Mix LED Reading Light from Luceplan
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 05.10.07
Milan based engineer Alberto Meda and architect Paolo Rizzatto took a new approach to the design of LED fixtures. "We tried to change the distribution of the components, as in urban planning. In the end we had a circuit that looked like a garden city" The new arrangement allows fro an ultra-slim head that houses the LED's, a control lens, a heat sink and a rotating filter that regulates colour temperature. When it is off, it softly glows with a blue light.
Luceplan calls it "A sophisticated reading lamp with a lightweight frame that uses the new LED Chip on Board technology. A series of multicolor diodes produce an intense, warm and pleasing lighting with very low consumption (only 5W) and an average duration of some 50,000 hours (against 2,000 hours of a normal halogen bulb)." ::Architectural Record (not yet online) and ::Luceplan
So when it is off it is still on? Sounds like a baby vampire.
5w and it needs a heat sink? WTF?
LED bulbs do not generate much heat, but they do degrade much more quickly with heat present. So minimizing the heat residual in the light lengthens the lifespan of the bulb. Very sustainable. Much better than Compact Fluorescent.