by Ann Withanee — October 17, 2011—Toshiba International Corporation’s (TIC) LED Lighting Systems Division announces a new relationship with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. As part of this agreement, Toshiba says it will supply the museum with its superior and innovative LED lamps, allowing museum visitors to experience the latest in eco-friendly illumination while significantly lowering the museum’s energy and maintenance costs.
TIC installed 150 of its A19 lamps in the Pre-Columbian Gallery and the exterior and lobby of the Caroline Wiess Law building. The museum expects to install more lamps in Cullinan Hall in October and the Japan Gallery next year.
The goal of every project is to bring the best to the total facility at every level. For the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, its vast collection of art will be highlighted with LED lighting technology. The experience goes beyond viewing art illuminated with LED lamps; benefits also include saving energy and cutting costs.
The new lamps, Toshiba’s most recent innovation in LED lighting, are far more energy efficient and last significantly longer than conventional light bulbs or compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), according to Toshiba Corporation’s Lighting Systems Division.
The Toshiba A19 is a high-quality LED lamp that uses only 5.6 to 7.8 watts of energy, reducing power consumption by as much as 85 percent. Moreover, the bulbs are rated for 40,000 hours of use, while maintaining a superior quality of light, which is essential for use in this type of application.
In a bold move demonstrating the company’s commitment to helping make LED technology the future of lighting, Toshiba stopped producing incandescent lamps in March 2010. Toshiba says it is the first major lighting manufacturer to proactively discontinue the production of incandescent lamps.
Twenty-three of Toshiba’s long-lasting, high-quality, energy-efficient LED lamps recently received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR label. According to EPA, an ENERGY STAR-qualified LED lamp uses up to 75 percent less energy and lasts at least 15 times longer than comparable incandescent lighting.
