (Round) Series: Round (R) Extruded Brushed Aluminum Housing Rotatable to 3600
• "SC" (Showcase) Series: Show Case (SC) Extruded Brushed Aluminum Housing Rotatable to 3600
• Also available: Power Supplies and Link Cables

About Light Emitting Designs:
Light Emitting Designs is a company of lighting experts with nearly a century of combined experience, providing "environmental lighting solutions" to the electrical industry throughout the US. The broad product line includes indoor and outdoor LED bulbs, linear lighting fixtures, 2' and 4' T8's, and accessories.

Light Emitting Designs
108 S Wynstone Park Drive
Suite 103
North Barrington, IL  60010
847-380-3540
www.led-llc.com

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"In a restaurant -- where people must look as aesthetically pleasing to each other as the food does to them -- the quality of light is crucial - the type of fixture and the kind of light they produce," says Re:Vision's Jeremy Avellino, an architect/designer and former builder.

For now, he has chosen compact fluorescents (CFLs) that cast a surprising bluish light. They'll use nearly one-quarter the energy incandescent bulbs would and will last 10,000 hours or more.

CFLs produce varying shades of white light, identified by color temperature measured on the Kelvin scale, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Web site (www.energystar.gov). Lower Kelvin numbers mean the light has a warmer color; higher numbers mean the light has a cooler cast. But not all manufacturers list color temperature on their packaging.

Most CFLs on the market offer soft or warm light (2,700K to 3,000K), comparable to an incandescent, that will enhance warmer room colors such as red, yellow and orange, the Web site says. At higher Kelvin color temperatures (3,500 to 6,500K), CFLs will emit more white to bluish-white light that enhances cooler colors (blue, green, violet).

"Our eyes have been tuned to incandescent bulbs for years," Avellino says. "After you get used to compact fluorescent . . . people look better."

But even in mid-renovation, decisions are being reconsidered at the White Dog. The CFLs are an interim step, to be replaced ultimately with light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

LEDs are Environmentally Sound, Use Less Energy, and Last Longer

LEDs are the next wave because they are more environmentally sound, use less energy and last longer than both CFLs and incandescents, Wicks and Avellino say.

LED Colors are Endlessly Creative!

And the light they cast allows for any number of tones and moods. "You can totally name your color," Wicks says.

LED Lights for Exterior AND Interior

Though she is starting to use LEDs in exterior lighting, as the technology advances Wicks plans to use them inside, too - they are easier to dim, an important feature for a restaurant.

Don't Stop with Creative Rays -- Create Environmentally Friendly Fixtures, too!

For environmentally aware designs, he uses life's flotsam and junk: old brass instruments, discarded crystal candy dishes, colanders, antique glass jars, car and motorcycle parts.

Being ahead of the game in repurposing what's available is what led developer Tony Goldman to Muller's door.

Goldman Properties helped create New York City's SoHo district and Miami's South Beach from once-trashed warehouses and old hotel spaces. In Philadelphia, he's taken on a once-worn-out area of South 13th Street between Locust and Chestnut.

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Future Lighting Solutions is a division of Future Electronics – the 3rd largest electronic components distributor in the world, Future Lighting Solutions is dedicated to the LED lighting industry. With more than 7 years of power LED experience, Future Lighting Solutions is a pioneer in delivering comprehensive, worldwide LED lighting solutions support.

Future Lighting Solutions offers customers LED lighting knowledge, resources, programs, partners, solutions and logistics support, focused on enabling the adoption of LUXEON®-based solid state lighting technology. The have build a team of  LED lighting experts, specialized partners, and have developed an exclusive worldwide relationship with Philips Lumileds Lighting.

Applications served by Future Lighting Solutions include:

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In 2007, Philips Lumileds released the LUXEON K2 warm and neutral white LEDs that offer new lighting possibilities

Warm-white and neutral-white LUXEON K2 emitters and a LUXEON K2 Star part  can be specified with any standard white emitter.

