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GE reshuffles brass to stir up lighting innovation
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Reconvergence: Beth Comstock has helped guide industry convergence before, when she ran digital media for NBC Universal and the Googles were infiltrating traditional film and broadcasting. She’ll try it again at GE as the lighting industry goes Net.
LUX Magazine reports: When you’re an aging corporate conglomerate and you’re trying to decide how your lighting division can survive in the digital era, do you a) get rid of it, or b) try to infuse it with an innovative spirit?
For Philips and Siemens the answer has veered toward ‘a,’ most recently with Philips’ announcement this week that it will seek ‘alternative ownership’ for its lighting group, a move that echoes Siemens’ 2013 spin-off of its Osram lighting company.
At GE however they’re taking a new crack at ‘b’ with a quiet corporate restructuring in which CEO Jeff Immelt has fused GE Lighting with a division charged with ‘growth and innovation’ and whose boss, Beth Comstock, also runs the Silicon Valley-based GE Ventures, a firm that invests in startups in software, energy, healthcare and manufacturing.
‘On Monday, Sept. 16 GE announced internally that they will align the Lighting business with GE’s growth and innovation team, led by Beth Comstock,’ GE told Lux in an email. ‘The transition is not effective immediately. It will happen over the next few months.’ The company has yet to publicly announce the change. The move had surfaced in an article in Fortune Magazine, which said Comstock takes the lighting reins on Oct. 1.
‘NOT FOR SALE’
It was Comstock who two weeks ago told Lux that GE Lighting is not for sale, denying rumours that if true would put U.S.-based GE in the same category as Holland’s Philips and Germany’s Siemens as traditional large industrial companies moving away from direct involvement in the lighting industry.
As part of the shift, Maryrose Sylvester continues as president and CEO of GE Lighting, but she will report to Comstock. Sylvester had been reporting to Chip Blankenship, who has been president and CEO of GE’s appliance and lighting business unit. Earlier this month GE sold its appliance division – dishwashers, toasters, washing machines and the like – to Sweden’s AB Electrolux for $3.3 billion.
Appliances and lighting had accounted for $8.3 billion in sales at the $146 billion company last year. Lighting was about $3 billion of that GE told Lux this week – until now, GE has not separated out lighting numbers from appliances. Appliances was the latest division to go at GE as the company focuses on high margin industrial goods and services.
Comstock, a rising star at GE who also serves as corporate marketing officer and senior vice president, reports directly to Immelt.
BEEN THERE DONE THAT
She has solid experience at the type of digital industry convergence that challenges today’s lighting business, which is shifting from conventional incandescent and fluorescent bulbs, to lights based on LEDs – light emitting diodes, or semiconductors – a transition that is opening up the field to new digital only manufacturers and to Internet and consumer technology companies like Google and Apple.
Her background includes several years overseeing digital strategy for media giant NBC Universal as president of integrated media, when broadcasting giants like NBC, CBS and ABC were beginning to cope with the incursion of technology powerhouses like Google and YouTube into their industry (NBC was part of the GE empire at the time; GE sold its remaining 49 percent share to cable TV company Comcast for $16.7 billion in early 2013).
That familiarity could help Comstock navigate GE Lighting around a global market where lighting could underpin everything from smart cities to the connected home, and which will rely on innovations and partnerships with technology and networking firms among others.
All the while, she will have to figure out a way to make money. LED bulbs cost much more to make than conventional bulbs, but startup companies are pushing down end user prices faster than some of the cost-burdened giants can afford. LEDs in principle also last much longer, eradicating any replacement bulb business model.
Thus, GE will have to hone a profitable business out of selling lighting services, controls and connectivity.
NETWORKING
Not only will it have to foster relationships with Internet and networking companies, but it will have to fend off challenges from relatively new lighting companies like Opple, Cree, TCP and Acuity, born in the modern lighting era and not encumbered by a legacy lighting business (GE and Philips have both been a making bulbs for over 120 years).
No wonder, with challenges like this, Philips decided on an ‘alternative ownership’ escape route. Even after an impressive run of innovations that has included the Hue line of bulbs that can change brightness and colours via wireless remote control, Philips is setting into slow motion a plan to find buyers for its lighting division, which it says could take a year or two. (Some industry observers are even whispering about a hookup between Philips and GE. Neither company would comment on that speculation).
