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Trends in Downlighting
Below is my contribution to the March issue of tED Magazine, the official NAED publication. Reprinted with permission. Downlights are popular luminaires used for general, accent, and wall-wash lighting in…
NLB Appoints Cary Mendelsohn Chair
Cary S. Mendelsohn, CLMC, has been elected chair of the National Lighting Bureau (NLB), the lighting education foundation. Mendelsohn, the CEO and owner of Imperial Lighting Maintenance Company (Chicago, IL),…
IES Announces Call for Presenters
The Illuminating Engineering Society has announced a call for presenters for its 2018 annual conference to be held August 9-11, 2018, at the Westin Boston Waterfront in Boston, MA. The…
Zachary Pearson Earns IESNYC Scholarship
The New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNYC) recently announced that Zachary Pearson, a candidate in the Master of Science in Lighting program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute…
Product Monday: Extreme Density LED by Cree
Cree, Inc.’s ceramic-based XLamp® XD16 Extreme Density LED is designed to deliver up to 5½ times higher lumen density than the company’s previous generation of high-power LEDs. Built on Cree’s…
CFL and LED Use Growing in Homes
Below is another contribution I made to the February issue of tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. The Department of Energy’s (DOE) latest Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) revealed a majority…
Light Stored as Sound for First Time
Researchers at the University of Sydney have successfully transferred data carried on light waves into sound waves in a microchip. Why is this important? Shifting from optical to acoustical and…
Li-Fi 100 Times Faster than Wi-Fi
Li-Fi is an emerging technology that uses high-frequency modulation in LED light emission to encode information. An article recently published in the IEEE’s The Institute reports Li-Fi can pass data…
New Study Estimates Energy Saving Potential in Horticultural Lighting
LED lighting is making a big impact on horticultural lighting. A new Department of Energy report examines the energy-saving potential of LED lighting in these applications. Among the key findings:…
Eaton’s Glenn Siegel Talks LED Downlights
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Glenn Siegel, Director, Marketing and Product Management, Eaton Corporation. The topic: what’s new in LED downlights. The responses informed an article I wrote…
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