Cree Inc. introduces the LED Rural Utility Light (RUL) Series, designed to deliver a combination of price, performance and quality to accelerate adoption of LED lighting across rural areas in North America. The first of Cree’s outdoor LED luminaires to address the estimated 10 to 13 million rural street light fixtures and area light fixtures installed, the RUL Series delivers a better, more affordable lighting experience for residential roadways, security, storage, and loading areas with efficacy, rapid payback of less than one year and Cree’s 10-year warranty. Payback is compared to 175 watt Mercury Vapor luminaire and based on usage of 12 hours per-day and the national average of $0.11 per kWh electric costs.
Featuring elements of Cree’s SC5 Technology Platform, the Cree LED Rural Utility Light outperforms incumbent High Pressure Sodium (HPS) and Mercury Vapor (MV) technology, as well as competing LED products, to provide unrivaled 110 lumens-per-watt efficacy and system-level performance for expedient payback and reduced cost of ownership for municipalities and utilities. Featuring a lightweight design, toolless entry and straight-in wiring, the 4000K color temperature Cree LED Rural Utility Lights enables seamless installation in addition to long-term maintenance savings over the 100,000-hour rated lifetime.