Lighting Facts showcases LED luminaire manufacturers who commit to testing products and reporting performance results according to industry standards. For lighting buyers, designers, and energy efficiency programs, the Lighting Facts label provides information essential to evaluating products and identifying the best options. Lighting Facts is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to assure [...]
Posted on March 30, 2011, 6:52 AM, by Craig DiLouie, under
LED + SSL.
The U.S. Department of Energy has published the final report from a demonstration conducted at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, to evaluate the feasibility of replacing halogen accent lighting with LED accent lighting. This GATEWAY demonstration report provides an overview of project results including lighting performance, economic performance, and potential energy [...]
Posted on March 29, 2011, 7:01 AM, by Craig DiLouie, under
Daylighting.
Speaking of the 2010 Solar Decathlon, you can check out the projects at the Solar Decathlon website. Here’s the Parsons project. Check out the rest here.
Lighting Science Group has announced that it has become a sponsor of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2011. The Solar Decathlon is an award-winning program that challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive. The winner of the competition is the team that best [...]
Litecontrol’s Wall/Slot 8400 is a smaller-profile version of the company’s 85N product, allowing it to fit more easily into crowded ceiling spaces. This luminaire illuminates upper walls at the ceiling edge, creating a floating ceiling effect and adding to the brightness and sense of spaciousness of the room. Click here to learn more about this [...]
Love watching the craftsmanship and technique that goes into the creation of beautiful hand-blown glass light fixtures. Check out this video by Steven Dale Studios.
Posted on March 24, 2011, 6:43 AM, by Craig DiLouie, under
Opinion.
This blog post at the Philips community website, “Lighting Up Memory,” looks at the Berlin Wall and its impact on local lighting. The post discusses key elements of Alexander Tolle’s 2009 whitepaper on post-unification Berlin, Urban identity policies in Berlin: From critical reconstruction to reconstructing the Wall. It’s an interesting read; check it out here [...]
Posted on March 23, 2011, 7:28 AM, by Craig DiLouie, under
People.
Mundo Illumination has appointed 25-year sales veteran Gary Mann to Vice President of Sales. Digital Lumens has appointed Fritz Morgan, formerly of Joule Unlimited, to Chief Product Officer. Howard P. Lewis, representing the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES), has been re-elected chair of the National Lighting Bureau. Outdoor lighting manufacturer Sentry Electric has [...]
The Lighting Controls Association’s website has been relaunched in a Web 2.0 format (blog with Twitter, RSS, Facebook, YouTube) at www.lightingcontrolsassociation.org. This was a big project that required us to move a lot of content into the new format that is now easier to search, share, comment. If you have not yet checked out this [...]
Dialight’s StreetSENSE SL Series LED Street Light is a pole-mounted cobra head full cutoff Type II LED luminaire suitable for walkways, roads, bike trails, parking lots and similar applications. Each 131W unit, rated at over 50 lumens/W, is intended to replace 250W mercury vapor and similar HID luminaires for significant energy savings and other benefits. [...]
