LOOKING AT LIGHTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT
See the August edition of “Electrical Contracting Products” to read an article on dimmable ballasts for fluorescent lighting lighting featuring PureSpectrum president and CEO Lee Vanatta alongside industry giants Lutron Lighting Co. and Universal Lighting Technologies
Artificial lighting is a little bit like air. For most of the world, it’s just there when it’s needed. Lighting a room or a building is as easy and instantaneous as flipping a switch. For the most part, how a light bulbs works and how much it costs to light a bulb are problems to be dealt with by engineers and government agencies. As consumers, people expect the familiar convenience in their homes and offices that has become a part of daily life since Edison’s incandescent was first mass manufactured.
But as the global emphasis on energy conservation peaks with new legislation and the eventual phase out of old technology, the lighting industry is being redefined and new technologies and products will emerge to satisfy consumer demands. Lighting accounts for about 30 percent of energy usage worldwide and improving energy efficiency in lighting is widely considered a top global priority. At the same time that lighting manufacturers begin the paradigm shift away from the energy hungry incandescent bulbs that have been the standard for more than 100 years, the bottom line must be served and consumers must be satisfied.
Utilizing proprietary innovations in electrical engineering and circuitry, PureSpectrum, Inc. has developed a series of electrical engineering breakthroughs that can ease the transition from the past to the future for both manufacturers and consumers. For an industry that adapts slowly and a customer base that has rejected change, PureSpectrum is the light at the end of the tunnel.
Beginning with Brazil and Venezuela in 2005, governments began passing legislation which prohibits the production, sale and use of incandescent bulbs in effort to force consumers to adopt more energy efficient lighting products. During the past few years, a growing number of countries in North America, Europe, Oceania and Asia have introduced legislative measures to ban incandescent bulbs, culminating in 2007 with the passage of the Clean Energy Bill which mandated the elimination of most types of incandescent bulbs in the the U.S. by 2014. While these government measures will result in the conservation of energy through the use of much more efficienty lighting products, the global lighting industry is preparing for an unprecedented transition as a massive influx of new and unfamiliar lighting products is introduced into the marketplace. As lighting manufacturers attempt to renew brand loyalty and consumers discover new brands, PureSpectrum’s family of technologies bridges the gap between the old and the new in lighting.
PureSpectrum has developed electronic ballast technology for ballast-driven lighting applications which will enable the performance evolution of fluorescent lighting applications. The technology was developed specifically to address the needs of end users as the hunt for energy efficiency drives the lighting industry’s most significant period of upheaval in decades. At the same time, PureSpectrum’s market driven development strategy accommodates the needs of manufacturers reluctant to retool entire assembly processes. Rather than create an entirely new platform for the delivery of artificial light, PureSpectrum’s engineering efforts have focused on enhancing existing products through superior electronics with the goal of enabling manufacturers to generate products which meet heightened energy efficiency standards but also satisfy consumers.
PureSpectrum’s electronic ballast technology improves the performance of fluorescent lighting applications while also producing comparable energy efficiency ratings. In independent testing, PureSpectrum’s proprietary ballast designs have been proven to produce significant performance gains in areas that are critical to consumer acceptance such as color quality, light quality and dimming capability. The applications and benefits of the PureSpectrum technology are as limitless as the imaginations of lighting manufacturers and engineers around the globe. Wherever an electric current flows through a ballast to produce light, PureSpectrum Technology can enhance the performance of the bulb producing that light. PureSpectrum is committed to making the world a better lit place.
