New technology in LED lighting

1. LED grow light on PAR to lead technologies of LED lighting
Through the great breakthroughs in recent technology, the industry of energy
efficient plant lighting has changed dramatically. LED lighting is considered the leader
in new plant lighting technologies and has recently jumped well in front of induction
and plasma as the most efficient commercial plant lights. In the last year, lumen
output in LED lighting has increased one of the most important variables in
commercial plant light, intensity. LED plant lighting nearly doubled their intensity
from 62 lumens per watt to nearly 150 lumens per watt.
Another critical milestone for commercial plant lighting technology was also recently
achieved. Top led grow light, a manufacturer of commercial plant LED which ranks at
the top of this industry with Department of Energy for efficiency has designed a new
lighting system that can now evenly broadcast specific PAR spectrums to plants. This
is not accomplished through what traditional LED makers used in the past such as
providing specific light in various nanometers (nm), but through a new technology
involving the chemistry of adding phosphorus elements inside each LED light. When
mixed with photon light energy created by the LED the phosphorus spectrum is
broadcasted and diffused throughout the correct plant light color spectrums. With
traditional LED technologies, only one or a few of the specific colors in the PAR light
spectrum or a particular nanometer (nm) in the measurement of light is activated.
Now LED plant
lighting can provide complete PAR spectrums without deficiencies. The spectrums
varies from 430~440nm, 450~475nm 620~630nm and 650~660nm.
According to the statistics, from quicker yields to running on 75% less energy than
traditional lighting such as Metal Halides and High Pressure Sodium plant lights, the
research results have been staggering.
Plants appear green because they actually reflect and do not absorb very much of
that color for growth. The plant needs only a little bit of green and yellow light for
chlorophyll development. We see the light reflected off of the plant and that color
appears to us as green through the optics in our eyes.

2. Traditionally, indoor growers have used metal halide and high pressure sodium lights
for growing and flowering plants. The efficiency of these lights is very low for plant
growth. This is due to the fact that a significant portion of the light energy is focused
in the yellow and green range of the light spectrum. Plants do require this part of the
spectrum but all in all use very little yellow and green light. In fact plants mostly
reflect it, and that is why the plants appear green. A significant amount of energy is
wasted in the heat the bulb puts out and the primarily yellow light it produces. Plants
need specific blue and far red light spectrums for growth and flowering. Reflector
series and Mars II series of Top led grow light are engineered to be 90% efficient in
the PAR light spectrum for plant growth compared to HPS which only produces 10%
usable light for plants. Additionally, traditional bulbs need to be replaced every six to
eight months whereas LED technology can last 5 to 10 years with little lumen drop
off.
Mars II series is proven to be 70% times more efficient than traditional grow lights.
The release of these highly efficient lights will likely set new benchmark for the
horticulture industry by cutting energy costs, increasing production levels, and
providing growers quicker yields. Top led grow light delivers precisely the right
amount and PAR light to the plant at the most optimal time of the plant’s cycle,
energy is saved and heat is not wasted by any of the light produced. This cuts
overhead costs and delivers more product of the highest quality.