Therapeutic lighting can be a prescription for better health, especially for seniors with dementia. Now, more and more-effective products are needed to implement the highly positive research results achieved to date. So says a panel of therapeutic-lighting experts assembled by the National Lighting Bureau and the Edison Report. Panelists pointed out that some of the [...]
Lighting Design
Photometrics Explained
This educational video by Philips Lighting describes how a luminaire delivers its light at what angles and at what intensity, and how this information is recorded on a photometric report and analyzed.
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 [...]
Exploring Lighting Cultures
Philips Lighting interviewed some of the international lighting community’s most innovative designers. The topic? Light. Check it out here.
Do We Need New Color Metrics?
The proliferation of solid-state light sources has highlighted the limitations of the CRI metric as a predictor that fully represents how people perceive color. This article in ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING describes these limitations and efforts to create a new metric. Check it out here. In March 2013, the IES formed the Color Metric Task Group to [...]
The Art of Landscape Lighting
My column in the July issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR describes popular landscape lighting design techniques that can be used to transform exterior spaces through illumination. Catch it here.
Lighting: The Silent Salesperson
This PROGRESSIVE GROCER article by OSRAM SYLVANIA’s Keith Pierce describes how grocery stores can more effectively display and sell products using light. Check it out here.
Energy + Environment, Lighting Design
Energy Efficiency Versus Lighting Quality
The notion that energy efficiency and lighting quality are at odds is a fallacy, says Kevin Willmorth in this article for ARCHITECTURAL SSL. Read it here.
Psychology Of Light
My lighting column published in the June issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR talks about the effect of lighting on well being, summarizing a talk gave by educator Dr. Craig Bernecker. Check it out here.
Municipal Consortium Releases Updated Model Specification for LED Roadway Luminaires
The Department of Energy’s Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium (MSSLC) has released the first updated version of its Model Specification for LED Roadway Luminaires. A “living document” that’s updated as needed to reflect changes in technologies and associated standards, and incorporating feedback from users, the model specification enables cities, utilities and other local agencies to [...]
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