The new white colors have typical correlated color temperatures (CCT) of 3000K and 4100K and a color rendering index (CRI) of 80 and 75 respectively. The CCT range for LUXEON K2 now extends from 2670K to 10,000K and a new finer color bin structure allows for better overall selection.

Unlike most power LEDs that are limited to 700mA, LUXEON K2 warm white and neutral white LEDs can be run up to 1500mA and a junction temperature of 150°C. The new warm-white and neutral white can deliver more than 130lm and 140lm respectively. LUXEON K2 delivers more usable light at virtually any drive current and junction temperature condition.

“With the increases in light output performance and efficacy, there is expanding demand for power LEDs that deliver the quality of light required for general lighting applications,” said Steve Landau, Director of Marketing Communications. “Designers of residential applications, such as recessed can lights need uniformity, high color rendering and a warm white color temperature at 3000K. In many retail and commercial applications, a cooler temperature of 4100K is desired. With the new binning and phosphor technologies in LUXEON K2, the needs of lighting designers in both markets can be addressed.”

Lighting designers consider several critical “quality of light” factors when evaluating white LEDs: color temperature (CCT), color rendering (CRI) and color uniformity are three of the most important. The new LUXEON K2 parts address CCT and CRI and Philips Lumileds phosphor expertise and technologies ensure the highest degree of color uniformity resulting in white LEDs that are as much as 7 times more uniform that other white power LEDs.

LUXEON K2 Star, like the configuration already available in other LUXEON product families, consists of a white LUXEON K2 emitter mounted onto a metal core pc board (MCPCB). This configuration allows for rapid prototyping and production in a wide range of applications without the need to create custom level 2 boards. LUXEON Star products have been an industry standard for many years and been the configuration of choice for everything from architectural and entertainment lighting to emergency and portable lighting. Complete product information is available on the company’s website and in the LUXEON K2 datasheet also available online. LUXEON K2 warm-white and neutral-white power LEDs are in-stock and available for immediate delivery from Future Electronics. LUXEON K2 Star is stocked in limited quantities and interested parties should contact Future Electronics with their specific needs.

About Philips Lumileds Lighting Company

Philips Lumileds Lighting Company pioneered power LED technology and is the world’s leading provider of power LEDs for everyday lighting applications. The company’s recent records for light output, efficacy and thermal management are direct results of the ongoing commitment to advancing solid-state lighting technology and enabling lighting solutions that are more environmentally friendly, help reduce CO2 emissions and reduce the need for power plant expansion. Today, Philips Lumileds’ LUXEON LEDs are enabling never before possible applications in the automotive, camera flash, display, general lighting and signage markets. More information about the company’s products and technologies can be found at www.philipslumileds.com.

Philips Lumileds Lighting Company
steve.landau@philips.com
+1 408 964 2695
www.philipslumileds.com

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SYLVANIA LED lighting products are rated by several certification agencies to provide customers with choice to meet their commercial and residential lighting needs, requirements and prerequisites for green building rating systems.

Three widely recognized lighting quality and application systems are listed below.  Sylvania products are regularly submitted for these kinds of certification and compliance programs.  Check their website for specific technical informatino.
 

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In September, 2007, Cree announced it achieved R&D results of 129 lumens per watt for a cool-white LED and 99 lumens per watt for a warm-white LED.

These are the best results reported for packaged, high-power LEDs, and indicate that Cree is extending its lead in solid-state lighting through its continued investments in LED technology.

The results have been verified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST’s tests confirmed that the cool-white (5,813 K) LED produced 135.7 lumens of light output and achieved 129 lumens per watt efficacy. The warm-white (2,950 K) LED produced 104.2 lumens of light output and achieved 99 lumens per watt efficacy. The institute tests LEDs at 350 mA and measures the output after five minutes of operation to ensure thermal stabilization.

In coming years, such investments in core LED technology could lead to products that replace traditional light sources in all commercial applications.


“To replace traditional light sources, LEDs need to provide both high light output and high efficacy,” comments John Edmond, Cree co-founder and director of advanced optoelectronics. “Cree continues to push the limits of LED performance in order to realize the potential of the LED lighting revolution – energy-efficient, long-lasting LED light.”

