5 Key Points U.S. Market Considers When Purchasing LED Luminaires and Lighting Systems

Recently discussions in the U.S. market about LED luminaire and lighting systems have revolved around several new key points. Among these, two big factors are that some luminaires are already able to reach an energy saving benefit of 85 percent and that the durability of some LEDs has been increased lessening the probability of RMA in U.S. channels which increases distributor acceptance. 

Below are 5 new main points when purchasing LEDs:

1. Have a full understanding of the company’s product efficiency claim, overall lighting installation cost, resources, maintenance costs, and after sales service.
2. Evaluate the quality of the LED, compare the efficiency of the light output, and whether or not it accords to American green hotel test specifications. This test and evaluation is very strict with every energy efficient feature being closely considered.
3. When evaluating LED luminaires, consider whether or not it can employ even better Energy Star standards and material, and whether the manufacturer provides the product’s test report.
4. Verify and carefully examine lighting and energy efficiency numbers provided by the manufacturer in case of fabrication.
5. Upon inspection of LED lighting fixture or lighting system installation requirements, verify if the abides by the National Electric Code

EarthTronics Offers Dimmable Floodlights For Precise Lighting Control And Energy Savings

EarthTronics introduces PAR20, PAR30 and PAR38 EarthBulb LED floodlights which offer more than 80 percent savings compared to standard floodlights.  EarthTronics dimming technology provides smooth dimming to less than 5 percent on standard controls.  EarthBulb LED PAR lamps are ideal for use in display lighting, track lighting and recessed lighting applications for hospitality, restaurant, long-term care and retail locations.

EarthBulb LED PAR20, PAR30 and PAR38 provide 300, 750, 1000 lumens respectively and replace 50 watt, 75 watt and 90 watt incandescent floodlights.  EarthBulb LED PAR lamps are designed with the same form factor as the PAR lamps that they are replacing. 

Each of the EarthBulb LED PAR floodlights offers:
•    3000K white light with high color rendering rating of greater than 80.
•    Single chip LED design is ascetically pleasing.
•    Medium screw base (E26) for easy installation.
•    40 degree and 25 degree light beam angles are available.
•    Advanced LED cooling system to ensure performance for up to 40,000 hours.
•    Three-year standard Energy Star warranty.

LEDLink and Edison Enter Hand in Hand into Backlight Market

Secondary optics lens manufacturer LEDlink passed Edison’s direct backlight product certification in August for LEDlink’s direct backlight OD 22mm and 30mm standard sized secondary optic lenses. By passing the certification, the optic lens can also be used in panel lighting. The two companies now plan to make their way into the direct backlight market.

Taiwan LED packaging manufacturer Edison and Secondary Optics Lens manufacture LEDlink have a very close relationship. After changing its focus in the LED lighting market, Edison established a backlight production chain at their Yangzhou factory. The factory can produce about 1.2 million Light Bars (LED light strips) monthly. Edison remarked that their current production capacity is still small.

Following Edison’s entrance into the backlight market, the company watched whether or not LEDlink would also follow suit. LEDlink pointed out that their secondary optic lens have already pass Edison’s direct backlight product certification and has the opportunity in the future to provide Edison with OD 22mm and 30mm secondary optic lens needed for direct backlight products showing that LEDlink hopes to enter together with Edison into the direct backlight market.

LEDlink Chairman Tang Delong pointed out that LEDlink is staying cautious with its cross over into the direct backlight market due to numerous competitors. Therefore they are cutting into large shipments in the initial stages of new products. However, competitors developing similar products bring added pressure, so the core of LEDlink is still small-volume large-variety production within the LED lighting market.
 

How to avoid the light pollution? Commercial led lighting will be your best partner to solve the light pollution.

Many people have come to realize the dangers of outdoors light pollution, but indoor light pollution problems are still not paid  enough attention. In fact, Poorly designed of Indoor Lighting will cause a certain extent of light pollution, affecting the liver’s health.

There are various reasons caused indoor light pollution, but what are the real reasons by the lighting design? At present, many consumers have errors on the interior lighting design, Mainly in the excessive lighting, lighting is too bright or too dark, the color complex, in fact, These problems can be avoided in the lighting design. "

Many consumers use a lot of lighting in pursuit of decorative effect. In fact, General lighting decoration budget should be within 5% of the total project total cost budget, excessive decorative lighting not only occupants eye fatigue, decreased vision, what’s more it is also harmful to the human’s eye cornea  and it may cased iris damage.

