Products + Technology

Lighting Facts showcases LED luminaire manufacturers who commit to testing products and reporting performance results according to industry standards. For lighting buyers, designers, and energy efficiency programs, the Lighting Facts label provides information essential to evaluating products and identifying the best options. Lighting Facts is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to assure [...]

Litecontrol’s Wall/Slot 8400 is a smaller-profile version of the company’s 85N product, allowing it to fit more easily into crowded ceiling spaces. This luminaire illuminates upper walls at the ceiling edge, creating a floating ceiling effect and adding to the brightness and sense of spaciousness of the room. Click here to learn more about this [...]

Love watching the craftsmanship and technique that goes into the creation of beautiful hand-blown glass light fixtures. Check out this video by Steven Dale Studios.

Dialight’s StreetSENSE SL Series LED Street Light is a pole-mounted cobra head full cutoff Type II LED luminaire suitable for walkways, roads, bike trails, parking lots and similar applications. Each 131W unit, rated at over 50 lumens/W, is intended to replace 250W mercury vapor and similar HID luminaires for significant energy savings and other benefits. [...]

“Glitzy, groovy and fun” is how Manning describes its new Discoh family of products. The matching pendant, sconce and surface ceiling mount fixtures are clad in one of three textured aluminum or stainless steel metal trims for a variety of flashy looks. Energy efficient lamp packages and a flat disk or shallow bowl bottom diffuser [...]

Litecontrol recently announced that their Classroom Lighting Calculations app is available for free download in the Apple itunes store. Developed initially for the iPhone and iPad, the app will help lighting designers and specifiers calculate energy efficiency and cost for lighting in standard classroom settings. With the Classroom Lighting Calculations app, choose a room layout, [...]

Prescolite has developed Retroficient, a universal-listed commercial retrofit downlight offering an alternative to self-ballasted compact fluorescent lamps, to address the huge market potential for commercial lighting upgrades. The new Retroficient collection includes commercial retrofit 6- and 8-in. horizontal and vertical downlights with LED and CFL lamping options. Click here to visit Prescolite.

The Lighting Quotient’s F147 is an asymmetric luminaire that reduces contrast between the wall and ceiling by providing both wall and ceiling illumination. This customizable luminaire is suitable for smaller spaces where vertical brightness is important, such as hospital and school corridors. Click here to learn more about this product.

Check out the winners in the lighting categories in EC&M Magazine Product of the Year competition for 2010: Lamps ProLED PAR30 Second Generation by Halco Lighting Technologies Lighting Controls LevNet RF Wireless Self-Powered Solutions Line by Leviton Luminaires (Hazardous Location) Champ VMV LED Luminaire by Cooper Crouse-Hinds Luminaires (Indoor / Fluorescent) Metalux Flip-Up Striplites and [...]