LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced the LED Rural Utility Light (RUL) Series, designed to deliver a combination of price, performance and quality to accelerate adoption of LED lighting across rural areas in North America.
The first of Cree's outdoor LED luminaires to address the estimated 10-13 million rural street and area light fixtures installed, the RUL Series targets better, more affordable lighting for residential roadways, security, storage and loading areas with high efficacy, rapid payback of less than one year (based on usage of 12 hours per-day and the national average of $0.11 per kWh electric costs, and compared with 175 watt mercury vapor luminaire) and Cree's 10-year warranty.
Featuring elements of Cree's SC5 Technology Platform, the LED Rural Utility Light is said to outperform incumbent high-pressure sodium (HPS) and mercury vapor (MV) technology, as well as competing LED products, to provide unrivaled 110 lumens-per-watt efficacy and system-level performance for expedient payback and reduced cost of ownership for municipalities and utilities. Featuring a lightweight design, tool-less entry and straight-in wiring, the 4000K-color-temperature LED Rural Utility Light enables seamless installation in addition to long-term maintenance savings over the 100,000 hour rated lifetime, says Cree.
The RUL Series is sold through Cree lighting sales channels throughout the USA and Canada.