As a result ,people who may  suffered from dizziness, fatigue and other physical symptoms like neurasthenia.  In  another way the overly bright or dark lighting, will make the occupants as fatigue or decreased vision, increased incidence of cataract. And there are many consumers like colorful lights. In fact, these colors messy lighting, not only harmful to vision, but also interfere with the brain central nervous system function.

"light pollution" of Indoor lighting should not be overlooked, so are there any way to avoid its adverse health effects?  Here are some suggestions from lighting design experts.

Firstly, when choose the lamp, you should choose those with high color, high-strobe, stable performance characteristics. Such as fluorescent lamps with electronic ballasts, LED lamp and so on. the commercial led lighting in High CRI , moderate, spot no flare, no aperture of, can help you see the authenticity of the object to and comfortable; high strobe LED Lighting can reduce eye fatigue; stable performance and high efficiency lighting can make driver long lifespan, greatly increasing the overall stability.

Secondly, with guarantee the normal lighting you can reduce pollution through the ingenious arrangement of lamp. Such as concealed installation of lighting, avoid exposing the high points of light. In addition, selecting the anti-glare led lighting can significantly reduce the glare caused by light pollution.

Thirdly, using indirect light adequately,for example, use the lights reflected off the ceiling and in this way,light is both uniform and comfortable. it is better to use where indirect lighting in a ceiling or light-colored ceiling and require a relatively high illumination uniformity.

EnvironmentalLights.com Adds MaxLite LED Ceiling Panels and Troffers to Product Offering

EnvironmentalLights.com, an online retailer for high-quality, energy-efficient LED lighting systems, announced today that they have added MaxLite’s Direct Lit LED Panel Performance Series, FlatMax™ Edge Lit LED Panels and ECO-T™ LED Recessed Troffers to their website. EnvironmentalLights.com currently offers over 2,000 products including a variety of outdoor and under cabinet lighting fixtures by MaxLite.

“There has been a growing amount of interest from many of our large volume customers for LED ceiling panels for their commercial buildings,” said Alicia Cheng, Director of Product Development. “The super thin FlatMax Edge Lit LED Flat Panels are especially nice, and also won an honorable mention in the Lighting for Tomorrow awards.”

Designed for drop in ceilings, LED Ceiling Panels are the ideal energy-efficient replacement for traditional fluorescent troffers in offices, schools, hospitality, healthcare and other commercial and industrial applications. This high quality performance series is fully dimmable and compatible with building controls, motion sensors, timers and daylight harvesting systems.

“MaxLite is honored to continue its partnership with EnvironmentalLights.com with the addition of LED ceiling solutions to their website,” explains David Wyatt, MaxLite’s VP of Sales West. “Now the online retailer can offer its customers MaxLite’s LED fixtures as high quality and energy-efficient replacement solutions to inefficient ceiling lighting.”

DesignLights™ Consortium Qualified

Constructed for heat sink and thermal control, these DesignLights Consortium (DLC)-qualified LED fixtures operate with reduced heat and without emitting radiation, for reduced HVAC costs. The DLC is a collaboration between utility companies and regional energy efficiency organizations that is striving to help improve commercial design practices and encourage energy efficient commercial lighting.

FlatMax Edge Lit LED Flat Panels

The recent recipient of a Lighting for Tomorrow Honorable Mention, the FlatMax Edge Lit LED Flat Panels are ultra low profile (two inches deep) and ideal for low clearance T-bar and grid drop ceilings. The fixtures are available in 1'x4', 2'x2' and 2'x4' models in 3500°K (warm white) and 5000°K (daylight white) color temperatures. Each LED panel includes a diffuser cover for uniform shadowless light.
Lighting for Tomorrow is organized by the American Lighting Association (ALA), the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) and Underwriters Laboratories (UL). The Lighting for Tomorrow competition recognizes the best of the new energy efficient residential lighting products and especially those with consumer appeal whose installation and use are helping to transform the market for efficient lighting.

