The popularity of LED lanterns is just around the corner

As early as in 2007, the concept of LED lighting has come into being. Since 2009, LED technology has begun to shift into the field of home lighting. Are LED lamps more energy-efficient than energy-saving lamps? Is it more expensive than energy-saving lamps? Can LED lighting have better looking styles? With these questions, in this issue of the “Home Meeting Room”, we invited Hong Xiaosong, general manager of NVC Lighting, and Qin Zeyu, Deputy General Manager of Yinghui Lighting, to discuss topics such as the performance, appearance, price, and promotion of LED home lighting.

About Trends: Speeding LED Lighting Applications

Information Times: From energy-saving lamps to LEDs, home lighting has entered an era of energy conservation. Since 2009, many lighting companies have begun to enter the field of LED home lighting. In the past three years, how is the overall development of the LED home lighting industry? What has changed in the industry? What are the problems?

Hong Xiaosong: LED gradually enters the mainstream lighting field

From 2009 to 2012, LED lighting is gradually entering the era of people's livelihood and gradually becomes the mainstream of home lighting. In the field of decorative lighting, LED technology has matured. It can be widely used in crystal lamps, chandeliers, floor lamps, and table lamps. Basic lighting such as downlights and ceiling lamps is worth mentioning. On the other hand, more and more companies have begun to cooperate with developers to intervene in advance on the hardcover room to install and use LED lighting products. The influx of many lighting companies has also led to many problems in the industry, such as the lack of industry standards, product quality and price of good and bad.

Qin Zeyu: High-end industry and entry threshold is too low

From commercial lighting to home lighting, in the past three years, everyone has been studying a problem that is how to better apply LED technology to home lighting. The technology content of LED is high, the production cost is high, research and development expenses are high, making the price of LED home products relatively high. After the rapid development of the industry, there are two problems: First, how to reduce the cost of research and development so that more people can afford it; Second, how to improve the barriers to entry, with a unified specification to guide the domestic LED home lighting market, the orderly development.

About performance: LED has obvious advantages in overall luminous efficiency

Information Times: What are the performance advantages of LED home lighting products in terms of life, color temperature, and energy consumption? Many designers stated that at present, LED lamps can only do auxiliary lighting. How do you view this view?

Qin Zeyu: LED energy consumption is 1/6 of incandescent lamps

As a green environmental protection lighting product, LED has unparalleled advantages in terms of life span, color temperature, and energy consumption. For example, the energy consumption is 1/2 of a fluorescent lamp, 1/6 of an incandescent lamp, no stroboflash, no ultraviolet light, and it accords with the concept of green home life. It is now possible to match the functionality of different LED products with the lamp configuration to create a lighting environment in different home scenarios.

Hong Xiaosong: LED Home Products Dimmable

LED home lighting in addition to high light efficiency, long life, but also has a rapid start, you can adjust the light, color, low pressure control and other characteristics.

The concept of "auxiliary lighting" is not very precise. Now with the improvement of LED light efficiency and power, it can be completely replaced in terms of functional lighting; Second, the price of decorative lighting, such as light strips, landscape lighting and other products It is also very suitable and can be popularized. With the improvement of performance and application technology, LED home lighting products will quickly enter the homes of ordinary people.

About the market: The popularity of LED lanterns is inevitable

Information Times: At present, LED home lighting seems to be mostly downlights and spotlights, and the design is relatively simple. Will there be better improvements in product design in the future? Can chandeliers, lanterns, etc. also use LED technology more widely?

Hong Xiaosong: The integration of light sources into buildings is the direction of LED development

Chandeliers, lanterns and other lights can be used more widely in LED technology. This is mainly divided into three phases: First is the replacement phase, that is, replacing incandescent lamps, fluorescent lamps with LED lamps, and now most companies are at this stage. Due to the limitation of replacement, a relatively simple design problem emerged. Then, at the stage of entering the special market, some LED special lamps gradually emerged. The LED light emission rule was used as the starting point for R&D, and LED had more advantages. The third stage is the architectural lighting stage. The light source is integrated into the building and placed in a suitable location to provide lighting for the space. NVC's Feng Jing series is following this route. At present, some products have been formed. Therefore, with the development of LED technology, more and more lamps will be used in chandeliers, lanterns, etc., and they will have unparalleled advantages such as incandescent lamps and energy-saving lamps.

Qin Zeyu: Designing LED Household Products with Lantern Ideas

LED is more used in the field of commercial lighting at first, so the design is mainly focused on simplicity and practicality. In home lighting, in addition to the lighting requirements, beauty is a very important factor. It can be said that many families are first to use appearance. The likes and dislikes to choose lamps. When Yinghui Lighting introduced the LED home brand this year, it placed the design of the product at the top position and creatively applied the classic design of the lantern to the LED home products. Therefore, its products are very stylish in appearance and design, post-modern (modern decoration renderings).

About the price: LED lighting there is room for price cuts

Information Times: Compared with three years ago, what is the current price level of LED home lighting? What are the core components and technologies that determine the price of LED products? Is there room for price reduction?

Qin Zeyu: LED suits working-class consumption

When LED home lighting fixtures were introduced to the market, prices were generally high, making consumers discouraged. Yinghui officially launched the LED home lighting brand this year. The 10 series of new products are both luxury and economical. The price level is close to the lantern and can reach the working class consumption level.

Hong Xiaosong: LED lighting products have price cuts

The core technologies that determine LED products include light sources, power supply drivers, and heat dissipation systems. They are designed to be lightweight and compact. With the advancement of LED technology in recent years, the price of LED home lighting fixtures has declined significantly. In March 2011, NVC officially set foot in LED home lighting, relying on large-scale production and independent research and development to maintain a very competitive price. Level. With the improvement of technology and the realization of large-scale production, there will be room for price reduction.