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DOE Announces Solid-State Indoor Lighting 2014 Award Winners

Oct 09, 2014

The Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Design Competition recently recognized 57 commercial LED indoor lighting products as part of its sixth annual awards program. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy,…

Awards, LED + SSL, People

2014 Nobel Prize in Physics Goes to Inventors of Blue LEDs

Oct 08, 2014

Dr. Shuji Nakamura, one of the founders of Soraa, Inc.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2014 to Isamu Akasaki, Meijo…

LED + SSL

Upgrading Fluorescent Luminaires to LED: What Happens to the UL Listing?

Oct 07, 2014

When a fluorescent luminaire is upgraded to LED, what happens to its electrical safety certification? It depends on whether the new lighting is an LED luminaire, LED retrofit kit or…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Adjustable Field Angle Optics by Lighting Services Inc

Oct 06, 2014

The new M20 and M40 Optic from Lighting Services Inc is a proprietary design to control the field angle while maintaining centerbeam candlepower. The new optics are now standard on…

Products + Technology

Sizing Up Induction Lighting

Oct 03, 2014

Below is an article about induction lighting I contributed to the July issue of TED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. Induction lighting offers a longer-lasting alternative to HID and a potentially…

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.

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