Why White Light? It's just better.

There’s a reason why so many cities, commercial builders and commercial developers are switching to energy efficient white light. It’s simply better – better for the eye, better for people, better for the planet and better for the bottom line. This white light has proven to be one of the most cost effective, long-lasting, low maintenance lighting choices commercially available. And it saves more than money. Vivid, clear white light allows us to see better, making streets safer as it reduces accidents, deters crime and makes people feel more secure ¹.

Perceiving is Believing!

Energy efficient white light’s superior efficiency is best seen in low light. Compared to yellow light, white light is brighter, with a high Color Rendering Index (CRI) and Correlated Color Temperature (CCT), yet it consumes less energy, resulting in lower energy costs. Multiple studies conducted by lighting scientists at the Lighting Research Center (LRC) in Troy, New York², have shown that the eye perceives white light as brighter, more pleasant, and more natural than yellow light. LRC’s studies also revealed that people associate white light with a more enjoyable overall experience than yellow light. Colors are truer, faces and objects are easier to distinguish – making people feel safer and more secure.¹ White light has also been shown to increase peripheral vision by two times FN, and to decrease breaking times by more than 25 percent. This has meant fewer accidents and safer streets for drivers and pedestrians. A viable energy efficient white light source is induction lighting.

How Induction Lighting Works

Induction lamps are essentially fluorescent lamps without electrodes. Unlike the fluorescent lamp, which uses electrical connections through the lamp to create light, induction lamps use energy transferred through the lamp envelope via electromagnetic fields or induction to create this same light affect.

Electromagnetic transformers--rings with metal coils--create an electromagnetic field around a glass tube containing argon gas, using a high frequency generated by an electronic ballast. The discharge path, induced by the coils, forms a closed loop causing acceleration of free electrons, which when excited emit ultraviolet light. The UV light is converted to visible light as it passes through a phosphor coating on the surface of the tube. The unusual shape of an induction lamp maximizes the efficiency of the fields that are generated.