Chicago Field Museum Re-Lights the Brooker Gallery with LED fixtures
Posted by Kerri Galgano on Fri, Oct 16, 2009 @ 09:04 AM
A celebration was held October 14, 2009 for the re-lighting of the Brooker Gallery at the Chicago Field Museum featuring with usable white light LED fixtures. The reception was attended by industry professionals including Architects, Engineers, Lighting Designers, Government Officials and the Press.
The gallery displayed entries to the Burnham Memorial Design Competition which proposed a public memorial to famed Architect Daniel H. Burnham and the Plan of Chicago.
All of the circuits in the Brooker Gallery are on dimmers, to easily control the light to conservation levels. The show was originally lit with (32) Halogen PAR38 Lamps when dimmed consumed 900 watts. They were replaced with (26) white light LED fixtures, set to the same light levels, which consumed 400 watts, for a 500 watt energy savings.
High quality, high output, consistent white light LED luminaires are becoming more and more accepted for the most demanding applications of museum and retail accent lighting. With its long 50,000 hour life, LED lighting reduces energy and maintenance costs, while producing 1000 lumens, equivalent to a 60 watt halogen lamp.
Please click here to find out more information on the LED fixture installed in the Brooker Gallery at the Field Museum