For more information on Cree high-power LEDs, please call (919) 313-5300 or visit www.cree.com.

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For additional information on the benefits of converting various lighting applications to LED lighting in the work environment and to learn more about LED Workplace, visit www.ledworkplace.org.

Cree is using its headquarters facilities as a testbed for LED implementation. 

They are converting all lighting at its Durham headquarters and manufacturing facility to LED lighting and released the results of the first phase of the conversion. The parking lots, entryways, lobby and conference rooms at Cree's headquarters building are now 100-percent lit by energy-efficient, environmentally friendly XLamp(R) LEDs.

Cree's LED Workplace(TM) conversion validates the energy savings, quality of light and reality that LED lighting is now a viable option for business and residential consumers.

In a study of the energy usage before and after the lighting conversion, Cree confirmed the energy savings of the newly installed LED lights.

The findings indicate that in total the new LED lights use 48% less energy than the incandescent, fluorescent and high-pressure sodium lights they replaced.

The combination of the energy savings, reduced maintenance and disposal costs and the environmental savings demonstrate that LED lighting is now a real alternative to traditional lighting solutions.

Duke Energy Collaboration

Cree's local utility, Duke Energy, is collaborating with Cree to explore the benefits of LED lighting. "Our customers are always interested in understanding how to save money through energy efficiency, so we make it our business to support innovative technologies such as LEDs," said Ted Schultz, Duke's vice president of energy efficiency.

"We expect our energy efficiency plans to be approved next year (2008) and are committed to having a complete line of lighting solutions available for customers," said Schultz. "At that point, we expect to have programs developed that will take advantage of LED technology."

"Conventional wisdom is that LED lighting is years away from widespread adoption. The truth, however, is that the performance of Cree's LED technology enables real LED lighting solutions today," said Chuck Swoboda, Cree chairman and CEO. "The conversion of Cree's site demonstrates that the LED Lighting Revolution is well underway and will illustrate the benefits in energy savings, maintenance costs and environmental impacts."

Cree also announced that it has launched a new website to share the results and implementation details of the LED Workplace lighting conversion with other organizations.
 
...will include lighting vendor information and the light, energy and maintenance metrics that form the basis for LED lighting's cost savings. This site will also feature other LED Workplace installations.

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A new version of Cree's LR6 dowlight, designed for 220V to 240V electrical systems, has been released to address Europe, Asia, and other major markets.

LR6 Delivers Energy-Efficient and Environmentally Safe Lighting

The LR6-230V is based on Cree’s lighting-class XLamp® LEDs and patented color-mixing technology. This combination allows the LR6-230V to excel in three critical elements – color quality (CRI Ra 94), efficiency and longevity – delivering unprecedented LED lighting performance.

“The high quality of light and the energy efficiency of LEDs enable our fixtures to deliver unprecedented value,” said Neal Hunter, president of Cree LLS.

The LR6 earned recognition as the grand prize winner in a 2007 competition sponsored by the American Lighting Association with performance verified by tests in independent labs under the direction of the U.S. Department of Energy. The assessment praised the LR6 with “high marks for light output and color quality with luminaire efficacy exceeding even the most efficient fluorescent downlights currently available.”

The LR6-230V uses 12 watts of electricity and produces light comparable to a 75-watt incandescent. It uses approximately 85 percent less energy and lasts up to 50 times longer; more than 20 years in homes and 10 years in businesses under normal use conditions. Compared to compact fluorescent (CFL), Cree’s LED lights use 50 percent less energy and last up to five times longer.

With Cree LED lighting solutions, home and business owners worldwide have an energy-efficient lighting alternative superior to conventional lighting and CFLs and free from the environmental risks from mercury in CFLs.

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 an 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.

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International House of Pancakes (IHOP) franchise in Northern Virginia, owned and operated by Wilhelm Restaurant Group, Inc., has adopted Cree LED lighting products as the preferred lighting for all existing and future restaurants.

