Industry News
What’s New in Lamps and Ballasts
This year, I have the pleasure of joining Howard Wolfman, recently retired from OSRAM SYLVANIA and now principal of Lumispec Consulting, in presenting the “What’s New in Lamps and Ballasts”…
Researchers Boost Efficiency of Blue OLEDs by 25%
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) can be used for TVs, computer displays, cell phones and PDAs. These multi-layered devices produce light by running an electrical current through a specially engineered host…
How It’s Made: Outdoor Luminaire
How It’s Made is a TV series consisting of short 24-minute episodes showing how everyday products are made. While visiting the in-laws today, I caught a segment showing how pole…
ElectricTV.net Publishes Video Segment on Hi-Bay T5HO Lighting
ElectricTV.net, operated by NECA, has published a short video about hi-bay T5HO lighting here. It’s a little basic and attempts to characterize T5HO lighting as “new,” but has interesting visuals…
DOE Honors Philips for Advances in LED Lighting
Philips Color Kinetics has been honored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), receiving an award for “Significant Achievement in Solid-State Lighting Research & Development.” The award recognizes Philips’ progress…
Target Breezeway
My earlier post about an artist using the Tweenbots as a vehicle to explore how people interact with space reminded me of the Target Breezeway project at Rockefeller Center in…
Columbia Launches New Website
Columbia Lighting has unveiled a new website at www.columbialighting.com. In addition to a brand new look and an easy-to-navigate interface, the site offers a variety of product search options including…
People: Trively of Lutron and McCartney of Selux Pass Away
Selux Corporation has announced that John McCartney passed away on March 27 at the age of 57. He was employed at Holophane for over 31 years, where he had the…
Temperature Controlled Faucet Light
On the lighter side of things, here’s a fun little gadget: the “temperature controlled faucet light,” which activates based on water pressure and changes color based upon water temperature. Blue…
Introducing “BUG”: A Classification System for Outdoor Luminaires
The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) is promoting BUG, a classification system for outdoor luminaires (PDF file). Based on the TM-15–the upgrade of the roadway shielding classification system by the Illuminating…
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