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Philips recalls thousands of metal halide lamps over ‘burn and laceration’ dangers. PLUS: The latest business news including acquisitions. Lux Today webcast for 31 May 2016 is presented by Courtney Ferguson.
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How electric companies are transforming America’s lighting
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Lux Today 16 September 2015: Utilities across the US are engaged in a massive program to cut the demand for energy – using lighting. Ray Molony reports from Oklahoma.
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Gordon Routledge, lighting expert and publisher of Lux, investigates a widely held belief about insects’ lighting preferences.
Ultraviolet light has been exploited for years to lure flies to an early death by electrocution – as can be seen in the bug traps at any supermarket’s fresh meat counter. Over the years I have heard from numerous sources that, because LEDs don’t emit ultraviolet light, they don’t attract insects.
“Given a choice between no light and a white light, do insects give up and go home, or do they fly merrily around your head, laughing at your feeble LED fittings and making the occasional landing on your neck to suck your blood?”
At first glance the statement seems to pass the common sense test. I didn’t start to really question it until I left a retrofit LED bulb switched on to test in the garage for six months, during which time the diffuser accumulated a significant number of corn flies. If there’s no UV, what is it about LEDs that’s so irresistible to insects?
The search for truth
Spend a little time trawling the internet and you will quickly unearth a wealth of articles, reports and anecdotes on UV light, insects and LEDs, frequently contradicting each other and sometimes with a strong smell of snake oil about them.
A few calls to the Royal Entomological Society put me on a clearer track, and I was directed to some useful papers on insects and light. Perhaps the most pertinent was undertaken in 2005 at the University of Agriculture in Faisalabad, Pakistan, titled ‘Insect orientation to various colour lights in the agricultural biomes of Faisalabad’.
The research was carried out by erecting a number of illuminated one metre-square screens in two separate locations, each six metres apart, and collecting the insects that became trapped on each panel at half-hourly intervals.
The study found that 60-70 per cent of insects preferred light at the blue end of the spectrum. But that doesn’t mean the others stayed at home – insects, as it turns out, have a wide variety of preferences. Eighteen per cent headed for a white light, another eight to 10 per cent went for yellow and two per cent headed straight for the red light district.
This is all very interesting, but what if you’re the only light in town? Little research has been carried out in the area of general lighting, and more specifically LED. Given a choice between no light and a white light, do insects give up and go home, or do they fly merrily around your head, laughing at your feeble LED fittings and making the occasional landing on your neck to suck your blood?
Bugged out
After the success of the North Yorkshire garage LED trial, I took the opportunity to extend the study to my brand new LED-lit kitchen. Leaving the doors open last week, I can report that the local midges are more than happy to hang around on a wall under an LED downlight, where they are soon joined by a selection of moths and flies.
“It appears that insects, like humans, have quite complex and diverse tastes in lighting, and may well spend hours debating the colour rendering of a dung heap under different sources”
And with lower levels of radiated heat than traditional light sources, they are far less likely to get burned in the process. It’s only a matter of time before word gets around in the insect community about this cool new hangout.
It appears that insects, like humans, have quite complex and diverse tastes in lighting, and may well spend hours debating the colour rendering of a dung heap under different sources.
But, also like humans, they’ll make do with what light there is. I’m sure the option of hanging around in a dimly-lit Starbucks and divebombing freshly-made cappuccinos is preferable to the risk of being spattered across a truck windscreen on the M25 while trying to find a nice, white HID lamp.
So next time Snake Oil Bob drops in to hawk his wares on the basis of their anti-bug properties, send him packing with an LED torch to Faisalabad, and he can explain to the local insects himself that it doesn’t emit any UV – if they’ll stop biting him for long enough to listen.
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Sistine Chapel lights up with LEDs
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Most people are unaware of the negative effects of traditional fluorescent tubes and bulbs for lighting. Fluorescent bulbs emit a decent amount of light but almost 20% of the input energy used by them is converted into heat. This is wasteful, and with the ever increasing price of energy, hikes up your electricity bill. Moreover, fluorescent tubes and bulbs have a short lifespan since they use high voltage as startup (as much as 300 volts), which affects durability. In order to start a fluorescent tube the mercury atoms need to be ionized before the arc can ’strike’. It is very common to see fluorescent tubes flickering at their end of life.
LED Tubes
What’s more, fluorescent lighting is not environmentally safe, since lamps and tubes it contain mercury and phosphor to produce light, these chemicals are toxic, and get released into the atmosphere when the lamps are disposed of, making them harmful to the environment.
