Sustainable Lighting Solutions with Light-Emitting Diodes
Rick Marino, Cree
Cree leads the light-emitting diode (LED) lighting revolution with high quality and high-performance LED lighting products. The difference begins with Cree TrueWhite Technology, a new way to generate white light with LEDs. This technology is elegantly simple, yet incredibly effective, as it delivers high efficacy light with warm color characteristics by mixing the light from yellow and red LEDs. This approach enables active color management to maintain tight color consistency over the life of the product. With color rendering index values of 90+, the quality of light is much better than fluorescent and allows you to see vibrant colors.
Cree's products combine Cree TrueWhite Technology with numerous technical innovations, including breakthroughs in optical design, electronics design, mechanical design, and thermal management to develop market-leading LED lighting products. These products are changing the way we look at light.
Compared to conventional technologies, Cree LED Lighting products can deliver the same amount of light using as little as 10 to 15 percent of the power. This huge reduction in energy consumption can enable consumers to save hundreds of dollars over the life of each light on energy alone. This, along with reduced maintenance and no additional disposal costs, adds up to significant savings.
Rick Marino has more than 10 years of sales experience in his career, with a primary focus on selling to the federal government. Mr. Marino joined Cree in 2009 and has since been providing energy saving solutions to various governmental agencies with LED lighting. As the director of government sales, Mr. Marino is responsible for building the sales channel through education of solid state lighting, while understanding the mandates, requirements and regulations of federal customers.