Since testing began in January, 2008:

* More than 100 retrofit LR6 six-inch LED downlights have been installed in two locations,
* Six additional locations have retrofit plans in progress, and
* Construction plans for a new IHOP have been modified to specify Cree LR6 LED downlights.

Paul Belle, vice president Wilhelm Restaurant Group, Inc., wanted to move away from conventional, incandescent lighting toward a more sustainable, energy-efficient light. He was considering compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) but changed his mind after seeing Cree’s LED products.

“Cree’s LED lights were much more impressive than CFLs,” said Belle. “LED light is more energy-efficient, generates less heat, has a longer life, and it’s just a better quality light, in my opinion.”

According to Belle, the IHOP employees prefer the LED lighting as it is very bright, easy on their eyes and enhances the general appearance of the food. “The light is not offensive like CFLs can be; the LEDs give off a warm, white light,” Belle said. “The best way I can describe it is to compare the light to a high-definition television. Everything under the LED lighting appears to have a better clarity, like HDTV versus standard definition.

 “It is normal to invest a little more in a new technology, but it’s worth it. Somebody has to be first and I’m glad to be on the cutting edge,” Belle said.

Cree’s LED lighting products use approximately 85 percent less energy and last up to 50 times longer than incandescent lights, and they use 50 percent less energy and last up to five times longer than CFLs. Previously, lighting products in the industry fell short in color quality, efficiency or longevity. Cree has created a dimmable LED lighting solution that leads the industry in a combination of all three critical elements.

CONTACT: http://www.cree.com

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A North Carolina-based LED research company, LED Lighting Fixtures, announced that it had created the world's most energy-efficient LED light, one that uses 5.8 watts of electricity to create as much light as a 60-watt incandescent lightbulb. And following that news, LED Lighting Fixtures also announced that they are now part of Cree, Inc.

The company is developing a lamp that uses less energy than its current LED fixtures but emits the same amount of light. A federal study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology confirms that the product is the most efficient in the world. It uses 5.8 watts of power, compared with 60 watts for an equally bright incandescent bulb.

According to the National Institute report, the new fixture uses less than 9 percent of the energy consumed by common bulbs and less than 30 percent of that consumed by fluorescent lights. LLF's best existing product consumes 15 percent of the energy used by an incandescent bulb and 50 percent of that used by fluorescents.

Hunter said he hopes to debut the brighter and more efficient lamps by the end of 2008. The first buyers will likely be wholesale distributors, followed by consumers off store shelves by 2009.

Cree Overview

Cree, Inc. is a market-leading innovator and manufacturer of semiconductors that enhance the value of LED solid-state lighting, power and communications products by increasing their energy performance.

Key to Cree’s market strategy is unrivaled materials expertise in silicon carbide (SiC) with gallium nitride (GaN) to deliver chips and packaged devices that can handle more power in a smaller space while producing less heat than other available technologies, materials and products.

Cree drives solutions into multiple applications including exciting alternatives in brighter and more-tunable LED light for general illumination, backlighting for more-vivid displays, optimized power management for high-current, switch-mode power supplies and variable-speed motors, and more-effective wireless infrastructure for data and voice communications. Cree customers range from innovative lighting fixtures makers to defense-related federal agencies.

Cree’s product families include blue and green LED chips, lighting LEDs, LEDs for backlighting, power-switching devices and radio-frequency/wireless devices.

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Event producers looking to make a big splash with lighting — while leaving as small a carbon footprint as possible — can now turn to Kinetic Lighting, Inc., to help meet their goal.
 
The company  is offering customers a new "green" package of ecofriendly production services.
 

The lighting component of these packages replaces conventional fixtures with a complete LED system, significantly improving energy efficiency over traditional lighting equipment. Kinetic's all-LED lighting also eliminates the need for large dimming equipment, copperheavy power cables, and wasteful color filters.

For events that still require additional power, Kinetic's green packages can include biodiesel generators. Biodiesel is a clean-burning alternative to regular diesel made from domestic, renewable resources.

