Industry News
Eaton’s Chris Andrews Compares PoE and Distributed Low-Voltage Systems
LED lighting is not only changing lighting as we know it but is also influencing building power delivery systems. As with many other devices prevalent in today’s commercial spaces, LED…
DOE Provides Three Tools to Aid Use of IES TM30 Color Evaluation Method
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) offers three new resources to help lighting professionals understand IES TM-30-15, which describes a new method for evaluating light-source color rendition. Created by an…
LIGHTFAIR 2017 Call for Speakers: Deadline September 9
LIGHTFAIR has issued its call for speakers for the 2017 conference in Philadelphia. Content areas include: • Inspiration • Applications Research • Design Strategies – NEW • Design Tools &…
Clemson University Installs Large-Scale PoE-Based Lighting System by Philips
Philips recently announced a first-of-its-kind, large-scale lighting installation at a major university campus that leverages Power over Ethernet (PoE) as part of the recently opened Watt Family Innovation Center at…
Product Monday: UTB Highbay by Hubbell
Hubbell Industrial’s UTB Series produces 28,000 lumens at a market-competitive cost, achieving this high output via new LED drivers and a unique OP16 opalescent reflector. Illuminated, the UTB provides a…
Mark Lien on Technological Disruption in Lighting Industry
Mark Lien’s June column in LD+A, “Forces of Change,” examines how LED technology is disrupting the lighting industry in six steps, and what we should do about it. My concern…
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…
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