Imagine, one day returning to your home and by the flip of a switch lighting a wall instead of a tube light or traditional bulb or energy saver. Sonds erratic...? no not anymore in year 2012. As, the Welsh company, which is researching into environmentally friendly lightning technology viz. organic LEDs (OLEDs), has developed a chemical coating that can be applied on flat, thin surfaces. Lomox claims this coating will mimick sunlight as all parts of the room will be evenly illuminated. There will be no glare and shadows as with conventional light bulbs.
As lighting is a major producer of carbon emission, Carbon Trust has awarded £454,000 to Lomox for rapid development of its OLED technology. According to Lomox, OLEDs also use very little energy to produce light - far less than conventional light bulbs and less than even modern energy-saving bulbs. They are of the view that the chemical composition of OLEDs can be painted on to flat surfaces. These surfaces may include wallpaper and other material which can be used for this purpose. It can also be built into walls, windows or even furniture, allowing them potentially to be used to replace conventional light bulbs in homes and offices. The very low electricity usage will cut the energy consumption significantly as 60 percent of british energy goes for lighting.
The chemical coating can also be applied on thin surfaces, panels or screens such flat-screen televisions, computers, mobile phone displays and roadside traffic warning signs. Lomox also feels that the technology could be used to make flexible screens that could be rolled up after use, or carried into a presentation, for example.
Although an electrical current will be used to stimulate the chemicals to produce light, the voltage will be very low and the walls will be safe to touch. Dimmer switches will control brightness, as with traditional lighting. OLEDs are generally 2.5 times more energy efficient than the modern energy-saving light bulbs and Carbon Trust claims that if the latter are replaced by OLEDs, annual carbon emissions around the world could fall by 2.5 million tonnes (MT) by 2020 and almost 7.4 MT by 2050. Replacing traditional, incandescent bulbs with OLEDs would generate even greater CO2 savings, the UK government-backed body said. In the UK, a sixth of electricity is used for lighting.
The chemical coating can also be applied on thin surfaces, panels or screens such flat-screen televisions, computers, mobile phone displays and roadside traffic warning signs. Lomox also feels that the technology could be used to make flexible screens that could be rolled up after use, or carried into a presentation, for example.
Although an electrical current will be used to stimulate the chemicals to produce light, the voltage will be very low and the walls will be safe to touch. Dimmer switches will control brightness, as with traditional lighting. OLEDs are generally 2.5 times more energy efficient than the modern energy-saving light bulbs and Carbon Trust claims that if the latter are replaced by OLEDs, annual carbon emissions around the world could fall by 2.5 million tonnes (MT) by 2020 and almost 7.4 MT by 2050. Replacing traditional, incandescent bulbs with OLEDs would generate even greater CO2 savings, the UK government-backed body said. In the UK, a sixth of electricity is used for lighting.
Ken Lacey, the chief executive of Lomox, said that the first products would go on sale in 2012. “The light is a very natural, sunlight-type of lighting with the full colour range. It gives you all kinds of potential for how you do lighting,” he said.
