scholarly journals ‘To LED or Not to LED?’: Using Color Priming for Influencing Consumers’ Preferences of Light Bulbs

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1401
Author(s):  
Iris Gavish ◽  
Abraham Haim ◽  
Doron Kliger
Keyword(s):  
Blue Light ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Purchasing Decisions ◽  
Light Bulb ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Led Light ◽  
Red Led ◽  
Color Priming ◽  
New Research

Recently, we have seen energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) light bulbs rapidly replace incandescent ones. However, results of new research are indicative of adverse health impacts of LED lighting, which is characterized by enriched blue light. Our study aims to reveal whether using color priming by attaching red/green traffic-light icons on light bulbs influences consumers’ preferences of light bulbs. We conducted a field study simulating the buying process, in which participants (N = 572) were presented with LED and carbon incandescent bulbs. We alternately displayed two pairs of bulbs: (1) in their original packaging and (2) in packages marked with traffic light icons (red = LED). Our results confirm that traffic light icons significantly (p < 0.01) increase the odds of choosing the healthier carbon bulb. The results highlight the benefits of attaching traffic light icons to light bulb packaging, helping consumers to make more health-conscientious purchasing decisions. Nowadays, this study’s contribution is more significant due to COVID-19 restrictions and stay-at-home policies, since people work or study remotely, which increases their exposure to household lighting. These results may incentivize policymakers to enforce adding traffic light icons to light bulb packaging, thus encouraging LED light bulb manufacturers to reduce the blue light component in order to improve the health aspect of their bulbs.

scholarly journals Effect of 660 nm Light-Emitting Diode on the Wound Healing in Fibroblast-Like Cell Lines

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myung-Sun Kim ◽  
Yong-Ick Cho ◽  
Min-Suk Kook ◽  
Sang-Chul Jung ◽  
Young-Hyun Hwang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Proliferation ◽  
Wound Healing ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Biological Effects ◽  
Soft Tissue Injuries ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Led Light ◽  
Red Led ◽  
And Migration

Light in the red to near-infrared (NIR) range (630–1000 nm), which is generated using low energy laser or light-emitting diode (LED) arrays, was reported to have a range of beneficial biological effects in many injury models. NIR via a LED is a well-accepted therapeutic tool for the treatment of infected, ischemic, and hypoxic wounds as well as other soft tissue injuries in humans and animals. This study examined the effects of exposure to 660 nm red LED light at intensities of 2.5, 5.5, and 8.5 mW/cm2for 5, 10, and 20 min on wound healing and proliferation in fibroblast-like cells, such as L929 mouse fibroblasts and human gingival fibroblasts (HGF-1). A photo illumination-cell culture system was designed to evaluate the cell proliferation and wound healing of fibroblast-like cells exposed to 600 nm LED light. The cell proliferation was evaluated by MTT assay, and a scratched wound assay was performed to assess the rate of migrating cells and the healing effect. Exposure to the 660 nm red LED resulted in an increase in cell proliferation and migration compared to the control, indicating its potential use as a phototherapeutic agent.

PHOTOTHERAPY FOR MILD TO MODERATE ACNE VULGARIS WITH PORTABLE BLUE AND RED LED

2011 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUANGDA LIU ◽  
CHANGE PAN ◽  
KAI LI ◽  
YUAN TAN ◽  
XUNBIN WEI
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Acne Vulgaris ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Led Light ◽  
Led Phototherapy ◽  
Red Led ◽  
Complete Treatment

In this paper, we studied portable blue and red light-emitting-diode (LED) light sources in phototherapy for mild to moderate acne vulgaris to evaluate the efficacy and tolerance of patients. Patients, randomly divided into blue and red groups, received either blue or red LED phototherapy twice a week for four weeks. After complete treatment, the number of lesions reduced by 71.4% in the blue group, in contrast to 19.5% in the red group. No obvious side effects were observed during and one month after the treatment, except for some mild dryness mentioned by several patients.

scholarly journals Power Flow Analysis and Critical Design Issues of Retrofit Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Light Bulb

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 3830-3840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sinan Li ◽  
Huanting Chen ◽  
Siew-Chong Tan ◽  
S. Y. Hui ◽  
Eberhard Waffenschmidt
Keyword(s):  
Power Flow ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Design Issues ◽  
Light Bulb ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Led Light ◽  
Critical Design ◽  
Power Flow Analysis

scholarly journals Stimulation of Light-Emitting Diode Treatment on Defence System and Changes in Mesocarp Metabolites of Avocados Cultivars (Hass and Fuerte) during Simulated Market Shelf Conditions

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1654
Author(s):  
Semakaleng Mpai ◽  
Dharini Sivakumar
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Light Exposure ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Persea Americana ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Fungicide Treatment ◽  
Led Light ◽  
Red Led ◽  
Simulated Market ◽  
Led Lights

The ability of light-emitting diode (LED) light treatment to reduce the anthracnose decay via its eliciting effects and thus induce resistance in the avocado (Persea americana), was investigated in this study to replace the current postharvest fungicide treatment. In experiment 1, the effect of blue or red LED lights (6 h per day) on the incidence of anthracnose in artificially inoculated (Colletotrichum gloesposorioides) and naturally infected avocados (cv. Fuerte and Hass) at 12–14 °C (simulated market shelf) for 4, 8, 14, and 16 days was investigated. In experiment 2, the effect of blue or red LED lights on the induced defence mechanism, fruit metabolites, antioxidant activity, and percentage of fruit reaching ready-to-eat stage was determined. Exposure to red LED light significantly reduced the anthracnose decay incidence in naturally infected cv. Fuerte on day 12 and in cv. Hass on day 16 compared to the prochloraz fungicide treatment by upregulating the PAL genes and maintaining the epicatechin content. Blue LED light accelerated the ripening in both cultivars, probably due to reduced D-mannoheptulose content. Red LED light exposure for 6 h per day and 12 days storage showed potential to replace the prochloraz treatment with improved ascorbic acid content and antioxidant activity.

