Industry News
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Article on Home Lighting Design
I contributed a special feature on home lighting design to ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR’s March issue: “Residential interior lighting is as much art as science. A good residential lighting design is functional…
Presidential Challenge for Advanced Outdoor Lighting
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Presidential Challenge for Advanced Outdoor Lighting recently amped up its goal of transforming America’s streetlights to higher efficiency. As part of the DOE’s Better…
X-ray Images of Lamps
Every get a craving to see what lamps look like in an X-ray image? Me neither, but the results are pretty cool. Check out Jim Hutchison’s collection from around the…
Product Monday: Linea S by HessAmerica
HessAmerica’s Linea S exemplifies minimalist design in a bollard, offering pathway illumination specifically designed for pedestrian-scale spaces. The luminaire may be specified in single-configuration or twin-mounting for installation within interiors…
Data Transmission Through Light
This NECA Electric TV video provides an introduction to LiFi–the use of visible light as a source of data transmission. It’s already being done with lasers, and now the potential…
Paul Tarricone Promoted to Publisher of LD+A
The Illuminating Engineering Society recently promoted Paul Tarricone as Publisher of the Society’s magazine, LD+A. Paul and I go back to our Miller Freeman days, when I was publisher of…
Philips Sells Majority Interest in LED and Automotive Lighting Business to GO Capital
Royal Philips has announced that it has signed an agreement with a consortium led by GO Scale Capital through which they will acquire an 80.1% interest in Philips’ combined LED…
CLTC: High Color Rendering Can Enable Better Vision without Requiring More Power
. An article advocating for high color rendering in consumer lighting products and the policies that support their adoption is now available. The paper is a collaboration between the California…
Architecture Billings Index Improves in February
After its first negative score in ten months, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) showed a nominal increase in design activity in February, and has been positive 10 out of the…
Product Monday: MediaGlas by Traxon Technologies
Traxon Technologies has introduced MediaGlas through a partnership with Galaxy Glass & Stone. MediaGlas is a highly customizable line of monolithic and laminated architectural glass products designed specifically for use…
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