February LED lighting contest is a win for retail designer and his client

Posted by Ginny Skalski

In a way, there were two winners in the February LED Lighting giveaway. We still only gave away five LED lights, but two people are quite happy about it.

Bob Curcio submitted a photo of a brightly-lit, fluorescent and incandescent filled urban footwear shop in Philadelphia into Cree’s monthly photo contest. He complained in his entry that the colors in the merchandise didn’t pop under the existing lighting. Take a look at his entry and feel his pain:

But it turns out, Bob isn’t even the owner of the store where these LED lights are going to go. He entered the contest on behalf of his client, who owns KICKSUSA. So when I wrote Bob to tell him he won, he contacted the shop owner to proudly say five new Cree LRP-38s are going to be installed in his store!

You see, it’s really a win-win for Bob. He is a store planner and designer, so he cares about things like beautiful lighting. I chatted with him on the phone this week and he told me the only LED light he owns is a flashlight. But he’s excited to learn more about LED lights for general illumination. He wants to test them to see how well they render colors and how much energy they save (I have a hunch he’s going to be quite impressed).

So the lights will be installed in the KICKSUSA  store in northeast Philadelphia sometime soon, Bob says. His client is thrilled to be the guinea pig. I can’t blame him, I’d be thrilled if someone won a contest on my behalf too. The lights he won consume only 12 Watts of energy, but provide the equivalent light of a 50 to 90 Watt halogen bulb. Bob said he’s pretty sure the lights he’s going to replace consume 75 Watts.

The March LED lighting photo contest is already underway. All you have to do to enter is submit a photo of bad lighting in your home, office or other workplace. You never know, I might be writing about you next month.

One Response to “February LED lighting contest is a win for retail designer and his client”

1. Are LED Fluorescent Tubes Ready for Prime Time? says:

   July 21, 2011 at 10:48 pm

   [...] planner and designer Bob Curcio entered the contest on behalf of one of his clients, KICKSUSA, an urban footwear shop in Philadelphia. He won five Cree LRP-38 LED lightsthat consume [...]