Lumiette Goes Beyond the Bulb, Introduces Flat Panel Lamp

Garners Launch: Silicon Valley 2009 “Most Likely to Succeed” Award in Clean Tech

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following their recent “Most Likely to Succeed” Award in the Clean Tech category at ‘Launch: Silicon Valley 2009,’ clean energy start-up, Lumiette Inc., today officially introduced their concept of Flat Panel lighting.

“Lumiette’s FPLs break out of the standard bulb shape and size, making them more suitable for a wider range of applications, including those of more creative design.”

Global warming and the energy crisis have generated an urgent need to replace the incandescent light bulb, patented by Edison in the 19^th century, with a more efficient lightsource. Lumiette is thinking beyond the bulb, and has developed a Flat Panel Lamp (FPL) which consumes 75 percent less energy than the incandescent light bulb, lasts five times longer than the compact fluorescent lamp, is more attractive, affordable, and suitable for a range of commercial, industrial, and residential applications. While the lamp’s base technology is familiar fluorescent, its form factor is novel; essentially flat sheets of luminous glass, powered by external electrodes.

“At Lumiette, we are committed to providing an energy-efficient lightsource that is not only cost effective, long lasting, cool operating, and readily dimmable, but is also custom sizable,” said Lumiette President and CEO, Noel Park. “Lumiette’s FPLs break out of the standard bulb shape and size, making them more suitable for a wider range of applications, including those of more creative design.”

Presented in June by Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE), and sponsored by Garage Technology Ventures and Microsoft, Launch: Silicon Valley is a global event that annually showcases emerging products and services from around the world. Awardees from Silicon Valley, and beyond, were selected from 30 new companies that presented to an audience and panel of venture capital and angel investors who voted on finalists in six categories.

About Lumiette’s Flat Panel Lamps – Better Lighting, Earth Friendly

Lumiette Inc.’s Flat Panel lamps (FPLs) share LEDs’ low profile, efficiency, long life, and dimmability, but like other premier fluorescent sources, have the highest color quality properties for general illumination. Relative to other fluorescents, FPLs’ larger surface area reduces glare and permits placement much closer to the luminaires’ luminous surface. FPLs’ unique, ultra-thin form factor, combined with Lumiette’s capabilities to develop custom sizes, enables manufacturers to maximize their creativity to produce new lighting systems.

Not only do FPLs provide high-quality lighting with low energy drain, they help builders to bring buildings into compliance with U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED^R (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program, a third-party certification and nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. Ultimately, these earth-friendly benefits will allow reductions in carbon emissions and lower the impact that lighting solutions have on the environment and the waste stream.

Lumiette’s Flat Panel Lamps are produced in a clean tech facility and are backed by a portfolio of more than 70 international patents. For more information, visit www.lumiette.com or contact Rich Mintz, Director of Sales. [e-mail] / T. 408.861.0653 x102.

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