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Lighting 59
How can intelligent lighting
systems help protect the environ-
ment?
In the area of fluorescent lighting
alone, replacing conventional
systems with intelligent energy-
saving light sources could save some
320 million megawatt-hours of elec-
tricity worldwide every year – thus
reducing CO2emissions by roughly
160 million tons.
OSRAM
Increasing resource scarcity – a conse-
quence of the megatrends now shaping
our world – is driving the use of intelli-
gent light sources. Our advanced lighting
systems have penetrated virtually every
corner of today’s megacities, casting just
the right light along highways, in sky-
scrapers and shopping centers, in football
stadiums and concert halls. In architec-
ture, too, intelligent lighting is playing an
increasingly vital role. For example, the
508-meter Taipei 101 Tower in Taiwan
boasts some 35,000 lamps, many of them
energy-saving, and roughly 25,000 elec-
tronic ballasts – all installed by OSRAM.
In the lighting industry, comprehensive
systems solutions are crucial since innova-
tive lamps cannot achieve their full lifes-
pan, luminosity or color intensity without
electronic control gear. Electronics also
play a key role in eco-friendly light
sources. Today’s intelligent lamps and
lighting systems are up to 80 percent
more energy-efficient than conventional
products. In the medium term, LED tech-
nologies will be increasingly used in these
applications.
As the world leader in automotive
lighting, we’re ideally positioned to capi-
talize on the growing demand for mobili-
ty. Our solutions are found not only in
automobile headlights. All in all, we sup-
ply some 250 different vehicle lamps –
conventional lights, electronic semicon-
ductor-based solutions, rain sensor appli-
cations and night vision systems. In fiscal
2006, we developed the SFH 5711 ambi-
ent light sensor, making us the first semi-
conductor producer to successfully simu-
late the spectral sensitivity curve of the
human eye. This new technology increas-
es driving safety and comfort by allowing
drivers to adjust the brightness of displays
to ambient light conditions more precisely
than ever before.
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Highlights in fiscal 2006
• We provided world-class lighting solu-
tions, including the stunning exterior
shell of the Allianz Arena in Munich and
the Ring of Fire special-effects lighting
at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium.
• Our new LED Systems Division is
bundling expertise in LED modules and
components such as optics, electronics
and cooling elements.
• Our eco-friendly, space-saving flashbulbs
– LED OSLUX™ and CERAMOS™ – are
used in mobile phones and digital cam-
eras.
OSRAM’s product portfolio
comprises everything from
lamps and optoelectronic
semiconductors such as
light-emitting diodes (LEDs)
to electronic control gear
and light management sys-
tems.