Products + Technology

The seventh annual Lighting for Tomorrow competition recognized the best-designed energy-efficient lighting products in the residential market. This year resulted in several unique winners given the many changes made to the 2009 entry categories, as Lighting for Tomorrow challenged manufacturers to push the envelope by hosting the first ever fluorescent dimming competition and expanding the [...]

Pure Lighting’s Genna Wall Wash is a spec-grade recessed wall wash fixture with four reflector color options and ceramic metal halide or halogen lamping. The fixture provides even wall illumination from top to bottom, without scalloping. Click here to learn more about this product.

BEGA/US has launched a new family of bollards (8662 series) for effective lighting of outdoor spaces from a low mounting height, featuring symmetrical, fully shielded and glare-free light distribution. Click here to learn more about this product.

Allure3 by a•light is a minimalist rectilinear luminaire providing task/ambient illumination for applications such as library reading and work tables, study carrels, lab tables, meeting room tables and more. Constructed of 60% recycled aluminum and measuring 2 in. high and 2.75 in. across, Allure3 utilizes a single T5 or T5HO lamp. Check it out here.

Named best of Category in the Track, Low-Voltage, Cable & Rail Systems category at Lightfair 2009, Cooper Lighting’s io radii 38 is an LED track luminaire offered in two light output options equivalent to 90W PAR38 and 35W PAR30 ceramic metal halide lamps. Choice of color temperatures, beam spreads and shielding media. Check it out [...]

Ledalite’s ecoSTEP program highlights new product options and corporate initiatives that support the company’s ongoing sustainability commitments. Available in all Ledalite 2’x2′ recessed luminaires, the ecoSTEP offering delivers energy savings of 25%-35%, with 68% less mercury content, and requires less maintenance and fewer luminaires for a wide range of open plan spaces including libraries, offices [...]

Philips Lighting has expanded its series of 60W and 140W CosmoPolis white light HID lamp/ballast systems with a new 90W model, providing higher efficiency and performance than traditional HID systems. The lamps are up to 65% smaller than competitive HID lamps and the ballasts are up to half the size.

IceTray by Peerless is a family of direct indirect/direct and perimeter luminaires providing high-performance lighting in a retro style with three baffle styles—rectangular, angular and curved. With a choice of seven distributions ranging from 80/20 to 5/95, three lamp choices and one to four lamps per cross section, IceTray is a versatile product suitable for [...]

The Department of Energy’s Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize (L Prize) competition has received its first entrant: a product from Philips Electronics. Philips has developed, manufactured and will bring to market an LED replacement for the common 60W incandescent light bulb. Philips developed this product in response to DOE’s industry-wide challenge, and was today recognized by [...]