The Future of Lighting

With LED technology advancing to the point that quality products are available at competitive prices, it is time to start thinking about how this new type of light can be applied to design. In the future, light will be flush to surfaces and embedded for stunning illumination. 

Of course there is an electricity savings with LED.  That’s a given.  When it only takes 11 watts to produce the same light as a 75-watt incandescent bulb there is reduced operational costs.  But it also reduces the heat produced by the lamp.  A typical 75-watt incandescent light bulb’s surface temperature is around 250 degrees Fahrenheit.  In comparison, a quality LED panel runs around 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Simply producing less heat reduces the need to cool interior environments.  Integrating LED lamps is a means to save money over the long term, and a way to create different feelings within home interiors. New applications including bulbs that fit traditional fixtures, flat panels, tapes and embedded diodes show mean that not only is the future bright for LED, the future is now.