Industry News
Focal Point’s Matthew Blakeley on Quantifying Lighting Quality (Part 1)
This is the first of a two-part article addressing advances in light sources and light quality, authored by Matthew Blakeley, Vice President – Product and Business Development for Focal Point…
Product Monday: Architectural High-Bay by Meteor
Meteor Lighting’s Whiz 2.0 updates the Whiz to make the company’s flagship product sleeker, more compact, and with an enhanced architectural appearance. The Whiz 2.0 is designed to emit up…
Testing a 20,000W Incandescent Lamp
Check out this crazy test of an actual 20,000W incandescent lamp. Hat tip to David Shiller for turning me on to this one.
Disinfecting with Light
Below is my contribution to the February issue of tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED. Reprinted with permission. Hospitals and other healthcare buildings are designed and operated to…
Richard Kelly Grant Announces Call for Proposals
The Richard Kelly Grant was established by the New York Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society in 1980. Originally conceived as a scholarship program and later opened to young persons…
Focal Point Offers AIA-Accredited Course on Lighting Quality
With the growing trend toward more human-centric designs in the commercial marketplace, Focal Point is providing the architecture and design community a tool to better understand how technology allows the…
Product Monday: Wide Area Emergency Light by Dual-Lite
Dual-Lite’s EV4D-02WAL emergency light is suitable for indoor and damp locations. It features a wide area lens to achieve 50-ft. multiple spacing in long hallway applications such as conference centers,…
Get a Grip on Lighting: Showing Some Love for the Lens
In this week’s featured episode of Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, hosts Greg Ehrich, LC, former President of NAILD and owner of Premier Lighting, and Michael Colligan, an entrepreneur…
2019 Construction Forecast Predicts Solid Growth
The Lighting Controls Association has published an article summarizing key construction economic indicators and presenting the AIA Consensus Construction Forecast for 2019, which predicts solid growth in an atmosphere of…
PNNL Seeks Used LED Street or Area Luminaires for Study on Optical Changes and Dirt Accumulation
On behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Program, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is planning to conduct a study examining dirt depreciation and other optical changes…
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