What Are Litro Glow Bulbs?

Litro Glow is the world’s best EAL (Emergency Afterglow Lighting) and the first Lighting Technology ever made to “Glow in The Dark” after power interruption and with additional benefits and features never associated with the lighting industry. Until now. Imagine the additional benefit of Energy and Maintenance savings, Health benefits (Full Spectrum Lighting), Safety, and not withstanding, the utilization of our bulbs for plant/vegetative growth, all combined into an Energy savings T-8 format.

Litro Glo bulbs are similar to regular fluorescent lights in respect to installation only, no special ballast or fixtures required. Just install the Litro Glo bulbs in your regular fluorescent fixture and your ready for the WOW! Unlike normal fluorescent bulbs, Litro Glo has almost a 3-4 times longer lifespan, mainly due to the increase in electrode filament sizing, accommodating not only 120VAC but 240VAC as well.

EAL Technology

• The only bulbs containing Afterglow Phosphor Blend
• Glow Charge Rate: Immediate partial charge time / 15 minute full charge time
• Glow Effect: 5 minutes bright glow / Additional 15 minute good glow / 12 hour total glow
• 490 nm spectrum Glow Effect
• Maintenance Free/Worry Free Safety Enhancement: Egress Systems, Stairwells, Basements, Offices, Hallways, Etc.

Full Spectrum

• 5000° K Spectrum Emittance
• Proven Health benefits/Mood enhancement
• Extraordinary Plant /Vegetative Growth

CRI (86)

The Color Rendition Index is a 1-100 scale measuring a light source’s ability to render colors the same sunlight does.

Safety Enhancement

Promotes visual acuity when viewing security cameras, enabling superior vehicle/clothing color recognition.

Specs

• Bulb Type: T-8
• Life: 30,000 - 35,000 Hours
• Lumens: 2960
• 32 Watt
• 110 VAC
• 5000° K Spectrum Emittance
• Standard and Custom Sizes and Types
• Non-Radioactive
• Patented

EAL

In any type of power outage, power failure, the bulb has been implemented with a special phosphor to emit a bright Blue Glow in the event of power failure. Employees and customers can be in many different places in a building when an emergency strikes. Offices, restrooms, basements, parking garages, hallways, elevators and storerooms are just a few examples. Battery powered backup lighting systems may work in these areas but are very costly. They need maintenance, and even then, they can still break down. In the event of an explosion, they can fail. EAL bulbs are an added measure of safety and protection and can be economically justified in areas where costly battery backup emergency lighting cannot. With EAL bulbs, you can always count on them to emit light.

EAL combine a high-spectrum, scotopic-rich phosphor blend with a strontium aluminate(non-radioactive) after-glow phosphor blend in a discharge fluorescent tube. EAL bulbs have been designed to maximize and compliment the eye's ability to see under low light conditions. The combination of this scotopic-rich phosphor blend and the afterglow phosphor blend compliment each other in many ways: visual acuity, scotopic eye response, high-spectrum color correctness, melatonin reduction, energy efficiency, and quicker emergency response time in low light levels.

The EAL afterglow phosphors are fully charged in just 15 minutes and partially charged immediately when turned on. The afterglow light output will continue for a period of time after power is cut off (approximately 20 minutes of higher intensity glow and up to 12 hours of lower glow). Even if the bulb is broken and the gas is released, the pieces on the floor will continue to emit light, maximizing this emergency lighting bulb to its greatest potential. The bulb, when charged, can be removed from the fixture and will continue to glow, and can be used as a portable emergency light source.

Full Spectrum Emittance

Full Spectrum refers to the closest man-made simulation of Natural Sunlight. All lighting presented by Litro Technologies is Full Spectrum. When in discussion of health benefits referencing Litro Glow, Full Spectrum has the optimal integration into the Medical Industry. It has been well documented in doctor’s offices, hospitals, classrooms, office environments, etc. to the health benefits of Full Spectrum introduction.

