About LUCID Lighting
LUCID Lighting may be a new brand name in the lighting industry, but it is one that is underpinned by the parent company LS Design (UK) Ltd, which has been designing and manufacturing lighting control systems for the past ten years. These systems have been developed for several well respected companies within the industry, and continue to be marketed successfully.
LS Design, as its name suggests, originated purely as an electronics and software design consultancy. It still retains this core business designing a broad spectrum of electronic devices such as:
- Fire detection systems
- Audio products
- Lighting control
- Data logging
- GPS tracking
- Electroluminescent road signs
- Vision inspection
- Keyless security locks
- Devices for military applications
Over the past ten years, LS Design has expanded the company into the contract manufacturing sector, and now has modern surface mount assembly lines with sophisticated vision inspection equipment. This setup lends itself well to manufacture of low to medium volume products, where the hidden costs of manufacturing offshore can be prohibitive.
Given the dual benefits of an experienced hardware & software design team and a solid UK manufacturing base, LSD are in a strong position to develop and manufacture up-to-date lighting control systems suitable for domestic, high-end domestic, hotel and conference facilities and small commercial installations. Currently these products account for around sixty per cent of production and range from basic rotary dimmers to computerised lighting control.
Technical Support is offered through experienced commissioning engineers with the added advantage of further support directly from the design engineers at base if the project is unusual or complex.
Research shows that up to twenty percent of electricity generated is used for lighting, and that much of it is wasted. The new generation of products from LUCID Lighting will be largely focussed upon energy conservation and management through techniques such as daylight harvesting, intelligent presence/absence detection in addition to light level optimisation for specific environments.
LED lighting is being hailed as the future energy-conserving replacement for tungsten lamps. At the moment, LEDs are predominantly used for architectural lighting effects, as they are too expensive to be used for general lighting applications. Furthermore, the difficulty of removing heat from the LED devices is proving to be problematic. Given the amount of investment in LED technology by companies such as Philips & Osram it is clear that LED lighting is where the future lies, although it may take another five years to become affordable. When this happens, LUCID Lighting will be ready with new products to control these devices.
There is no doubt that with the rising cost of fuels and environmental concerns it makes good sense to economise on the usage of energy generated using fossil fuels.
Intelligent Lighting Control certainly has a role to play for the future, and LUCID Lighting intends to continue contributing towards this technology.