SAN MARCOS, Texas, USA -- As cities look to create identity while respecting the environment and providing their citizens with a sense of security and community, Philips is launching an innovative new line of outdoor LED lighting solutions that can support those goals. SoleCity from Philips Lumec allows cities to achieve uniformity in design and optimum style, with the performance and energy efficiency of LED technology.

With lifetimes of up to 100,000 hours and energy savings of up to 60 percent, SoleCity is a high performance alternative to high intensity discharge (HID) products, featuring the sleekness of LEDs, color quality and light uniformity enabled by Philips LUXEON LED technology. Based on the Philips LEDgine platform, SoleCity also offers the flexibility of a modular approach, which allows for different LED configurations, enabling the systems to be tailored to a customer's unique needs such as application and light output. This helps ensure that light levels and light quality meet application requirements, while protecting investment in the lighting system by allowing it to be expanded or adjusted as the lighting requirements for a particular environment evolve.

"Working with landscape architects and lighting designers, Philips Lumec has designed the SoleCity family of products with a one-of-a-kind, modern look," said François L'Écuyer, Director of New Product Development for Philips Lumec. "The unique slender design and crisp white light, as well as color uniformity from one luminaire to another are among the many benefits of using Philips LUXEON LEDs. Partnering with Maglin has also enabled us to give specifiers design continuity, from luminaire to park bench, helping them to enhance a city's identity and sense of community."

The SoleCity Street and Area Luminaire's brackets and structures have sleek, fluid, continuous lines, with seamless joints for refined aesthetics. For the first time, Philips Lumec will be introducing Architectural Lighting for a complete, integrated look. Further helping cities enhance their sense of identity, SoleCity also offers the added benefit of customizable finishes to ensure that lighting products truly complement a city's personality.

SoleCity includes 8 distinct LED outdoor lighting products, in 3 categories:

• Street and Area Lighting - Small LED Street & Area Luminaire, Medium LED Street & Area Luminaire, LED Mid-Pole Light
• Architectural Lighting - LED Flood Light, LED Wallwash, LED Canopy Light
• Functional and Ambience Lighting - LED Light Column, LED Bollard
  The entire SoleCity collection is rated IP66, protecting the light source and electrical components from degradation caused by environmental elements such as rain, ice, snow and dust.
  

For more information on Philips Lumec or SoleCity, please visit www.lumec.com.