OLED Academy - prospects for energy saving and design
The project will, through training in and testing of OLEDs (organic light-emitting diodes) prepare the ground for a development where the OLED can be a driver for energy savings from innovative design solutions created by Danish lighting technology companies. OLED Academy kickstarts the exploration of the possibilities the OLED technology brings about.
The project seeks to raise the level of knowledge for a generation in the lighting industry in the scientific field of OLED, and catalyze the realization of new product solutions based on OLED technology. By providing such a massive and widely communicated knowledge lift in a narrow professional segment, a window of opportunity opens to catalyze many effects that can generate additional revenue on products based on OLED technology, thus catalyzing energy savings on a technology that is becoming increasingly more energy efficient.
The designers in the lighting industry is one of the vital link in the value chain for the realization of lighting solutions. By creating a special targeted training lifting this creative part of the value creation process to a level that allows creation of unique solutions, the project creates foundation for growth and jobs based on what new possibilities OLED technology brings about.
DTU Fotonik and Danish Lighting Center constitute the project team, ranging far in width between all actors in the lighting industry and in-depth in scientific skilts. In addition to course materials 2 OLED knowledge centers (DTU Fotonik and DCL), a supplier networks, publications in Danish / English, conference and 5 successful prototypes are created in the project on the way to fulfill its vision.
The objective was to raise the level of knowledge in the lighting industry of OLED technology, and catalyze the realization of new products based on OLED technology.
The designers in the lighting industry is one of the vital links in the value chain for the realization of lighting solutions and new lighting products. The OLED Academy project arranged during the last half of 2018 a course for 20 designers, who got to learn from experts from DTU Fotonik and DCL about OLED technology and lighting design, respectively. The subsequent task for each participant was to design a product based on OLED technology.
Five winning contributions were selected and realized as final models. The five models where exhibited during a final exhibition in Copenhagen at Design Werck, a meeting point and showroom for selected contemporary Danish and Scandinavian design,
on December 11, 2018.
The project and its results were noticed in several articles in lighting magazines in both Denmark and
Sweden.
All participating deigners have all rights to the designs and models that they have developed in the OLED Academy project. It is hoped that the project will encourage lighting designers to use the knowledge about OLED technology in further work, which will lead to more OLED‐based applications and products.
Furthermore, within the project, there was a report conducted, which concluded the state of the art regarding OLED technology, and also presented a photometric characterization study of a number of purchased OLED panels.
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Participants
| Partner | Subsidy | Auto financing |
|---|---|---|
| Dansk Center for Lys |
