Ledalite News

Philips achieves big performance in a small size with new family LED solutions.

lisa — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:19:37 -0700

New linear recessed LED and fluorescent luminaires from Philips Ledalite deliver exceptional performance and innovative optical design, making a definitive statement for any architectural environment.

Vancouver, Canada – Philips Ledalite is pleased to introduce TruGroove – a new lineup of LED and fluorescent linear recessed luminaires delivering superior performance in a variety of applications. TruGroove features innovative optical design and patented MesoOptics technology, which makes spaces more visually comfortable by optimally blending light and color, controlling high angle glare and creating a precisely-controlled batwing distribution.

TruGroove’s 3” narrow aperture lens provides fully luminous end-to-end luminance and no socket shadows–ideal for commercial applications such as offices, classrooms, libraries, retail spaces and healthcare environments. TruGroove allows lighting designers to deliver aesthetic impact with optimum light levels, at energy densities well below industry guidelines. Its sophisticated style, exceptional color rendering and reduced energy consumption make it a natural fit for applications where color, ambience and structure are imperative. TruGroove and MesoOptics technology combine to create balanced luminous environments to deliver efficacies as high as 69lm/W in LED fixtures and efficiencies as high as 83% fluorescent luminaires.

In addition to industry-leading performance, what truly sets TruGroove apart from other narrow aperture recessed products is its unique cable-cinch procedure. This method allows contractors to join fixtures below a drywall ceiling and raise them up to finish installation.

“It’s challenging to develop a product that not only looks beautiful, but also performs – and TruGroove is a product that encompasses both qualities,” said Don Jacklin, general manager for Philips Ledalite. “This new family of products is a true winner on all fronts – exceptional LED and fluorescent performance for a narrow aperture type products, easy installation for contractors, and a wide variety of choices for many applications.”

TruGroove fixtures are available in 2’, 4’, and 8’ standalone lengths, and continuous runs in virtually any length. TruGroove luminaires can be integrated into both t-grid and drywall ceilings to accommodate a diverse set of spaces. In addition, both LED and fluorescent versions of the product are available in symmetric and asymmetric distributions, in multiple lumen packages, color temperatures, and two lens options.

TruGroove integrates Philips Ledalite’s Response daylight harvesting sensors, which can reduce energy savings by 35%. Moreover, they also integrate with Airwave wireless, battery-free, solar and kinetically powered controls to further reduce energy consumption. All Philips Ledalite LED luminaires feature an easy “plug-and-play” installation that simplifies maintenance and upgrades, and carry a 5-year guarantee on the entire luminaire system (fixture, driver and LEDs).

For more information on these products or Philips Ledalite, please visit www.ledalite.com

For more information, please contact
Silvie Casanova, Philips Lighting North America
T: 781.418.7928
E: silvie.casanova@philips.com

About Royal Philips Electronics

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is a diversified health and well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions, based on fundamental customer insights and the brand promise of “sense and simplicity.” Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs approximately 122,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries worldwide. The company is a market leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as lifestyle products for personal well-being and pleasure with strong leadership positions in male shaving and grooming, portable entertainment and oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter.

Philips Continues to Expand LED Portfolio with New Suite of High Performance Luminaires that Rival Fluorescent Lighting

lisa — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:16:57 -0800

New recessed LED luminaires from Philips Ledalite combine advanced optics with sleek design and sustainability for commercial spaces.

Vancouver, Canada – Philips continues to expand its industry-leading LED portfolio with a new family of luminaires that offer the sustainability and energy-efficiency of fluorescent lighting with all the benefits of LED technology. ArcForm from Philips Ledalite features advanced LED engineering with state-of-the-art optics, technology integration and advanced lighting performance.

A fully luminous fixture with brilliant color rendering and efficacies of up to 91.2 lm/W, ArcForm is ideal for commercial applications such as offices, educational environments and retail spaces. Inspired by the classic curve, ArcForm’s soft, understated, uniform architectural design evokes subtlety and sophistication. Its unique integration of MesoOptics technology and an innovative optical system ensure light envelopes spaces adequately with unparalleled uniformity, while maximizing visual comfort and energy savings. ArcForm’s luminaire design plus MesoOptics combine to deliver a precisely controlled 3D symmetrical batwing distribution, providing perfect distribution on all planes while controlling high-angle glare and concealing the light source.

Philips Ledalite has also introduced LED versions of their popular MesoOptics recessed product families for general indoor ambient illumination—Voice, Vectra, PureFX and Pique. The 2’x2’ and 1’x4’ versions of these successful products are now available in multiple LED lumen packages and color temperatures, offering energy densities as low as 0.43W/ft2 .

“With LED rivaling traditional light sources in light quality and energy efficiency, LEDs are fast becoming the leading choice for those opting for sustainable lighting design,” said Don Jacklin, general manager for Philips Ledalite. “Moreover, they require minimum maintenance and offer longer product life times, which will appeal to building owners and managers.”