Partnerships with other suppliers allow Kinetic to offer solar-powered roof and audio systems. Kinetic Lighting's eco-friendly services to clients are an outgrowth of its own corporate green program.<

The company recycles all of its metal, paper, plastic and electronic waste and is converting its office lighting to LED fixtures. Kinetic is also in the process of incorporating biodiesel fuel into its vehicle fleet.

"We believe businesses should play a significant role in safeguarding our planet's scarce resources," said Daniel Bortz, Kinetic's Chairman. "Implementing environmentally-friendly programs for both our clients and ourselves is one of the ways we can accomplish this."

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A road-paving mistake was going to cost over $9,000 to cut the concrete, lay conduit and then repave it. The developer was desperate for other options to light a  6' x 9' Canyon Pines sign. A local solar contractor was able to provide a reliable, efficient and economical solution.

LEDtronics Inc. provided an efficient, largely hidden, and bright LED lighting solution. Mr. Bruce Howard, a LEDtronics representative from Howard Industrial Sales Inc., assisted Canyon Pines with  two  LEDtronics  LED Flood Lights.

These LED floodlights are designed to run on 12 volts DC with solar panels. This allowed lighting the sign without incurring costly landscaping and electrical power line costs. The LED floodlights provide cold white lighting (8,000K) using 5mm LEDs that remain cool enough to touch. These LEDs consume only 12 watts of power per floodlight compared to the power hungry 40 watt or 100 watt incandescent spot lights normally used in this application.

Now the whole system can be run on a 123 watt solar panel and a small battery bank. The solar cells charge the battery during the day, which in turn powers the LED floodlights at night.

The installation of this solar power LED lighting system only took two people one and a half days to complete. To extend the life of the system and operate during long periods of cloudy weather, three 86 AH Gel batteries are provided as well. To provide a clean and unobstructed view of the land they hid most of the lighting system inside artificial rocks.

The developer uses these floodlights 8 hours a night. With the electrical rates of 12 cents per kWH, batteries lasting 10 to 15 years, a warranty on the solar panel for 25 years, and LED light lifespan of 50,000 hours, he expects this system to pay for itself in 5 years.

If you consider the alternative cost for running 120volt electrical lines this solar powered lighting system paid for itself immediately.

Bulbs used: High Power White LED Floodlight Lamps: GDL002-200-XCW-014S

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October 2006 - LEDtronics®  Super White XIW LED String Lights shine in a string array that allows many versatile application placements.

The String Light’s LEDs are evenly distributed over a durable powered string that is great for indoor or outdoor placement. These splash-proof LED string lights are perfect for many applications such as garden accents, tree and plant lighting, architectural and indirect accent lighting, signage perimeter lights, lighting for accenting bars, lounges, casinos, clubs, and decorative party lights.

The LED String Lights come in 100mm or 50mm LED spacing sequences at 33m or 16m string lengths, respectively. Each Super Warm White XIW PLED500 Series LED bulb glows a gorgeous warm white at 125° viewing angles at an intensity of 900 mcd while operating on 12VDC. The LEDtronics PLED500 Series LED bulb can be used on any 12VDC string light to replace the energy wasting, hot, and short life incandescent bulbs normally used to light your applications.

Solid-state design renders LEDs impervious to shock, vibration, frequent switching, and environmental extremes. With an average life span of 100,000-plus hours (11 years), LED lamps operate more than 20 to 30 times longer than the equivalent incandescent lamp! Savings from reduced maintenance costs and downtime quickly return the capital investment expenditure! LED lamps produce almost no heat and require 80% - 90% less operating power than equivalent incandescents, making them as friendly to the environment as they are to the operating budget.

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PAR20 LED Short-Neck light bulbs.

These direct incandescent replacement bulbs combine advanced Light Emitting Diode (LED) technologies, standard 25mm Edison screw bases and light-optimizing designs to produce vivid light.

PAR20 LED bulbs are available in three light emitting angles (15°, 20°, and 22°) and in 120 volts AC. Other voltages like 12V to 240V AC or DC are available for qualified customers.

