Hall 6 at Light+Building 2012 was for decorative lighting exhibitions, where the major European lighting companies showcased their latest endeavors.

The exhibiting products consisted of assorted decorative lighting products, including indoors chandelier, table lamp and lighting decorations.

Unlike the excessive lighting at other halls, Hall 6’s lighting gave out a magnificent vibe. The participating companies used a great amount of warm white lights to create a warm atmosphere.

Different types of crystal chandeliers have become a part of decorations in European households. The crystal chandelier allows you to easily create a warm and elegant residential environment.

Decorative lighting’s importance is highlighted in Europe. Spanish light product maker Mantra, with 12 years of history in the making, turns lighting fixtures into installation arts, establishing a pond-like living environment.

German company EGLO, whose business is mostly in Germany and Italy, released dimmable LED decorative light bars which allow the users to bring their creativity into full play in decorating their living rooms and dining rooms with the light bars.

The Future of Traditional Light Sources

Although incandescent lights will soon be banned in Europe, a lot of traditional light products could still be seen at the exhibition hall.

According to LEDinside’s interviews with several European decorative lighting companies, most of them stated that due to the clients’ preference for magnificent lighting, energy-saving efficiency and practicality is secondary. As a result, a lot of products’ light sources were halogen lights. On account of halogen light’s high temperature, Hall 6’s temperature was obviously higher than those in other halls.

According to LEDinside’s survey, LED lights’ penetration rate among the decorative lighting products was merely 5%-20%.

Europe has established specific standards for light bulb’s luminous efficacy. LEDinside points out that European Union categorizes light bulbs into different types (A-F) according to their luminous efficacy and luminous flux, in the hope of accelerating the phasing out of incandescent lights.

According to LEDinside’s survey, most manufacturers still use type D halogen lights. 40W and 25W incandescent light bulbs will be forbidden to sell after September, 2012; only light bulbs with luminous efficacies higher than that of type C are allowed to sell. EU plans to totally phase out traditional lights by 2015.