Philips Taiwan Sets Ambitious Goal for 2013 LED Lighting Sales

Philips Taiwan plans to boost its sales of LED lighting equipment in Taiwan by two to three folds in 2013 from 2012 and the number of its residential lighting showrooms will increase to seven by the end of 2012, according to Philips Taiwan President Edward Po.The company promoted its iF-awarded and Red Dot-awarded LED residential lighting products as well as LED intelligent lighting control system at an international building-materials trade show recently held in Taipei.Po stressed that the intelligent control system is one of the crucial developments in the LED lighting industry, providing residences, marketplaces and commercial sites with energy-saving and light-color changing merits, not to mention quality lighting environment.
He said the company has released a number of indoor lighting applications and solutions in hope of building a quality living environment for Taiwan's residents in cooperation with homebuilders, architects, and indoor-decoration designers.Philips Taiwan executives pointed out that in light of increasing popularity of LED bulbs among consumers the company has begun briskly promoting 6W, 9W and 12W bulbs, with 9W lamp declining to NT$369 (US$12.7 at US$1:NT$29) in end-user price. Its 12W bulb has won U.S. Energy Star label and iF Design Award, maxing out at 825 lumens.Mehlville schools powering up with solar panels.The company's 6.5W bulb is a replacement for 50W halogen lamp, popular among residential-decoration designers and showcase providers.Making the switch from incandescent to LED is helping many Christmas light displays go green this season.
LEDs are currently the most efficient light bulbs you can buy.Six hours of daily use of 600 incandescent lights will cost you $80 per month, while the same number of LEDs runs up your bill by only $7."Some people put their lights up late November, keep them up until early January. So, there's quite a bit of cost-saving that can be realized when using the LED bulbs," notes Duke Energy's David Scanzoni.Retailers charge up to three times more for the LEDs compared to the incandescent bulbs, but they last longer and over the long haul are greener in more ways than one."They're very green, they use less energy. Less electricity has to be produced by the power company," Scanzoni explains.The issue is that, in principal, the integrated-driver approach appears straightforward. Depending on the type of control gear that has been fitted, the contractor will simply need to modify the existing fluorescent control gear by using a fuse link in place of the starter for magnetic ballasts. Alternatively, the contractor can bypass electronic ballasts completely and wire the lamp end caps directly to mains voltage rather than having to mount and wire up a new LED driver module as well.