April 23, 2007—As people around the US recognized Earth Day on April 22, Color Kinetics Incorporated emphasized the role that new lighting technology will play in mitigating energy strain, projecting that at least 75% of commercial lighting in the US will be produced by energy-efficient LED sources by 2030.
LEDs already deliver four times the efficiency of traditional incandescent and halogen light sources, while rapidly gaining ground on fluorescent and offering numerous benefits above and beyond all three, notes the company.
Though public attention has centered on the impact of replacing incandescent sources with compact fluorescent (CFL) in residential lighting, this prediction emphasizes the need to tackle inefficiencies in commercial lighting — which is accountable for much higher energy consumption overall than lighting in homes.
Color Kinetics sees LED technology as the future of energy-efficient lighting, first for commercial spaces and eventually for residential applications as well. The company’s intelligent LED lighting technology is already at work in over 15,000 installations worldwide, spanning every state in America and six of seven continents.
For more information, visit the company’s Web site.
