Rebel LEDs lighting

Future Lighting Solutions today announced the completion of a bridge lighting project in the Chinese city of Harbin utilizing 1,288 linear floodlights containing 12,000 LUXEON® Rebel LEDs. The new Outdoor lamps spanning the 1565-meter Songhuajiang Bridge over the Songhua River was designed and manufactured by Ningbo Nai¡¯erming Lamps Co., Ltd.with LEDs and solution support supplied by Future Lighting Solutions.

    ¡°The Songhuajiang Bridge is a showcase lighting project. It¡¯s in the 10th largest city in China, and the bridge lighting can be seen at night from at least 1.5 kilometers away¡±

Roled used LUXEON Rebel LEDs in the floodlights because of their proven long-term reliability, including the ability to withstand extreme local temperatures ranging from 28¡ãC to -24¡ãC that have given Harbin the nickname of ¡°The Ice City.¡± Other key considerations included the ability to run at a drive current of 700 mA, thereby reducing the LED count and associated costs required to generate the necessary light output, and assured LED supply under Future¡¯s inventory management program.

The use of LED illumination in the project reduces energy consumption by as much as 80% and provides a 50,000-hour lifetime that minimizes bulb replacement frequency in the difficult-to-reach bridge girders. Future Road lightsSolutions assisted Roled with thermal and optical simulations as well as component recommendations including the National Semiconductor driver used in the system design.

¡°The Songhuajiang Bridge is a showcase lighting project. It¡¯s in the 10th largest city in China, and the bridge lighting can be seen at night from at least 1.5 kilometers away,¡± said Derkson Liu, Marketing Manager for Roled Opto Electronics. ¡°Reliability is therefore essential, and Future was able to demonstrate that LUXEON Rebel LEDs met all of our performance criteria.¡±

¡°Roled¡¯s reputation as one of the top architectural solid state lighting designers in China literally depends on the integrity of their luminaires,¡± said Winter Chan, Regional Sales Vice President of Future Lighting Solutions. ¡°Their use of LUXEON technology in a demanding project like this clearly shows that LUXEON LEDs can withstand any installation environment.¡±