Products + Technology

Eaton’s Ephesus sports lighting and controls portfolio promises to enhance the in-arena and television broadcast viewing experience while improving energy efficiency. The current product line consists of four major series targeting different types of venues. Eaton acquired Ephesus Lighting in November 2015. Click here to learn more.

A German-Spanish team of scientists is working on a BioLED source made of red, blue and green luminescent proteins in the form of rubber, which is wrapped around a blue or ultraviolet LED to act as the visible light filter instead of a phosphor. The overall effect is the same as LED but with a [...]

At Light + Building 2016, Philips research expert Marc de Samber introduced an external expert, Robert Karlicek, who made a presentation about technology trends and their impact on LED luminaires. Interesting stuff. Check it out:

Finelite’s High Performance Wall Slot (HP-WS) is a perimeter luminaire delivering a wash of light at the transition between wall and ceiling planes and providing both general ambient and vertical illumination. Available in 2′, 3′, 4, and 8′ section lengths that can be combined to make longer runs, and 2″, 4″, and 6″ regressed-optic options. [...]

New “TEN°” binning from Osram Opto Semiconductors provides the basis for extreme color consistency for white LEDs that are used as single-LED light sources in lighting solutions such as spotlights and downlights. To achieve this, the current standard CIE 1931 2° xy color space has been supplemented with CIE 2015 10° u‘v‘, recently developed by [...]

The eighth annual Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Design Competition has recognized 25 commercial LED indoor and outdoor lighting products for excellence. The winners were announced at LIGHTFAIR. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Illuminating Engineering Society, and the International Association of Lighting Designers, NGL was launched in 2008 to [...]

Soraa has expanded its product portfolio with the Gable and Barrel, two new ambient LED luminaire series. These products combine the company’s optical design expertise with its Violet-Emission 3-Phosphor (VP₃) LED technology, resulting in specification-grade luminaire options offering good lens uniformity, CRI>90 and DLC-compliant efficacies. At only 3 in. in depth, the Soraa Barrel series [...]

The LFI Innovation Awards highlighted the industry’s most innovative products and designs introduced during the last 12 months. This year’s program received 275 entries spanning 15 categories, with each submission judged by an independent panel of lighting professionals. Winning entries exemplified the best in innovative design and thinking. Among the 16 winning companies are these [...]

One of the most interesting products shown at LIGHTFAIR, Rubik by Mark Architectural Lighting allows designers to rethink the ceiling grid. The system consists of 9-/5-/3-cell luminaires forms that can be used in traditional or unique layouts for general lighting. White, tunable-white, gray-scale and color accent versions are available. The result is both familiar and [...]