The following post was written by Maureen Quinlan from Philips Color Kinetics. The arches, the domes, the organs, the altars, and the stained glass windows of a church of any faith seem to glow with a little help from the heavens. These days that effect is not only from natural light, it is enhanced by LED lighting solutions. With white and colored LED lighting solutions, Philips Color Kinetics has helped many churches create an entirely new atmosphere within the walls of worship. Recent trends have suggested that it is many churches’ goal to emerge from the shad...

Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting, announced it is illuminating the interior of Notre-Dame de Paris with LEDs that will show off the cathedral’s gothic features as never seen before. Philips is placing LED technology at the service of 850 years of history, paying tribute to the architecture of this Gothic masterpiece. A total of more than 400 luminaires were used, with an installed capacity of just 30 kW, compared with almost 140 kW previously – reducing energy consumption by 80 percent.