Lighting Technology
In the course of the climate change discussion and skyrocketing energy prices always up-to-date is the theme of energy saving. Many people have been asking, where can I save energy? Great progress has been made in the lighting and the LED technology penetrates faster and faster in the everyday life and the normal applications into. The LED technology is up in leaps and bounds in the automotive industry and in the building by lighting. Source: Pete Cashmore. What is the biggest advantage of the LED technology? There are 3 advantages over traditional incandescent and energy saving lamps. This is first and foremost the much lower energy consumption. A comparison: LED consumes 5 Watt spot, has nearly the same light intensity as for example a 50 Watt halogen spot. This is just an energy consumption by approximately 10% compared to the 50 Watt halogen spot. In an interactive LED spot comparison can compare the different lamps.
The second advantage is the long service life. A LED-spot has a service life of 50 000 hours. That saves a lot of maintenance work. The third advantage is the low heat development. Can a halogen spot you after a few seconds with bare hands no longer touch. An LED spot can touch even after a few hours still by hand and unscrew from the socket.
The heat effect is an important factor in the use of many lighting fixtures. The less heat in a room, for example generated by the lighting, the less heat must be dissipated expensive again with the air conditioning. What colors can be generated with a LED bulb? All colors can be generated with the light-emitting diodes. Either the LED is a so-called Endowment”added. So this can be changed white light in any color. Or to work with 3 light-emitting diodes. R-G-B red green blue. By the mix of the 3 colors continuously every color can be produced. There are LED lights, where you can change the color using a remote control. Why are lamps also used LED in greenhouses? Because lamp each colour spectrum can be generated with a LED, the growth of plants can be controlled so precisely. Because the LED emits little heat lamp the LED light can closer to the plant. This increases the efficiency. Low energy costs are also a reason to insert the LED lamps in the greenhouse. Conclusion: The LED lights are on the rise and will soon be annealing and replace savings lamps. Markus Koberle
Tags: climate & environment, energy
