With the introduction of new LED lighting products, Akari are moving into a higher profile modus operandi and still maintaining their environmentally friendly ethics. Since the 1950s they have been producing remarkable eco-lighting sculptures that have always maintained a natural conservation of the environment. The products started and have continued to date using a simple bamboo and Japanese mulberry paper construction to hand-make beautifully natural eco-lights. And yes , their basic structure is handmade. Now they are going a step further and introducing one of the most promising forms of energy saving lights, using the energy conserving technology of LED (Light Emitting Diode).

Semiconductors and Electroluminescence a Growing Technology
LED lighting uses a semiconductor technology that has been around for at least half a century. Within that technology is the use of the electro-chemical mechanism known as electroluminescence. This phenomenon was first discovered over a century ago when certain materials, nowadays we use semiconductors, release photons of light when excited by electrons as in the case of applying an electric current. More scientific research and developments were made in the 1960s as to its use as a possible manufacturing lighting system; however it was a costly product relative to standard incandescent lights and similar products. With the increased awareness of environmental issues, LEDs regained the interest of green manufacturers.

LED Creating Its Own Limelight

It appears that the LED has really moved into the limelight with its many advantages when compared with other lighting technology systems both old and new. These include:

• Dependability
• High energy-saving qualities per units of light emitted
• Robust and impact resistant structure
• Long life
• Diverse applications
• Suitable for use across a broad spectrum of environmental conditions of temperature and humidity
• Construction with nonhazardous raw materials (i.e. no acid, lead, cadmium or mercury).

The future of our world really can look brighter in an eco-friendly way with LEDs and like products such as this.