ANSI C78.377-2015 American National Standard for Electric Lamps — Specifications for the Chromaticity of Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Products provides the range of chromaticity (colour) for general SSL products. It applies to LED products (SSL that uses light-emitting diodes) for general indoor lighting applications…
By David Gordon and Allen Ray
Recently we touched on how the emergence of connected lighting is opening new opportunities for manufacturers and could for distributors that could explode into an array of services as the “connected” environment generates an ecosystem. Our posting generated a conversation with Chris Cloutier from D+R International. D+R works with governments, businesses, trade groups, and efficiency program sponsors to move residential and commercial consumers toward greater energy efficiency. He shared the following thoughts…
Over the last year we’ve seen a move to bring lighting control to the fixture level. Many manufacturers have integrated occupancy sensors and photocells into their fixtures. Sometimes these controls are connected to a local network of lighting fixtures, but more often the integrated controls are designed to generate some energy savings by enabling bi-level switching for areas like corridors, stairwells and sometimes troffers in open offices…
Lighting is wholly different from any other design element of an architectural project…
Lighting for the new Faculty of Dentistry at McGill University in Montreal holds a leading role in the architectural concept for the project…
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
