Solid State Lightbulb produces 800 lumens.
Press Release Summary:
With cylindrical design, BrightLife-800(TM) LED-based lightbulb is suited for wall sconces and pendant lighting applications. Product integrates proprietary packaging technology by employing 24 white Luxeon LEDs from Lumileds Lighting, which produce 1.2 W each. Product illuminates full 360° span and has source life of 50,000 hours.
Original Press Release:
OptoLum Debuts 800 Lumen Solid State Lightbulb
Using proprietary packaging technology, OptoLum incorporates 24 advanced white LEDs to produce industry's brightest yet alternative to any conventional lightbulb
New York, NY, USA... May 2, 2003 - OptoLum, Inc. one of the brightest new companies to emerge in the solid-state lighting industry, will debut its initial, and unprecedented "BrightLife(TM)" line of advanced LED-based lightbulbs at Lightfair International May 6-8 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. OptoLum's initial BrightLife(TM) bulb produces an astonishing 800 lumens of long-life, highly reliable light, in an innovative cylindrical configuration suitable for wall sconces and pendant lighting applications. This initial breakthrough product integrates OptoLum's proprietary, patent-pending packaging technology with the semiconductor industry's most advanced white LEDs, which are rapidly and dramatically changing today's lighting industry
OptoLum has achieved this outstanding degree of luminosity and design by employing 24 white Luxeon LEDs from Lumileds Lighting which each produce 1.2 watts, resulting in a total of 800 lumens. Called, simply, "BrightLife-800(TM)," prototypes of OptoLum's lamp will be on display at the Lumileds booth at Lightfair, booth number 777.
BrightLife-800(TM) not only emits over 800 lumens, it illuminates over a full 360 degree span which directly equates to emitting the same amount of light over precisely the same area as conventional incandescent and compact fluorescent lamps that are in use today. OptoLum's BrightLife-800 pays for itself by requiring significantly less energy than incandescent sources. The BrightLife-800(TM) has a 50,000 hour source life, which is more than 50 times greater than incandescent and 5 to 7 times greater than compact fluorescent alternatives.
OptoLum's initial product line is currently ready to ship in limited volumes, with an exceptionally short timeline required for high volume capability due to established alliances with its suppliers and contract manufacturers.
About OptoLum
Founded in 2001, OptoLum Inc. is uniquely positioned as an innovative integrator of the world's most exciting new lighting technology, high brightness, solid state white Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), packaging and housing these revolutionary devices in a manner suitable for immediate use as replacement bulbs by the traditional lighting industry. Thus, OptoLum bridges the technical and application world by making a potentially disruptive technology totally non-disruptive to end systems integrators and their customers. OptoLum is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona USA with direct sales in New York City.
The principal business of OptoLum is the development and commercialization of advanced, proprietary high brightness LED illuminators for the OEM and retrofit architectural lighting market. OptoLum's founding mission was to respond to the market needs initially articulated by architects and engineers within the commercial building industry for energy efficient, shock resistant, and long lasting lamps. The OptoLum team has spent more than two years defining this niche and completing product development and securing of all necessary and related patents. For more information, visit www.optolum.com.
For further information, and to make an appointment to meet at Lightfair...
Contact:
Joel Dry, President and CEO
OptoLum, Inc.
99 John Street, Suite 926
New York, NY 10038
Tel: +1-212-842-1777(voice)
Fax: +1-212-842-1778
Cell: +1-646-206-6668 cell
Email: joel@optolum.com
Website: www.optolum.com
