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The survey should take 20 minutes and all information you provide will be used in the most appropriate and confidential ways. If you have questions at any time about the survey or the procedures, you may contact Philip Dawsey by email at [email protected].

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The goal is to understand your perceptions of products in the high illuminance lighting market (~400W HID for high bay, high mast, street, parking, sports, architectural, entertainment, grow or other areas). Please limit your responses to high illuminance lighting applications.
 
 
Screener
 
 
 
* How many years have you worked in the lighting industry?
 
0-2
 
2-5
 
5-10
 
10-15
 
15+
 
 
* How involved are you with fixtures more powerful than a 250W HID?
 
Not involved
 
Lightly involved
 
Heavily involved
 
 
* Please indicate your occupation:
 
Lighting Engineer
 
Owner / Operator
 
General contractor
 
Lighting Specifier
 
Sales Agent
 
Electrical contractor
 
Architect/Designer
 
OEM Marketing
 
Distributor
 
OEM Engineer
 
Developer / Builder
 
Municipality
 
Utility
 
Other
 
 
 
Congratulations, you have qualified for this survey! The remaining questions should take 15-20 minutes.
 
 
Section I: Background
 
 
 
* In which state do you do the majority of your lighting work?
 
 
* What is your age?
 
18-24
 
25-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
61+
 
Choose not to respond
 
 
* How many projects involving lighting have you worked on in the past year?
   
 
 
* On average, how many fixtures do you install per job?
   
 
* What percentage of your work is done in each wattage range? (Base responses on HID equivalent wattage)
<100W
100-250W
250-400W
>400W
0
Values must add up to 100
 
 
Section II: Awareness & Current Behavior
 
 
 
* Which lighting technologies might you use for high illuminance applications (high bay, street, architecture, etc.)? Please list all that apply:
   
 
 
* Which of the listed lighting technologies might you use for a high illuminance application? Please select all that apply.
 
Plasma
 
Fluorescent
 
Incandescent
 
LED
 
Induction
 
HID
 
Other
 

 
 
* Of the luminaires that you have specified for high illuminance applications in the past year, what percentage has been from each type of technology? Responses must sum to 100.
Plasma
Other (please specify below)
Fluorescent
HID
Induction
LED
0
Values must add up to 100
 
 
Please Specify Other (if selected):
   
 
 
Please rank the following lighting technologies on fit with each application:
 
 
HID Fit LED Fit Plasma Fit
GoodDecentBadGoodDecentBadGoodDecentBad
* Gas station canopy lighting
* Parking lot lighting
* Gymnasium lighting
* Architectural lighting
* Heavy industrial / warehouse lighting
* Local street lighting
* Highway street lighting
* High mast lighting
* Auto mall lighting
* Sport lighting
 
 
Section III: Technology knowledge and information delivery
 
 
On a scale of 1-5 where a 1 means “Not at all knowledgeable” and 5 means “extremely knowledgeable”, what is your knowledge of each lighting technology?
1 (low) 2 3 4 5 (high)
* Induction
* LED
* Incandescent
* HID
* Plasma
* Fluorescent
 
Based on your knowledge, do you believe the following statements related to LEDs to be true?
True False Don't Know
* LEDs currently make up a larger percentage of indoor installed base than outdoor
* LEDs produce broad-spectrum white light directly
* Haitz’s law states the cost per lumen of LEDs will fall by a factor of 10 every decade
* LEDs turn on instantly
 
Based on your knowledge, do you believe the following statements related to plasma to be true?
True False Don't Know
* Plasma fixtures are less expensive than LED fixtures
* Two plasma sources are required to replace a 400W HID cobrahead
* Plasma has no electrodes
* The plasma RF driver accepts AC power directly
 
 
* Please rank the following LED source manufacturers in terms of the quality of product they produce:
Nichia
Bridgelux
Sieko
Philips Lumileds
Osram Opto
CREE
Seoul Semiconductors
 
 
* Please rank the following plasma source manufacturers in terms of the quality of product they produce:
LG
LUXIM
Ceravision
Topanga
 
 
* What is your best source for information about new technology and products?
   
 
Thinking about how you receive new information, how often to you use each source of information?
Never Rarely Often Very Often
* Training
* Sales agent
* Conference
* Professional agency (IES, IALD, etc.)
* Distributor
* White paper
* Fixture Manufacturer
* Web
* Technical document
 
Thinking about how you receive new information, how trustworthy do you find each source of information?
Untrustworthy Neutral Somewhat trustworthy Very trustworthy
* White paper
* Web
* Distributor
* Professional agency (IES, IALD, etc.)
* Sales agent
* Conference
* Fixture Manufacturer
* Training
* Technical document
 
 
Section IV: Perception
 
 
 
* How quickly do you adopt new technologies?
 
I am one of the first to use new technologies
 
Once a technology has gone through early testing, I will consider using it
 
Once a large fixture manufacturer has tested and developed a product I will use it
 
I will only use a technology once it has become the standard
 
On a scale of 1-5 where a 1 means “Strongly disagree” and 5 means “Strongly agree”, how strongly would you agree with the following statements?
1 (disagree) 2 3 4 5 (agree)
* Plasma efficiency (lm/W) will improve by 15% per year for the next 5 years
* LED is more “green” than plasma
* There is not enough plasma installations to rely on information about plasma
* LEDs will always be more expensive than plasma and HIDs
* Plasma is currently more capable of replacing 400W HID fixtures than LEDs
* LEDs will represent over 50% of outdoor sales in 2015
* Plasma is a mature enough technology that it is ready for prime time
 
On a scale of 1-5 where a 1 indicates “Low importance” and 5 “High importance”, how important is each lighting attribute to you when selecting a fixture?
1 (low) 2 3 4 5 (high)
* Established Technology
* Efficiency (lm/W)
* Light quality (distribution)
* Environmentally Friendly
* Reliability
* Aesthetics
* Service requirements
* CCT
* CRI
* Price
* Size of source
* Control capability
* Warranty
 
 
Please indicate the level of performance of each technology on the attributes below:
 
 
HID Performance LED Performance Plasma Performance
PoorNeutralExcellentPoorNeutralExcellentPoorNeutralExcellent
* Light quality (distribution)
* Price
* Reliability
* CRI
* CCT
* Service requirements
* Efficiency (lm/W)
* Control capability
* Aesthetics
* Environmentally Friendly
* Established Technology
* Size of source
* Warranty
 
Which problems do you associate with each technology? Please mark all that apply.
HID LED Plasma
Expensive
Unproven technology
Prone to thermal issues
High glare
Bad color characteristics
Uneven distribution
Needs frequent servicing
No trustworthy brands
Poor control (dimming)
 
 
Please consider each statement below and indicate how believable and impactful it is.

Please rate each statement independently.
 
 
Believability Impact
LowHighLowHigh
* Sales agents recommend plasma as the ideal solution to replace aging HID technology in high illuminance applications
* The full spectrum of Plasma provides the highest quality of light available on the market
* Plasma meets or exceeds all benefits of LED at half the price
* The tic-tac sized plasma source allows the most flexible fixture design and styling
* Plasma efficiency (Lm/W) will increase by 15-20% per year
* Plasma luminaires will drop to prices equivalent with HIDs in the next 5 yrs
 
 
* Given what is currently available in the high illuminance lighting market, does the market need new products? If yes, what products are needed?
 
Unsure
 
No
 
Yes (please specify below)
 
 
* What benefits would you like the new product to provide that currently available products do not provide? If there are no additional benefits, please check none below.
 
None
 
Specify Benefits
 
 
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