The platform comprises a replaceable ballast, socketed light module and multiple control options, forming the springboard for a new family of Color Kinetics products and enabling broad adoption through OEM relationships. Bill Sims, president and CEO, Color Kinetics, says: "White LEDs are advancing at remarkable rates - enabling completely new applications and fast approaching viability for general illumination. Our platform results from eight years of development, market-tested prototypes, and an industry-first line of controllable white light products that we've been delivering for over a year."
CK's statement says: "In the US alone, demand for lamps, not including fixtures, is projected to reach $5 billion by 2009*. Incandescent and halogen sources account for approximately half of that market, yet they are the two most inefficient sources at roughly 11 and 13 lumens per watt respectively, accounting for far more than half of total energy consumed by lighting. Color Kinetics will directly target this replacement opportunity with two initial products based on its modular white light platform and slated for availability in the second half of 2006."These are: A recessed downlight offering the output of a 6" fixture in a 56% smaller aperture area of just 4", minimizing visual intrusion to the ceiling plane and reducing the required cavity height; and a next-generation MR16 lamp with output sufficient to replace widely-used halogen models, targeted for applications in hospitality and retail settings.
The company says it will also unveil three of its next-generation IntelliWhite products at ARC 06 in London (13-14 February), enabling new and dynamic uses of white light to customize spaces, create customer experiences, alter ambience, and enhance displays. These will be the iW Blast 12 Powercore, the iW Profile g2 and the iW Cove Powercore. The new IntelliWhite systems are slated for general availability in April 2006, the company says.
(Lee Baldock)
