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Lighting efficiency in a nutshell.

Product News Monday, March 5, 2012: Waldmann Lighting Ltd

Modern high-performance LEDs are by far superior to conventional lamps, such as halogen lamps, when it comes to light efficiency and service life.

5 times more light per watt.

A 20 watt halogen lamp provides 11 lumen per watt. LEDs put out 50 lumens per watt, which makes their light intensity about 5 times more powerful. This means that LEDs generate a lot of light with less power. For this reason, the use of LED technology is also an active contribution to lower energy consumption, electricity costs and CO2 emissions.

50,000 hours without maintenance

The service life is another advantage. LEDs operate completely fail-safe for at least 50,000 hours.This means: 6 years of non-stop lighting without replacing lamps and without maintenance costs. The service life of an LED is crucially influenced by an intelligent thermal management system to ensure effective dissipation of the heat, for example over the luminaire housing.

Infinite design possibilities.

Due to the small dimensions, LEDs open up new design possibilities to lighting designers. For example, luminaire bodies featuring minimal installation sizes are increasingly important in the area of mechanical and plant engineering. Additional advantages of the LED technology: Nearly unlimited switchability, immediate 100% output, impact resistance, IR and UV-free light, and no heat development in the irradiation direction.