LED Shipboard Lighting: A Comparative Analysis

Abstract

This thesis attempts to answer the question provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) as to "why LEDs, given their better efficiency, reliability, and maintainability are so difficult to implement in the Navy with an emphasis on shipboard use." This project gives a brief background into LEDs and gives a critical look into the cost benefit analysis (CBA), from maintenance costs to military specifications, in an attempt to provide a more realistic CBA using a hybrid approach. In addition, to focus on hard quantifying benefits, such as productivity and health benefits, from switching to better quality lighting fixtures. Also examined are the organizational barriers affecting innovation takeoff of LEDs implementation within the Navy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA514268

Entities

People

  • Aaron T. Freymiller

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Energy Consumption
  • Governments
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Navy
  • Onboard
  • Organizational Structure
  • Productivity
  • Semiconductors
  • Shipboard
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • United States
  • Uss George Washington

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).