Lighting Design

The most recent email newsletter from LD+A, their E Report, was sponsored by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), with the Request For Information (RFI) graphic above. WMATA is asking lighting design firms to consider responding to their RFI. The image links to the WMATA Procurement and Contracting web page, here. The deadline for [...]

Two lighting design award programs have announced that they are currently accepting entries, IESNYC and International Lighting Design Awards.

David recently reviewed two separate case studies about Fitness Center lighting and was struck by how different the two approaches were.

At ArchLIGHT Summit in September, David met staff from Lantana. The company specializes in lighting for data centers, specifically linear architectural luminaires with remote drivers and PoE options. They’ve illuminated over 30 million square feet of data centers, nationally.

A recent New York Times article reviewed how AI is impacting creative fields, such as interior design, graphic design, filmmaking, video game development, and more.

A German spotlight manufacturer, ERCO, has issued a public call for the lighting design industry to shift from luminaire efficacy (measured in lumens/Watt) to the “effectiveness of the light in the space” (aka “delivered efficacy,” measured in lux/Watt or foot-candles/Watt).

In the Summer of 2021, StressCrete provided a turn-key solution to help revitalize Main Street in Fredericksburg, Texas, a small town in Texas Hill Country.

The inaugural LightSPEC West event is only nine days away and will be held in Los Angeles, CA. Check out our sneak peek at five interesting presentations

Guest authors Clifton Stanley Lemon & Thomas Paterson make the case for eliminating the term “specifier.”