Economic and Safety Benefits of LED Street Lighting in American Cities
Los Angeles has already converted more than 75% of its more than 200,000 street light to LED technology. Chicago, New York, Shanghai, and Copenhagen are well into plans to convert their own street…
Improving the Heat Sink in Modern LED Fixtures
Many people understand that LED lighting uses fixtures that are cooler to the touch than traditional incandescent light bulbs. LED lights do not generate light in the infrared spectrum and are, in fact,…
Thermal Management for LED Lighting Efficiency
From its first inception, artificial lighting has been notoriously inefficient. The first generations of incandescent lighting converted less than 5% of electrical power input into light, with the remaining…
Adjusting Street Lighting to Accommodate the AMA's Health Concerns
A recent study published by the American Medical Association (AMA) might have dimmed the ardor of municipalities that have been considering retrofitting their street lighting to LED systems. The AMA has…
The Slow Death of Metal Halide Lights
Metal halide lights have been the de facto standard for illumination of outdoor and large indoor spaces for more than fifty years. Sports arenas, in particular, have relied on metal halide and similar…
How Television Broadcasts Benefit from LED Lighting
The advent of high definition television broadcasts marked a quantum leap in television broadcast technology and quality. Producers of those broadcasts have scrambled to retrofit other parts…
LED Lighting for Department of Transportation Compliance
The United States Department of Transportation’s (DOT) lighting standards for commercial traffic and other motor vehicles place a priority on safety. For example, Standard 108 under Part 571 of the Federal…
Museums are Using LED Technology to Preserve Paintings
In 2015, Germany’s Aachen Cathedral, joined the growing list of art museums and other historical heritage sites to transition to LED museum lighting. The Cathedral, which is the…
