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PLS is the sustainable design solution for offices

"The idea is simple enough. If you can provide sufficient lighting on the individual workspace...then the need for overall ambient lighting is reduced. Lighting up the whole office space with enough light to support the functional needs of other than the youngest of workers is about as efficient as refrigerating the house in order to keep the milk cold."

-- from Solid State Lighting Design. Click here for the full product review by Tom Griffiths, Publisher

• Energy savings: The PLS provides such high-quality task lighting that the ambient light in the office can be reduced by an additional 35 to 50 percent. This integrated solution can yield up to 70 percent for new construction or office remodel projects.
  
  
• Better managing the energy load: Integral occupancy sensor control provides additional savings in intermittently occupied work areas. Additionally, because the PLS provides such high-quality illumination, some users do not need ambient light in the office at all, which allows for implementing aggressive automatic-demand-response strategies during times of peak demand.
  
  
• Conserving natural resources: In several test sites, the total PLS lighting power density (task and ambient) ranged between 0.5 and 0.7 watts per square foot. Conservatively estimating energy savings in the U.S. as a whole, this level of lighting power density would mean saving on average of 1 watt per square foot in 10 billion square feet of commercial office space, an astounding 50 billion megawatt hours of savings, or enough power for 4.7 million homes.
  
  
• Advanced technology for extended product life: The PLS LEDs last more than 45,000 hours of operation time because the patent-pending thermal management design ensures the junction temperature is under 80 degrees Celsius. That translates into nearly 30 years of expected life when used an average of 6 hours per day in an office application. Moreover, the position of the PLS desk lamp can be adjusted to compensate for reduced illumination over the life of the system.
  
  
• Recycled and recyclable materials: The PLS is made with recycled content and can be recycled at the end of its life. The die-cast aluminum and steel are 100 percent recyclable. The other components, which make up 10 percent of its total weight, are easily removable and lead free.

Multiple Patent-pending Features