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LED + SSL

Sizing Up The Potential of OLED

Oct 02, 2014

Below is a reprint of an article about OLED lighting I contributed to the June issue of TED Magazine: Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) is an exciting novel lighting technology. Popular…

LED + SSL

A Look at OLED Lighting

Oct 01, 2014

Acuity Brands’ video promoting OLED lighting is an interesting take on the technology that transcends the technical and appreciates the light source as an effective tool for enriching spaces with…

LED + SSL

Jim Brodrick on LED PAR38 Lamps

Sep 30, 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 PAR38 lamps put in long hours lighting…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Rubix by WAC Lighting

Sep 29, 2014

WAC Lighting’s Rubix is a high-power exterior-rated wall-mounted LED luminaire with a universal (120/220/277V) driver, 100-10% dimming, 85 CRI and 3000K color appearance. Click here to learn more.

Awards

ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Announces 2014 Award Winnners

Sep 26, 2014

ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING recently announced the winners of its 2014 lighting design awards competition. Click here to see this year’s winners.

LED + SSL

DOE Publishes CALiPER Snapshot Report on LED Outdoor Area Lighting

Sep 25, 2014

The U.S. Department of Energy’s CALiPER program has released a Snapshot Report on LED outdoor area lighting. Based on LED Lighting Facts data through the second quarter of 2014, the…

Lighting Design

Exploring Lighting Cultures

Sep 24, 2014

Philips Lighting interviewed some of the international lighting community’s most innovative designers. The topic? Light. Check it out here.

Light + Art

Emergence Light Installation at London Heathrow

Sep 23, 2014

Cinimod Studio created an extraordinary LED light sculpture to entertain diners at Caviar House & Prunier at London Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 2. The sculpture, titled “Emergence,” spirals 43 ft. toward…

Lighting Design

Do We Need New Color Metrics?

Sep 19, 2014

The proliferation of solid-state light sources has highlighted the limitations of the CRI metric as a predictor that fully represents how people perceive color. This article in ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING describes…

LED + SSL, Products + Technology

Lighting’s Digital Makeover

Sep 18, 2014

MIT Technology Review recently published an article about how Lighting and the Internet are merging, and what that means. I found this excerpt to be of particular interest: “Another look…

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Events

IES26: The Lighting Conference

Denver, CO

August 13-15, 2026

CEDIA Expo / Commercial Integrator Expo

Denver, CO

September 1-4, 2026

ArchLIGHT Summit

Dallas, TX

September 15 -16, 2026

DALI Alliance North America Summit + Technical Training 2026 (co-located with ArchLIGHT Summit)

Dallas, TX

September 16-17, 2026

ALA Conference 2026

Tucson, AZ

September 27-29, 2026

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