LED Lamps: Their Future is (Really) Bright! (1)

According to Attardi Marketing, the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for high-brightness LED component sales for lighting from 2010 through 2015 is forecast to be 39 percent. In addition, The Bedford Report research firm states that LED lamps are on the verge of overtaking both incandescent and fluorescent lamps, in terms of use, as governments, businesses and consumers seek to curb carbon emissions. The debate about whether LEDs can replace incandescent, halogen and fluorescent lamps should ends now! The number never lie to us.

“Technologically, LEDs are ready today to replace traditional light sources, including halogen and incandescent, in general illumination applications such as directional lamps,” said Peter DallePezze, vice president of product and marketing management at Toshiba LED Lighting Systems, Houston.

Meanwhile, LEDs’ lumen output is certainly high enough now to replace any traditional light source, according to Rick Hamburger, director, segment marketing at Philips Lumileds, San Jose, Calif.
“The industry is already beginning to research how to increase lumens in LED packages even further with the intent of producing a product that requires fewer semiconducting materials to produce the same output levels,” Hamburger said

Steve Briggs, vice president of marketing and global product management for GE Lighting, Cleveland, believes that LED downlights have already found mainstream acceptance in directional illumination applications, including down and accent lighting, where incandescent and halogen have been the mainstay.

One of the main drivers of the mainstream acceptance of LEDs, such as led tubes, in general illumination applications has been California Title 24, which has various requirements and incentives to encourage the use of high efficacy lighting as measured by the amount of visible light emitted per watt of power consumed. And, according to Hamburger, big box stores and electrical distributors are beginning to carry high-quality LED products, and consumers are accepting the value proposition of LED technology.

“LEDs are already mainstream for the professional and high-end consumer markets,” he said.