Platinum Prize for Advanced Plasma Lighting™ Awarded by Architectural SSL Magazine
Los Angeles, CA – April 30, 2011 – Topanga Technologies’ Advanced Plasma Lighting system was awarded platinum-level honors in the Components category of the 2011 Product Innovation Awards by Architectural SSL magazine, a leading lighting industry publication.
Architectural SSL will present the award to Topanga Technologies on May 17 during the LIGHTFAIR® International tradeshow in Philadelphia, PA. Topanga will demonstrate Advanced Plasma Lighting in booth #3738 at Lightfair, taking place May 15-19, 2011. The platinum award for APL was given national recognition in the spring issue of Architectural SSL magazine.
Advanced Plasma Lighting (APL) is a new solid-state-driven, high-intensity source designed to replace the inefficient lamps for high brightness applications in outdoor and commercial environments. APL is a proprietary configuration: an electrode-free plasma lamp placed external to the resonator that utilizes RF energy to illuminate the lamp. Its single-source lamp design allows for smaller and more flexible fixture design and footprint.
This new and patented system’s distinct advantages:
- extending the range of fixture applications
- allowing a higher lumen output
- improving color quality
- substantially more energy efficiency
Because it is filament free, phosphor free and increases efficiency as temperatures rise, APL ensures color consistency and low light degradation through the lifetime. APL offers efficient, tailored light that lasts 50,000 hours with replacement costs of less than $10. The microprocessor-controlled electronics provides dynamic instantaneous dimming from 20-100% with full control and networking, making APL superior in system performance.
In addition to recognizing the industry’s best luminaires and components and the companies behind them, the Product Innovation Awards honor leaders in research and development, industry standards, and lighting advocacy. “The mission of the program was to sort out the products that show the greatest promise across a wide field of functions,” said Jim Crockett, Editorial Director of Construction Business Media. “Award winners ultimately represent a peer-recognized selection of quality products that the architectural and lighting design community can feel comfortable specifying.”
About Architectural SSL Magazine
The Architectural SSL Product Innovation Awards (PIA) determine and honor the best solid-state luminaires and fixtures on the market, while also recognizing the companies behind the components that make up these light sources. The PIA program also recognizes leaders in categories ranging from those conducting cutting-edge R+D, to those helping in the development of standards as well as those pushing to make solid-state lighting a truly sustainable technology. Construction Business Media, headquartered in Chicago, IL is publisher of Architectural Products, Illuminate and Architectural SSL magazines. The company also operates the ArchLED Conference, markets and partners in TheContinuingArchitect.com educational platform, and maintains websites and electronic extensions of its print publications. www.architecturalssl.com
About Topanga Technologies
For industrial and commercial lighting, Topanga Technologies is the leading innovator of solid-state drivers and electrode-free plasma lamps providing energy-efficient, economical and reliable lighting solutions that surpass both traditional and new technology platforms. Founded in 2005, Topanga Technologies has R&D and manufacturing facilities in Los Angeles and San Jose, CA. For more information, visit www.topangatech.com.
Contact: Kirsten Maynard, 415-350-4147, kirsten@maynardpr.com
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