Cree, a leader in LED lighting, announces that LR24 recessed LED luminaires have been installed in the National Air and Space Museum. Designed for the new “Moving Beyond Earth” exhibit, the Cree LED lights replace high intensity discharge work lights, offering the high lumen output and efficacy required to work in the gallery.

The “Moving Beyond Earth” exhibit has 20-foot high ceilings and 5,000 square feet of space. Stable temperature and humidity levels are required to protect the significant number of historical artifacts featured in the exhibit. The Cree LED lights deliver uniform and bright light and weigh less than other fixtures, helping to reduce strain on the high ceilings.

The Cree LR24 luminaires underwent extensive life-cycle-cost business-case analysis that demonstrated an estimated 80 percent energy savings over the incumbent mercury vapor fixtures. Cree vice president of market development, Gary Trott said “The Air and Space Museum installation shows the versatility of our lighting products as well as the cost and environmental benefits associated with LEDs,” he added “And it’s a natural fit for American innovation to be behind the scenes of an exhibit that proudly displays American history.”