Comstock told Fortune that there’s tremendous opportunity to partner with startups that develop LED technology for commercial and government buildings.
She certainly talks the talk.
‘Beth Comstock is passionate about change and innovation,’ reads her bio on GE’s corporate website, not yet updated to relfect her new lighting role. ‘She leads GE’s growth efforts via marketing, sales, licensing and communications and oversees GE Ventures. Her current priorities include partnering with and investing in start-ups, developing new markets in analytics, energy and affordable health through GE’s industrial internet, ecomagination and healthymagination initiatives, and making connections that spur a culture of inventiveness and grow brand value.’
It also notes that she serves on the boards of Nike and of Quirky, ‘an online hub that makes invention accessible.’ Quirky helped GE develop its Link connected bulb.
Looks good on paper. Let the innovations begin. There aren’t many other choices.
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Government Aims to Slash Energy Demand for Lighting
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Lux Magazine reports: The government is considering ways to slash demand for energy by encouraging homes and businesses to install low-energy lighting and controls.
A consultation on ways to reduce demand for electricity was launched yesterday together with the Energy Bill, and runs until the end of January.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) believes that a quarter of the potential energy savings to be made in homes by 2030 could come from getting rid of incandescent lamps, while lighting and controls could account for more than a third of savings in commercial properties and nearly half in the public sector (including streetlighting).
In the residential sector, the major barrier to adopting these technologies is a lack of awareness, the government believes, while in commercial buildings the main problems are the payback period on lighting upgrades and the fact that the person using a building and paying the bills is not always the one with the power to make changes.
The government is considering various financial incentives for energy-efficiency measures as well as voluntary and information-based approaches.
Engineering body Cibse has welcomed the consultation, saying it comes “better late than never”. Cibse said that simple improvements to building performance could make a huge difference to the amount of energy needed in the future.
Any new measures to promote efficiency will come on top of the Green Deal, set to be launched fully in the new year, which will provide finance packages allowing households and businesses to pay for energy-efficiency upgrades from savings on their bills.
Energy minister Ed Davey said the Energy Bill and associated measures are designed to drive low-carbon economic growth and “keep the lights on”.
Last year 39TWh of energy (that’s 39 billion kWh) was used to light commercial and public sector buildings, while around 15TWh was used in homes.
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Energy-efficient lighting is ‘top green investment’
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Lux Magainze report: Energy-efficient lighting has come out top in a survey of green technology investments for businesses.
Over three quarters of businesses (77 per cent) polled by the Carbon Trust said they had invested in energy-efficient lighting in the past year, while 59 per cent had invested in employee training and 57 per cent had invested in energy metering and monitoring.
Almost all businesses surveyed said energy efficiency was an important consideration when buying or upgrading equipment.
However, the survey also highlighted reservations about the transition to the new technology, with only half of respondents (51 per cent) saying they were confident about manufacturers’ energy-efficiency claims.
Hugh Jones, managing director of business advice at the Carbon Trust said: ‘Our survey showed that return on investment is the most important factor for organisations considering investing in energy efficiency and low carbon technologies.’
The survey comes as the Carbon Trust launches the Green Business Directory, which lists suppliers that have been vetted under the trust’s Accredited Supplier scheme.
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Get rid of flickering fluorescent T8 and T5 tubes and stop climbing a ladder to replace dead ones every other week, by switching to long-lasting LED lighting. LED Tubes not only produce sufficient light, but also save a lot of energy. Whilst reducing your energy bills, they will enhance your working environment with quality uniform bright light.
LED Tubes
LED Tubes reduce energy consumption by >60% with an impressive lifespan. These tubes provide almost 50,000 hours of usage, without any maintenance requirement. Moreover, they start up instantly and do not get damaged with consistent use or frequent switching on and turning off. The tubes are made of plastic, which makes them safer to handle and ship.
Novel Energy Lighting has its niche in the LED lighting industry. It is a distributor of LEDs that are made by various top LED manufacturers. The LED products supplied by this lighting distributor include LED Tubes, LED Battens, and solid-state LED fixtures. We also sell waterproof IP65 tube fittings, which make for a quick switch in areas like car parks and warehouses. Many of the tubes come with a warranty ranging from three to five years.
Philips is one of the manufacturers promoted by Novel Energy Lighting. Its new InstantFit master LED tube reduces time to replace traditional lighting, as no re-wiring of the fitting is required. The InstantFit tubes slot straight into existing fittings and work straight away. These tubes produce less heat and use less energy. Over time these tubes pay for themselves many times over with their low energy consumption and maintenance.
