Lighting Innovation is at Risk

Lighting industry innovation is at risk. While small LED-level efficacy gains can still be achieved, settling for “good enough” is too common. Thirty years after its invention of the white LED, Nichia challenges the lighting industry to rethink value beyond luminous efficacy. Nichia’s Head of Lighting will discuss opportunities to utilize LEDs in new, impactful human-health manners, including real-world healthcare applications, WELL Building integration, etc. This talk calls for a paradigm shift from product-centric measures to human outcomes, urging the industry towards mature LED technology to create new value—from luminous efficacy to health efficacy, from components to holistic systems.

Learning Objectives

• Users will go beyond luminous efficacy to learn more about how the LED source decisions impacts circadian rhythm.
• Users will learn how LED technology continues to innovate despite reaching the thresholds of luminous efficacy.
• Users will learn about levers that can be pulled at the source level to achieve unique spectrums for unique applications, beyond basic CCT/CRI adjustments, and how these can address human health.
• Users will further learn about the impacts of various source wavelengths, both internally (on the system) and externally on the end users of the light.