Sep 30 2010
Provider of lighting control systems, Acuity Brands has authored four new white papers to create awareness on the LED lighting, technology, and issues associated with the lighting design, to the marketplace. The white papers focus on four LED topics, namely, Color Quality, Lumen Depreciation, Photometric Measurement, and LED Binning.
‘LED and Binning’ focuses on the issues related to ANSI binning standards, chromaticity, color temperature, and binning LEDs. ‘LED and Controls’ provides information on color temperature, color quality scale, and color rendering index of LED. ‘LED and Lumen Depreciation’ features the details on service life for LED systems, such as IES Standard LM80, as well as, lumen and life depreciation. ‘LED and 100% Efficiency’ addresses luminaire efficiency, DOE CALiPER program, photometry standards IESNA LM-79-08, and absolute and relative photometry.
Lithonia Lighting Commercial Indoor Products’ General Manager and President at Acuity Brands, Dave Ranieri stated that the company’s objective is to offer tools to the lighting industry for taking correct decisions in the selection of intelligent LED lighting and control devices. Ranieri added that LED luminaires are shifting to ambient lighting mainstream, and hence, it is essential to differentiate quality lighting products from low-grade solutions.