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Product Monday: Dart by Focal Point

Jan 05, 2015

Focal Point’s Dart is a direct/indirect linear suspended luminaire with a wall-mount companion. The luminaire uses LED lamping at up to 1,250 lumens/sq.ft. (106 lumens/W) based on five standard lumen…

LED + SSL

Jim Brodrick on What’s New in OLED

Jan 02, 2015

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 Greetings from Rochester, NY, where the OLED…

Lighting Industry

Happy New Year!

Jan 01, 2015

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from LightNOW.

Lighting Design

The Lumen Method and Point by Point Calculations Explained

Jan 01, 2015

Two more educational videos from Philips Lighting today. Back to basics … This video describes the lumen method and how it’s used to determine average light level. This video describes…

Legislation + Regulation

EYE Lighting Publishes Guide to DLC Premium and Standard Classifications

Jan 01, 2015

The DesignLights Consortium™ Premium classification demands higher-performance requirements for luminaires and retrofit kits related to efficacy, lumen maintenance and integral controls. EYE Lighting has published a guide here.

Awards, LED + SSL

Jim Brodrick on the Nobel Prize in Physics

Dec 31, 2014

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 As we approach a holiday that’s all…

Education + Resources

The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education Issues Call for Proposals

Dec 30, 2014

The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education, an endowment fund in support of college-level programs that inspire students with an understanding of light in architecture, has issued a call for proposals.…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Split by Luxo

Dec 29, 2014

Luxo’s Split doubles the light output of the typical task light for larger, more demanding applications. The aluminum luminaire features two 6W LED modules, each positioned at 30 degrees for…

Products + Technology

Light Harvesting: Mimicking Photosynthesis with Artificial Leaves

Dec 26, 2014

A new, efficient light-harvesting system based on the principles of natural photosynthesis has been developed by researchers at Tokyo Tech. Osamu Ishitani in his laboratory.Scientists have long been trying to…

LED + SSL

The Vast Potential of LEDs

Dec 25, 2014

Maury Wright, editor of LEDs Magazine, had an interesting editorial that started the November 2014 issue. Focusing on color-tunable white light and new form factors, he says LEDs are beginning…

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