Industry News
Microsoft Develops Screens Powered by Ambient Light
Microsoft Research has developed a prototype for an E-Ink device that is powered by ambient light, including electric lighting, via an integral solar panel. The device functions as a digital…
LAMP 2016 Awards Showcase Light and Form
The Lighting Architecture Movement Project, or LAMP, was founded in 2013 by a group exhibition demonstrating light and form through architectural design. In 2014, it announced its first International Lighting…
Channel Marketing Group Sees Potential for Disruption in Verizon Acquisition of Sensity
Channel Marketing Group’s David Gordon contributed an editorial to the Electrical Trends website expressing concern about Verizon’s acquisition of Sensity Systems. He warns the acquisition may result in disruption to…
Product Monday: FEMA 2-Hour LED Emergency Driver by IOTA
IOTA’s new ILB-CP07-2H Emergency LED Driver offers UL Classified emergency capability to FEMA two-hour applications. This provides emergency capability to Class 2 LED fixtures for FEMA tornado shelters and safe…
ASHRAE/IES Publish 90.1-2016 Energy Efficiency Standard
ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2016, Energy Efficiency Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, contains 125 addenda published since the 2013 standard. The 2013 standard currently serves as the commercial building reference…
Eaton Announces Call for Entries to SOURCE Awards
Eaton is now accepting entries for the 40th Annual SOURCE Awards national lighting design competition. In celebration of the 40th anniversary, Eaton has increased the number and value of the…
Lighting Research Center Expands M.S. in Lighting Program, Offering Paid Externships
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has recently expanded its M.S. in Lighting degree program to include a paid career externship at a leading lighting manufacturer, design…
Further Contraction in Architecture Billings Index
For the first time since the summer of 2012, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) posted consecutive months of a decline in demand for design services. As a leading economic indicator…
Product Monday: TruGroove Suspended LED Luminaires by Philips Ledalite
Philips Ledalite’s TruGroove Suspended LED provide a wide-throw batwing distribution using a familiar profile, which allows for wider row spacing and fewer luminaires. The luminaire produces 3,928 lumens with an…
OLED’s Obstacles
ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING recently published an article evaluating OLED general lighting technology and the obstacles facing broader adoption. Check it out here.
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