June 2014

LightNOW recently reported on an Application Summary Report published by the Department of Energy’s CALiPER program, which evaluated bare-lamp performance for 31 linear LED lamps and found that while the lamps provided similar efficacy, tested average light output was half as much as the benchmark 32W fluorescent T8 lamp, and there was significant variation in [...]

LIGHTFAIR was extraordinary this year, with many new products deserving attention. Dynamic control, color tuning, new forms and approaches, improving LED performance, extended control capabilities and more–get it all at the LIGHTFAIR Innovation Award entries here. The winners are included.

Sixteen award winners representing architectural lighting design projects from 10 countries comprise the winners of the 31st Annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards, recognized at a presentation held June 4 at LIGHTFAIR. Of the 16 projects recognized, four entries earned a Special Citation, five earned Awards of Merit and seven [...]

At LIGHTFAIR, Cooper Lighting announced the winners of the 37th Annual SOURCE Awards national lighting design competition. The annual competition, which began in 1977, focuses on furthering the understanding, knowledge and function of lighting as a primary element in design and requires the predominant use of lighting and controls products from Eaton’s Cooper Lighting business. [...]

Peerless Lighting’s Open LED Luminaire was recognized at the 2014 LIGHTFAIR International Innovation Awards competition for the Most Innovative Product of the Year award. Open luminaires from Peerless use constructive occlusion to reflect and diffuse LED light across an inner arch and back down to produce soft, comfortable illumination from a lens-free linear form. Open [...]

PIXI Lighting recently announced it will begin selling its products through Grainger. Effective June 1, 2014, Grainger will be the only supplier to offer PIXI products, including FlatLight Luminaires, the company’s ultra-thin, edge-lit LED, commercial-grade flat light. In addition, Grainger will offer its customers the following lighting products from PIXI: · 1’x1’, 2’x2’ and 1’x2’ [...]

The 2013 GE Edison Award was presented to Robert Shook, Maureen Mahr, Jennifer Curtis and Kimberley Corbett-Oates of Schuler Shook (Chicago, Illinois, USA) for lighting City Performance Hall in Dallas, Texas, USA. A personalized Steuben crystal award for the winner of this 31st annual lighting design competition was presented by GE Lighting on June 2, [...]

Acuity Brands, Inc. is demonstrating lighting technology that empowers retailers to enhance customers’ experiences through their mobile devices and increase in-store sales. With more than 60% of mobile shoppers using smartphones while in-store, and 85% of consumers using retailers’ native apps or websites during shopping trips (The Dawn of Mobile Influence Study, Deloitte Consulting LLP, [...]

The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has launched a new collaborative initiative, the Lighting Energy Alliance, to increase the benefits of lighting while reducing its environmental and monetary costs. Member utilities and efficiency agencies will direct the work of the Alliance in order to produce the information needed to effectively reduce lighting [...]