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Pulling LED products into the market
Understanding the requirements of the lighting design community is a key challenge in trying to gain acceptance for LEDs in lighting markets, as LEDs Magazine discussed with Eddie Effron of Permlight Products. |
Osram Opto Semiconductors offers an extensive LED portfolio for general lighting
LEDs are so versatile and compact that they can provide light almost anywhere. They can be integrated in a wide variety of lighting systems and even in transparent materials, offering bright light in any colour. These miniature light sources consume very little energy and will last up to 100,000 hours. Wherever these properties are needed, LEDs are a viable alternative to conventional lighting. |
Benefits and drawbacks of LEDs
LEDs offer a huge variety of benefits but at the same time they cannot be viewed as the optimum solution for every lighting-related application. Here, in no particular order, we list some of the main advantages of LEDs, together with some of the challenges faced by these devices. |
Philips brings light to seating with Glowing Places
Philips Design has unveiled transparent seating units containing embedded LED lighting that are designed to interact with users in public spaces. |
LED traffic signals save money, time and energy
Cities in the US are replacing incandescent light bulbs in traffic signals with LED arrays that are brighter, last longer and use less electricity. |
Brooklyn's main street revitalized by LED lighting
An innovative scheme using OSRAM SYLVANIA LED-based lighting of building doorways has reinvigorated the night-time appearance of the historic Atlantic Avenue streetscape in Brooklyn, New York |
Case study: LED panels highlight Lagotronics headquarters
LED panels, manufactured by Lagotronics BV, are illuminating the facade of the company's new headquarters building in Venlo, the Netherlands. |
Dialight LED light engine demonstrates future possibilities for theatrical applications
Dialight and Rosco have demonstrated an LED-based high-flux-density lighting instrument that completely eliminates color fringing effects. |
Case study: Safety lighting for Prague tram stations
An ambitious tram project has recently been completed in Prague, Czech Republic, and employs LED lighting to improve the safety and night-time aesthetics of the stations. |
Internal calibration and efficient optics ensure long-term consistency for LED billboards
Visioneered Image Systems has developed a display technology that counteracts the degradation of LEDs and ensures consistent LED brightness over the full lifetime of the display. |
Case study: Overture Center for the Arts
Color, light and architecture converge at Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, where a central multi-story rotunda glows by day and by night. |
Omni-directional lamps widen the illumination pattern of LEDs
A technique to achieve a wide illumination pattern using LEDs is described by Steve Terlep of Terlep Lamp Company. |
Design considerations for implementating low-cost integrated LED drivers for lighting applications
LEDs need to be driven properly to ensure optimal performance and long life, and designing and implementing an effective driver is key to obtain all the benefits of LEDs, according to Alejandro Lara of ON Semiconductor. |
LEDs transform department store in Seoul
Xilver has supplied 5000 color-changing LED fixtures to provide a unique exterior for a department store in Seoul. |
Case Study: Orpheus Theatre, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
A theatre in the Netherlands has used LED light strips from Tri-O-Light for functional and decorative lighting. |
New drive technology addresses LED efficiency issues
An alternative approach to driving LEDs should ultimately lead to more cost-efficient and reliable LED lighting systems, writes Stewart Hough of Lynk Labs. |
North American automotive market to see more LEDs
LEDs will continue to penetrate the North American automotive market, driven by factors such as higher light output, long lifetime, lower power consumption, greater styling opportunities and safety. |
