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    WEB EXCLUSIVE: LED Holiday Lights - See the brightest results

    Jan. 3, 2009
    LEDs are the lighting technology of choice for holiday lighting installations around the globe. As proof, check out some of the holiday lights photos we've been sent.
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    LED lighting will be widely used in a host of decorative lighting installations throughout the holiday period, and we've been asking readers to send examples that they've seen in person, or that they've been involved with. Below are some of the results.

    (If your company has been involved with a project and you have a full press release, you can post it here).

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    Rocking Horse DisplayLarge holiday light show starts converting winter festival to LEDsDecember 23: One of America’s largest holiday light shows, the Winter Festival of Lights at Oglebay in Wheeling, West Virginia, started converting to LEDs this year. LED lights will be used in all new displays and some existing displays, including the Rocking Horse (see photo). The entire show should be LED by 2012. The Winter Festival is viewable Sunday through Thursday until 10 pm and on Friday and Saturday until 11.

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    GardenFest of LightsGardenFest of Lights to display 18 miles of LEDs in Richmond, VirginiaDecember 18: Last year, Garden staff began replacing GardenFest lights with LEDs to save money on energy costs. This year, displays and attractions include more than half a milion LED lights including flamboyant peacocks (see photo), luminous ten-foot dragonflies and larger-than-life butterflies. The GardenFest is open through Monday, January 12 from 5 pm-10 pm.
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    Trail of LightsDenver Botanic Gardens’ winter wonderland features 500K LEDsDecember 10: With the Colorado foothills as a backdrop, more than one million twinkling lights illuminate the beauty of a forest path at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield. Nearly half of all the lights used on the new Trail of Lights use LEDs. In the photo, the four cottonwood trees hold well over 100,000 LED lightbulbs alone. Photo courtesy of Scott Dressel-Martin.
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    Covent GardenTarmLED and UVA team up on LED installation at London's Covent GardenDecember 5: As part of its "Delight Christmas" campaign this year, Covent Garden commissioned a light-based sculpture called "Constellation," which hangs from its ceiling. Designed by United Visual Artists, the sculpture comes with a total of 578 two-meter long TARMLED double-sided LED strips and 37 data power distribution units.
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    Chicago Christmas TreePolyBrite's Borealis LED light bulbs will illuminate Chicago’s Daley Plaza Christmas tree December 2: Today, the City of Chicago, Illinois, and Underwriters Laboratories present Chicago’s 95th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Daley Plaza. This year, PolyBrite International's Borealis energy-efficient red, green and white LED light bulbs have been strung on the 85-foot tree. The lights will remain on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until the first week of January.

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    Columbus ZooColumbus Zoo switches out half of holiday light show with LEDsNovember 24: Half of the Columbus (Ohio) Zoo and Aquarium’s 20th annual Wildlights display will be illuminated with LEDs this year. Once the 3 million lights in the show are all LEDs, the zoo expects to save $16,000 a year in electricity costs. Photo courtesy of M. Pogany and the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
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    Winter Light ShowWinter Light Show, Kuwana, JapanNovember 20: Our first example comes via the Gizmodo website, and is an installation of 4.5 million LEDs at the Nabana no Sato theme park in Kuwana, Japan, forming the centerpiece of their annual Winter Light Show that runs until March 8.

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    Image courtesy of Current Lighting
    Strategically placed LED luminaires at critical points such as intersections, crosswalks, and pathways help cities enhance visibility and safety. Integrating aesthetic considerations, such as using decorative fixtures and ensuring uniform light distribution, further enriches the urban landscape without compromising functionality.
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    Photography by Bob Kerns for Luminis
    Luminis Hollowcore LED high-bay pendant in library operations center