The color rendering index (CRI), sometimes called color rendition index, is a quantitative measure of the ability of a light source to reproduce the colors of various objects faithfully in comparison with an ideal or natural light source. ...
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Cooper Lighting, a leader at the forefront of transforming the lighting industry and setting an unmatched standard for innovation and reliability, is pleased to announce the addition of the McGraw-Edison Galleon™ LED luminaire to its ...
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Color temperature is a characteristic of visible light that has important applications in lighting, photography, videography, publishing, manufacturing, astrophysics, horticulture, and other fields. The color temperature of a light source ...
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Ambient: The surrounding light level in a given area. It is also the temperature in which a LED light source is expected to operate in. Referring to light, it is the light given off by the Sun, Moon, other light fixtures nearby or even ...
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High initial price: LEDs are currently more expensive, price per lumen, on an initial capital cost basis, than most conventional lighting technologies. As of 2010, the cost per thousand lumens (kilolumen) was about $18. The price is ...
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Cooper Lighting, a leader at the forefront of transforming the lighting industry and setting an unmatched standard for innovation and reliability, is pleased to announce that three of its LED architectural products have been recognized for ...
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The color rendering index (CRI) has been used to compare fluorescent and HID lamps for over 40 years, but the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) does not recommend its use with white light LEDs. A new metric is under ...
Typical indicator LEDs are designed to operate with no more than 30–60 milliwatts (mW) of electrical power. Around 1999, Philips Lumileds introduced power LEDs capable of continuous use at one watt. These LEDs used much larger ...
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Tempo Industries, a leading manufacturer of superior-quality modular and linear LED lighting with a 25-year lighting industry success record, today announced its new Series 5000 line of mid-range linear LED lighting solutions. ...
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Optimized for efficacy and supported by the industry-leading forward voltage of 2.7V and the lowest thermal resistance of 3 Kelvin per watt, LUXEON T allows designers to achieve the highest possible system efficacy and the flexibility to ...
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Building on its innovations of hot testing and 'Freedom from Binning', LED maker Philips Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has launched LUXEON T, its next-generation illumination-grade LED which is tested and specified at 85°C to ensure ...
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Cooper Lighting, has announced that three of its LED architectural products have been recognized for ingenuity in Architectural Products Product Innovation Awards (PIA) competition. For the second consecutive year, Cooper Lighting has the ...
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GE Lighting LEDs have been installed at Bicentennial Park in Sydney,Australia.The lights were installed by UGL Limited as part of a AUD$7 million($7.3 million)project that plans to replace park and street lights across Sydney. GE Lighting ...
Cooper Lighting, a leader at the forefront of transforming the lighting industry and setting an unmatched standard for innovation and reliability, is pleased to announce that three of its LED architectural products have been recognized for ...
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany says that, with the Oslon LX, it is offering a new LED for widespread application in the automotive sector. The focus is on the essential functions of brightness and quality, making ...
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