tED Magazine recently published a lighting supplement that featured a 2017 Lighting Outlook, based on surveys conducted by the magazine and LightNOW of lighting manufacturers, electrical distributors and electrical contractors. The results show a positive outlook for the year among all three market segments (example manufacturer results shown below). Click here to check it out.
May 2017
LED + SSL, Products + Technology, Research
DOE Publishes CALiPER Snapshot on LED Industrial Luminaires
The U.S. Department of Energy’s CALiPER program has released a new Snapshot Report on LED industrial luminaires, based on DOE’s Lighting Facts database. Key findings: • The efficacy of LED industrial luminaires is notably higher than what’s typical of their incumbent counterparts. About 23% of the industrial luminaires listed with LED Lighting Facts listed products [...]
Color Study Challenges CRI
My contribution to the April issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR presents TM-30, the proposed method for evaluating color rendering and saturation, and describes a recent study that suggests saturation is critical to truly evaluating color quality. Specific gamut shapes may be critical to modeling human color preference. The study found that Rf is a good predictor [...]
Product Monday: ArcLamps by ETC
The ArcLamp from GDS by ETC was redesigned to allow auditoriums and similar venues to save energy without compromising on aesthetics or audience experience. ArcLamp, like all ArcSystem products, provides LED lighting specifically engineered to fit the needs of auditoriums and performance venues. These compact, 4.4W LED lamps can replace traditional, 40W lamps in a [...]
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