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2012 IALD Awards in Video

Nov 30, 2012

The 2012 IALD Awards presented as a series of videos on YouTube:

Research

Milking Lighting

Nov 29, 2012

A 2010 Oklahoma State study comparing LED with conventional lighting in dairies showed a 6% increase in milk production under LED. The question is why, which is uncertain. One theory…

LED + SSL

A Guided Tour of SSL Area Light Sources

Nov 28, 2012

More on OLEDs … Jeannine Fisher and Mike Lu of Acuity Brands’ OLED Lighting Design Center presented, “A Guided Tour of SSL Area Light Sources – Past, Present and Future”…

LED + SSL

Are OLEDs Ready for Prime Time?

Nov 27, 2012

Lighting designer Stephen Blackman, principal of Blackman Design Associates, has authored a whitepaper, “Are OLED Panels Ready for Prime Time?” It begins: “Right now we see many custom architectural OLED…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: LED Bollards by Williams Outdoor

Nov 26, 2012

Williams Outdoor, an H.E. Williams, Inc. brand, recently introduced a complete offering of LED outdoor bollards. Rated for 50,000 hours at 70% lumen maintenance (L70) and utilizing an 1100- or…

LED + SSL

DOE Releases CALiPER Application Summary Report on LED Recessed Wallwashers

Nov 23, 2012

The U.S. Department of Energy has completed Series 18 of testing through the DOE Solid-State Lighting CALiPER program. A summary of the results is now available for download on the…

LED + SSL

Mike’s Monthly Minute: AC Versus DC

Nov 22, 2012

Mike Donovan of Edge Lighting describes AC versus dimming in the context of LED lighting and control in this humorous “monthly minute” video:

Energy + Environment

California Lighting Efficiency Programs Save 285,000 kW Since 2010

Nov 21, 2012

The California Public Utilities Commission recently published a fact sheet regarding the success of the state’s 2010-2011 energy efficiency program by sector (lighting, HVAC, commercial, and residential), as outlined in…

Lighting Design

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Publishes Article About Light and Color

Nov 20, 2012

Lighting choices can affect how we perceive spaces, even the colors of objects and surfaces. As a result, lamp color characteristics are a critical factor in a wide range of…

Codes + Standards, LED + SSL

Zhaga Specifications Promise Interchangeability of LED Sources

Nov 20, 2012

Below is an article I wrote about Zhaga, originally published in the October 2012 issue of TED: Cooper Lighting’s P3LED 3-in. LED recessed fixture, an expansion of the company’s IRIS…

Events

Lightovation – Dallas Market Center

Dallas, TX

June 18 - 21, 2024

IES25 – The Lighting Conference

Anaheim, CA

August 21 - 23, 2025

American Lighting Association Annual Conference

Louisville, KY

September 7 - 9, 2025

ArchLIGHT Summit

Dallas, TX

September 16 - 17, 2025

NYControlled 2025

New York, NY

October 15, 2025

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