Commercial LED
lights
Office, Mall, And Shopping Center LED lights
Currently, this
commercial LED page is branching from home LED lighting, but not for
long. And what started was a request from Dave who wants to light a
couple of cupolas.
Many tips are suitable
only to offices or designer homes. That said, the Lumiwall could be
used quite well in standard quality homes too. Ok, I've
got this request from Dave:
Hello, ---- I am building a high end shopping center that has three (3)
cupolas
atop. I would like to illuminate them, but due to the height
and roof pitch, they will be virtually unaccessable
afterwards. That is why I would like to use LEDs to light
them from within. I have already run 120v power to them ...
can
you help me PLEASE?! Feel free to call me at [phone number
deleted]. I
can forward prints as well. Thanks, Dave
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FLL Reply:
Hi Dave,
Sounds like you are looking for a commercially sound application.
Unfortunately I am not insured in the States.
That said, I am quite excited for you, I think you are making the right
choice with LEDs. We just started a project for a small plaza in
Vietnam where we
will also plan to use wind turbines on the roof top and want it to be
generally green.
Now then, consider choosing a consultant who knows his stuff. But here
are few other things for thought:
If your mall is not single story, consider using a full story height
light shaft to pipe natural light. In VN we will manufacture this on
site. (Alternative will be fiberoptics,
when it will drop in price.)
And about LED.
LED is getting brighter, cheaper and more reliable by the month. So I
would separate the types to use in these categories:
LED Matrix for Commercial LED applications
LED
places |
most
bright |
most
reliable |
skylight |
downlights
and spots |
Lumiled
based LED; or CREE LED 60 deg spots 30 deg |
|
|
accent
lights, wall washers |
|
LED
rope or LED wall washers on controller circuit to change colors |
|
cupola
decoration |
|
YES,
because this will be hardest to access |
|
cupola
top |
|
|
natural
light, still the best |
Consultants also offering design:
Colour Kinetics (recently bought out by Philips, site appears down)
http://www.solidstatelightingdesign.com
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Alternative to glazed skylight:
Lumiwall, it soaks up light during the day and realeses it at night,
which I think is just brilliant.

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Shopping Center LED lights
Here are some examples
for various commercial LED use.
Backlight was on side of shopping facility:

The 15-year old KÖWE shopping centre in Regensburg, Germany
was recently modernized
Tokyo bar by Dowin of dowin-china.com
http://www.dowin-china.com/company%20profile02.html
Gareth Beavis review of shopping center and other commerical LED lights:
http://www.intertechpira.com/..viewall&blogCategoryID=18
Robert Congel's Carousel Center Mall
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/11/green_hotel_solar_facade.php
www.treehugger.com/
2007/11/04-week/



Cree offices (parking lots, entry bays, lobby and conference) have been
refitted with LED -- the XLamp pictured. It is not used
here in full range, as the model is capable to deliver both in color
and the white shown.
For product selection, application and other
features, click here
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Dave's feedback:
Hello,
Thanks for the quick response. Here is the shopping center
prints/elevation that I was inquiring about. I am researching
the leads that you have sent via your web-site page. Thanks
for all the help and feel free to call me [phone number
deleted.] I will keep you posted as to what
LEDs I have installed. Any help/ideas would be greatly
appreciated.
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FLL update:
Hey Dave,
Check out the XLamps. When I posted my mockup response I didn't name
the product. Cree is a major LED player and if they fitted out their
own offices with XLamp that should tell a lot about its usefulness and
practicality.
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