Light Sensitive Materials: LED Lighting vs. Traditional Sources
Submitted by Kerri Galgano onCan Museums Measure Up?
By James Brodrick, Ph.D., U.S. Department of Energy
Excerpts from LD+A Magazine, July 2011
Light Sensitive materials
LED Use in the Museum Environment
Submitted by Kerri Galgano onYou are probably aware of certain claims being made about the use of LED lighting technology in the museum environment. This paper will try to address those claims in a manner consistent with current, high quality, white light LED sources.
LED Usage in Museums and Art Galleries
Submitted by Kerri Galgano onby: Raghuram Petluri; Roger Sexton
Introduction
LEDs provide an energy and maintenance saving alternative to halogen for museum lighting. Previously high Color Temperature single phosphor corrected white LEDs had shortcomings with gaps in the spectrum affecting accurate color discrimination and high outputs / spikes in the blue area affecting color degradation. Recent improvements in LED technology make their usage ideal in all areas, light sensitive and insensitive alike. This paper takes the Artist Series module from Xicato to quantify this statement.