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LEDs for Residential Lighting Applications by Summer 2006

Permlight Products, an advanced LED systems development company, and Progress Lighting, the leading supplier of residential lighting in North America, will launch a complete line of LED residential lighting products under the name of HI-EFTM by summer 2006. The joint development focuses on creating high-efficacy interior products that exceed rigorous energy standards outlined in California Title 24 and comply with Title 22 California Household Hazardous Waste Disposal laws.

These home lighting fixtures will be warm color, dimmable LED fixtures that appear and operate like incandescent sources. The life span of an LED is in excess of 30,000 hours. Compare that to 1,000 hours for an incandescent lamp, 2,000-4,000 for halogen, and 8,000-10,000 hours for a compact fluorescent lamp.

End-users, home builders, energy regulators, and environmentalists should be pleased with these energy-saving Green Building lighting solutions. LED lumens per watt are now comparable to compact fluorescent technology, operate at cool temperatures. Permlight's patent pending technology enables the fixture to be dimmed with a standard dimmer, which cannot currently be done with compact fluorescents. In addition to these features, one of the greatest advantages to this technology is an LED lighting system can last as long as some roofs, 15-20 years.

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