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Curious and interesting facts about light: How efficient are fireflies? How long does it take for light to travel from the sun to our planet? Are black holes bright? Since when did Stone Age people use fire as a source of light?

Energy can be saved even through small measures in the household. To do this, it is first important to be aware of where and when electricity is being used. A consistent switch to modern lighting technology reduces the energy requirement for lighting both indoors and outdoors.

The terms "Candela", "Lux" and "Lumen" all have their roots in the Latin language and represent units in the International System of Units (SI). Lumen (lm) is the unit of luminous flux, candela (cd) is the unit of luminous intensity and lux (lx) is the unit of illuminance.

In 1882, Edward H. Johnson, who worked under Thomas Edison, invented the first electric light chain: his Christmas tree was equipped with 80 lights - the first light strip in the colors blue, red and white. This not only caused a stir in front of his house in Manhattan, but the local press also reported on it.

"Tunable White" is a lighting technology that allows the color temperature and brightness of light sources to be controlled in a customizable way. By changing the color temperature, you can go from cool daylight to warm, cozy light.

30 years ago, Nichia invented the blue LED and developed the white LED from it. As the world market leader in the LED industry, Nichia LEDs stand for a long service life, efficiency and brightness. Lumitronix has been an official distributor since 2011 and uses the high-quality Nichia LEDs in its modules.

"R2R" stands for "reel-to-reel", i.e. flexible LED strips for production using the reel-to-reel process, in which flexible base materials are processed in one piece from the reel. LED modules produced in this way are of higher quality and have a longer service life.

Colors are perceived differently by us humans in different lighting conditions. The color rendering index CRI (Colour Rendering Index) indicates how colors are displayed in artificial lighting compared to natural light.

Disinfection with UV-C light offers a quick and effective way of killing microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses and fungi.
It has the advantage of being fast, effective, chemical-free and leaves no residue on the treated surfaces.