Compared with the traditional fluorescent tubes, LED tubes are mercury-and-lead-free. These tubes are made using no harmful substances which could cause pollution. Being environment safe, these tubes can be recycled without any hassle. That’s why LED tubes are recognized as one of the green lighting products. Also these tubes do not produce vibrating sounds, and emit no UV radiation. You can rely on Novel Energy Lighting for long lasting and cost efficient lighting.
With so many advantages of these tubes, you could find them everywhere, like buildings, restaurants, schools, shopping malls, offices, factories and other indoor places.
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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
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Redeveloped Tube stations to go all-LED
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LUX Magazine reported New lighting at several London Underground stations that are currently being redeveloped will be all-LED.
Bob Benn, stations engineering manager for London Underground, told the Lighting for Rail conference that stations including Tottenham Court Road, Bond Street and Victoria, will get 100 per cent LED lighting when the work is completed.
Lighting for the stations was initially designed several years ago as part of the redevelopment plans, with fluorescent products in mind. But lighting teams have managed to get specifications updated to take advantage of newer technology.
‘We were basically dealing with an obsolete design,’ said Benn. ‘We’ve managed to change it all to LED lighting, but that’s been a major challenge in London Underground in order to get that through the system.’
Changing the specification to LED means London Underground will reap significant energy and maintenance savings, despite a higher upfront cost. The high cost of conducting maintenance in busy and hard-to-access underground stations means long-lasting products pay for themselves quickly. An earlier project to replace T8 lamps in a number of London Underground stations with LED tubes has saved millions of pounds in maintenance costs, paying for itself in less than 18 months.
‘From the point of view of whole-life cost, we’re very aware of the reduced maintenance of new technology,’ said Benn.
An ongoing programme of station improvements is taking place all over the Tube, and many stations are being upgraded to prepare for the completion of Crossrail.
Work at Bond Street is due to be finished by 2017, while work at Victoria and Tottenham Court Road will go on until 2018.
Novel Energy Lighting supplies a wide range of high quality LED lighting products. We stock the entire Philips Master LED and Megaman LED range of lamps, bulbs, and tubes. We can supply a large range of LED fittings range, including the best-selling Philips Coreline recess downlights, and FYT ceiling panels.
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Led tubes for hassle free, instant fit and sustainable lighting
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LED tubes have been designed by leading market experts in LED to be quick, easy and safe to install without any hassle. The new Philips InstantFit LED Tube is the world’s first LED replacement tube that requires no rewiring; it is an instant retrofit, compatible with HF fixtures and drivers in linear fluorescent tube lighting, and can be installed in minutes. These LED tubes have amazing light output and sustainable lighting.
LED tubes
LED tubes are a great replacement for fluorescent tubes as they don’t flicker or hum and they illuminate a room instantly. They are a simple retrofit, and it takes very little time to replace fluorescent tubes with LED; just a couple of minutes per fixture.
Novel Energy lighting supplies LED tubes that can reduce power consumption by up to 50% compared to linear fluorescent tube lighting. We sell top quality brands of LED tubes by Philips, Emprex, Megaman, and Heathfield, in lengths from 2ft to 8ft, at competitive prices. These tubes provide high quality lighting and a lifespan of 50,000 hours. They also extend the replacement cycle and require less maintenance. LED tubes are economical with the low cost of installation and the return on investment is just 1-3 years.
Fluorescent tubes contain harmful mercury which makes them hazardous waste. LED tubes do not contain mercury and are much friendlier for the environment. Their long lives mean that they are infrequently disposed of. They do not emit heat or harmful UV or IR rays. Most of the tubes come with a warranty ranging from three to five years.
LED tubes are a great and convenient buy for you.
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LUX Magazine, 12 JUNE 2014
Increasing LED light levels boosted pupils’ cortisol levels by the same amount as fluorescent light, and slightly faster, in a study conducted by Fagerhult’s lighting academy.
Measuring the hormone levels of students at a university in Sweden, researchers found that the students’ level of cortisol, the hormone that keeps us awake, increased in LED-lit environments with luminance levels of 100cd/m2. The work was based on a previous study from 2009, conducted with fluorescent T5 luminaires, which showed that the cortisol in students’ blood level increased when they were exposed to boosts of a high luminance in the morning and early afternoon.
