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
By James Brodrick, Ph.D., U.S. Department of Energy
Excerpts from LD+A Magazine, July 2011
You 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.
by: 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.