PAR20 Short-Neck LED bulbs measure 3.50 inches long and have a 2.53 inch diameter making them ideal for small spotlighting tasks, artwork accenting, and recessed lighting for ambient illumination. With a power draw of only 2.5 Watts the savings quickly add up over the standard PAR20 incandescent bulbs they replace.

The standard PAR20 LED colors available are Warm White and XWarm White (3000 Kelvin), Cool White (7000 Kelvin), Super Red (633nm) and Aqua Green (525nm). Other LED colors as well as Infrared lamps are offered for qualified customers and quantities. 

With up to eleven years of LED operating life and five sunlight-visible LED light colors from which to select, solid-state PAR20 LED bulbs are a practical and economical way for architects, retail store display creators, entertainment designers and other lighting professionals to integrate ornamental illumination into maintenance-intensive applications. Additionally, LED cluster lamps continue to provide light even if one or more emitters fail-unlike when the filament breaks inside incandescent bulbs. LEDtronics' PAR20 LED bulbs are designed to perform well in systems subjected to voltage dips or surges. Integrated current-limited resistors ensure that no circuit modifications are required. 

Colored lenses or filters are not needed since LEDs emit colored light that is determined by the composition of the semiconductor material comprising the diode. Intensity and color remain stable over the lamp's lifetime.

LED technology is an energy-efficient directional light source; saving 80% - 90% of energy costs compared to a 30- or 50-Watt incandescent PAR20 lamps. Because LEDs use very little energy, produce little-to-no heat, and are virtually maintenance free the cost savings are substantial. 

Solid-state design renders LEDs impervious to electrical and mechanical shock, vibration, frequent switching, and environmental extremes. With an average lifespan of up to 100,000-plus hours (11 years)-up to 50,000 hours for white LEDs-LED bulbs operate reliably year after year. PAR20 LED bulbs are the ideal solution for decorative task lighting and nighttime applications including tracklight fixtures, reading lights, and small ceiling cans. Other applications include large message panels, billboards, scoreboards, time-and-temperature signs, arcade machines, casino accent illumination, and lighting for stages, theaters, carnivals, theme parks and amusement parks. PAR20 LED bulbs can be used as individual pixels in large dot-matrix screens, digital time/temperature signs or full-color display screens. 

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DC-to-DC Dimmer for LED Lighting Products, supporting 5VoltsDC to 40VoltsDC applications—up to 2Amps or 24Watts

LEDtronics Part Number LED-DIMMER-001. The LEDtronics LED Dimmer carries a two-year limited warranty.

The LED Dimmer makes it possible to dim all 5VoltsDC to 40VoltsDC LED products such as LED strip lights, LED bulbs and LED floodlights. Since LEDs draw much less current than traditional incandescent bulbs one had to buy a special high-end electronic dimmer to control the desired light levels for their LED lighting application. The DC-to-DC LED Dimmer is ideal to use for all your 12VoltsDC LED products, mix-and-match LED light strips and LED bulbs, maximum load per DC-to-DC Dimmer is 24Watts. The LED Dimmer will enhance your architectural low power high-benefit lighting designs. Here’s an extra advantage in using an LED dimmer: by lowering the current to the LED, you extend the life of the LED.

LED dimming range is 0-100% of input. Input Voltage can be any DC Voltage between 5VoltsDC and 40VoltsDC. Dimmer output Voltage is continuously adjustable between zero and full-on. LED Dimmers operate on minimal no-load current (10-15mA). Power dissipation of the LED dimmer’s drive circuitry is less than 0.7Watts. No extra load is added to the lighting circuit, current draw is only 10-15mA. Not for use with inductive devices such as motors, etc.

No special configuration is needed. LED Dimmer can drive up to 2000 Standard White discrete LEDs or 50 High-Flux LEDs. One unit can dim the supplied power for an entire lighting channel or up to 2Amps, 24Watts maximum of LED bulbs, floodlights, tube lights and light strips. The LED Dimmer can be used with 12VoltsDC solar power systems or connect directly to 120VoltsAC-to-12VoltsDC transformers. The size is 2.3inches (58mm) long by 1.9inches (48mm) wide by 1.1inches (28mm) high (excluding knob). Comes in an industry-standard hockey puck package designed for panel installation, rack installation, or stand-alone use.

