Solais Lighting has been chosen for a final LED test at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.
Smithsonian American Art Museum Tests Solais' LED Lamps
In October 2010, 18 Watt PAR 30 Long-Neck LED lamps of Solais Lighting were installed at the museum for a preliminary test. Since the company’s PAR30 LED lamps with 40°, 25° and 10° beam have met performance objectives in the preliminary test, Solais Lighting has been selected to take part in the next-tier testing. The Department of Energy will formally supervise the outcomes of the test as part of a DOE Solid State Lighting GATEWAY Demonstration Project.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is currently testing the performance of PAR30 LED lamps in a collection gallery that contains the artworks of early modernist and a painting of Thomas Hart Benton. The museum is evaluating the ability of the LED lamps whether they can distribute lights evenly on the floors and at the same time spotlighting the art.
Senior Lighting Engineer Naomi Miller from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Energy and Environment Division has said that the performance is evaluated by light output, the absence of IR or UV, color appearance and beam spread.
PAR30 Long-Neck lamps deliver a CRI of 82 and can light up to 50,000 hours. They are fully dimmable, and they are RoHS compliant and ETL-certified. The lamps link LEDs energy efficiency with the extremity of halogen technology and make the product suitable for recessed and track applications within museum, hospitality, retail, residential and commercial environment.