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Light + Art

We’re All Light

Jul 29, 2016

For your listening enjoyment: “We’re All Light” by XTC.

Products + Technology

LiFi to be Implemented in Paris Metro

Jul 28, 2016

Paris-based Oledcomm has won a contract from Transport Paris (RATP) to install LiFi-capable LED lighting in the Paris Metro, serving more than 2 million daily commuters. Installation has already occurred…

Lighting Design

Minecraft Lighting Tutorial

Jul 27, 2016

My kids are crazy about Minecraft. If yours are too, this tutorial, courtesy of a budding lighting designer, teaches them various lighting techniques that can be implemented in the game.

Light + Art

Google Tilt Brush Allows 3D Painting with Color and Light

Jul 26, 2016

Google has introduced a new way to create and engage with immersive artworks. The solution uses a digital brush and connected HTC Vive headset. The user can then paint strokes…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Cynch by Amerlux

Jul 25, 2016

Amerlux’s LED Cynch is a small, simply styled accent luminaire that operates as a pendant, surface mount, and semi-recessed or recessed on its own or in a recessed multiple. It…

Light + Art

Using Light to Create Dancing Figures

Jul 22, 2016

For the 2016 Spiral Independent Creators Festival, Akinori Goto created a wire wheel that creates dancing figures when illuminated. The project won Runner-up Grand Prix and the Audience Award.

Energy + Environment

Lighting Energy Consumption Falls 46% from 2003 to 2012

Jul 21, 2016

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration has released summary tables providing energy consumption estimates from the 2012 CBECS. The data show that despite a 14% increase in total…

LED + SSL

NEMA Publishes NEMA LSD 74-2016 Considerations of Field LED Driver Replacement

Jul 20, 2016

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published NEMA LSD 74-2016 Considerations of Field LED Driver Replacement. This whitepaper discusses issues related to the field replacement of drivers in LED…

Light + Health

“Going Beyond the Lumen?” by Jim Brodrick

Jul 19, 2016

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 Light sources are typically evaluated in terms…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Cree Expands LED Troffer Portfolio

Jul 18, 2016

Cree’s ZR FD LED Series, a commercial spec-grade troffer that delivers superior energy efficiency of 130 lumens per watt, expands the company’s ZR series of LED troffers. This provides customers…

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November 18-19, 2026

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