Objective:

To design, develop and prototype a new lighting fixture to accept the LED IntelliTube® light bulb. The new design is intended to be lightweight, smaller in size, easy to install, and equipped with grounding conductor wires and universal shock mounting. The new design will be evaluated for ease of installation, lighting levels achieved, and other worker feedback. The design will undergo a design review, including involvement of Navy Technical Warrant Holders. These fixtures will be adaptable across all platforms, will minimize electricity costs, and integrate best practices for the development and management of electrical systems.

Summary:

This project focuses on the reduction of Total Ownership Costs over the life of the ship through replacement of legacy fluorescent lighting with All-Platform Affordable LED (APALED) Lighting. These fixtures utilize the IntelliTube® lamp and are lighter-weight, flicker-free, shock proof (with no mounts), watertight and submersible, with a lamp lifespan five times that of fluorescent lights at the same luminosity levels. Fixtures will be created for each general light variation across all platforms. Another system component that will be tested and customized for both shipbuilders and onboard Navy personnel include a connectorized power hook-up, including a grounding conductor for use during ship construction; this allows for rapid fixture movement without tag-out when fixtures need to be moved. This also allows the fixture to have through wiring connections, so one fixture acts as the junction box for the next, which reduces the amount of wiring on the ship to save cost, weight and complexity.

Pilot installation of 40 prototype fixtures on the DDG114 USS Ralph Johnson at Ingalls Shipbuilding is planned.

Point of Contact:

Lowan Laws, Energy Focus, Inc.

Overview

Major Initiative: Shipdesign Icon
Information, Design, & Integration

Project Team:

  • Energy Focus, Inc.
  • Ingalls Shipbuilding
  • General Dynamics Electric Boat
  • Vigor Industrial
  • Bollinger Shipyards
  • General Dynamics NASSCO
  • Magnet
  • The Technology House

August 2013 - July 2015

NSRP ASE Investment: $1.2M

Industry Investment: $630K

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