LED Area Lighter – Pioneering LED Technology for the Outdoor Environmental

Budapest, June 2009 – GE’ Lighting business has combined its luminaire and LED expertise to bring unmatched product quality and reliability together in an integrated approach. With a full understanding of customers’ needs, an advanced and effective system has been developed.
GE Lighting’s new outdoor LED fitting, LED Area Lighter, is the first of many outdoor LED lighting systems the company will debut in 2009. LED Area Lighter provides up to 60 per cent energy savings, longer life and significantly improved light level uniformity compared with traditional HID lamp sources and optical systems, such as a standard 250 watt quartz metal halide system.

LED Area Lighter improves visibility and quality of light versus standard HID systems by providing a comparatively higher colour temperature (5500K), a 70+ colour-rendering index and a low glare optical design. It can do all this with lower lumens and considerable energy savings because its advanced optical design delivers light precisely where it is intended to go.

The low profile design offers an aesthetically desirable appearance while incorporating clean lines and a reduced effective projected area. Its optics create a more uniform light level for the on-site activities that require light, while reducing off-site glare and light pollution. The advance of LED’s and the optical arrays available in LED Area Lighter make LED’s a viable alternative for the outdoor environment. The long life of LED’s (50,000 hours) puts this option clearly into the public lighting domain where maintenance costs have to be kept to a minimum.

"We're garnering a lot of attention among retail and municipal customers because they understand the value of our testing, GE’s quality focus, our fixture experience, our optical leadership and LED integration know-how. Our strategy is to provide customers with more choices. We're still innovating and delivering for customers who value traditional systems. LED technology simply provides a path to meet growing market demand for greater energy efficiency and lower lifetime costs." said Ana Cantero Guisández Product Manager.” 

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