Why Full Spectrum?

Full Spectrum lighting nourishes every living organism on Earth. Today, people are spending more time indoors and not getting enough sunlight. To achieve the needed balance of sunlight, lighting needs to emit a Full Spectrum of color as well as infrared and ultra violet wavelengths. These specifications are absent from regular fluorescents. All Litro bulbs contain these essential ingredients to achieve the balanced lighting of your body needs. An initiative presented by Pacific Gas and Electric Company has shown the correlation between occupant productivity, to the exposure of sunlight.

The study demonstrates increased retail sales (up an average of 40%), and better schooling test performance (up an average 10-20%), when exposed to our technology. This indicates a clear direction to model our future building endeavors. Daylight/Sunlight design, when integrated into building architect, is the single most powerful strategy to reduce energy use in commercial and institutional buildings (from 30-60% reduction).

Litro Glow In Schools & Healthcare Environments

This study examined student/patient performance and/or recovery when exposed to Litro products. This study was performed in three elementary school districts-one each in California, Washington, and Colorado. Each district has different curricula and teaching styles, different school building designs, and of course very different climates. In spite of these differences, the results of the study showed consistent positive, and highly significant effects on student performance. Not to mention the shorter recovery time when exposed to health lighting 20 minutes a day, in healthcare environments.

Results from the school districts are as follows:

• California: Litro 20% faster progression in math, and 26% faster progression in reading.
• Washington and Colorado: Litro anywhere from 7- 18% in the same progressions.

The Health systems throughout the world have known that Light Box technology has proven to enhance mood, as well as recovery/rehabilitation time. There are companies that offer a Light Box Technology, enabling patients to receive Full Spectrum rehab during office visits. Until now, this technology has been only attributed to a small number of health care organizations, mainly due to cost.

Read about a recent study involving the impact of light on teenagers’ sleeping habits here!

Growth Enhancement

With the benefit of Full Spectrum, plant/vegetative growth now can be accomplished with a plug and play option of our Litro Glow’s. They are the only bulb on the market with the Growth Effect, in addition to all above mentioned features. A T-8 format to allow residential/commercial OEM change over, with little or no expense. Numerous trials and experimentation have been performed over the last few years, and the results are staggering. Experimentations have shown as much as double the growth rate comparative to normal growing procedures.

Just think of a grow environment in your basement, garage, or anywhere that this accomplishment could have never been ascertained without buying a special purpose grow-light. The drawback of most of these lights vary from very expensive, very short life span, and just generally lacking the punch to properly perform to most needs.

Cost Savings

The following example is a Cost Savings analysis based on a change over to Litro Glow:

A parking garage utilization of 7000 regular T-8’s changed out annually.

• Energy cost: With implementation of our special phosphor blend, illumination is greatly enhanced, presenting a 1 to 2 change out ratio. In some circumstances, certain establishments have gone as far as a 1 to 3 change out. This basically proves to be roughly a fifty percent energy savings mechanism as well.
• Maintenance cost: Roughly 2 bulbs per hour change out, $10.00 per hour charge equating to $35,000.00 per year in maintenance fees.
• Disposal cost: Disposal rates range from $ 0.65 to $ 1.00 per bulb, dependent on the state equating to $7,000 per year in disposal fees.

As mentioned previously, Litro Glow has a projected life of 30,000 - 35,000 hours, roughly 3 to 4 times longer than typical inexpensive commercial fluorescents. When equating cost savings, Litro Glow’s will only require one change out per 4 years, versus 4 change outs of the inexpensive commercial fluorescents.

Type	Formula	Savings
Maintenance Savings	$35,000 X 3 Years of No Change Outs	$105,000
Disposal Savings	$7,000 X 3 Years of No Disposal Fees	$21,000
Energy Savings	32W 50% savings over 4 years ($0.12/KWH - based on 8 hours/ day 260 business days X 4 years)	$220,000
	Total Savings	$346,000