This makes for a compelling argument to switch to a more economical and environmentally viable lighting source. Philips T8 LED Tubes supplied by Novel Energy Lighting can provide you with consistent lighting for a long period of time. These LED Tubes have wattages varying from 8W to 24W for 2ft through 5ft length tubes, to match the output of fluorescent tubes. You will see energy savings of 60% with LED tubes, and more if you exclude ballast, switchgear, and starter from the circuit..LED Tube Lights are very durable. The MasterLED range offer a rated lifetime of 40,000hours (L70) even if used continually. The value Corepro range offer a rated lifetime of 30,000hrs (L70). Our other top manufacturers offer LED tubes with similar long rated lifetimes, and high quality light output to match or exceed their fluorescent counterparts.
And unlike fluorescent lamps, T8 LED Tubes will not flicker or cause short circuits as they are capable of using power efficiently. They are designed such that they can be retrofitted into existing electromagnetic or high frequency fixtures, making lighting upgrade a quick and simple process. Some tubes even come with rotating end-caps which make them easier to install. Philips Master LED T8 Tubes come with a 5 year warranty, so you can have complete peace of mind once they are installed.
Philips MASTER LED tube Value InstantFit has been designed by the market leading experts in LED. This range integrates a LED light source into a traditional tube form that’s quick, easy and safe to install. The world’s first LED replacement tube that requires no rewiring, InstantFit is compatible with HF fixtures and drivers in linear fluorescent tube lighting. A simple switch that reduces the time it takes to replace fluorescent with LED to just a couple of minutes per fixture.
Novel Energy Lighting also supplies T5 LED tubes as an upgrade for T5 fluorescent tubes. Available with integral fitting, or in the case of Heathfield’s T5 as tube with external driver, we offer lengths and outputs to match conventional T5 tubes. These solutions are durable and come with a 3 year warranty.
So upgrade your fluorescent tubes to LED Tubes to save energy, reduce your impact on the environment, eliminate hazardous chemicals, and reduce your cost of ownership and ongoing maintenance costs. They are the perfect option for offices, hospitals, and commercial premises
Sales of smart lighting control products are expected to be very strong, according to a new report by Markets and Markets. The study finds that the highest growth is likely to take place in commercial and industrial applications of smart lighting. By James Hunt:
Showing current and forecast smart lighting controls growth.
Markets and Markets
This new analysis examines the key growth strategies of the major lighting companies, including Acuity Brands, Legrand, Lutron and Zumtobel, and it categorises application areas into commercial and industrial, residential, outdoor lighting, public and government buildings and road vehicles. Its geographical reach is North and South America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the rest of the world (RoW).
On the basis of lighting type, the study examines LED, fluorescent, (FL), compact fluorescent (CFL) and high intensity discharge lamps (HID), plus the and related controls, which include relays, controllable breakers, occupancy sensors, dimming actuators, switch actuators, blind/shutter actuators, transmitters and receivers.
The smart lighting industry involves the use of lighting control systems that deliver the right amount and/or quality of light when needed. It can allow lighting to automatically perform various operations at set times or under set conditions.
Smart lighting also makes use of intelligent lighting control systems to intelligently control light, based on various parameters including occupancy, movement, colour temperature, amount of natural/daylight and so on. These are the main topics of the new study.
The growth of the market in coming years is expected to be very important, with the revenue growth estimated to reach £33 billion by 2020, at an estimated CAGR of 15.8% from 2014 to 2020. In addition to the major players mentioned, there have been a number of acquisitions, mergers, new product launches, agreements etc., and these are also discussed in the report.
The importance of LEDs
The report profiles companies that are active in smart lighting technologies and finds that currently, there are many launching new LED lighting and related control products in this market, and that smart lighting is growing in ‘a remarkable way’. The study also says that the main factors driving the market are the fast development and take-up of LED lighting, the rapid growth of street lighting systems, and the expansion of this technology in the so-called smart cities.
Europe currently has the largest market for smart lighting, especially in commercial and industrial, public and government buildings applications, with the Asia Pacific region second, the report finds. Several new players have emerged in the latter region, which ‘have developed breakthrough products related to smart lighting’. The market is also expected to grow at a modest rate in the developed regions, such as the Americas, according to this analysis.
Wireless is changing the market
In addition, the report observes that LED based lighting devices, integrated with the various wireless technologies, are finding good opportunities. Wireless networking technologies, it says, are bringing intelligence to a new generation of smart lighting.
It is partly for this reason that key industry figures predict that IT companies may take a significant share of the wireless lighting controls market in the future – possibly as part of the fast growing ‘Internet of Things’.
