Cooper Lighting: Smarter Streets, Safer Cities
As cities and utilities modernize infrastructure for the 21st century, LEDs and outdoor lighting controls are becoming a common and critical component of their strategies to achieve energy efficiency, public safety, and operational resilience. Here’s how lighting controls paired with high-efficiency LEDs are helping infrastructure stakeholders meet evolving demands and regulatory goals for the lighting that makes roadways, pathways, parking areas, and public spaces safer for citizens.
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High CRI, No Pixelation LED Tape Light for Seamless Architectural Lighting – Streamline Tape
Achieve seamless, professional results with Streamline Tape—our latest high CRI (90+) LED strip. Engineered for continuous, no-pixelation linear lighting, it delivers flawless color rendering and uniform illumination ideal for architectural, residential, and commercial projects. Thanks to advanced streamline technology, you get premium performance and cost efficiency. Specify Streamline Tape for your next design—where quality, visual comfort, and value meet… Read More
Changing Scene
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LEDVANCE Expands Ontario Presence with New Specification Agent
LEDVANCE is pleased to announce the appointment of Sterling Architectural Products Ltd. (Sterling Lights) as their new specification agent in Ontario. This partnership strengthens LEDVANCE’s presence in the region and reinforces their commitment to serving the professional lighting design and specification community with innovative, reliable lighting solutions. With decades of experience and a service-driven mindset,… Read More…
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Eureka Wins Three 2025 Red Dot Awards for Product Design
Eureka is pleased to announce that its Velia, Cirra, and Junction luminaires have each received a 2025 Red Dot Design Award for Product Design. It is the 11th consecutive year that Eureka products have been honored with this prestigious award, which is a testament to the company’s consistency and relentless drive to design exceptional luminaires.… Read More…
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Linear Made Easy: Liteline’s New Innovative STRIPE
STRIPE is a sleek, plug-and-play linear lighting system built for modern spaces. With its modular design, STRIPE allows for easy installation, and shadow-free linking up to 150ft make it the perfect solution for everything from vanities and corridors to offices and gyms…Read More
Design
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60-Watt vs 100-Watt Light Bulbs: Brightness & Wattage
With the widespread use of LED light bulbs, the replacement and upgrade of different light bulbs have also made the concept of “equivalent wattage” more and more discussed. When comparing 60-watt vs 100-watt bulb, the wattage and brightness are the factors that need to be figured out first. Wattage is used to measure the energy consumption while many… Read More…
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What is Human Centric Lighting: Benefits & Applications
Human centric lighting (HCL) is a kind of illuminated way based on human physical and psychological needs. Its core goal is to imitate the changes in natural light to support the body’s circadian rhythm, improve visual comfort, and enhance mood. The key element of human centric lighting contains dynamic color temperature adjustment, adjustable brightness, spectrum… Read More…
New Products
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Zaneen: Vieni Giù – Rain of Light
Vieni Giù brings a touch of elegance and modernity to any space with its sleek, thin rods suspended from a cable or ceiling mount, each featuring exquisite chrome plating. These rods illuminate every corner like luminescent rain, thanks to the LED double-pin encapsulated in borosilicate glass. Available in various lengths, Vieni Giù can be tailored to… Read More…
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LightForm: New Saule-L-01 Suspension Luminaire
LightForm is thrilled to introduce Saule, the newest lighting collection from Quebec atelier Larose Guyon, now exclusively available at LightForm. Inspired by the gentle grace of the willow tree, Saule is a sculptural light that feels alive. Cascading hand-formed brass leaves shimmer like foliage in the breeze, suspended from arched metal arms that echo the tree’s elegant… Read More…
Lighting Design & Specification
This special bi-monthly digest has the broadest reach of those that are involved in all aspects of the electrical lighting design and specification industry across Canada. LDS is designed to provide lighting professionals insight and intelligence on those developments in the industry that effect design and specification. From corporate news to new technologies, products and insightful opinions, LDS will become your first read in the lighting industry in Canada. Published bi-monthly on Thursdays.
