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Horticultural Lighting To Fight Pests
Image: Pexels.com An area of growing research and practice is using lighting to help control agricultural pests. This can include horticultural lighting in indoor growing facilities (aka controlled environment…
Aging Retinas Receive 86% Less Blue Light Compared To Children
New research from the University of Zaragoza in Spain quantifies how the aging eye restricts the amount of circadian light reaching the retina based on photopic illuminance reaching the corneal…
Innovators in Residential Healthcare: Circadian Principles & Practice
Dr. Shelly James, Founder of Age of Light Innovations Group, is hosting a webinar, Innovators in Residential Healthcare: Circadian Lighting Principles & Practice, to share best practices in circadian lighting…
Product Monday: Generative-Designed Heat Sinks Using Topology Optimization
A Belgian thermal management company named Diabatix nv is offering custom-designed heat sinks that use artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) generative design to create computer-generated shapes that can be optimized to…
DLC Report Quantifies The Non-Energy Benefits Of Networked Lighting Controls
In January, the Design Lights Consortium (DLC) published a new report about quantifying the non-energy benefits (NEB) of networked lighting controls (NLC). The most valued non-energy benefits varied by stakeholders,…
Five U.S. Cities Prepare To Fine Building Owners For High Energy Use Or GHG Emissions
New York City, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Boston, and St. Louis are all preparing to fine building owners who fail to comply with new local regulations that in most cases,…
New Toshiba Phosphor Is Transparent With 6X Luminescence
Toshiba Corporation has unveiled a new photoluminescence technology, a novel phosphor that delivers excellent solubility in polymers or organic solvents, where it is transparent and colorless under visible light, and…
Towns In France Let The Citizens Control The Streetlights
A company named Photon Group created a mobile APP called, J’Ignite Ma Rue,” which enables citizens to control the streetlights in their neighborhood. Currently, eleven towns in France are allowing…
Product Monday: The Sunne Solar-Powered Lamp
Image: Sunne A Dutch company, Sunne, designed the Sunne Lamp. Sunne is a self-powered solar light that captures, stores, and produces light indoors without the need for an external plug.…
What Ever Happened To Lighting Science Group?
I recently did a web search for GroAdvisors, one of the subsidiaries of Lighting Science Group Corporation (LSGC), and found their website was replaced with a 404 error message. I…
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