UK technology strategy committee funded research on more energy-efficient lighting products

The TSB (TheUKTechnologyStrategyBoard) has announced 12 innovative research projects to accelerate the development of more energy-efficient lighting products, lasers and displays. The program is designed to help British manufacturers stay ahead of international competition and contribute to climate change in the uk.

These projects will promote the industrial production and common development and carry out technical cooperation, including LED, laserdiodes, such white-lightfibrelasers and holographicoptics. There are also projects that incorporate emerging technologies and existing technologies into working systems.

The total value of 12 projects of more than 15 million 500 thousand pounds, about 7000000 pounds with the technology strategy board, engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (TheEngineeringandPhysicalSciencesResearchCouncil, ESPRC) is one of 5 projects contributed nearly 1 million pounds.

The introduction of some LED projects are as follows:

Title: twenty-first Century LED lighting

Brief introduction of: new insulation ultra-thin GaNLED, light volume reached 95%, can be used for general lighting applications.

Partners: PhotonStarLED, UniversityofCambridge (University of Cambridge)

Title: low cost holographic optical element for the next generation of lighting

Brief introduction of: British R & D building side lighting technology products, the past use of the silver halide holographic optical element, with advanced LED as light source. This will increase the luminous efficiency of the LED lighting screen from 45% to 90%, and will save a lot of energy.

Partners: HarmanTechnologyLtd, DeMontfortUniversity (demontfort), Concord (PartofHavells-Sylvania)

Title: using high power LED backlight module to improve the display performance of the screen

Brief introduction of: through the application of high performance LED module and emerging optical system, improve the dynamic performance of the screen image display screen.

Co author: GE aviation systems (GEAviationSystems), University of Greenwich (UniversityofGreenwich), University of Abertay Dundee (UniversityofAbertayDundee), National Physical Laboratory (NationalPhysicalLaboratory), ThinFilmSolutionsLtd, Raymarineplc, NCRFinancialSolutionsGroupLtd, DesignLEDProductsLtd