Spring break for lighting geeks starts today in Las Vegas. Lightfair International runs through Friday, and for those of us in the lighting biz, it’s 1,600 booths of fun, technology and education. Here’s what is going down in the Cree booth:

Our theme is “The End is Near.” That may sound dramatic but we believe it and our booth shows it. The end is near for gloomy, inefficient lighting. The end is near for hazardous lighting. The end is near for heat lamps that pass for acceptable lighting.

I know a lot of you won’t have a chance to join the 19,000 people expected to attend Lightfair. So join me on this virtual tour of our booth and here’s a link to our latest release announcing what we’re showing:

Step into the museum, where we’re displaying our directional lamps.

We’ve broadened our family of replacement lamps to now include flood lights in addition to spot lights, offering different beam angles, light outputs and even different color temperatures. Because really, one size doesn’t fit all in the LED Lighting Revolution. So whether you’re lighting up purses in a showroom or avocados in the produce section, our booth shows you that Cree LED lighting can do it all.

Step into the Cree Café, where we’re dishing up “light” refreshments.

We’re showing off a gorgeous LED replacement for BR30 lamps. Our LBR-30™ lamp is a 65 Watt replacement that only uses 12 watts, providing beautiful light with high color accuracy. You can also see our LR6™-DR1000 recessed downlight that delivers 1,000 lumens using 50 percent less energy than a 26 Watt CFL, with all of the light and high color accuracy. Bonus: In true LED lighting style, there’s no mercury inside.

Step into our office, where we’re working on showing off our LED components.

Doubles as our component showcase, where we have our family of lighting-class LEDs on display (underneath our beautiful LED troffer products). Our LED components are an important part of our Lightfair booth because our beautiful LED lighting fixtures start with great LEDs. I’m sure the most popular demo is going to be our new XLamp® platform, the XLamp XM LED. This new single chip LED delivers a record-breaking efficacy of 160 lumens per watt at 350mA, which to us LED geeks is remarkable. This is the first time this revolutionary LED is on display.

Step into our home, where we’re redefining what you can expect from lighting.

It’s all about the CR6™ downlight in the residential setting, where the LED lighting revolution comes home. Visitors can flip the switches between the ghastly glow of fluorescent and the glorious glow of the CR6 downlight, our newest LED downlight aimed at the residential and light commercial, such as restaurants and hotels. This awesome new light is in production now, will be available soon and costs about the same as a twisty, toxic CFL downlight. And, a mega bonus, it’s designed to last 50,000 hours. Imagine not having to change the lights in your home for years. [if you state “decades,” you’ll need to state the number of hours of usage per day the calculation is based on]

Finally, our booth showcases the newly redesigned CreeLEDRevolution.com. The educational site shows off real world examples of LED lighting, features a monthly LED lighting giveaway (enter here) and offers a chance for you to actually join the LED Lighting Revolution by taking a pledge.  

 And if you are in Las Vegas for Lightfair, don’t forget you can stop by our booth to enter our drawing for a free iPad. All you have to do is take a photo of your favorite part of the booth and post it on Twitter or our facebook page. Complete directions on how to entere are here.