Founded in 1983, LEDtronics designs, manufactures and packages state-of-the-art LEDs to meet the world’s constantly changing lighting needs. An inventive product line encompasses an array of direct incandescent lamp replacement Based LED bulbs, low-cost snap-in and relampable Panel Mount LEDs, high intensity sunlight-visible Discrete LEDs, PCB LED circuit board status indicators, surface mount diodes SMT LEDs, full-spectrum rainbow RGB LEDs and infrared (IR) LEDs.

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Since 1983 LEDtronics has been a leader in designing and manufacturing environmentally friendly low power usage, long life LED bulbs and LED lamps as direct replace to incandescent bulbs.

They focus on delivering LED lighting solutions and products of consistently high quality and strive to exceed  customer’s expectations with new designs to meet  future lighting requirements.

They make the following claims on their website:

• Our rugged LED bulbs last 100,000 hours, over ten years, which greatly reduces maintenance and replacement costs because LEDs are virtually immune to shock and vibration.

• Our LED bulbs use a fraction of the electricity (LED lamps use 80% to 90% less energy then the incandescent lamps they replace) necessary to light an incandescent bulb; they significantly reduce power consumption to help achieve energy conservation goals.

• LED bulbs also remain cool so there is no excessive heat buildup, which can influence building air conditioning costs.

Why LED Bulbs:

•	Last an average of 100,000 hours (or about ten years). 50,000 hours for White LEDs
•	Withstand shocks, vibrations, frequent switching and temperature extremes that rapidly incapacitate fragile incandescent lamps.
•	Reduces maintenance and replacement costs
•	Are 10 to 50 times more energy-efficient, thus reducing your operating costs by up to 90%.
•	Produce little to no heat, cool to the touch, so they are safer then traditional lighting products

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Ledtronics, Inc. listens -- and many of the new ideas come from their customers. When faced with an "impossible" challenge from one of their customers, the Ledtronics team often finds a new product is created and a new market born in the bargain.

They are expanding markets for LED lighting in the following markets:
Aerospace, Architectural Lighting, Automation, Automotive, Aviation, Broadcasting, Datacomm/Telecomm, Electronic Instrumentation, Elevators, Entertainment, Gaming, Government Agencies, Industrial Automation, Medical, Military / Defense, Panel Indicators, Photo Development, Printed Circuit Boards, Security Sensors, Solar Power Products, Traffic and Safety, Transportation, Utilities and Video.

For example: Architecture / Interior Design

LEDs are emerging as a mainstream tool for architects, interior designers and lighting professionals with the vision to move beyond the limits of incandescent, fluorescent and neon.

LEDTronics pioneered the use of multi-LED arrays on conventional electrical bases. This innovation has opened up a vast spectrum of creative possibilities to any professional dealing with interior or environmental lighting. LED arrays are used as accent lighting in hard-to-reach places where frequent relamping is impractical. With a life span of 100,000 hours (that's more than 10 years), LEDs are far preferable to incandescents in such situations.

SolarLEDs™ provide energy-efficiency vastly greater than conventional lighting, and are ideal for any battery-driven application, or, any time minimal power consumption is required.

StripLights™ and PathLights™ provide directional lighting for steps, stairways and walkways.

Although LEDs can successfully replace incandescent and other forms of illumination in almost all cases, there are some considerations which must be taken into account. Unlike incandescent lamps, LEDs produce light in a single wavelength and a single direction. LEDTronics designs cluster arrays to increase the amount of illumination, or package them as bar graphs or with right angles.

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The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that energy consumption for lighting can be reduced by more than 20 percent by 2020 through the use of solid-state LED-based lighting.

