Speirs + Major have received a coveted International Dark Skies Award from the International Dark-Sky Association for their work on London’s Olympic Park and Athlete’s Village. News of the award, which was announced at the end of last year, was embargoed pending the lifting of the restrictions on publicity. The award was given for work ...
“The Lions Awaken” – which is the new lighting installed on the Centre Street Bridge in Calgary, Canada has received one of two new Design Lion Awards. The Calgary Heritage Authority Lion Awards recognizes citizens and groups who have undertaken initiatives, of any scale, in support of heritage preservation in Calgary.
To celebrate 50 years of their music, The Rolling Stones kicked off this year's holiday festivities on London's Carnaby Street, switching on the annual Carnaby Street lighting display with a rock n' roll twist. For the temporary installation, Patrick Woodroffe, Lighting Designer for The Stones since 1989, collaborated with James Glancy Design to ...
Once the lonely crusade of astronomers, the dark-sky movement is finding increasingly vocal support in the lighting community; and is gaining regulatory traction with the sustainability and conservation movements. Plants and animals, including humans, are attuned to the 24-hour seasonal cycle of light and dark that has ruled the planet for ...
RAB Lighting, the leading manufacturer of affordable LED lighting, announced an LED lifespan rating of 100,000 hours for its full line of LED fixtures. The 100,000-hour rating applies to both new and previously released LED products. This means that with an average daily use of 10 hours, RAB LEDs are rated to last for 27 years. This ...
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has published the evaluation report from a GATEWAY demonstration in New York City's Central Park, conducted in collaboration with The Climate Group and the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT). LED post-top luminaires from five different manufacturers were installed along paved walking trails and ...
The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International launched the Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking (LEEP) Campaign in September to encourage commercial building owners and managers and parking garage/lot owners and managers to save energy and money by using high-efficiency lighting technology in parking lots and structures. BOMA ...
An entirely new market category of LED products fueled by compact, highly efficient, rechargeable batteries is “paving the way” for new forms of pedestrian-scale lighting – and more. Today’s lighting-class LEDs require very little power, and the small size and high lumen packages allow new batteries to fit discreetly within all types of ...
SavWatt USA, Inc., developer of innovative, energy-efficient and cost-effective LED lighting solutions, has formed a new subsidiary, New Energy LED Technologies, Inc (NELT), to be based in New Jersey. The new subsidiary will concentrate on SavWatt and other brands of outdoor lighting's sales, marketing, engineering, assembling and ...
10 - 17th November, 2012. Eindhoven, The Netherlands.