A back-lit LED panel is made up of an array of LEDs fitted on the back plate of the LED panel housing, shining vertically down through a diffuser into the space to be illuminated. Back-lit panels are sometimes also known as direct-lit panels.  This design is much for efficient and provides better efficacy for the LEDs.

This new backlit design of the LED panel ensures the failure point of the Gen1 panels (edge-lit) where the diffuser discoloured overtime, doesn’t happen again.

Another major benefit to the new backlit design is the availability of low UGR (Unified Glare Rating), which controls the amount of discomfort-causing glare produced by a lighting installation.  Typically for LED panels this is <19.

Le projet BioProLor 2 est un programme collaboratif de recherche dont l’objectif est la découverte de nouvelles biomolécules actives issues de plantes, le développement de produits innovants et leur mise sur le marché dans les domaines pharmaceutiques, cosmétiques et nutraceutiques. Les expertises complémentaires des partenaires du projet (5 PME et 2 laboratoires académiques) permettent d’aller de la plante au candidat médicament.

The aim of the three-year BRYOFLAM project is to discover new active molecules of plant origin to combat inflammatory diseases of the skin, central and peripheral nervous system and intestine…

The plant platforms we elaborate enables to rationalize and industrialize the discovery and production of very rare plant molecules unlike the traditional destructive techniques. It offers unmatched perspectives for the detection and exploitation of new plant molecules unreachable so far.

BIOPROLOR is a Lorraine project coordinated by PAT Plant Advanced Technologies and gathering 13 academic and private partners since 2010.

Lets first look at the old edge lite design of the LED Panel.  An edge-lit LED panel is made of a row of LEDs attached to the frame (or circumference) of the LED panel, shining horizontally into a light-guide plate (LGP). The LGP directs the light downwards, through a diffuser into the space below. Edge-lit panels are sometimes also known as side-lit panels.  A major downfall with edgelit LED panels is the discolouration of the diffuser after a period of time.

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Caribou produces our EAGLE LED Panels, which are all backlit in design and we offer the low UGR (<19) as an option, along with dimming options including Phase Cut and DALI.

PAT is a plant biotechnology company producing rare new actives dedicated to cosmetic, pharmaceutical and agrochemical markets.

PAT participe au programme collaboratif BioPiper dont l’objectif est le développement de produits de biocontrôle issus d’une plante emblématique de La Réunion de la famille des pipéracées…

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Le projet InnCoCells, a pour but de révolutionner la façon de découvrir, développer et produire des ingrédients cosmétiques validés scientifiquement. C’est un projet de recherche collaborative d’une durée de 4 années, et qui rassemble des compétences et expertises variées …

SmartCell is a European level program gathering 14 of the main European research institutes, 3 SME (including PAT) and 2 large industrial companies…

TerpFactory, launched in mars 2014, is the fisrt LabCom in plant biology that regroups the Strasbourg IBMP (Plant Molecular Biology Institut) and the PAT company.

LED Panels have come leaps and bounds in recent years.  We thought it a good time to explain how the new backlit technology improves the performance and longevity of LED panels for commercial office installations.