LED Lighting for a brighter future!

LUX Magazine has reported that the UK should aim to convert all its streetlights to LED by 2020 in order to reduce carbon emissions and energy costs, says the Green Investment Bank. The bank, owned by the taxpayer, is providing millions of pounds of funding for LED street lighting projects, allowing local authorities to pay back the cost from the savings they make on their electricity bills. At an event hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on lighting, the Green Investment Bank’s energy efficiency manager Gregor Paterson-Jones said: ‘LED street lighting is currently less than 10 per cent deployed in the UK. The target should be 100 per cent adoption by 2020.’  The bank believes the country could save £200 million in energy costs by turning its seven million streetlights all LED. ‘The challenge has been, while the technology is proven and the savings are fairly well understood, you need capital to do this,’ said Paterson-Jones. The first counci...

ExtremeTech reported that Cree, the LED company best known for their $10 LED bulb, has had a busy year. After releasing the Cree LED bulb in 40W- and 60W-equivalent models, the company went on to ship a high colour accuracy model, the Cree TW, and a BR30 directional bulb. Today, well under a year since the release of its first consumer LED bulb, Cree has announced a 75W-equivalent, 1100 lumen model, priced at $24. Cree LED bulb The 75W-equivalent Cree LED bulb produces 1100 lumens at 13.5W, which means it operates at an excellent 84.5 lumens-per-watt. The bulb is rated for 25,000 hours and runs at 2700K. As with Cree's other bulbs, it's backed by the company's 10-year warranty. The release of a 75W-equivalent LED bulb is especially important for Cree at this point for a number of reasons. First of all, there is very little competition at this brightness level. LED bulb manufacturers have focused largely on 40W and 60W replacement models because these are cheap an...

Megaman has taken LED technology to the next level. It has a range of LED candle bulbs to suit different many different interiors, including hotel lobbies, chandeliers, living room walls and churches. These candles can be used as accent lighting to give your living space a delightful and elegant look whilst delivering a bright high quality light output. Incandescent candle bulbs can be easily replaced with these efficient LED bulbs, which come in standard E14, B15, E27, and B22 bases for a quick retrofit. These lamps can also be used to replace actual candles to eliminate the risks from flames. Megaman Though these bulbs are used as candle lighting, the performance is great. Electricity consumption is reduced by up to 80% over incandescent candles, and lifespan is increased from around 1,000hrs to over 50,000hrs.. These bulbs reduce maintenance and replacement costs, as well. Megaman’s new Incanda-LED range delivers a brilliant sparkling light effect with a uniqu...