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MD-SIG Launches LEDset Specifications for Interoperable LED Drivers and Modules
The Module-Driver Interface Special Interest Group (MD-SIG), a lighting-industry consortium, has published its LEDset specifications, available here. LEDset provides the lighting market with a standardized, multi-vendor, electrical interface for LED…
IESNYC Announces 2016 Thesis Prizes
The Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section (IESNYC) awarded its annual Thesis Prizes to Aditi Govil, MFA Lighting Design, Parsons School of Design and to Ukwatte L. Indika U.…
Brodrick on OLED Lighting Installed in an Office
Republication of Postings from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solid-State Lighting Program by Jim Brodrick, SSL Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy Aurora Lighting Design, Inc., in Grayslake, IL,…
Product Monday: FGP Bollard by Landscape Forms
Lanscape Forms’ AG400 Bollard, part of the FGP Collection, uses aiming angles, color rendering and glare reduction to shape and enhance lighting performance. Constructed of durable cast aluminum with galvanized…
ENERGY STAR Lamps V2.0
Below is my lighting column published in the July issue of tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. Founded in 1992, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR is a voluntary…
DOE Announces Interior Lighting Campaign Results
In the first year, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Interior Lighting Campaign exceeded an initial goal of replacing 100,000 fluorescent indoor lighting troffers. Participants are now working toward a goal…
IESNYC Announces Winner of First Annual Merit-Based Scholarship
The Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section recently announced that Sarah Dlinn, who attends the MFA Lighting Design program at Parsons School of Design, as the winner of the…
Check Out the IALD Awards Book
Check out the 17 projects that won accolades at the 33rd Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards in a new book (PDF) produced by the IALD. Get it here.
Product Monday: Nera by Focal Point
Available in both a suspended linear profile and a square pendant, Focal Point’s Nera provides illumination from a four-sided optical diffuser. The linear model delivers a 60/40 or 70/30 light…
Bees Control Light and Sound Installation at Kew Gardens
Designed by artist Wolfgang Buttress, the “Hive” is a 17-meter-tall, 40-ton steel sculpture built in a meadow. The sculpture houses thousands of honeybees, whose activity triggers LED lights to pulse…
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