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Product Monday: Lumination Luminaires by Current by GE
Products + Technology

Product Monday: Lumination Luminaires by Current by GE

Jun 25, 2018

Current by GE’s Lumination luminaires use the company’s patented TriGain technology to enhance both CRI and R9, a saturated red critical to color accuracy. The Lumination LED indoor luminaire collection…

The Lighter Side: Ukrainian Dance Crew Light Balance
Light + Art

The Lighter Side: Ukrainian Dance Crew Light Balance

Jun 22, 2018

Ukrainian dance crew Light Balance on America’s Got Talent in 2017. The crew combined dance with stunning lighting effects to wow the audience.

European Union Considers Minimum 85 LPW for Some Lamps
Legislation + Regulation

European Union Considers Minimum 85 LPW for Some Lamps

Jun 21, 2018

The European Union is considering draft regulations extending its Ecodesign laws that would effectively eliminate tungsten halogen and compact fluorescent lamps. LUX REVIEW has the story here.

Get a Grip on Lighting Talks with Dan Ryan
Products + Technology

Get a Grip on Lighting Talks with Dan Ryan

Jun 20, 2018

Episode #22 of the Get a Grip on Lighting podcast provides a thought-provoking interview with Dan Ryan, Co-Founder & CEO of VergeSense. In this podcast, Ryan talks about the IoT,…

IESNYC Awards Thesis Prizes
Education + Resources

IESNYC Awards Thesis Prizes

Jun 19, 2018

The New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNYC) awarded its annual Thesis Prizes to Jessica Collier, Master of Fine Arts in Lighting Design, Parsons School of Design…

Product Monday: Skydome Edge by Focal Point
Products + Technology

Product Monday: Skydome Edge by Focal Point

Jun 18, 2018

Focal Point’s Skydome® has long offered a timeless, classic shape. Recently, the company updated the luminaire with the Skydome Edge. The new design retains elements of the original while adopting…

EIA: Lighting 10 Percent of Home Electrical Energy Use
Research

EIA: Lighting 10 Percent of Home Electrical Energy Use

Jun 15, 2018

The 2015 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), produced by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), was recently updated to include additional energy end uses to include lighting and other equipment…

EC&M Editor Mike Eby’s LIGHTFAIR 2018 Product Picks
Products + Technology

EC&M Editor Mike Eby’s LIGHTFAIR 2018 Product Picks

Jun 14, 2018

Wireless connectivity, IoT, color tuning, controllable optics, Li-Fi, new optics, this year’s LIGHTFAIR had it all. If this year’s show had a theme, I think it’d be Capabilities. LED fully…

Jim Benya on Energy Codes
Codes + Standards

Jim Benya on Energy Codes

Jun 13, 2018

Writing for LD+A, Jim Benya argues that lighting energy codes have reached a mission accomplished stage in terms of energy conservation. Energy codes, he says, did what they intended to…

OLED Evaluation
Craig's Lighting Articles, LED + SSL

OLED Evaluation

Jun 12, 2018

Below is another of my contributions to the May 2018 issue of tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. OLED continues to develop as a complementary technology to LED. In 2016, the…

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