April 27, 2011—Switch Lighting has introduced technology that it says produces the brightest warm light LED replacement bulb available. The “City of Light” technology creates a self-cooling environment inside the bulb, allowing maximum brightness with fewer LEDs. With this technology, Switch Lighting is bringing to market the first true 75 watt equivalent warm white LED replacement bulb at an affordable price, according to the company.
“The LED lighting market is being redefinedpeople want sustainable, energy-efficient light sources without a compromise in incandescent light quality or design,” says Boris Lipkin, CEO of Switch Lighting. “Switch bulbs can be used just like a regular bulbin all directions, in almost every light fixture and with most any dimmer.”
Switch is designing its LED bulbs to meet Cradle to Cradle principlescontinuously and cost-effectively recovering all materials from the used light bulbs and safely biodegrading or recycling them.
Because of the cooling system, Switch light bulbs can be used in any orientation with no compromise to their 20,000 hour life (10-15 years). Based on a 75 watt-equivalent bulb used five hours a day, Switch has calculated energy savings of up to $140 per bulb over its lifetime.
The Switch LED bulbs use 85 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs and unlike compact fluorescents, they do not contain mercury. The purchase price payback in energy cost savings is realized in about one year, according to the company.
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