51% of energy consumption for lighting is in the commercial sector

ilumisys is bringing products to market that directly replace standard T-8 and T-12 fluorescent tubes. These products offer ballast-independent operation and take full advantage of LED attributes including long life, temperature robustness, vibration tolerance, energy efficiency and color control.

Ilumisys products provide direct replacement of fluorescent tubes in existing fixtures with the following features:

Ballast-independent operation.
Take full advantage of LED attributes, including:

• Long life
• Temperature robustness
  
• Vibration tolerance
  
• Energy efficiency
  
• Color control

500 - 600 million fluorescent tubes are disposed of annually in the U.S., representing a significant amount of mercury added to landfills despite industry efforts to limit mercury content and encourage recycling.

ilumisys is a Troy, Michigan-based company focused on next-generation solid-state lighting technology. The company was formed in 2007 as a spinoff venture and wholly owned subsidiary of Altair Engineering, Inc.

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Earning the ENERGY STAR

• Exit signs that have earned the ENERGY STAR operate on five watts or less per sign, compared to standard signs, which use as much as 40 watts per sign.
• When installed throughout a building, qualified exit signs can save hundreds or even thousands of dollars in energy and maintenance costs. One sign alone can save about $10 annually on electricity costs and can last up to 10 years without a lamp replacement, compared to less than one year for an incandescent.
• Signs that have earned the ENERGY STAR are tested for visibility factors, and come with a five-year manufacturer warranty.

Remember, saving energy prevents pollution.

There are more than 100 million exit signs in use throughout the U.S. Typically lit by incandescent bulbs, these signs consume 30-35 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) hours of energy each year.

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Energy use is the single largest operating expense in commercial office buildings, representing approximately one-third of typical operating budgets and accounting for almost 20 percent of the nation’s annual greenhouse gas emissions.

In a 200,000-square foot office building that pays $2 per square foot in energy costs, a 10 percent reduction in energy consumption can translate into an additional $120,000 of NOI. At a cap rate of 8 percent, this could mean a potential asset value boost of $500,000!

Commercial real estate applications for energy strategy includes  any multi-family residential, office, industrial, or retail property that can be bought or sold in a real estate market.

Office buildings waste up to one-third of the energy they consume.

Low-Cost Measures

• Measure and track energy performance.
• Turn off lights when not in use or when natural daylight can be used.
• Set back the thermostat in the evenings and other times when a building is unoccupied.
• Educate tenants and employees about how their behaviors affect energy use.
• Improve operations and maintenance practices by regularly checking and maintaining equipment to ensure it is functioning efficiently.
• Optimize start-up time, power-down time, and equipment sequencing.
• Revise janitorial practices to reduce the hours that lights are turned on each day.
• Use ENERGY STAR Target Finder to integrate efficiency goals into the design of new properties.

Cost-Effective Investments

• Engage in energy audits and retrocommissioning to identify areas of inefficiency.
• Install energy-efficient lighting systems, ENERGY STAR qualified compact fluorescent lights (CFLs), light-emitting diode (LED) exit signs, and occupancy sensors where feasible.
• Install window films and add insulation or reflective roof coating to reduce energy consumption.
• Purchase energy-efficient products like ENERGY STAR qualified office and commercial food service equipment.
• Retrofit, upgrade, or install new heating and cooling equipment to meet reduced loads and take advantage of efficient technologies.
• Use a performance contract to guarantee energy savings from upgrades made.
• Work with an energy services provider to manage and improve performance.

ENERGY STAR Offers Assistance for Commercial Real Estate Planning:

• Guides and manuals
• Facility benchmarking
• Training
• Institutional purchasing
• Technical support
• Financing resources
• Emissions reporting
• Third-party recognition
• Motivational campaigns

Recognition for Energy Savings Achievements

Earn the ENERGY STAR: The top 25 percent of energy-efficient buildings in the nation may qualify for the prestigious ENERGY STAR label. www.energystar.gov/eslabel

Become an ENERGY STAR Leader: ENERGY STAR partners who demonstrate continuous, portfolio-wide improvements qualify for recognition as ENERGY STAR Leaders. www.energystar.gov/leaders

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