Henrik Clausen, director of the Fagerhult Lighting Academy, said: ‘People started asking whether LED would have the same effect as T5, so we had to repeat our research. We did that at a school in Sweden where we found the same hormone release results.’ Clausen added, ‘Actually the pupils’ cortisol levels raised a little bit faster with LEDs than they did with fluorescent. It’s probably because there is an inherent peak of blue light in LEDs, but we don’t know that for sure.’
The research facility is now looking at students’ grades to see if the improved hormone levels result in better academic performance, but has not yet proven a correlation in the LED-lit classrooms. The 2009 study on increased fluorescent light levels showed an increase in performance by one grade on average in the dark part of the year, Clausen claimed.
Another study from 2007, also comparing differently lit classrooms, showed that colour temperature did not make a difference to the students’ hormone levels, whereas light intensity did.
Speaking at the International Lighting Fixture Design conference in London last week, Clausen cautioned not to apply the research results too widely: ‘If you want to do research you have to choose a path and we chose to focus on classroom lighting, so we don’t claim that this approach works for everything.’
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Get rid of flickering fluorescent tubes and stop climbing ladders for dead ones by switching to LED Tubes. LED Tubes are now a commercially viable alternative to fluorescent tubes in terms of superior light output and a better lifespan.
Led Tubes
LED Tubes save over 60% energy compared to fluorescent tubes. Also these tubes offer a lifespan of about 50,000 hours (many years) of usage, without compromising on light output quality. Unlike fluorescent tubes, LED tubes produce less heat with less energy consumption.
Along with saving lots of money spent on electricity bills, LEDs do not require any special waste handling. Fluorescent tubes contain phosphor and mercury, which makes them a hazardous waste. Fluorescent tubes must be segregated from other waste and are subject to special recycling processes. LED tubes contain no toxic chemicals and are much kinder on the environment. Besides, their long lifespans means that they are disposed of much less frequently.
Novel Energy Lighting, a distributor of LEDs, has its niche in the LED lighting industry. We sell several top quality brands of LED Tubes at very competitive prices. Many of these tubes come with warranties ranging from three to five years. We sell waterproof IP65 tube fittings, which are ideal for areas like car parks and warehouses. Philips is one of the manufacturer’s promoted by Novel Energy Lighting.
These LEDs enhance your working environment with quality, uniform light. You can use these LEDs in your office, warehouse, shop or plant room.
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Fluorescent tubes are ubiquitous in offices and commercial buildings around the world. These lamps are energy hungry and contain phosphor and mercury. Because they contain mercury, many fluorescent lamps are classified as hazardous waste, and must be segregated from general waste for recycling. Maintenance and replacement costs are high due to the poor life span of fluorescent tubes, and they frequently flicker after a few hundred hours of operation, causing eye fatigue and headaches for those working in such environments.
LED Tubes
LED tubes are now a commercially viable alternative to fluorescent tubes, and are far superior in terms of performance and life-time economics. You can save money and electricity usage by investing in LED lighting.
Novel Energy lighting has its niche in the LED lighting industry. It is a distributor of LEDs that are made by various top LED manufacturers. The LED products supplied by this lighting distributor include LED Tubes, LED Battens, and solid-state LED fixtures. When traditional fluorescent tubes are replaced by LED tubes, not only is energy consumption reduced by >60%, , but also the lifespan is considerably more. LED tubes provide almost 50,000 hours of usage without any maintenance requirement. Moreover, they start up instantly, and do not get damaged with consistent use or frequent switching on and turning off. The tubes are made of plastic, which makes them safer to handle and ship.
Philips is one of the manufacturers promted by Novel Energy Lighting. Its new InstantFit master LED tube reduces time to replace traditional lighting, as no re-wiring of the fitting is required. The InstantFit tubes slot straight into existing fittings and work straight away. These tubes produce less heat and use less energy. Over time these tubes pay for themselves many times over with their low energy consumption and maintenance. . Moreover, these tubes do not contain mercury, and require no special waste handling.
LED Tubes also do not produce vibrating sounds, and emit no UV radiation. You can rely on Novel Energy Lighting for long lasting and cost efficient lighting. Some of the LEDs include Philips Master LED GA110 series, Philips Coreline Waterproof, Sylvania Slyproof LED, , and the high output Heathfield LED tubes.
