U.S. architecture firms have experienced a near complete recovery from the Great Recession, which has allowed firm leaders to reinvest profits back into their businesses. These findings, along with an in depth look at topics such as firm billings, staffing, and international work, are covered in the The Business of Architecture: 2016 Firm Survey Report. [...]
Craig DiLouie
Light, “One of the Great Impalpable Joys of Life”
Writing for THE GUARDIAN, feature writer Laura Burton describes humanity’s pursuit of light, writing: “Light lies a bedfellow of music, electricity, love, as one of the great impalpable joys of life, a cause for celebration and wonder, a source of endless desire.” It is wonderful to see mainstream media publications writing about the joy of [...]
Plant Roots in the Dark See Light
Light is not only a source of energy for plants but also an important signal which regulates many light-dependent growth processes allowing it to effectively adapt to its environment. Light is first detected by photoreceptors in the shoot of a plant. For more than three decades, scientists have been speculating whether roots are also able [...]
Product Monday: Black Pottery Pendant Light by David Pompa
Available from dealers in Mexico, the Vitrif Barro Negro pendant combines black pottery, copper and enamel. Finishes include polished, enameled and contaminated copper. A 5W GU10 2700K LED produces 400 lumens of light. Click here to learn more.
CLTC’s Advanced Daylighting Lab Gets a Facelift
As part of current research sponsored by Southern California Edison, the California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) is updating its Advanced Daylighting Lab to include dynamic fenestration and integration of electric lighting and HVAC systems. Activities are being conducted in collaboration with ready-to-integrate manufacturing partners so that new systems can more quickly and effectively transition to [...]
CLUE Announces Third Competition
The third Community Lighting for the Urban Environment (CLUE) competition, sponsored by Philips Lighting University, is now welcoming submissions. This year’s CLUE competition carries the general theme, “One for Light, Light for All.” Industry-college and university students as well as young professionals are invited to propose innovative lighting solutions around the specific theme of extending [...]
Norma Frank on the Hidden Cost of LED Maintenance
Norma Frank, CLMC of Colorado Lighting and chair of the IES Maintenance Committee contributed a maintenance column to a recent issue of LD+A Magazine. In the column, she says: * LED luminaires are highly integrated * Not all luminaires are easily field serviceable * If LED components are serviceable, a lack of standardized connections typically [...]
California to Host New Lighting Conference in 2017
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 [...]
Product Monday: CWM Wall Mount by Columbia
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 [...]
Hacking Reveals Weak IoT Security
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 [...]
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