November 2016

The Lightspace California conference will take place February 28-March 2, 2017 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. “We believe the West Coast is long overdue a dedicated event for the lighting specification community, a place where the emphasis is on inspiration and design, rather than technology,” the show’s website states. “A place where creativity [...]

Columbia Lighting recent launched one of its first modular designs, the new CWM, a contemporary wall-mount LED luminaire. The luminaire offers a simple modular design with interchangeable lenses (and optional 3form lens for additional styling and flexibility) and end caps. Thelens is easily removed for module replacement. Semi-recessed and flush-mount configurations. The LEDs operate at [...]

From LUX: “Hackers harnessing Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including smart lights, have crashed some of the world’s biggest websites including Spotify, PayPal and Twitter. It is no secret, as revenues from LEDs fade, that the lighting industry is placing a big pile of gambling chips on the success of the Internet of Things, but [...]

Microsoft Research has developed a prototype for an E-Ink device that is powered by ambient light, including electric lighting, via an integral solar panel. The device functions as a digital Post-It Note. Create the note using a PC or smartphone and send it to the device using Bluetooth. The message will stay on the screen [...]

The Lighting Architecture Movement Project, or LAMP, was founded in 2013 by a group exhibition demonstrating light and form through architectural design. In 2014, it announced its first International Lighting Design Competition. Focused on the theme of “Cosmic,” LAMP 2016 received 132 submissions from 27 countries. The three winners are shown below. View all entries [...]

Channel Marketing Group’s David Gordon contributed an editorial to the Electrical Trends website expressing concern about Verizon’s acquisition of Sensity Systems. He warns the acquisition may result in disruption to electrical disruption. Specifically: Acquisition of Sensity could lead to packaging of IIoT-friendly intelligent lighting, PoE, and lighting as a service to large corporate customers and [...]

IOTA’s new ILB-CP07-2H Emergency LED Driver offers UL Classified emergency capability to FEMA two-hour applications. This provides emergency capability to Class 2 LED fixtures for FEMA tornado shelters and safe rooms. The ILB-CP07-2H features a constant 7W output, which means constant emergency illumination with no light degradation while occupants remain in the designated safe area. [...]

ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2016, Energy Efficiency Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, contains 125 addenda published since the 2013 standard. The 2013 standard currently serves as the commercial building reference standard for state building energy codes. This 2016 version is the 10th edition published since the original standard was first published in 1975 during the [...]

Eaton is now accepting entries for the 40th Annual SOURCE Awards national lighting design competition. In celebration of the 40th anniversary, Eaton has increased the number and value of the awards given to professional and student winners. The SOURCE Awards competition, which focuses on furthering the understanding, knowledge and function of lighting as a primary [...]