LASSIE-FP7 Explores Innovative Intelligent Lighting Solutions

LASSIE-FP7, a European project, is pushing back the boundaries in the lighting industry. The module developed by the consortium led by CSEM strengthens the range of tools available to the European lighting industry and offers an innovative solution providing exceptional light quality and color rendering. The developments made in the project promise to address some of the most important challenges of “Lighting 3.0”, while paving the way for the emergence of “Lighting 4.0.”
 
When shopping, the visual appearance of goods is a driver for many customers in several market segments, from food to clothes to luxury goods. The color rendering of the illumination systems employed plays an important role in customers’ decisions. However, specific and commercially viable lighting solutions are still lacking. This technological gap has been addressed with an innovative approach by LASSIE-FP7, which developed a thin and efficient large-area module with high color rendering and accuracy, and with constant performance over the luminaire’s lifetime.
 
The technology developed is the ideal solution with which to create artificially lit “color-proof islands,” where customers will be able to experience similar color rendering to that delivered by natural light.
 
 “Following the revolutionary introduction of LEDs, the lighting industry is once more going through a period of profound change, this time driven by the development of innovative, digitized smart lighting solutions (“Lighting 3.0”) and by the explosion of the Internet of Things (“Lighting 4.0”). Consequently, the industry has to reinvent itself and look for new applications and business models,” explained Rolando Ferrini, the project’s coordinator at CSEM. “With its smart, environmentally friendly module, LASSIE-FP7 offers a unique solution that meets the requirements of human-centric lighting—the new wave that will influence the lighting industry in the years to come.”
 
The final results of the project will be presented during a workshop on Dec. 12 in Muttenz, Switzerland.