U.S. LRC released LED airport lighting Report

LightingResearchCenter (RenssELaerPolytechnicInstitute), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (LRC) released a report designed to help guide the airport according to different needs to choose LED lighting.

A new report titled "LED airport lighting announcement: ACRP integrated 35 (IssueswithuseofLEDairfieldlighting:ACRPsynthesis35)", was released by LRC in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the report pointed out that the use of LED lighting in the airport, the airport is the biggest benefit to reduce the maintenance cost, followed by energy saving, in part because the airport design of power system is the incandescent lamp lighting system.

The National Institute of scientific research (NationalAcademies), AirportCooperativeResearchProgram (ACRP), the research funding agency for the project, jointly released the report of the LRC authors (TRB).

LRC long-term cooperation with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to explore the application of solid state lighting (SSL) technology in the airport. LRC, a senior research scientist and visiting professor at the JohnBullough and author of the report, said: "Airport LED lighting is more energy efficient than incandescent lighting, but the airport power system is designed specifically for incandescent lamps, not LED lights. If the power system is designed to have more LED lines, it can save more energy". The report also found that the visibility and performance of the airport LED lighting is also very good.

In the early stages of the development of LED lighting, there are "compatible problems" in SSL and the airport, but these problems have been solved. The report is based on a detailed study of 22 airports and airlines. The report notes that despite the high cost of pre paid, but the installation of LED lighting will be used in the years after the recovery of higher costs. Upgrading power infrastructure can improve energy efficiency and reliability of airport lighting system. According to LRC news, FAA is currently investigating the new airport lighting infrastructure.