When soccer star Abby Wambach renovated her Portland, Ore., home, one thing was missing: better lighting. So the renovation team, turned to Durham, N.C.-based Cree to solve the issue.
Cree installed about 150 new LED lights throughout Wambach’s renovated home, including New Cree LED Bulbs and BR30 LED Flood Lights. The Energy Star-rated bulbs and flood lights offer omni-directional light that mimic the incandescent lights they replace. In addition, the company says the bulbs consume almost eight times less energy for up to 27 years.
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The new LED bulbs uses a 4Flow Filament Design that looks and lights like a traditional incandescent, offering a color rendering index of 83 to better display colors (read more about the bulb here), while the BR30 LED uses elements of the company’s SC5 Technology Platform. As a result in produces more light with fewer LEDs, resulting in a lower-cost system that does not sacrifice functionality.
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