scholarly journals Growth and Appearance Quality of Four Microgreen Species under Light-emitting Diode Lights with Different Spectral Combinations

HortScience ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (9) ◽  
pp. 1399-1405
Author(s):  
Qinglu Ying ◽  
Yun Kong ◽  
Youbin Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Plant Height ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Photon Flux ◽  
Photon Flux Density ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Led Light ◽  
Red Led ◽  
Dry Biomass

To investigate plant growth and quality responses to different light spectral combinations, cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata f. rubra), kale (Brassica napus L. ‘Red Russian’), arugula (Eruca sativa L.), and mustard (Brassica juncea L. ‘Ruby steak’) microgreens were grown in a controlled environment using sole-source light with six different spectra: 1) FL: cool white fluorescent light; 2) BR: 15% blue and 85% red light-emitting diode (LED); 3) BRFRL: 15% blue, 85% red, and 15.5 µmol·m−2·s−1 far-red (FR) LED; 4) BRFRH: 15% blue, 85% red, and 155 µmol·m−2·s−1 FR LED; 5) BGLR: 9% blue, 6% green, and 85% red LED; and 6) BGHR: 5% blue, 10% green, and 85% red LED. For all the light treatments, the total photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) was set at ≈330 µmol·m−2·s−1 under a 17-hour photoperiod, and the air temperature was ≈21 °C with 73% relative humidity (RH). At harvest, BR vs. FL increased plant height for all the tested species except arugula, and enlarged cotyledon area for kale and arugula. Adding high-intensity FR light to blue and red light (i.e., BRFRH) further increased plant height for all species, and cotyledon area for mustard, but it did not affect the fresh or dry biomass for any species. Also, BRFRH vs. BR increased cotyledon greenness for green-leafed species (i.e., arugula, cabbage, and kale), and reduced cotyledon redness for red-leafed mustard. However, BGLR, BGHR, and BRFRL, compared with BR, did not affect plant height, cotyledon area, or fresh or dry biomass. These results suggest that the combination of 15% blue and 85% red LED light can potentially replace FL as the sole light source for indoor production of the tested microgreen species. Combining high-intensity FR light, rather than low-level (≤10%) green light, with blue and red light could be taken into consideration for the optimization of LED light spectral quality in microgreen production under environmental conditions similar to this experiment.

scholarly journals Physiological and Proteomic Insights Into Red and Blue Light-Mediated Enhancement of in vitro Growth in Scrophularia kakudensis—A Potential Medicinal Plant

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abinaya Manivannan ◽  
Prabhakaran Soundararajan ◽  
Yoo Gyeong Park ◽  
Byoung Ryong Jeong
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Enzymes ◽  
Blue Light ◽  
Stress Responses ◽  
Antioxidant Property ◽  
Post Translational Modification ◽  
Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Led Light ◽  
Red Led

The current study has determined the effect of red and blue lights on the enhancement of growth, antioxidant property, phytochemical contents, and expression of proteins in Scrophularia kakudensis. In vitro-grown shoot tip explants of S. kakudensis were cultured on the plant growth regulator-free Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium and cultured under the conventional cool white fluorescent lamp (control), blue light-emitting diodes (LED) light, or red LED light. After 4 weeks, growth, stomatal ultrastructure, total phenols and flavonoids, activities of antioxidant enzymes, and protein expressions were determined. Interestingly, blue or red LED treatment increased the shoot length, shoot diameter, root length, and biomass on comparison with the control. In addition, the LED treatments enhanced the contents of phytochemicals in the extracts. The red LED treatment significantly elicited the accumulation of flavonoids in comparison with the control. In accordance with the secondary metabolites, the LED treatments modulated the activities of antioxidant enzymes. Moreover, the proteomic insights using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis system revealed the proteins involved in transcription and translation, carbohydrate mechanism, post-translational modification, and stress responses. Taken together, the incorporation of blue or red LED during in vitro propagation of S. kakudensis can be a beneficial way to increase the plant quality and medicinal values of S. kakudensis.

scholarly journals Design of a Secondary Freeform Lens of UV LED Mosquito-Trapping Lamp for Enhancing Trapping Efficiency

Crystals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Hsiung Tseng ◽  
Diana Juan ◽  
Wei-Cheng Hsiao ◽  
Cheng-Han Chan ◽  
Hsin-Yi Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Light Intensity ◽  
Intensity Distribution ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Trapping Efficiency ◽  
Axially Symmetric ◽  
Light Intensity Distribution ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Led Light ◽  
Uv Led ◽  
Freeform Lens

In this study, our proposed ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV LED) mosquito-trapping lamp is designed to control diseases brought by insects such as mosquitoes. In order to enable the device to efficiently catch mosquitoes in a wider area, a secondary freeform lens (SFL) is designed for UV LED. The lens is mounted on a 3 W UV LED light bar as a mosquito-trapping lamp of the new UV LED light bar module to achieve axially symmetric light intensity distribution. The special SFL is used to enhance the trapping capabilities of the mosquito-trapping lamp. The results show that when the secondary freeform surface lens is applied to the experimental outdoor UV LED mosquito-trapping lamp, the trapping range can be expanded to 100π·m2 and the captured mosquitoes increased by about 300%.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document