Introduced in 2009, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2030 Commitment Program, a voluntary initiative for architecture firms and other entities in the built environment to commit their practice to advancing the AIA’s goal of carbon neutral buildings by the year 2030, has produced a report assessing their work. “There is some very encouraging data [...]
Craig DiLouie
Parsons The New School for Design and Philips Present “The Changing Room”
On November 12, Parsons The New School for Design and Philips will present Luminous Talks 3: The Changing Room, a symposium that addresses thought-provoking topics of importance to professionals who work in design disciplines including architecture and design, scientists and scholars who are making advances in the field, and the members of the public who [...]
Product Monday: Color Select by USAI Lighting
USAI Lighting’s Color Select is a proprietary LED technology that offers a wide range of tunable white light for the architectural lighting market, with independent control of color temperature and intensity. Available in USAI’s BeveLED 2.0 luminaires, it can be adjusted from a candlelight-like 2200K to a 6000K that’s comparable to bright daylight, and from [...]
VCC Offers LED Light Modeling and Simulation Services to Manufacturers
VCC, a provider of indication and specialty illumination solutions, offers advanced design services that include LED light modeling and human vision simulation that predicts light behavior and provides a complete analysis of all photometric and colorimetric characteristics of any product design. By combining cross section, contrast, iso-curves, spectral and chromaticity coordinates for analysis, VCC can [...]
Zumtobel Group Award Recognizes Sustainable Innovation
The international jury for the Zumtobel Group Award 2014 has selected projects from Arup of Germany, Studio Tamassociati of Italy and Elemental of Chile as the winners in their respective categories. To promote innovations for sustainability and humanity in the built environment, the Austrian lighting group had invited submissions for the award in three categories: [...]
IES Publishes Recommended Practice for Roadway Lighting, RP-8-14
The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) recently announced the publication of Recommended Practice for Roadway Lighting, RP-8-14, an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved standard. The IES, as an accredited ANSI standards developer, revised RP-8-14 in accordance with ANSI consensus-based procedures. The primary purpose of this Recommended Practice is to serve as the basis for design [...]
CSIL Publishes 2014 Edition of Global LED Market Report
The 2014 edition of LEDs and the Worldwide Market for Lighting Fixtures is now available has been published by CSIL, including historical data up to 2013 and 2014-2018 forecasts. In less than 10 years, LED share on the lighting fixtures market worldwide jumped from 1% to 25%. In just five years, LED share will be [...]
Product Monday: SlimSurface LED Downlight by Philips
Philips Lighting has flattened the downlight with the introduction of the Philips SlimSurface LED family of downlights. Providing the illusion of recessed downlighting, but with just a 5/8” surface mount design that is nearly flush with the ceiling, SlimSurface allows lighting to be installed in locations where wall and ceiling clearance can be an issue, [...]
Halogen Lamps: Still the Standard to Beat
Below is an article I wrote for TED Magazine, which was published in its September 2014 issue. Reprinted with permission. Although LED directional lamps are steadily improving, halogen reflector lamps remain most popular for directional lighting applications and the gold standard to beat in terms of overall performance. Available in a wide range of configurations, [...]
State of LED Outdoor Lighting Rebates
Briteswitch recently sent me this nifty graphic outlining the current status of LED outdoor lighting rebate programs:
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