The beautiful, sleek, yet simple design of the Kast light is complemented by its quarter-shaped array of two five-watt LED clusters which are precisely angled to deliver glare-free light projection.
Kast has been manufactured with sustainability in mind, using over 80 percent recyclable aluminum and steel, composed of 40 percent recycled material with 27 percent post-consumer recycled content, and 100 percent solvent free powder coat finishes. The LED light helps make the task light affordable to the user, offering an average rated life of 100,000 hours which is ten times greater than most compact fluorescent lamps. In addition, the LED diodes are nearly 25 percent more energy-efficient than comparable compact fluorescent technology.
This is the first year for the Green GOOD DESIGN Award. It is a specialized edition of the GOOD DESIGN Award program which was founded in 1950 by architects Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, and Edgar Kaufmann Jr. The GOOD DESIGN Awards bestow international recognition on designers and manufacturers for advancing innovation and originality. The awards are presented by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
The purpose of the Green GOOD DESIGN Award is to emphasize the importance of sustainable design and to develop a public awareness program to the international general public educating about which companies are doing the greatest job creating sustainable design for our world environments. The Green GOOD DESIGN Award received hundreds of submissions from over 40 nations. Only 105 products, programs, people, government, environmental planning, and architecture were selected as outstanding examples of Green Design.
The Kast(TM) LED task light by Details, a Steelcase company, recently received a 2009 Green GOOD DESIGN(TM) Corporate Award. This award sets the bar for outstanding examples of Green Design. The beautiful, sleek, yet simple design of the Kast light is complemented by its quarter-shaped array of two five-watt LED clusters which are precisely angled to deliver glare-free light projection.
As the adoption of more energy-efficient light sources becomes more widespread in the coming years, the resulting energy savings naturally will increase. “LEDS are semiconductor light sources that produce directional light. Thus, the light is delivered precisely where it is needed so much less light is wasted as scattered light, and light pollution is reduced,” said Dr. Berit Wessler, Head of Innovation Management for OSRAM Opto Semiconductors (Regensburg,Germany). “LED light sources already consume much less electricity than most other conventional light sources.”
Light-emitting diodes have considerable potential for increases in brightness and efficiency, and can deliver even more potential energy savings than traditional light sources. Development work is ongoing and light-emitting diodes already are penetrating the general illumination sector.
The Imaging Source (Charlotte, N.C.) announces a new series of cost-effective LED lighting modules, which seamlessly integrate with The Imaging Source USB, FireWire and GigE cameras. Features include: very bright LEDs; direct connection to the camera; all parameters can be set via the shipped software, IC Capture and IC Imaging Control or by custom-built software; compatible with The Imaging Source USB, CCD, FireWire and GigE cameras. All cameras manufactured by The Imaging Source ship with IC Capture and IC Imaging Control.
As a result of CoolLED’s (Andover, Hampshire, U.K.) continuous development program, the company is pleased to announce the latest release of new LED wavelengths for its fluorescence excitation products. The new wavelengths are at 365, 380, 440, 470, 550, 615, 700 and 770 nm. These wavelengths are provided on LAMs (LED Array Modules) that can be interchanged within CoolLED’s modular fluorescence excitation sources and systems.The additions expand the wavelength range into the UV and IR regions. CoolLED offers its LED technology for wide-ranging applications. A total of 18 wavelengths now are available. CoolLED’s LAMs are arrays of LEDs that are actively cooled for the highest stability and intensity. Lifetime is measured in tens of thousands of “on” hours with no warm-up or cool-down periods required. There is very little reduction in intensity over lifetime. Switching is almost instantaneous.LED technology does not use hazardous materials.
It is said by LedEngin (a US LED company) that the high flux LED gives the brightest 40W light source with the highest light output and flux density for architectural and general lighting applications.
The LED light source has a thermal resistance of 0.7 C/W, and the company claims, is brighter than the competition by between six to 10 times.
The company is also offering 24 and 35 lenses optimized for the LED and mazimizes the light with uniform color. LedEngin says that there are no shadows or fringe effects that other lenses offer.
The 40W LED and lenses are available now, and the company is sampling them on a custom MCPCB for easier installation and alignment with the lens and lens holder.
Recently, LED light sources have been widely applied in many domestic and foreign brands of projectors. Especially in the second half of 2008, LED projectors in the market has experienced unprecedented success, that among micro-projection, handheld projectors and home theatre projectors, LED light sources reviewed a clear lead in sales figures.
LED sources are being considered in the industry as the alternative for ultra-high pressure mercury halogen lamps and new projector bulbs, due to its excellent performance. As a cold-light source, LED light source advances over the traditional light bulb with its low heat, long service life of 20,000 hours. Therefore, LED projector sizes can be reduced mobile phone sizes, while also easy to maintain, without having the trouble to replace light bulbs every two years. In addition, LED light sources are also more environmentally friendly, as they do not cause mercury pollution.
In fact, as early as three or four years ago, LED light sources have been applied on projectors, but with a performance of dozens lumens brightness, those products cannot meet the general requirement of thousands of lumens, thus they were largely in the laboratory stage, without going into mass production. The development bottleneck was finally being overcome in 2008, with the projector light bulb manufacturer, Osram developed a new LED light source system that can achieve a brightness of more than 500 lumens. The breakthrough in technology allows LED projectors to finally emerge onto the markets, and with prices coming down quickly, the current home projector now costs about RMB8,000.
At present, the technology may not have reached a highly mature level, LED projector sales is no better than traditional projectors, but its energy-saving, environmental friendly, and other extraordinary features will make it a new favour in the projector market.
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July 15, 2009 9:15 am | 
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