Cree Paves Way for Next Generation Home Lighting with 1,000 Lumens Single LED
Cree, the North Carolina based LED manufacturer, has announced that its Research and Development group has created an LED with an output of more than 1,000 lumens. This means the LED bulb gives the equivalent output level of a standard household light bulb.
The lab was able to create a single-die LED, driven at four amps, that produced 1,050 lumens in cool white with an efficacy of 72 lumens per watt. The light was able to operate at a significantly higher efficacy level than conventional home and office light bulbs.
“Cree’s XLamp LEDs are the best-performing commercially available LEDs, but we won’t be satisfied until light bulbs are obsolete,” said Cree co-founder and director of advanced optoelectronics, John Edmond.
Cree says that typically its R&D demonstrations, like this one, are able to be commercialized and available for retail within 12 to 24 months. What does this mean for the general consumer? This is a great advancement in LED technology for those of us who are looking to conserve energy or save money or to improve our home lighting design (isn’t that about everyone?). This means that we will see a new line of LED home light bulbs and fixtures available in the next 1-2 years that give off the same brightness and pure white light we are used to but at a fraction of the energy costs. The bulbs, like all LED bulbs, will also last significantly longer.
I know I can’t wait to see these go mainstream.
November 3rd, 2007 at 6:52 pm
[...] Cree’s XLamp LEDs were chosen because of their track record as a leading product in performance, reliability and design flexibility. “The scale of the project, combined with unique lighting controls provided by Grandar, will result in a truly memorable display of changing images and colors,” said Scott Schwab, managing director with Cree Asia Pacific. “It’s an extraordinary design that relies on LEDs to create dramatic effects while consuming as little energy as possible.” These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]