In June, 2012, Acuity Brands, Inc., one of the world's leading providers of lighting solutions for both indoor and outdoor applications, opened its renovated Sunoptics facility in Sacramento, California, including a new Daylighting University training center. The new facility offers lighting, architectural, and building industry professionals ...
First-time visitors to the Louvre in Paris will often remark about how dark da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” appears to be. The explanation for this is simple: Preserving artwork, whether it’s the “Mona Lisa” or a favorite rock 'n 'roll poster, requires one to be sensitive to the light around it. “A balanced spectrum of light is best for ...
All types of snazzy technologies are available these days to make buildings greener: automated shades, electrochromic windows that know when to tint, intelligent lighting controls and smart cooling and heating systems, to name just a few. But how do these components work with each other and with building occupants? What happens when more than one ...
Scientists from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have proven that light intensity influences our cognitive performance and how alert we feel; and that these positive effects last until early evening. Tests conducted in EPFL’s Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory (LESO) have confirmed the hypothesis ...
Acuity Brands, Inc., a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting, lighting controls, and daylighting solutions, has formed an exclusive agreement with BlueScope Buildings North America to provide a daylighting solution for standing seam metal roofing systems. The solution is a patent pending curbless metal building attachment system ...
Duo-Gard Industries Inc., a leader in architectural illumination and translucent daylighting systems, has formed a technical partnership with Arborlight LLC, custom lighting developers specializing in advanced LED technology. The new alliance will develop LED lighting integration techniques to produce translucent, luminous LED building materials ...
Anyone who believes that better use of daylight in combination with controllable electric light is critical to delivering a sustainable lit environment (and let's be honest, why wouldn't you?) should have a copy of this book at their side. Although it is prefaced with the qualification that it is essentially a technical book that hopes to trigger ...
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) kicked off the 2012 First Thursday Seminars series in February with New Lighting Technologies. The webcast is now available for 24/7 viewing. Though the webinar is intended for energy managers at federal facilities, the cutting-edge information and case studies provide ...
Taking a direct jab at the Twilight Saga movie franchise, Audi’s Super Bowl XLVI commercial offers the tagline, “Daylight, now in headlight.” An 2013 Audi S7 driving along backcountry roads carries a young man, headed for a party full of attractive vampires. When the car arrives at the wooded glade, the blood-drinking partygoers are ...