Are accustomed to almost anyone who works in an office overhead fluorescent light tube light. Now, Royal Philips NV said it has developed a working prototype of a light, it is said to be limited to fluorescent light bulbs Recycle Bin history.
The Dutch company said on Thursday that it has developed an LED light, it will be the best on the market fluorescent swap. It claims that the new light source will save energy and money and reduce pollution command attention Philips is the world's largest manufacturer worldwide sales of light. Philips Lighting's total sales in 2012 of 8.4 billion euros ($ 1.1 billion) in total global market consulting firm McKinsey will be 70 billion euros.
Unveils new light in advance with the Associated Press in an interview with reporters, a senior executive said, the prototype led by large-scale production, and will be put on the market in 2015. He said that in 10 years, the LED will replace fluorescent light bulbs, workplace lighting based since shortly after the end of World War II, at least half.
"This is forward a big step lighting world, Rene said:" Van Schooten, Chief Executive Officer of the Division of Philips light. "This will bring huge energy savings."
Experts from outside the Dutch company had expected to eclipse the fluorescent light-emitting diode. However, Philips light bulbs, to the advertising market, will be anticipated in advance.
In recent years, high-efficiency energy-saving lamps by Philips, Siemens, General Electric Company, Cree and other light-emitting diodes, light-emitting diodes in the domestic market, has made significant progress in replacing incandescent and halogen bulbs.
Efficient fluorescent bulbs, LED lights so far made ??only a small foothold in commercial and industrial. LED is the extensive use of competition set its longer life and energy of minors to pay off the edge.
Philips said that its new lamp will change this situation. The company claims to have achieved the milestone of technology is capable of producing 200 lumens of light per watt of energy.
According to Mark hand, technical experts Philips competitors eyesight, brands
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