Philips Ledalite’s unique LEDLOGIQ design approach to LED features MesoOptics holographic nanotechnology, which makes spaces more visually comfortable by optimally blending light and color, controlling high angle glare and creating a precisely-controlled batwing distribution, while concealing the light source.

ArcForm, as well as all other recessed MesoOptics LED luminaires also integrate Philips Ledalite Response daylight harvesting sensors, which can reduce energy savings by up to 35%. Moreover, they also integrate with Airwave wireless, battery-free, solar and kinetically powered controls to further reduce energy consumption. All Philips Ledalite LED luminaires feature an easy “plug-and-play” installation that simplifies maintenance and upgrades, and carry a 5-year guarantee on the entire luminaire system (fixture, driver and LEDs).

For more information on these products or Philips Ledalite, please visit www.ledalite.com

For more information, please contact
Silvie Casanova, Philips Lighting North America
T: 781.418.7928
E: silvie.casanova@philips.com

About Royal Philips Electronics

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is a diversified health and well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions, based on fundamental customer insights and the brand promise of “sense and simplicity.” Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs approximately 122,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries worldwide. With sales of EUR 22.6 billion in 2011, the company is a market leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as lifestyle products for personal well-being and pleasure with strong leadership positions in male shaving and grooming, portable entertainment and oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter.

Philips Wins Red Dot Design Award for Innovative New Jump LED Luminaire

jody — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:20:23 -0700

Developed for high performance buildings, Jump integrates design, technology and performance for optimal light quality, energy-efficiency and sustainability.

Vancouver, Canada – Reinforcing its leadership in LED lighting solutions, Philips has received Red Dot product design and product innovation awards for its Jump Luminaire from Philips Ledalite. Jump is a high performance direct luminaire which combines architectural elements, integrated technologies, and patented optics in a contemporary form with a innovative new luminous endcap. Featuring Philips Ledalite’s unique LEDLOGIQ design approach, Jump uses MesoOptics holographic nanotechnology, which makes spaces more visually appealing by optimally blending light and color, controlling high angle glare and creating a precise batwing distribution.

Jump delivers optimal lighting distribution, consistent color and exceptional system performance for commercial applications such as office, education, library, health and retail spaces. Its unique LEDLOGIQ™ design approach to LED features MesoOptics® holographic nanotechnology, which makes spaces more visually comfortable by optimally blending light and color, controlling high angle glare and creating a precisely-controlled batwing distribution, while concealing the light source. In addition, Jump features integrated Response™ daylight harvesting sensors that can extend LED sustainability benefits by further reducing energy consumption up to another 35 percent.

"As always, our jury cast a very careful eye over the products submitted. Design quality has asserted itself clearly in the judging process, with genuine and new creative solutions also being rewarded. Both of these criteria are not just yardsticks for good design, but also for the potential for success on the market. This potential is increased several times over by the targeted use of our renowned design award,” says Professor Dr. Peter Zec, the initiator of the Red Dot award."

In addition to innovative design and the integration of LEDs and MesoOptics technology, Jump offers state-of-art sustainable technologies such as Response, an integrated daylight harvesting sensor that can further help reduce energy use by 30-35 percent. Moreover, Jump offersAirwave technology, which is comprised of integrated wireless and battery-less controls. By using organic sources of solar and kinetic energy, Airwave provides wireless individual personal control, daylight harvesting, occupancy sensing, and full range dimming for private offices, open plan areas, classrooms, and other spaces where the ability to control energy and lighting are essential. When combined, these technologies not only help designers and architects achieve LEED points, they ensure that energy is used in a sustainable, responsible way, while delivering the right levels of light.

"Jump is a smart fixture that is indicative of Philips’ leading-edge professional lighting solutions, which extend far beyond just offering LED as a light source, to combine design, sustainability and controls,” said Tim Berman, General Manager, Philips Ledalite. “Integration with other leading-edge technologies, including building management systems ensure that Jump can easily help a building meet today’s energy-efficiency requirements, while giving owners the security of knowing their investment is future-proof and can be extended as needed."

The Red Dot design award dates back to 1955 and is now the world’s largest and most distinguished design competition. The Red Dot design award jury of highly respected experts has awarded Jump the “Red Dot” seal of quality for high design quality and innovation. With more than 4,000 submissions from 60 countries, the competition distinguishes truly creative achievements and thus pays tribute to the high potential creative talents,designers and design companies around the world. With this internationally coveted award, Philips Ledalite now joins the ranks of the design elite and previous award winners such as Apple, BMW, Porsche and Herman Miller.

For more information, please contact

Silvie Casanova, Philips Lighting North America

T: 781.418.7928

E: silvie.casanova@philips.com

About Royal Philips Electronics

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is a diversified health and well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions, based on fundamental customer insights and the brand promise of “sense and simplicity”. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs 119,000 employees in more than 60 countries worldwide. With sales of EUR 25.4 billion in 2010, the company is a market leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as lifestyle products for personal well-being and pleasure with strong leadership positions in flat TV, male shaving and grooming, portable entertainment and oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter.