Novel Energy Lighting sells high quality LED lamps, bulbs and tubes, LED fittings and fixtures. Our products are eco-friendly and cost-effective. Most of our LED products come with a three year or five year warranty with a 30 day satisfaction guarantee. Our LED products come with lifetime cost benefits – energy savings up to 90% and last up to 50,000 hour. We provide full LED range.
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LED MR16- A Perfect Retrofit Lighting Solution
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Enhance the lighting of your space by using LED lamps, to provide a crisp, clean, and controllable light. They can produce efficient bright light without compromise on quality. These lamps consume about 10% of the energy of traditional halogen lamps, making them a perfect switch from halogens or CFLs. These robust light bulbs operate differently than traditional bulbs.
LED MR16 lamps operate at low voltage making them safe to work with. LED MR16s come in wattages ranging from 4W to 10W to replace 20W to 50W halogen MR16s. They also come in ‘perfect fit’ dimensions, which makes them easy to retrofit into existing low voltage downlight fittings. These come in a variety of colour temperatures to suit your lighting requirements.
With no emission of harmful UV or IR radiation in form of heat, these are perfectly safe for you to work around with, and are ideal for heat or UV sensitive applications such as galleries or retail lighting. An added advantage of LEDs is that they are mercury-and lead-free, which makes them easy to dispose of and safe on the environment.
Novel Energy Lighting supplies LED MR16 lamps from quality manufacturers like Philips, Heathfield, Megaman, Emprex, and Verbatim. These energy efficient LEDs offer a lifespan ranging from 20,000 hours up to 50,000 hours, which means they will continue to work for many years once installed. They are a fit and forget lighting solution. The quick payback of a few months means these lamps pay for themselves many times over, and cost of ownership savings over the life of the lamp are high.
LED MR16s are available are in both dimmable and non-dimmable configurations.
Master LED spot MR16 10W lamp is DIMMABLE, delivers slightly higher lumens, and a warm, halogen/incandescent-like accent beam. This robustly designed lamp is an ideal retrofit solution for spot and general lighting purposes. It delivers huge energy savings (80% savings over standard halogen), and minimises maintenance cost without any compromise on brightness. This bulb can pay for itself in less than a year, and may last for up to 30,000hrs. Compatible with most existing MR16 fixtures, this lamp is designed as a retrofit replacement alternative for 50W halogen lamps. Incorporates Philips patented Intelligent Driver System, which enables broad compatibility with existing electronic and electromagnetic Halogen transformers. Furthermore there is no harmful UV or IR in the beam, which makes it ideal for illuminating heat sensitive objects.
Product Specifications:
- Voltage: 12V
- Wattage: 10W
- Equivalent To: 50W
- Average Lifetime: 30,000 hours
- Base: GU5.3
- Shape: MR16
- Dimmable: Yes
- Beam Angle: 2700K (warm white)
- Colour Temp: 36 Deg
- Warranty: 5 Years
- CRI:>80
- Luminous Flux: 470lm
- Luminous Intensity: 1500cd
- Length: 54mm
- Diameter: 50mm
- Manufacturer Code: 21057300
CorePro LED MR16 NEW 4.2W is Philips new 20W halogen retrofit. It delivers a warm, halogen/incandescent-like accent beam where dimming is NOT required. This robustly designed lamp is an ideal retrofit solution for spot and general lighting purposes. It delivers huge energy savings (>85% savings over standard halogen), and minimises maintenance cost without any compromise on brightness. This bulb can pay for itself in less than 1 year, and may last for up to 15,000hrs. Compatible with most existing MR16 fixtures, this lamp is designed as a retrofit replacement alternative for 20W halogen lamps. Incorporates Philips patented Intelligent Driver System, which enables broad compatibility with existing electronic and electromagnetic Halogen transformers. Furthermore there is no harmful UV or IR in the beam, which makes it ideal for illuminating heat sensitive objects.
Product Specifications:
- Voltage: 12V DC
- Wattage: 4.2W
- Equivalent To: 20W
- Average Lifetime: 15,000 hours
- Base: GU5.3
- Shape: Downlight Spot
- Dimmable: Not dimmable
- Beam Angle: 36D
- Colour Temp: 2700K (warm white)
- Warranty: 2 year warranty
- CRI: 80
- Luminous Flux: 225Lm
- Luminous Intensity: 550cd
- Length: 49.9mm
- Diameter: 47.4mm
- Manufacturer Code: 72456800
LED MR16 lamps are suitable for a wide variety of application including residential and commercial properties, architectural, retail, offices, museums, schools and entertainment and gaming.
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Lighting magazine reports that LED lighting in Taiwan must have a minimum efficacy of 70lm/W, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has announced. The new legislation requires all indoor warm-white LED lamps to have a minimum efficacy of 70 lm/W, while cool-white LEDs must be more efficient, reaching a minimum of 75 lm/W.
