GE Lighting is developing a 60W replacement LED bulb that meets the specifications for the Department of Energy’s Bright Tomorrow Lighting (L Prize) competition. GE recently submitted a letter of intent to the Department of Energy to enter the competition.
“Our L Prize journey is inspired by the challenge to deliver advanced technology in a form factor that delivers on consumer expectations,” says Steve Briggs, vice president of marketing and product management, GE Lighting Solutions, LLC. “We won’t be the first to submit an L Prize candidate, but we believe our solution will more closely match consumer preference for an incandescent look and feel.”
GE has collaborated with Cree to accept the stringent L Prize challenge, yet deliver a lamp without remote phosphor, which appears yellow in an unlit state. Cree has designed a custom LED component that features Cree TrueWhite Technology to deliver superior efficacy and light quality. GE lamp designers incorporated the component into an advanced thermal, optical and electrical system to achieve L Prize performance.
