Cree XLamps to Illuminate Worlds Largest…um…Illuminated Cube

Ahhh!!! It’s a giant cubicle made of blue mutant DNA strings!! AHHH!!!!

Uh…sorry. I couldn’t resist. This blog is, of course, about architectural lighting so I will refrain from comment on the uh…Aqua Cube….no…the Water Block….nah… the Squishy Square….no…that’s not right..ah forget it! I’ll refrain from commenting on the um..stylish, yeah that’s it…stylish architecture and stick with the fact that this is a gigantic architectural installation of LED lighting. Lack of imaginative building design non-withstanding, the fact that over 400,000 Cree XLamps are being stuck all over the building is news-worthy in and of itself, especially if you’re Cree. The “bubble” designs on the outside of the building are created with giant translucent panels which will be illuminated by the XLamps. RGB color cycling will be used to shift the colors of the “bubbles” from their normal blue to other shades that will give the building a more “gigantic cubicle made of enormous blood drops or gigantic cubicle made of yellow toadstools” look. With over 400,000 XLamps, this aught to be the only swimming pool enclosure visible from Saturn. The architect’s brilliant, otherworldly cube-theme clearly is rumored to originate from Uranus.

Click here to read more about the use of Cree XLamp LEDs at the new Beijing National Aquatics Centre

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In case any of my readers out there are looking for someone to review their architectural lighting products (by this I mean don’t send me CO2 lasers or car headlamps) I would be more than happy to put the product through it’s paces and document the results here on the blog in a very unbiased and fair manner (i.e. don’t send me anything if you’re looking to “buy” a positive review, products will have to stand on their own). I have access to light measurement equipment and such for testing and will do so where appropriate. Please include any and all documentation you would provide to a consumer (don’t send me you’re latest undocumented R & D project) so I can hook the thing up. Also, do not send products collect shipping or they will be refused and don’t send anything if you expect to get them back unless you provide for shipping prepaid (I don’t have the resources to send back 8-foot high solar powered Victorian gas lamps). Please email me via the Contact Me form prior to sending a lighting product in for review.

Ultra-tough Recessed Solar LED Fixtures

Solar Cynergy has introduced a line of residential, commercial, and municipal-type solar-powered LED fixtures. Based on what I have seen, these things are really neat. They are self-contained modules that are designed to be recessed into floors, walls, walks, and streets. These high-quality Japanese fixtures are completely self-contained within a hard resin body for durable, environment-proof use . Each unit has a solar array that charges a pair of capacitive storage units that eliminates the need for battery replacement. According to Solar Cynergy, these things are tough enough for a tank to drive over them. I’d love to get some of these to run through some tests (minus the tank) because they look fantastic and would appear to be low to no-maintenance (perfect for lighting my parents front walk ). They come in square, round, and rectangular and are available with a large choice of colored or white LEDs and colored or transparent lenses. I can see these getting a lot of use out on some of the darker highways and byways of the world (the south shore of Massachusetts comes to mind). These also come in flashing versions for hazard and safety marking. Maybe I’ll get some in for testing and if so will post the results here to let everyone know how they faired.

You can check out Solar Cynergy at www.solarcynergy.com

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Architectural Lighting Blog hit 100+ Visits In One Day!

Just a quickie to let everyone know that the Architectural Lighting Blog has gone over 100 visits today! 101 as of 5:28pm EST to be exact! Hooorrrayyy!!! Kewl! Thanks to all my readers out there! 101 visits doesn’t sound like much but considering that some blogs never crack 10+ per day, we’re doing great!

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Colored LED Replacement Lamps for Amusement Parks, Theaters, Whatever

Hey! All you amusement park enthusiasts, operators, owners, whatever…In reference to an article I recently ran on my LED Development Blog about amusement parks not updating to LED lighting when they have thousands of colored incandescent lamps burning out all over the place: I mention that colored LED replacement lamps are just now becoming available but demand is low so availability and cost are high. I didn’t quote figures since, to tell you the truth, I lost the address to the one web page where I could find colored LED replacement bulbs when I wrote the article. Doesn’t matter since I have now found a much larger source for these types of LED replacements: LEDTRONICS, INC. Click here to fly over to their web page with the appropriate S14 LED Replacement bulbs but make sure these are the actual types you need since they do make quite a few other types (these were the type I was referring to in the article). Anywho, these S14 LED replacements were installed in several high-visibility projects including the Bardavon Theater in NY. LEDTRONICS has a great press release/case study showing the theater and throws some savings numbers out. The theater before and after shots are amazing! Quality of LED light compared to incandescents is something that doesn’t get mentioned often but maybe it should. Hmmm….

As expected, the cost of these bulbs (list, single quantities) is very high at around $40.00 each. Compare that to a colored incandescent S14 at $0.98. The energy and maintenance savings offered by these replacements is where users will really benefit. These have a reported life of 100,000 hours. Compare that to a typical, long-life colored S14 incandescent life of 5,000 and you can see where the LED S14’s will really begin to pay off. Better still that 5,000 hours for incandescent S14s is reduced to something on the order of 1,000 hours when they are cycled on and off as they typically are in amusement parks or theater marquees. LED replacements are not effected by cycling.

Anyrate, I thought you might be interested. If anybody uses these LEDTRONIC S14’s or any other colored LED replacement bulbs for high volume installations like amusement parks, theaters, or whatever (particularly high vibration or flashing applications) I’d be interested to hear from you. Even if you’re contemplating LED replacements in high volume but haven’t done so,I’d still like to hear from you. Tell me your thoughts, reservations, experiences, social security numbers (just kidding), etc…

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Zumtobel Implements Large-Scale LED Lighting Installation

Vienna mall lighting is largest LED order for Zumtobel
Kudos for Zumtobel and Ledon! It’s always great to see LED innovation in architecture but the one thing, I think, that is on everyones mind is how the heck do they keep a 23-meter high waterfall frozen? If anyone of my readers happens by the Stadioncenter, please take a look and let me know.

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