Panasonic Donates LED Clear Light Bulbs to the State Hermitage Museum

Panasonic Corporation today announced that Panasonic Russia, Ltd. donated a total of 1,812 LED clear light bulbs - 1,693 candle type and 119 incandescent bulb type bulbs1 - to the State Hermitage Museum, one of the three most globally renowned museums and registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1990, in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of its foundation on December 5, 2014.

Incandescent light bulbs were widely used in the State Hermitage Museum's chandeliers and luminaires. The Museum has now decided to adopt Panasonic's LED light bulbs to reduce energy consumption and improve ease of maintenance while preserving the beauty and value of the decorative articles and collection of paintings inherited from the history-rich House of Romanov.
Replacing incandescent light bulbs with LED clear light bulbs allows energy consumption to be reduced by approximately 83%2. The company's proprietary Center Mount Technology3 can produce light similar to incandescent light bulbs...

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