Energy Efficient OLED Chandelier

Organic Light Emitting Diodes, better known as OLEDs, are a type of lighting now being explored in various industries. They are of great interest in terms of display lighting (such as your big screen TV or even your mobile phone.) However, some cutting-edge home designers are looking at ways to use these lights in actually lighting up your home. These are a more energy-efficient lighting option than traditional lights and could reduce the cost of home lighting. One designer, Ingo Maurer, recently debuted a new OLED light chandelier that is getting attention for both style and energy-efficiency.

Maurer’s chandelier, which he showed off at Milan Design Week, is a pendant lamp that consists of nine OLED panels linked together. The design of the lamp is intended to showcase the high-tech modern approach to lighting that OLED is really all about. Instead of hiding the OLED lights and their electric parts beneath decorative casing, the lights are exposed and shown off in all of their glory. This reduces waste in the design of the lights and lets people really see how OLED lights are supposed to work. Of course, they have been crafted in such a way as to still look aesthetically pleasing even though all of the inner workings are revealed for you to see.

The core benefit to using lighting like this is that it allows your home to become more energy-efficient. Lighting uses up a lot of energy in the home so finding ways to reduce light energy waste is a great way to reduce electricity costs. However, there are other benefits to OLED lights as well. For example, they are very lightweight, which makes it simple to use them throughout the house. Plus they are flexible which could lead to some interesting design options for these types of lights in the future.

One drawback of OLED lights to date is that they aren’t as bright as traditional lights are. However, proper design of these lights could counteract this problem. Either the lights could be combined in panels to create stunning chandeliers like Maurer’s or the lights could be used in lamps and areas where low lighting is sufficient in the home. Either way, the result is up-to-date lighting that’s kind on your energy bills.

Source: http://inhabitat.com/2010/04/16/ingo-maurer-unveils-double-c-future-oled-chandelier/