US DOE released a report Museum using LED lighting

　　US Department of Energy (DOE) recently released a solid-state lighting (SSL) is applied to the museum lighting inspection report, unlike in the past based on the specific details of LED lamps, the report also includes the use of LED lighting for 46 of the museum's curator, director survey lighting designers and other professionals to ask follow-up. Considering the quality of light, the possibility of damage to the key factors, energy efficiency and other works of art to evaluate LED lighting.

　　In the past few years, LED lighting is applied to transform the case of numerous museums, but also because the upgrade of LED technology has become increasingly be matched, in 2011, the Chicago Field Museum actively using LED lighting.

　　The latest report of the survey respondents overwhelmingly believe that the most important factor is the use of LED lighting low potential harm of works of art in the era of the early white LED had to worry about than the peak power point light source and a blue energy may will damage the works of art, such as painting. In 2013, the British had to be applied to the Van Gogh painting LED lighting caused damage have been reported, it turns out, in the actual test, in the same color temperature (CCT) inside, blue LED and traditional light sources are contained in the same amount of, the energy released is less than in the 450nm LED down of traditional light sources, so the LED hazardous to human health than other light sources to be small. In addition, DOE noted throughout the museum have started using LED lighting is LED for items that do not exist hurt prove most beneficial. Considering the variety of light sources, in which the lighting factor selection, saving the cost of LED lighting (including energy use and maintenance costs) accounted for a second, but in other equally important factors, such as light and color quality and works with match the color quality are ranked first.

　　When asked whether he would use LED in the second project, 71% said yes, 32 percent said they have used LED in multiple projects. Respondents said the public response LED lighting closer to praise, 97 percent of the museum staff believe that LED lighting is excellent.

　　Of course, the survey also found that, for the museum, the high upfront cost is still a barrier to widespread adoption, although taking into account the full application lifecycle, LED is usually better than the other options; the bigger problem is still in use process, will confuse the different types of LED lighting products based on the characteristics of how to match, museum staff also are struggling to keep up with the pace of change of the LED, in addition, poor and inconsistent dimming performance is still a problem.