The US Department of Energy has completed Series 17 of testing through the DOE Solid-State Lighting CALiPER program. Report 17 analyzes the performance of a group of only six LED products labeled as AR111 lamps, a niche product. Results indicate that this product category is lagging behind other types of directional LED lamps: the products tested ...
A 2012 study from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that a 2-hour exposure to electronic devices with self-luminous, backlit, displays causes melatonin suppression, which might lead to delayed bedtimes, especially in teens. The research team, led by Mariana Figueiro, associate professor at Rensselaer ...
A little over a year ago, a picture of a robot was scribbled on a piece of brown craft paper. He was named “Bobo”and in September 2011 he made his debut exploring the science behind light and delighting children and adults around the globe. In June at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple recognized the Bobo Explores Light App for ...
Lumiotec Inc., a company specializing in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) lighting panels, will ship commercially produced OLED lighting panels that achieve the world's highest color rendering index of Ra93 beginning in August 2012. The OLED panels are capable of revealing red tones and human skin colors, which has heretofore been an industry ...
With the help of Panasonic LED and OLED lighting fixtures, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment is slashing overall energy use at a public train station by 25 percent—with a 40 percent reduction in lighting energy alone. It’s all part of a pilot community development program called the Smart Station Project taking place at Jiyugaoka ...
After witnessing a live demo of the power-over-Ethernet (PoE), iphone-controlled LED lights in the EnergyWise pavilion at Cisco Live 2012 San Diego, the IT manager for a well-known auto maker approached Chris Isaacson, CEO of NuLEDs. He asked one question: “How many colors does the fixture support?” Chris’s reply parodied Henry Ford’s ...
Cooper Lighting’s io Tile Gen II and French Curve, a pendant-style lighting fixture from LightArt by 3Form, were honored in the Decorative Lighting category of the 23rd Annual Best of NeoCon awards competition, earning Gold and Silver awards, respectively. The Best of NeoCon competition, which honors new commercial interiors products, is ...
Cinimod Studio has created a “Mood Conductor” for EDF Energy, which enables participants to use gestural control and their heartrate to display their mood through the lighting on the EDF Energy London Eye. The Mood Conductor forms part of the Energy of Nation activation taking place at the EDF Energy London Eye throughout the Olympic Games ...
It’s an exciting time to be a landscape lighting designer. There have been more advances in lighting technologies in the past decade than in the previous 100 years! Though LEDs have been around for more than a half century, LED lighting has come a long way in a short time. LED lighting is popping up practically everywhere. I’m happy to see ...
There is something good going on at Thornico, a diverse family-owned business based in Rotterdam with a penchant for green values and a ‘Company Karma’ philosophy that espouses doing good as well as doing well. The Thornico Group is made up of a variety of companies working in a broad array of areas from food to finance to fashion. At the ...