Lighting Science Group's New 60-Watt Equivalent LED World Bulb Receives Consumer
Electronics Show Best of Innovations Award
Company's LED Bulb Breaks Efficiency and Value Paradigms by Providing a 35%
Better Total Cost of Ownership vs. Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs)
SATELLITE BEACH, Fla., Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Lighting Science
Group (LSCG), one of the world's leading LED lighting manufacturers, announced
today that its new low cost World Bulb(TM) - an omnidirectional 60-watt
equivalent A19 LED bulb - has been selected as a 2012 International CES Best of
Innovations Design and Engineering Award Honoree. The Consumer Electronics
Association's (CEA)? International CES Innovations Awards recognize outstanding
design and engineering advancements across 32 consumer electronics product
groupings - Lighting Science Group's product was honored in the Eco-Design &
Sustainable Technologies category. The World Bulb is planned for launch in early
2012 in India and will roll out to other countries throughout the remainder of
the year.
"It's an honor to be recognized by CES as among the elite in consumer
electronics, which further testifies to the superior quality and performance of
our LED products," said Jim Haworth, chairman and chief executive officer of
Lighting Science Group. "The World Bulb gives off a clean, bright light
equivalent to that of a conventional 60-watt incandescent bulb, but while using
85% less electricity. Plus, the bulb provides a 35% lower total cost of ownership
as compared with CFLs. True to its name, I expect that our award winning low cost
A19 LED World Bulb will quickly become one of the best selling lighting products
around the globe."
The CEA's 2012 International CES Best of Innovations honor is awarded to the
products with the highest judges' scores and will be featured in the Innovations
Design and Engineering Showcase at the 2012 International CES. The Best of
Innovations are judged on overall engineering qualities related to technical
specifications and materials, aesthetics and design qualities, the product's
intended use and function, unique features and how the design and innovation of
the product compares to others in the marketplace. The 2012 International CES,
the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, is scheduled to run January
10-13, 2012.
At 9-watts of electricity use, the World Bulb is designed to handle the variable
quality of power in emerging economies around the world. Even compared with
relatively efficient CFLs, the new bulb uses 35% less electricity and, unlike
fluorescent lights, contains no toxic mercury. At a suggested retail price below
$15, the World Bulb's payback from electricity savings versus incandescent should
take approximately 8 months with a calculated lifetime of 17 years based on 8
hours a day of use.
For more information about Lighting Science Group's products visit:
lsgc.com.
For more information on Consumer Electronics Association's 2012 International CES
Best of Innovations Awards visit: cesweb.org.
About Lighting Science Group
Lighting Science Group Corporation (LSCG) designs, develops, manufactures and
markets LED lighting solutions that are environmentally friendlier and more
energy efficient than traditional lighting products. Lighting Science Group
offers retrofit LED lamps in form factors that match those of traditional lamps
or bulbs and LED luminaires designed for a range of applications including public
and private infrastructure for both indoor and outdoor use. Lighting Science
Group's Advanced Projects Group business unit designs, develops and manufactures
custom LED lighting solutions for architectural and artistic projects. Lighting
Science Group is headquartered in Satellite Beach, Florida; the Company's
European operations are based in Middelburg, The Netherlands; and, the Company
has a sales office in Sydney, Australia. Lighting Science Group employs
approximately 1000 workers building lighting products from domestic and imported
parts. Lighting Science Group is a Pegasus Capital Advisors portfolio company.
More information about Lighting Science Group is available at
lsgc.com. |
