LIGHTING EXPERTS EXPLORE APPLICATIONS FOR OLED, LIFI, AND LASER DIODES

摘要

Last August, the town of Irondequoit, N.Y., near Rochester, opened its $13 million, 37,800-sf public library. The entry lobby is illuminated by organic light-emitting diode (OLED) fixtures, one of the few examples to date of this lighting technology being used in nonresidential building. OLEDs are among a handful of solid-state lighting alternatives that AEC firms are evaluating as complements to light-emitting diode (LED) products that have practically become standard for many of their projects. Forbes recently projected that LEDs would capture 70% of the global lighting market by 2020, up from 31 % in 2015. LEDInside.com estimates the value of LEDs' market share last year at $25.7 billion. Arup's office in Boston has made "the complete transition" to LEDs, and is currently working on two large lab projects in which "we're leveraging this technology to push the energy message," says Jake Wayne, the firm's Senior Lighting Designer.