Philips Lighting has flattened the downlight with the introduction of the Philips SlimSurface LED family of downlights. Providing the illusion of recessed downlighting, but with just a 5/8” surface mount design that is nearly flush with the ceiling, SlimSurface allows lighting to be installed in locations where wall and ceiling clearance can be an issue, [...]
Products + Technology
Product Monday: Color Select by USAI Lighting
USAI Lighting’s proprietary Color Select technology enables an architectural LED downlight offering independent control of both intensity and color temperature. Users can tune white light from candle-like 2200K up to a very cool daylight-like 6000K, and intensity from 100% to 0.1%, using local dimmers or programmable control systems. Click here to learn more. This great [...]
Product Monday: Alba by Stack
The next generation of light bulbs features embedded intelligence, with many new products becoming available, as the editor of LEDs Magazine recently pointed out. An interesting new product that’s been getting a ton of praise in the press is Alba by Stack, which features intelligence and onboard sensors to offer a load of features and [...]
Product Monday: Adjustable Field Angle Optics by Lighting Services Inc
The new M20 and M40 Optic from Lighting Services Inc is a proprietary design to control the field angle while maintaining centerbeam candlepower. The new optics are now standard on LumeLEX Series products with 20- and 40-degree beam spreads. Check out the LumeLEX Series here (type “lumelex” in the product name search box).
Sizing Up Induction Lighting
Below is an article about induction lighting I contributed to the July issue of TED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. Induction lighting offers a longer-lasting alternative to HID and a potentially more cost-effective alternative to LED for high-intensity applications such as street, area, high-bay, industrial and sports lighting. Induction lamps operate without electrodes, eliminating wiring connections [...]
Product Monday: Rubix by WAC Lighting
WAC Lighting’s Rubix is a high-power exterior-rated wall-mounted LED luminaire with a universal (120/220/277V) driver, 100-10% dimming, 85 CRI and 3000K color appearance. Click here to learn more.
LED + SSL, Products + Technology
Lighting’s Digital Makeover
MIT Technology Review recently published an article about how Lighting and the Internet are merging, and what that means. I found this excerpt to be of particular interest: “Another look at how lighting systems are changing will emerge this November, when a 14-story regional headquarters for Deloitte, nearing completion in Amsterdam, will be festooned with [...]
What the Heck is the Internet of Things, Anyway?
What’s the Internet of Things, and what does it mean? MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW has the answer here.
Product Monday: Tangent by Volkslyte
Volkslyte’s Tangent is a 2-in.-wide luminaire available in suspended downlight and uplight/downlight as well as surface-mounted and recessed configurations. Volkslyte factory-curves the extruded aluminum profile to almost any radius or bent shape, lighting the contour from within. Standard- (6W/linear ft.) and high-output (12W/linear ft.) LED (T6 cold cathode also available), color temperatures 2700K-4000K, dimming options. [...]
Product Monday: Skydome LED by Focal Point
Skydome LED by Focal Point is a family of classic illuminated circles offering a choice of 2-, 3- and 4-ft. diameters and recessed, surface and pendant mounting. The company’s Light Right system provides up to five standard output levels in each surface mount and suspended luminaire to satisfy different application needs, with alternate levels within [...]
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