Luminus Devices and Almeco Group Demonstrate World’s First Single-Source LED Street Light Utilizing High Light Output PhlatLight LEDs and Innovative Reflectors
May 12, 2010
Las
Vegas, NV, LIGHTFAIR INTERNATIONAL – May 12, 2010―Luminus Devices, Inc., designer, developer and manufacturer of high
light output PhlatLight® LEDs, today announced a partnership with Almeco Group
to demonstrate the world’s first, single-source LED street light. The new
street light is powered by a single CSM-360 PhlatLight LED in combination with Almeco’s
novel reflector optic. The result is an aesthetically appealing single-source
LED fixture that looks more like an HID-based street light than the typical
pixelated LED fixtures that dominate the current landscape.
With
an emitting area 36 times greater than a 1-watt LED, a single PhlatLight
CSM-360 LED can reduce design complexity, reduce cost and increase fixture
reliability. Instead of using arrays of LEDs and optics, the single-source
street fixture requires only a single optic. Additional cost savings can be
realized from the fact that the CSM-360 is a chip-on-board LED, which doesn’t
require an expensive metal core PCB typically used with LED arrays.
Almeco’s
breakthrough low glare Vega LED98 reflector design incorporating material with
the highest values of reflectivity across the visible wavelength spectrum can
take the light from the CSM-360 and distribute it onto the street in accordance
with industry standards. With a reflectivity of greater than 98 percent, the
LED98 reflector optimizes the overall fixture efficiency.
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“We
are excited by the synergies between Luminus and Almeco, and see the single-source
street light concept as an indicator of what is possible in accelerating the
adoption of LED technology in the marketplace,” said Keith T. S. Ward,
president and CEO, Luminus Devices. “Beyond product aesthetics and cost
savings, the single-source solution increases overall fixture reliability by
drastically reducing the number of points of failure. It is a perfect lamp
replacement option with a large emitting light source, virtually no glare and
has a life expectancy of 60,000 hours, reducing the total cost of ownership for
our user partners. Almeco is assisting Luminus’ expansion in more outdoor
applications with our innovative big chip LEDs.”
“We
believe strongly that the partnership with Luminus gives us an ideal
opportunity to integrate their big chip LEDs with our reflectors to create the
world’s most innovative street light,” said Onorato Fiorentini, CEO, Almeco
Group. “Our enhanced selective surface
for light sources, particularly for LED optics, enables our development team to
work closely with Luminus to generate highly efficient, cost effective street
lights for any municipality around the world.”
The
Luminus/Almeco street
light concept fixture can be seen in Luminus’ booth #979 at LightFair, May
12-14, in the Las VegasConvention Center. The
CSM-360 LED that powers the street light has an energy efficiency in excess of
100 lumens/watt, color temperatures ranging from 3,000K-6,500K and L70 lumen
maintenance of 60,000 hours.
About Almeco Group
With its fifty years of experience andproduction sites in Italy,
Germany and France and the Almeco USA Inc. service &
processing center in Atlanta,
Georgia, and a
subsidiary in China,Almeco Group has become a leading supplier to the
lighting industry worldwide.
Almeco
Group develops and manufactures reflectors for street and industrial lighting,
as well as LED lighting, while Anodized and PVD coated Aluminum coils are
developed and manufactured for the markets of lighting, décor and solar energy.
For more information, visit www.almecogroup.com
About
Luminus Devices
Luminus Devices, Inc. develops and manufactures high performance solid-state
light sources – PhlatLight® LEDs - for a variety of lighting applications. Its
headquarters and primary manufacturing facilities are located in the Boston greater metropolitan area in Massachusetts,
U.S.A.
For more information, visit www.luminus.com
Luminus Media Contacts:
Bill Keeler or Nicole Slein
Schwartz Communications 781 684-0770 luminus@schwartz-pr.com
Note
to editors: PhlatLight is a registered trademark of Luminus Devices.
