Cree Inc. introduces its CXB High Bay LED luminaire, offering improved reliability and greater value. Improving upon the first LED fixture designed to compete directly with traditional high bay luminaires installed in North America, the Cree CXB Series LED high bay fixtures have advanced to offer even better light performance, lower operating costs and longer life as the ideal LED replacement for high ceiling applications.
Cree’s CXB High Bay LED fixture delivers up to 24,000 lumens and provides a combination of high performance and affordability, eliminating the need for energy-wasting fluorescent and HID high bay luminaires. The newest CXB High Bay LED luminaire provides customers with a better light experience through a higher color rendering index of 80-plus and delivers greater efficiency of 113 lumens per watt, lowering operating costs and paying for itself in less than three years. It also includes an improved thermal system, ensuring high reliability over its 100,000-hour rated lifetime and an updated lens mounting and edge design.
Connersville High School (CHS) in Connersville, Ind., home to the Spartan Bowl—one of the largest gymnasiums in the state, recently replaced dim and costly metal halide high-bay lights with Cree’s CXB Series. Prior to installing Cree’s CXB High Bay LED luminaires, it took eight minutes for the gym’s lights to reach full brightness, forcing them to choreograph athletic events and other ceremonies around the warm-up time and, at times, resulting in introducing teams and participants in the dark. The school swapped existing fixtures with Cree’s CXB Series in a 4000K color temperature, immediately boosting light levels from 30- to 70-foot candles with improved color rendering, while cutting energy usage in half and offering zero maintenance requirements for years to come.