Toronto will become a LED City

Toronto Area Business Improvement Association announced that Toronto teamed up with Raleigh, the N.C infrastructure in the city to install LED lighting. "LED city" program was launched in February due to Raleigh city and LED manufacturer CREE.

As part of the LED project, the Toronto Business Improvement District Association will evaluate, deploy and implement LED in multiple lighting applications. Toronto residents in the next few months will be in parks, car parks and architectural lighting to see the emergence of LED. LED provides energy saving, mercury free solutions that help protect the environment, and longer life than traditional lighting technologies.

Toronto has been an early adopter of LED consumer education center and LED lighting. In the past 4 years, the Toronto business improvement area association has been active in the residential and commercial display of the advantages of LED.

In response to the Canadian energy legislation agenda, the LED city program demonstrates the determination to increase the application of this technology. Toronto LED further support.

This announcement was made in CN tower lighting using more energy-efficient LED lighting, saving 60% of energy than when LED was not used in 1990. Other current and planned LED projects include the park's solar powered LED lights and L lighting in public car parks LED.

Toronto mayor David Miller said that through the use of cutting-edge energy-saving technologies, we can and will become a leader. We expect to deploy LED throughout Toronto. Including our most famous landmark, CN tower, we will be able to complete the goal of reducing energy consumption and cost and greenhouse gas emissions.

About Cree, Inc.

Cree is a semiconductor device and a world famous manufacturer and its product innovation pilot, greatly promoting the quality and performance of solid state lighting, energy and communications products, not only for the market pioneer, also plays an important role.

Cree advantage in the market lies in its advanced technology and professional materials, such as the application of SiC and Gan on chip and packaging equipment, compared to other technologies, materials and products, in small space, with greater power, and solve the problem of overheating.

Cree had advanced technology extended to a number of applications, including providing more light and adjustable selection, provide more vivid color effect, the best benefits for power switch equipment and variable speed motor current for the LED backlight display for general lighting, and a wireless data and voice communications infrastructure more efficient. Cree's customer base is very broad, including innovative lighting equipment manufacturers, as well as defense related agencies.

Cree has a wide variety of products, including blue and green LED chips, LED for lighting, LED backlight, switching power supplies, and RF / wireless devices.

Source: China Lighting Trade Network