LED Light Efficiency Made Clear by Bank Boston Building
Use a hair dryer or illuminate an 18′ high by 92′ long promotional sign on a 30 story building? This is as hard as the decision comes these days when builders and advertisers are deciding how best to illuminate company logos and branding for maximum exposure and efficiency.
Take Bank Boston for instance. This major bank holding company in the U.S. has its South America headquarters located in Sao Paulo, Brazil promoted with a state-of-the-art color-changing LED lighting system that illuminates the bank’s name sign for all to see. The sign was developed by Act One Communications in Irwindale, California.
The LED technology used in this installation is based on flexibly linked lighting pixels behind the sign’s face. Each of the 1.75” pixels, as they are not bound on a rigid surface, can fit into any surface configuration regardless of its shape and size.
The Bank Boston sign has 4,000 pixels used, distributed evenly at 4″ spacing. With a compact digital controller, each pixel can be addressed individually, thus allowing maximum flexibility and variations for the color pattern design.
But the kicker is this – the entire lighting system, when in action and continuously changing colors as programmed, uses about 1200 watts of electricity. This is what it takes to dry your hair in the morning.
Consider that next time you contemplate whether to buy a regular standard flashlight or an LED flashlight. The efficiency and cost savings can’t be beat, whether at a small or large scale.
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