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Portable. Solar. Outdoor Lighting.
IP44.de is a young and progressive company that is conservative at the same time. They are conservative when it comes to quality standards and production details. Their technologies on the other hand are decidedly progressive. And their history? Well, this has only just begun.
It all began with a question that was both clear and obvious: why shouldn’t luminaires for use outside be at least as aesthetically pleasing as those we have come to love for inside our buildings? This question led to the design of their very first outside luminaire, more than 25 years ago now. Many building owners, planners and architects liked their answer so that countless other luminaires have followed, together with materials, technologies, trials and errors, as well as successes. A tentative experiment turned into a real company: IP44.de, founded and ever since managed by Bernd Schmalhorst. What has stayed unchanged is their focus on top quality design, and their basic conviction that every place deserves great light.
Every place deserves great light.
Powered by the sun. They come into their own when the sun goes down. At the same time, they bring the energy of the golden orb into the dusk in the most flexible fashion: reed solar, cherry bubbls solar, lix spike solar and piek mini solar can be positioned in next-to-no time, wherever atmospheric light is needed. Thanks to the separate wired panel, the energy supply can be aligned ideally to the sun at some distance from the luminaire. Then again, the portable luminaires fil, aqu and qua carry their energy source around with them. They look great inside or out.
Two to three days with 10 hours of sunshine are sufficient to recharge the battery fully with climate-neutral energy via the solar panel.
A battery completely charged via the solar panel has enough power for numerours evenings of atmospheric lighting.
The luminaire switches on automatically when it starts to get dark – and switches off again of its own accord about five hours later. qua and fil can also be switched by hand.
kal solar, reed solar, cherry bubbls solar, lix spike solar and piek mini solar are connected with a lead to the solar panel. Their solar field can therefore be positioned anywhere regardless of the luminaire and in ideal alignment to the sun.
It’s logical: the longer and stronger the sunshine, the greater the burn time and optimum performance. By contrast, operating hours are reduced noticeably in the shade, with incorrect alignment or soiling, when it is cloudy or when the sun is low in the sky.
The battery can also easily bridge three days without sunshine before being recharged again.
Best outside light. For everyone.
Good news for all those who love living outdoors: IP44.DE has converted their luminaires to the color temperature of 2700 Kelvin. Their new standard color temperature gives due consideration to nocturnal insects while still creating atmospheric light and offering guidance. Here are their four most important reasons for 2700 Kelvin.
1 | Light is important as a guide not only for us humans but also for many kinds of animals. For example, butterflies, moths and other nocturnal insects use moonlight to navigate at night. They can hold course by flying at a certain angle to the moon. Artificial light sources can interfere with this guidance, because their proximity makes them shine brighter and replace the moon as fixed point. The effect can be seen sometimes at street lights where insects like moths are drawn to the light.
2 | This applies particularly to luminaires with a high UV or blue share, because nocturnal insects react to a completely different light spectrum than the human eye. Their greatest brightness sensitivity is outside the spectrum of light that is visible to people, and is in the short-wave UV, blue and green range, which is why even matt moonlight gives them sufficient guidance. On the other hand, warm white light diodes emit little UV light, if any.
3 | Warm white LEDs in particular have a large share of long-wave warm light and are largely irrelevant for the guidance of insects. This is verified among others in studies by zoologists from Mainz who positioned insect traps at a wide assortment of street lamps. The least insects were found around the street lamps with warm white LEDs. These are the same LEDs that we use. With immediate effect, our luminaires will be consistently fitted with insect-friendly 2700 Kelvin.
4 | The new standard colour temperature of 2700 Kelvin at IP44.DE is therefore an added benefit for all those who want outside lighting that is not only excellent, but also kind to the environment and to insects. Furthermore, the colour temperature is similar to most indoor luminaires, thus creating a more harmonious changeover between inside and outside light.