Electric lights are more than a hundred years old, but what is the future? Silicon-based company BridgeLux is developing solid-state lighting (SSL) solutions.
Solid-state lighting is a type of lighting that uses LED technology instead of filament-based light bulbs.
“The general lighting market has a requirement for quality of light, energy efficiency and cost,” said Mark Swoboda, president of BridgeLux. “We are using our vertically integrated strategy to drive the cost of solid-state lighting down.”
The company is solely focusing on general lighting, according to Swoboda.
“Twenty percent of the world’s electricity is used for lighting, LED’s would drop that by 75 percent if we replaced [traditional light bulbs],” said Bill Watkins, CEO of BridgeLux.
Another part of BridgeLux’s model is the quality of the light, which controls the color of the light and its ability to render.
For example, when you go into your closet with fluorescent bulbs, you may find it difficult to distinguish between a blue and a black sock. With LED lights, the quality of light is better, allowing you to distinguish between the colors.
Energy efficiency is the final requirement of LED lights. BridgeLux produces an 800 Lumen light, the equivalent of a 60-Watt light bulb, yet running on one-tenth the amount of energy.
BridgeLux is bringing a more efficient, higher quality of light at a lower cost, enabling the market.
Links
CrunchBase technology company profile–http://www.crunchbase.com/company/bridgelux
BridgeLux Web site–http://www.bridgelux.com/
Solid-state lighting Wikipedia Article–http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_lighting
Competitors:
Phillips Web site–http://www.usa.philips.com/
Cree Web site–http://www.cree.com/
