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Light + Design: A Guide to Designing Quality Lighting for People and Buildings

Apr 21, 2009

Over the past two years, I had the pleasure of working with an extraordinary group of lighting professionals–Carol Jones, Naomi Miller, Leslie North, Peter Ngai, Dawn DeGrazio, Veda Clark and…

Lighting Industry

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Apr 21, 2009

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Education + Resources, Energy + Environment

CLTC Study Demonstrates Major Energy Savings for Bilevel Occupancy Sensors

Apr 20, 2009

Earlier this month, I posted a new whitepaper at the Lighting Control Association website that talks about the findings of a new study about combining occupancy sensing and bilevel switching.…

Education + Resources, Lighting Industry

Visit Lightsearch.com at Lightfair International

Apr 20, 2009

Visit Lightsearch.com at Lightfair at Booth #2984! Since 1995, Lightsearch has been the lighting community’s premier lighting search tool, providing essential information and links to more than 8,000 lighting companies.…

Products + Technology

What’s New in Lamps and Ballasts

Apr 20, 2009

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”…

LED + SSL, Products + Technology

Researchers Boost Efficiency of Blue OLEDs by 25%

Apr 19, 2009

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…

Products + Technology

How It’s Made: Outdoor Luminaire

Apr 19, 2009

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…

Products + Technology

ElectricTV.net Publishes Video Segment on Hi-Bay T5HO Lighting

Apr 19, 2009

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…

LED + SSL, Lighting Industry

DOE Honors Philips for Advances in LED Lighting

Apr 18, 2009

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…

Craig's Lighting Articles, LED + SSL, Light + Art

Target Breezeway

Apr 17, 2009

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…

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