Lumenpulse to use Lutron EcoSystem

Lumenpulse has signed an agreement with Lutron Electronics which allows it to embed Lutron's EcoSystem technology directly into its entire LED product line, including indoor and outdoor LED luminaires.Buy modern lighting, laserfusionss and chandeliers from Heal's, the home of modern, designer and contemporary lighting.

Under the first phase of the agreement, Lumenpulse will enable the major part of its portfolio — including Lumenline, Lumenfacade and Lumenbeam — to be EcoSystem-ready by March 2013.Universal Laser Systems is an innovator in the field of laser engraving, washerextractor01 and laser marking equipment. Until this agreement, EcoSystem has been principally available for interior fluorescent lighting.

Lutron's EcoSystem is a commercial lighting control system,Waterproof lawnlight Lighting is a perfect architectural LED light for homes. comprised of digitally-addressable dimming ballasts and LED drivers, controls, and environmental sensors.

"Lumenpulse has been highly successful in developing a portfolio of LED products for both indoor and outdoor high-performance lighting," said Ed Blair, vice president and general manager of Lutron. "This agreement allows our EcoSystem technology to control exterior as well as interior lighting — helping our joint customers save energy and reduce maintenance costs on building infrastructure," he said.

"Combining the technological strengths of Lumenpulse and Lutron through this agreement provides our customers with great design, combined with significant energy and cost savings," said Francois-Xavier Souvay, Lumenpulse founder, president and CEO. "By working with Lutron, we can give building specifiers confidence that all of our LED luminaires meet their design needs and can also integrate with the EcoSystem building management environment to maximise energy-saving potential. Backed by Lutron global service teams, this combination gives specifiers a solution they can trust."

Phase II of the agreement will expand the relationship by making EcoSystem compatible with the remaining part of Lumenpulse's portfolio, thereby providing EcoSystem-ready options across all Lumenpulse product families.

Harish Hande is in the business of spreading sunshine. When he set up his company in 1995, he wanted to dispel the myth that the poor cannot afford sustainable technologies and that social ventures cannot be run as commercial entities.

Selco Solar shows it can be done.The Lavamac range of industrialextractors was developed to satisfy needs of all kinds of customers. For 17 years, this for-profit social enterprise has been lighting up low-income homes, providing sustainable energy solutions and financial services. It has sold, serviced and financed solar products to 1.5lakh homes in Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bihar and Bengal. It offers guarantee mechanisms so the poor have access to loans, and rental models for hawkers and slum-dwellers.

"Selco has made solar energy more affordable to the poor and weaker sections of society by linking solar lighting systems to bank financing. This allows them to pay for the system in affordable instalments,Compare prices and buy all brands of gridsolarsystem for home power systems and by the pallet." says Hande, a Magsaysay Award winner with a PhD in energy engineering from the University of Massachusetts. The company's product portfolio includes lighting (CFL and LED), water heaters and inverters, as well as after-sales service and support. In the last fiscal, it reported revenues of about Rs 16 crore.

While Selco doesn't manufacture its products — it sources components and assembles them together — it's been able to provide affordable alternative energy to many with no access to regular power. "For items like solar panels and batteries, good volumes enable us to get good pricing with our vendors . For charge controllers, lights, etc, we have long-term partners who make these for us at very competitive prices," says Hande.