Direct Lit Flat Panels

Constructed with a textured diffuser cover for uniform and shadowless light, the Direct Lit Flat Panel Performance Series contain an enclosed driver in the junction box allowing for an installation depth of only four inches. The fixtures are available in 1'x4', 2'x2' and 2'x4' models in 3500°K (warm white), 4100°K (neutral white) and 5000°K (daylight white) color temperatures.

ECO-T LED Recessed Troffers

Designed with the look of a traditional fluorescent fixture, MaxLite’s ECO-T LED Recessed Troffers house LED strip lights that emulate fluorescent lighting, but operate with the energy saving and long life benefits of LED technology. At just over three inches deep, with an internal wiring box, the slim profile makes this LED recessed troffer ideal for low depth ceiling cavities.
Each LED panel includes a prismatic clear diffuser cover for high lumen output. The recessed troffers are available in 2'x2' and 2'x4' models in 3500°K (warm white), 4100°K (neutral white) and 5000°K (daylight white) color temperatures.

City of Pompano Beach Selects Evolucia's LED Cobra head Fixtures

Evolucia, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has completed the initial installations of its 200 Watt LED cobra head fixtures along the main thoroughfares in Pompano Beach, Florida.  The city of 100,000+ is replacing its inefficient 460 Watt metal halide streetlights with Evolucia's 200 Watt LED Aimed Optics cobra head luminaries.  The new street lights are installed along Atlantic Avenue, Federal Highway/US-1 and Copans Road, primary traffic arteries in the beautiful ocean front city along Florida's Atlantic coastline.

Pompano Beach's decision to switch to Evolucia's LED street lights has reduced energy consumption by almost 60%, and has increased visibility and security along the roadways.  In addition, the selection of Evolucia's fixtures allowed the city to virtually eliminate light pollution as the new LED cobra head fixtures employ Evolucia's patented Aimed Optics™ technology which strategically aims light directly at the target area.  This proprietary technology is the reason that Evolucia's fixtures outperform the competition, and is one of the only fixtures in the industry that meet roadway specifications at mounting heights of 60 feet and pole spacing of 300 feet.

Siemens Industry Inc., the energy management company for the city, recommended the selection of Evolucia LED fixtures to the city after Siemens had completed an extensive evaluation of the highest performing LED street lighting products in the market.   "We had partnered with Evolucia on projects in Sarasota and have been impressed with the performance of both the product and the Evolucia team," said Gary Kreisler, Sales Project Manager, Siemens Industry Inc., "Pompano Beach's mounting heights were taller than typical street lighting, so light performance was essential, and the Evolucia product outperformed the other products tested."

"With pole heights of 60 feet and pole spacing of 300 feet, the challenge to deliver a bright and uniform light was daunting for most of the competitive products," said Craig Hall, Business Development Director at Evolucia. "In most cases, the height and spacing caused a 'zebra-effect' – dark and light stripes on the roadway.  This zebra-effect is not acceptable—light and shadow cause visibility problems even in the most favorable driving conditions.  Our patented Aimed Optics technology increases the light output of our LED fixtures by 20%, and is the reason why our fixtures were selected by the US Department of Energy as the best street light in the industry," added Hall.

With a 10 year warranted life, Pompano Beach will also save on the expenses associated with replacing burnt out street lights.  The metal halide products had to be replaced every three years, which not only included the cost of new metal halide bulbs, but also the expense of hiring multiple certified lighting technicians, a bucket truck and the diversion of traffic.  Because the roadways being re-lamped are major thoroughfares, rerouting traffic often caused safety concerns, such as lane closures and traffic jams.

For more information about LED Lighting, you can visit: http://www.ledpanel-light.com

View of Copans Road in Pompano Beach, Florida before Evolucia's LED lighting retrofit. Safety, security and energy savings prompted the city to consider Evolucia Aimed Optics LED light sources to brighten major city roadways. (photo: Evolutia Inc.)

Evolucia bright white Aimed Optics LED light sources eliminate the "zebra effect"--dark and light shadowing caused by pole heights, spacing and older lighting technology along Pompano Beach's Copans Road. Evolucia's Aimed Optics technology platform and energy efficient LED street lighting increased visibility, improved safety and security and drastically cuts maintenance costs. (photo: Evolutia Inc.)