PHILPS released a new generation of LED bulb prototype intended for mass production in 2015

PHILPS Thursday released a new generation of LED lighting prototype, known as energy saving and environmental protection, is expected in 2015 listed production, and in 10 years to replace half of fluorescent bulbs on the market.

PHILPS Lighting Department Shudeng (Rene Van van Schooten) said on Thursday during an interview by The Associated Press: "this means that the world lighting will be a major step forward, will be for the user to save a lot of energy. "

Holland PHILPS research laboratory scientists demonstrate a new generation of LED bulb prototype, figure / The Associated Press

Last year PHILPS lighting revenues of 8 billion 400 million euros (about $11 billion), the value of 70 billion euros in the global lighting market leader. Although the outside world was that after the LED lighting will replace the current mainstream fluorescent bulbs, but PHILPS released Thursday schedule is still beyond industry expectations.

In recent years, companies PHILPS, SIEMENS and Cree launched LED bulb has been successfully into the domestic lighting market, to replace the majority of fluorescent lamp and halogen lamp. However, due to the high price of LED bulbs, so far in the office and factories and other commercial lighting market growth is limited. PHILPS said that a new generation of LED lighting photometric prototype by technological breakthrough can reach 200 lumens per watt, so after the listing is able to attract the market demand. According to industry Acuity Brands technical expert Han De (Mark Hand) analysis, 200 lumens per watt equivalent to the market's best quality fluorescent lamp of 2 times the luminosity.

Although interbank Cree also launched a maximum of 200 lumens per watt LED bulb, but its brightness intensity varies with the environment. The Vatican said that PHILPS's current research and development of products will be on the market first photometric and light stability of LED bulbs.

The U.S. Department of energy in April last year, is expected to 2015, before the development of LED lighting lighting industry at best brightness of 160 lumens per watt, so PHILPS R & D program if it goes smoothly will lead the industry trend, will also further reduce the global energy consumption.

Currently in the United States alone, the annual power consumption of fluorescent lamp is about 200 terawatts. If PHILPS's new generation of LED bulbs is expected to replace half of the fluorescent lamp within 10 years, will save $12 billion a year electricity bills, and reduce the amount of carbon emissions of 60 million tons.

Van Shudeng said, although a new generation of LED lighting will still be higher than the initial listing price of solar lighting, but will consider electricity and light bulbs, LED efficiency in 2015 when users buy LED bulb, the use cost will be lower than the fluorescent lamp after 1 years.