Bold Facade Raises Building’s Visibility with Low Power Consumption
A massive exterior lighting installation built with 75,000 red LUXEON®
LEDs is raising the visibility of CentralPlaza ChaengWattana, a
seven-story, 300-store shopping complex in Bangkok. Thailand’s Lumitron
Lighting International engineered and manufactured the lighting
installation for the upscale mall, backed by proof of concept and
engineering services from LUXEON supplier and LED application
development specialist Future Lighting Solutions.
The all-red lighting treatment designed by the complex’s architects was
inspired by the red logo of Thailand’s family-owned Central Group
conglomerate, the parent company of both shopping center developer
Central Pattana and the Central Department Store that anchors the
complex.
A giant grid of red LEDs runs the full width of the facade in a bold
geometric design, trimming the street-side mall face as well as part of
the building’s side and the attached 16-story office tower. The lights
are programmed to change patterns at specific intervals, creating a
dynamic light show that instantly identifies the structure.
Electricity costs are estimated to run just $2,900 per year, meeting the
developer’s demand for low energy use. The installation’s LUXEON LEDs
are expected to last at least 10 years even with Thailand’s extreme heat
and wind, minimizing maintenance costs for bulb replacement.
Future Lighting Solutions assisted Lumitron with engineering services
ranging from selecting the LEDs, drivers and drive current to
calculating the number of LEDs required, planning for heat dissipation,
and providing wiring guidance. Future engineers also built multiple
proof-of-concept light boxes to test different designs, plus a prototype
of Lumitron’s preferred design to show the actual brightness, color and
light distribution of their proposed solution.
A detailed case study is available at www.futurelightingsolutions.com.
About Future Lighting Solutions
Future Lighting Solutions (www.futurelightingsolutions.com)
is a leading provider of LED lighting components and support services
for solid-state lighting products and installations, including
engineering expertise, concept development, full system solutions and
online tools that accelerate quality application development. The
company is a division of Future Electronics.