Industry News
LUX on Top 10 Trends in Workplace Lighting
LUX recently posted an article identifying the top 10 trends transforming workplace lighting: 1. Retrofits 2. Controls 3. From T5 to LED 4. The end of the louver 5. New…
Evaluating LED Luminaire Reliability
A brief article I wrote for tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. While LED promises long service life as one of its primary advantages, accurately projecting lifetime remains a challenge. The…
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR on LED Lighting
Recently read an interesting article about LED lighting in ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. Early on, a quote from Kevin Willmorth: “LEDs bring a global rethink,” said Kevin Willmorth, owner of Lumenique LLC,…
Another Novel Lighting Technology: Nanowires
BizLED recently published an interesting story about a solid-state lighting technology that could become efficient enough to take on the LED: nanowires. I’ve theorized that given LED’s efficiency and performance,…
Product Monday: Lumark Night Falcon Floodlight by Eaton
The Lumark Night Falcon LED Floodlight Luminaire by Eaton is designed to replace up to 400W metal halide products in general area, building façade, wall wash and large sign lighting…
Great Primer on LED Lighting
Magnitude Lighting Converters sent us a link to a page on their website that includes a terrific and lengthy infographic describing how LED lighting works, concluding with detail about the…
HID Lamp Indexes Decline During First Quarter 2015
NEMA’s shipment indexes for high intensity discharge (HID) lamps continued to decline at the start of 2015. Sodium vapor lamp shipments fell 11.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis compared to…
NEMA Issues Position Paper on LED Flicker
Yesterday, LightNOW published a guest blog post by Jim Brodrick, DOE’s SSL Program Manager, on a new IEEE recommended practice on LED flicker. As metrics, IEEE uses % flicker, operating…
Brodrick on New Recommended Practice for LED Flicker
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 The emergence of high-frequency electronic ballasts for…
Product Monday: Slim Profile LED Emergency Driver by IOTA
The IOTA ILB-SL-CP12 slim profile constant power LED emergency driver combines several advanced performance features for emergency LED operation: * a narrow profile housing ideally suited for LED luminaire designs…
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