The Global Lighting Association (GLA) welcomed the move, saying that minimum effiacy requirements should be set at such a level that good-quality products are widely available and at an affordable price. “From the GLA’s position,” explained GLA representative Michael Ng, “we globally support one minimum level of performance for lighting products, just like what is announced by Taiwan’s MOEA Bureau of Energy. This is very different from just an energy labelling scheme. In general this serves the purposes of ensuring safe and quality products for the consumers, maintaining interoperability and competition on performance.”
Ng, who is also the director of international affairs for the Taiwan Lighting Fixture Export Association, added: “There are adequate surveillance and penalties in place to ensure that the vendors are truthful and the standards used are internationally harmonised.”
“It’s an interesting turn of events,” commented Iain Mcrae, head of global lighting applications at Thorn Lighting and past SLL president when Lighting invited him to comment on Taiwan’s new standard. “The move is clearly designed to discourage people using high colour temperature, or perhaps to encourage retailers or manufacturers to favour warmer light by making it easier to comply.”
But he isn’t sure if the move is going to have a knock-on effect: “Whether it will catch on on a global scale is a difficult one. We see general disquiet over the use of high CCT in the outdoors in many countries. Generally it’s not liked, but that may be a more historic thing. Previously such cold colours were simply not available. In some countries, South Africa, for example, there is generally a wider acceptance of colder colours, less so in Europe.”
Lighting in Taiwan accounted for 10.9 per cent of the country’s total power consumption in 2013, according to MOEA’s Bureau of Energy (BOE). Residential lighting accounted for 40 per cent of the total lighting power consumption.
Novel Energy Lighting supplies a wide range of cost-effective LED lighting products. These are cost-effective and deliver paybacks of less than 1 year, while lasting over 10 years. We provide full LED range at competitive prices. Most of our LED lights have up to 5 years warranty and 30 days satisfaction guaranteed. Moreover, these lights offer lifetime cost benefits with up to 90% energy savings and up to 50,000 hours of operational lighting. LED Lighting is recommended for cost efficiency and energy savings.
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Osram in five-year deal to light Vatican museums
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Lux magazine reports:
26 JUNE 2014
Osram is to supply lighting to the Vatican City’s museums under a new five-year framework agreement.
The German lighting giant has already supplied LED lighting for the famous Sistine Chapel (pictured), with the help of funding from a European Union technology programme.
The new agreement, covering ‘possible future projects’, aims to develop scientific and technological cooperation ‘to guarantee that the artistic heritage of the Vatican Museums is safeguarded’.
Antonio Paolucci, director of the Vatican Museums, said: ‘Our art and architecture present the most demanding requirements for light. Therefore, we are using outstanding lighting installations. With the opening of the Sistine Chapel at the end of October, the public can witness first impressions of this.’
Osram’s scheme at the Sistine Chapel uses 7,000 LEDs and is designed to conserve the artwork, while providing 10 times as much light as the previous scheme, and only using 60 per cent of the energy.
Photo: Governatorato dello Stato della Città del Vaticano
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LED Panels – Simplicity and modernity in lighting
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Make a smart lighting choice in your rooms with LED panels. They enhance your space and the light distribution is excellent. Novel Energy Lighting offers a wide variety of LED panels in different shapes and sizes to complement your homes. The various shapes are square (600x600mm retrofit for quad 2ft tube fittings), rectangular 1200x300mm (retrofit for twin 4ft tube fittings), 1200x600mm (retrofit for quad 4ft tube fittings) and round (180mm, 240mm, and 300mm diameter replacements for CFL downlights) for an ideal retrofit. One good feature about the panels is that they are ultra slim (~13mm) that gives them a great sleek look, and makes installation easy. They fit in a standard ceiling grid, and are also available with suspension hanging kits and surface mount frames.
LED Panels
Use these panels for residential as well as commercial purposes too. They save more than 50% energy and are a great replacement for conventional fluorescent luminaries. Unlike conventional lamps, LED panels create uniform and harmonious lighting throughout the room, through use of edgelit LED chips and high quality diffusers to provide a white plane of light.
These panels can be used for general lighting, office lighting, corridors, meeting rooms, factories, hospitals and supermarkets.
Our LED panels light the room instantly without flicking or humming. They come with dimmable and non-dimmable drivers to accommodate all lighting requirements. They come with a unique sophisticated design that enhances any space elegantly. LED lighting enables a consistently long light life (up to 50,000hours) without any worry of UV or IR emissions.
Last but not least, our LED panels are a great buy as the maintenance and installation is minimal and easy. It’s a simple switch from conventional and traditional fluorescent lighting.
