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7/31/11
Osram Sylvania is among the world’s largest manufactures of lighting products and central innovators in energy efficient lighting technologies. Among Osram’s largest contributions to the global lighting market is their range of energy efficient and environmentally friendly lighting products.
Osram’s LED light bulbs are among the brightest and most efficient available. Osram has a vast catalog of LED replacement bulbs for A shape, B10, G shape, MR16 shape, PAR 16 shape, PAR 20 shape, PAR 30 shape, PAR 30 shape, and PAR 38 shape. These replacement bulbs supply bright light in identical color temperatures to their halogen and incandescent equivalents, but use a fraction of the energy.
Energy saving light bulbs by Osram Sylvania have more benefits than just saving energy and reducing energy expenditures. Incandescent and halogen light bulbs burn out quickly and result in business and homeowners have to frequently purchase and install replacements. Because they do not have filaments, Osram Sylvania LED bulbs are more durable than standard incandescent and halogen bulbs.
Osram Sylvania LED bulbs, which burn brightly for months at a time, seldom have to be replaced and when they do, are cool so consumers do not risk burning their fingers when it comes time to replace them. Furthermore, Osram LED bulbs don’t just save money on energy expenditures, but save on home cooling cost because the light they produce is cool.
Osram Sylvania LED technology has been a key innovator and contributor to LED color light products. Many LED Osram bulbs offer static and color changing lighting options, giving homeowners and business owners a new tool in their lighting and decorating arsenals. Retailers have taken advantage of Osram Sylvania color changing technology and have used these light sources in window and shelf displays in order to highlight and emphasize certain products. Homeowners, have used Osram Sylvania color changing bulbs to highly architectural features while offering guests adequate light for safe enjoyment of the space.
7/28/11
PAR GE light bulbs are a large family of light bulbs that are used in numerous applications from clubs and restaurants to retail displays in jewelry stores and museum galleries. Many articles have been written about PAR 64 bulbs, PAR 56 bulbs, PAR 46 bulbs, and PAR 36 bulbs because they are used largely in stage lighting applications while fewer articles have been written about the smaller sized PAR GE light bulbs. The smaller size PAR bulbs include the PAR 38, PAR30L, PAR30, PAR20, and PAR16 bulbs. These bulbs have differing roles in home and business lighting and must be understood so consumers can choose the bulb that is right for them. The PAR 38 is one of the most common light bulbs and is used in a myriad of track lighting and recessed lighting applications. Some PAR 38 bulbs are offered with medium side prong bases, these bulbs are commonly used in track lighting fixtures in homes, restaurants, and stores. These lamps can also be found in certain automotive, aviation, locomotive lighting applications. The majority of PAR 38 bulbs feature standard E26 and E27 bases and are ideal for indoor recessed lighting or outdoor flood lighting and security lighting. PAR30L bulbs feature a smaller diameter and a longer neck (L stands for long) than PAR 38 bulbs do. PAR30L GE bulbs are designed primarily for recessed lighting; their long necks make the ideal choice when situating them in recessed cans. PAR30 bulbs feature standard dimensions and can be used in recessed and other applications as well. PAR30s come in numerous beam spreads so consumers can use them in different ways.
PAR 20 GE light bulbs and PAR 16 bulbs are used less for general illumination and more for display lighting and accent lighting. PAR20s are common in track lighting fixtures and typically feature a screw base for easy installation and replacement. These GE bulbs are also used in some larger display cases where a direct light source with excellent CRI is needed. PAR20 bulbs are available in metal halide and LED versions for more energy efficient lighting options. MH PAR 20 GE bulbs offer greater efficiency and longer life spans. LED PAR20s offer long lasting light come with options for color and color changing allowing you to add flare and excitement to your lighting. Colorful lighting is particularly useful for retailers and homeowners that want to highlight an element of their homes or displays with color rather than keeping only with standard white light. PAR16s are the smallest bulbs in the PAR family and are also used in display and even more so in curios and cabinets because of their small size.
PAR cans are available in many sizes and offer consumers in retail and home–design environments nearly limitless possibilities for general illumination and display lighting. GE light bulbs are the way to!
7/24/11
CompactFluorescentUSA.com Expands their CFL Bulb Offerings to Give Consumers More Lighting Options for the Spring and Summer Months.
Consumers today are looking for environmentally friendly lighting solutions that will reduce their lighting costs while helping to save the planet too. CFL (compact fluorescent) bulbs are by and large the most widely used environmentally light sources used today. CFL bulbs are available in nearly every shape that halogen and incandescent bulbs are, but use roughly one quarter of the wattage and produce little to no heat. CFL bulbs produce a diffuse light that provides any space with a highly usable and diffuse light that creates a uniform light coverage ideal for general illumination. In order to aid consumers in finding the best CFL bulbs for them, CompactFluorescentUSA.com has expanded their catalog of CFL bulbs to include the most technologically advanced CFL bulbs in all shapes, wattages, and color temperatures from the most trusted names in lighting including Osram, Philips, GE, Platinum, Ushio, and more.
