Future Lighting Solutions partners with Creative Technology Hong Kong Limited to produce a new line of solid state downlights under Creative Technology's Mabushi brand.

The luminaires utilize Luxeon Rebel LEDs and were designed with thermal, electrical and optical support from Future's engineering team.

Creative selected Luxeon Rebel LEDs for their industry-leading reliability and 50,000-hour useful life. Future also aided in driver selection and overall system design, using proprietary tools to accelerate and optimize LED system development including maximizing LED output and lifetime.

Tools used for the project included Future's SSL Designer for defining, calculating and optimizing baseline system requirements and costs; Usable Light Tool (ULT) for analyzing LED performance under specific operating conditions; LED Reliability Tool (LRT) for determining LED lifetime; and QLED for detailed thermal analysis of the LED solution design.

The collaboration resulted in 23 downlight models that last 25 times longer than incandescent bulbs and reduce both power consumption and CO2 emissions by more than 80%. The fixtures are being distributed in 10 countries throughout Asia and Europe.