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Product Monday: Visible Light Disinfection Luminaires by Hubbell
Hubbell Lighting’s SpectraClean luminaires combine white and narrowband 405nm visible light to meet ambient and task lighting requirements while providing a continuous, unobtrusive disinfection option for commercial applications. Antimicrobial disinfection…
In Vitro Study Shows Filtered Far UV-C Effectively Inactivates COVID Virus
Dr. Hiroki Ohge, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University Hospital, and a group of researchers led by Dr. Takemasa Sakaguchi, Professor, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health…
Kobe University and Ushio Study Filtered 222 nm Far UV-C as Disinfection Method
Ushio Inc. and a research group led by Dr. Ryosuke Kuroda, Chairman and Professor of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, have completed a research…
Light for Lebanon Aims to Help Beirut Communities
On August 4, the largest non-nuclear explosion in history tore through dense residential and commercial areas in Beirut, killing close to two hundred people, wounding 6,000 more, and leaving more…
Architectural Billings Remain Stalled in July
Architectural billings failed to show any progress during July, and business conditions continued to be soft at firms, according to the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The pace of decline…
Product Monday: Luxiflux by Lighting Analysts
Lighting Analysts, Inc.’s Luxiflux Area is a web-based exterior lighting calculation tool designed specifically for luminaire manufacturers’ websites. The software is used to predict luminaire or pole spacing with point-by-point…
Trinetra Manickavasagam and Yulia Tyukhova Receive 2020 Richard Kelly Grant
The Board of Directors of the Richard Kelly Grant selected Trinetra Manickavasagam, MFA and Yulia Tyukhova PhD, LC, as recipients of this year’s Richard Kelly Grant. The Grant recognizes and…
Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy Announces Fall 2020 Architectural Lighting Course
The Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy’s new Architectural Lighting I course is available to non-degree-seeking students from the professional community. The course includes weekly lectures and readings accessed online at the…
The Pandemic’s Story as Revealed in Lights
THE ATLANTIC recently published an interesting article about how the pandemic’s story revealed itself in outdoor lighting patterns. THE ATLANTIC writes: From a satellite’s perspective, Earth at night, under cloudless…
Decoding 90.1-2019
My contribution to the July 2020 issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR analyzes the major lighting requirements and what’s new in the 2019 version of the ANSI/ASHRAE/IES 90.1 energy standard. Late last…
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