Since the beginning of their use, consumers have been concerned that CFL bulbs do not produced adequate color quality. In a recent interview, one of CompactFluorescentUSA.com’s lighting experts addressed this fear of consumers, ”Consumers weary of the light quality of CFL bulbs are often reacting to their experiences with older fluorescent lamps or commercial lighting, in which the light is often too blue and renders color poorly. Today’s CFL bulbs are much better. In a recent study in New Zealand called the ’RightLight Challenge’, researches set out to test whether people could really see the difference between CFL bulbs and incandescent bulbs. The answer was clear. Out of 850 people, nearly 70% reported they could not tell the difference between CFL light and incandescent light when placed inside rooms with identical incandescent and CFL fixtures.”
For the approaching spring and summer months, CFL bulbs are a very smart investments for home and business owners. Unlike halogen and incandescent bulbs, CFL bulbs produce almost zero heat, keeping your space cool. Consumers should remember that incandescent light sources spend more energy produce heat than light are therefore much less efficient than CFL bulbs are. The added efficiency of CFL bulbs means that consumers will save on air conditioning costs and will also save on bulb replacing their bulbs as they will need less replacements bulbs than they would using incandescent bulbs.
CompactFluorescentUSA.com’s website is designed to provide consumers with the product information consumers need to make an informed decision on which CFL bulb is right for them. CompactFluorescentUSA.com has a team of lighting experts to answer lighting questions and address technical concerns.
For more information, visit: www.compactfluorescentUSA.com.
7/14/11
Ushio is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of stage and studio lamps. Stage and studio lamps include many types of single–ended, double–ended, MR 16, and other bulb shapes. Among these lamps are the HPLs. Ushio’s HPL lamps are a staple in stage and studio lamps because of their color quality and performance. HPL lamps were designed for, and are usually used in Source Four ellipsoidals and other fixtures. Ushio has improved further on their HPLs with their HPL+ series lamps, which feature an ultra compact filament. This filament facilitates light collection, brightness, and the overall efficiency of the lamp, bringing the life hour rating of these HPL lamps from hundreds of hours to thousands. The lamps also feature a ceramic base which dissipates the heat while enhancing the lamp’s resistance to conductivity.
For projectors, scanners, and other effects, Ushio offers numerous high wattage MR 16 lamps. These lamps use either dichroic or aluminum reflectors depending on the demands of the fixture and the type of light beam it requires. Lamps with low quality reflectors will have inferior beam quality, resulting in poor beam accuracy and color/light uniformity. The result of this can be undesirable, especially if you are using the lamp to power a beam projector, scanner or other beam effect unit. Ushio MR 16s have long been an industry standard in home and entertainment applications, and for this reason these lamps are a popular choice among lighting designers and DJs.
Ushio’s most recent lamp innovation in stage and studio is their QXL family of lamps. These lamps feature a specially designed base that allows for rapid and safe replacement of lamps without the risks that come with handling hot halogen lamps. As in all halogen lamps, heat dissipation is an issue in stage and studio and an inability dissipate it often means premature lamp failure. Ushio has worked to resolve this problem with the QXL’s Heat–Shield technology, which prevents seal failure and premature lamp failure. This lamp is intended for ETC Source Four products and represents a key innovation to stage & studio lamp technology.
7/7/11
Philips provides some of the most innovative products to the global lighting industry. Whether it is LED A–shape bulbs for the home, cutting edge metal halide lamps for studio lighting and moving head fixtures, or halogen bulbs with sparkling color and long life spans, Philips bulbs are widely recognized as one of the biggest names in lighting. For infrastructural lighting solutions, Philips has been instrumental in engineering environmentally friendly lighting solutions across the world. One of the areas of infrastructural lighting most in need for innovation is street lighting; given the vast amount of roads throughout the world, one can only imagine how many energy inefficient lamps there are lighting them and how much energy can be saved.
The orange glow of low pressure sodium light bulbs is likely a familiar sight to anyone who has driven at night. Though low pressure sodium lamps are long lasting compared to other HID technologies and incandescent bulbs, low pressure sodium (LPS) bulbs are inefficient and the very warm color temperature light they produce does not provide drivers with optimal visibility. Working in conjunction with the Dutch Highway Authority, Philips bulbs has devised and implemented their high light output–low emissions LED modules along the A44, an important roadway in the Netherlands that runs through Amsterdam. According to Philips bulbs and Lighting.com, the installation of the LED streetlight modules is expected to save nearly 40% in energy consumption, or 180,000kWh. Furthermore, LEDs provide a solution to light pollution, an unpleasant byproduct of street lighting that is unfocused and therefore throws light in many directions. Philips bulbs’ LED street lights offer cities and municipalities a solution to light pollution because LEDs are focused light sources, therefore the light is focused on the street and keeps the night skies dark. The focused light of Philips’ LED street lights and their cooler color temperatures improves the overall light conditions, making roads and highways safer for drivers everywhere.
The revolutionary potential of Philips bubs’ LED street lights are an example of Philips’ commitment to innovation, product performance, and environmentally conscious technology. Although most consumers won’t be purchasing street lights, most consumers can benefit from Philips’ LED technology. The Endura LED line of Philips bulbs uses some of the same technology as their street lights, but puts them in a package that allows them to easily and conveniently replace inefficient halogen and incandescent bulbs. Philips replacement LED light bulbs use a fraction of the energy of incandescent bulbs while lasting many times longer. Follow Philips bulbs in to the lighting future!