Products + Technology

The LFI Innovation Awards honors industry innovations for lighting-related products and designs introduced in the past 12 months. Each product was judged by an independent panel of renowned lighting professionals. I was pleased to help out again this year Mark Roush, who does a herculean labor producing the event for LIGHTFAIR, by editing the product [...]

At LIGHTFAIR, I had the pleasure of seeing a new LED lighting system demonstrated at the Acuity booth. Using wall-recessed LED luminaires, the system, called Aera, and which will be offered by Winona within 12 months, is a unique combination of indirect ambient illumination and luminous presentations to provide an engaging, customizable visual experience. It’s [...]

PIXI Lighting’s PIXI FlatLight luminaire is a patent-pending ultra-thin, long-lasting, edge-lit LED flat light that uses the same technology found in high definition televisions to provide bright, uniform, energy-efficient light without glare, flicker or hot spots. At 0.55 inches thick, the fixtures feature an internal driver, allowing them to be flush mounted against any flat [...]

The Telelumen Light Replicator enables any light to be recorded either in an instant or over time, matched by software, and reproduced.

Peerless’s Staple suite of value suspended and wall-mount luminaires feature subtle contours around the perimeter of their rectangular bodies, creating a contemporary aesthetic, while illuminating spaces via a soft-glowing acrylic baffle or diffused lens extending edge to edge and end to end to provide seamless continuity. Gloss white paint finishes this understated yet modern lighting [...]

Flex by 3M is a series of curved and straight low-profile LED modular panels that can be fitted together to form whimsical custom shapes.

The fifth annual Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Solid-State Lighting Design Competition has recognized 28 commercial LED indoor lighting products for excellence. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, and the International Association of Lighting Designers, NGL was launched in 2008 to promote excellence in the design of [...]

Designed by Mary Helen Pratte, Cielo, Claro and Coperto are LED versions of D’ac Lighting’s “light industrial” downlight pendants. Each fixture is 63 in. in overall height and suspend from the ceiling via height-adjustable aircraft cables or a rigid stem. Illumination is provided by warm white (3000K), 85 CRI LED12 or LED16 direct/indirect white lighting [...]

Lithonia’s W Series luminaires feature integral occupancy sensors to manage lighting usage in low-traffic or low-occupancy areas such as corridors, stairwells and restrooms. The luminaires automatically turn on or off as occupants ascend and descend stairs, walk corridors or enter a seldom used space, significantly reducing energy consumption by not lighting the space when it [...]