UK-based LED lighting company, PhotonStar was awarded a grant by the UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) for up to £372,269. The grant from the DECC Energy Entrepreneurs Fund and will be used to develop further PhotonStar’s ChromaWhite smart circadian retrofit LED lighting solutions, particularly the ChromaWhite smart lamp, a standard lamp form factor, with full wireless control.

The grant will be paid in installments upon the completed development of certain milestones during the current financial year. ChromaWhite is the Group’s next generation light engine technology, which the company claims allows microprocessor controlled color tuning and superior light quality, at an extremely competitive price-point. The Group unveiled its first ChromaWhite smart lamp prototype at London’s Ecobuild exhibition in March 2013.

James Mckenzie, CEO of PhotonStar, commented, “We are already making good progress with Chromawhite and are on track to have both new installation and retrofit products available for the market in 2014.”