It is true that lifespan testing of LEDs began around seven years ago, carried out by the oldest and largest companies to adopt solid-state lighting.
Seven years add up to 61,320 hours (7 years x 365 days x 24 hours). The results over that period are what was expected and, judging by how things look, the outcome will be the one we want.
LEDs are both the present and the natural evolution of lighting, thanks to the many advantages that come with using them, and they are rapidly entering the market, offering solutions for more and more applications in our everyday lives.
Through Flashlight.gr we are in direct contact with people who turn to us for information and advice on a range of lighting issues. From this we conclude that people are aware of the capabilities and advantages of LEDs, but that a good deal of work is still needed before they are fully adopted as a new lighting technology.
This was also a key topic at the recent LED conference 2005 held in California, where Sylvania Osram’s “director of innovation” challenged an audience of 400 executives from the biggest companies in the field to form “competitive alliances” aimed at speeding up public adoption of this new technology.
LEDs, then, appear to be going strong, but the companies themselves also need to do their part to make them a fully established presence in our projects every day.
