Cree introduces WaveMax Technology
Cree has introduced WaveMax Technology, a waveguide platform that features a combination of control, uniformity and efficiency to deliver LED lighting in new form factors. The company will be featuring the technology at LIGHTFAIR International in New York, May 5-7, 2015, along with its portfolio of LED technology.
"With WaveMax Technology, we are delivering our most intelligent light yet, enabling the future of highly-efficient, modern building designs to become today's reality, while accelerating adoption of better LED lighting at greater value, " said Norbert Hiller, Cree executive vice president, lighting.
Featuring Cree DiamondFacet optical elements to achieve up to 90 percent optical efficiency and precise optical control, Cree WaveMax Technology is claimed to be able to deliver unmatched visual comfort, uniform illumination and improved colour quality while enabling a wide range of design capabilities and energy-saving potential.
The first interior LED light to feature WaveMax Technology is the Cree LN Series suspended ambient luminaire. When paired with Cree's SmartCast Technology wireless controls, Cree says that occupants experience intelligent light at an affordable price, creating a customisable lighting environment that can save more than 70 percent in energy costs over linear fluorescent lighting.
Cree has also launched the IG Series LED parking garage luminaire with WaveMax technology. The company says that these can deliver more than 80 percent energy savings and quick payback of less than two years with 24 hour-a-day usage compared to metal halide lighting. Programmable motion controls further increase these savings and enable a simple way to customise settings for high or low occupancy applications.
"Cree continues to prove that long-lasting LED technology can do infinitely more than save energy and maintenance costs - it's the smarter choice for our bottom line, tenants and buyers experience," said Steve Maranos, vice president of technology, CMC Group, Inc. "With Cree's IG Series luminaire, we're rethinking what lighting can do."