Philips combines design, performance and sustainability in innovative new direct luminaire.

jody — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:21:18 -0800

New Jump™ portfolio integrates advanced optics and daylight harvesting for enhanced light quality and energy efficiency.

Vancouver, Canada – Expanding on its commitment to delivering innovative, sustainable new lighting technologies, Philips Ledalite is introducing Jump, a new portfolio of high performance direct luminaires that integrate day-light harvesting with the latest in light emitting diode (LED) or advanced fluorescent light sources. With more than two-thirds of today’s commercial buildings still using outdated lighting technologies, Jump offers building owners enhanced energy-efficiency without compromising on light quality.

"We continue to deliver on our customer’s needs by offering them Philips’ industry-leading LED innovation with the design flexibility to meet any aesthetic,” said Tim Berman, President and General Manager, Philips Ledalite. “Jump blends design, performance and sustainability into one extensible luminaire that offers a better quality of light and can easily meet today’s building and energy-efficiency requirements, while giving owners a jump on tomorrow’s."

Available in a wide variety of light sources, patterns, colors and mounting options, the Jump portfolio also features an easy “plug and play” installation that simplifies maintenance, upgrades or replacement. The LED option has an expected life of 60,000 hours and carries a 5-year guarantee on the entire luminaire system (fixture, driver and LEDs).

Philips is the undisputed leader in LED based lighting solutions. In the last two years, Philips has invested more than $4.4 billion on LED lighting acquisitions and research to help ensure its ongoing LED technology innovation and leadership. This combined knowledge and dedication has resulted in LED based lighting solutions that are not only practical and beautiful, but also energy-efficient and sustainable.

For more information, please contact

Silvie Casanova, Philips Lighting North America

T: 781.418.7928

E: silvie.casanova@philips.com

About Royal Philips Electronics

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is a diversified health and well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions, based on fundamental customer insights and the brand promise of “sense and simplicity”. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs 119,000 employees in more than 60 countries worldwide. With sales of EUR 25.4 billion in 2010, the company is a market leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as lifestyle products for personal well-being and pleasure with strong leadership positions in flat TV, male shaving and grooming, portable entertainment and oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter.

Shine™ recessed luminaire solution delivers quality, efficiency and value

jody — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:50:21 -0800

Ledalite today launched Shine, a new family of contemporary recessed luminaires that deliver world class quality construction and industry leading performance. Shine is the fifth addition to Ledalite’s line up of recessed lighting solutions, providing outstanding luminaire efficiencies of up to 92% and some of the industry’s lowest lighting power densities. Shine is the ideal recessed lighting system for offices, classrooms, hospitals, and retail environments where maximum energy savings are a requirement.

High efficiencies coupled with Ledalite’s integrated Response® Daylight Sensing technology or revolutionary Airwave™ wireless, self-powered controls give designers the opportunity to incorporate an environmentally sound solution for their sustainable building projects. In addition to helping contribute up to five LEED® points toward building certification, Shine can deliver lighting power densities 40% below the maximum allowed by ASHRAE 90.1 2007.

“Ledalite is the market leader in designing and delivering innovative, high quality products, with maximum lighting and energy performance. Shine is yet another example of a complete solution that demonstrates all of these inherent benefits,” said Tim Berman, General Manager, Ledalite. “We are proud to serve all our diverse customer customers by helping facility managers, designers and contractors create luminous and efficient spaces with superior energy savings and reduced operational costs,” added Berman.

Shine is available in a wide range of fixture sizes and can be configured with a variety of energy efficient ballasts and light sources. The most popular Shine configurations are also available with the 10-day QuickShip service. Ledalite has produced a multitude of resources to support the launch of Shine. High resolution photography, product brochures, lighting applications and specification sheets are available online at www.ledalite.com/shine.

About Ledalite

Ledalite creates innovative lighting products and technologies for commercial and institutional markets across North America, South America, Europe and Asia. The company is committed to providing energy efficient lighting solutions that benefit the environment with maximum visual comfort for the people who use them. Ledalite is the winner of numerous awards including the coveted iF Product Design Award and the European ETOP Award for excellence in innovation and design. Founded in 1982, Ledalite is a Philips Group Brand and is ISO 9001 certified.

About Royal Philips Electronics

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is a diversified Health and Well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions, based on fundamental customer insights and the brand promise of “sense and simplicity”. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs approximately 116,000 employees in more than 60 countries worldwide. With sales of EUR 23 billion in 2009, the company is a market leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as lifestyle products for personal well-being and pleasure with strong leadership positions in flat TV, male shaving and grooming, portable entertainment and oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter.

For more information, please contact

Senior Manager, Marketing, Ledalite

T: 604.888.6811 x208

E: lance.howitt@philips.com