A group of 30 European companies, academic institutions and research centres have formed a programme aimed at exploiting the full potential of LED-based lighting through innovations in integrated lighting solutions beyond retrofit applications.
The project, dubbed ENLIGHT, is a three-year program partially funded by the European Commission and member states. Participants hope to reduce energy consumption by an additional 40% compared to today’s LED standards. Another target of the project is to develop more efficient and compact drivers, electronics and controls, which will in turn lead to better optimised LED modules overall.
In addition, ENLIGHT will focus on optimising intelligent lighting systems, investigate new applications and evaluate market uptake.
The future of both domestic and professional lighting lies in leveraging the intrinsic benefits of LED technology. This will lead to new lighting solutions which are not possible with conventional lighting technology. By building on Europe’s leadership in semiconductor and lighting technology, ENLIGHT will further help to shape the lighting market in the years ahead.
10 of the 30 ENLIGHT partners are:
- Advanced Research Technology Group, Italy
- Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique – Leti, France
- Eagle Vision Systems bv, Netherlands
- Infineon Technologies AG, Germany
- NXP Semiconductors GA GmbH, Germany
- Osram GmbH, Germany
- Philips Lighting B.V., Netherlands
- Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule, Germany
- TNO Science and Industry, Netherlands
- Uppsala University, Sweden
