May 1, 2023 A look at how Meteor Lighting helps unlock innovation at Google’s new Bay View campus. Located in Mountain View, California, the newly opened 1.1 million sq. ft. structure is Google’s first major ground-up development project and was designed in collaboration with architects Bjarke Ingels Group and Heatherwick Studio. The campus’s design sprang from three core…
The introduction of LED and lighting controls forced rapid shifts in how the residential, commercial and industrial sectors addressed their lighting needs. As we look ahead, the horizon for fluorescent lamps is likely going the same way after the Department of the Environment and Department of Health have proposed to phase out fluorescent lamp manufacturing by the end of 2023 and a complete ban on their sale by 2026.
LEDs, like all light sources, lose light over time. The term used to describe this is sometimes referred to as lumen depreciation. In lighting design, understanding the rate of this decline over time can help determine the amount of light available at some point in the future. For a little historical perspective, the rate at…
March 29, 2023 Almost two years to the day that Panasonic Corporation sold Universal Lighting Technologies and Douglas Lighting Controls to Los Angeles-based private equity firm Atar Capital comes news that the recently rebranded Universal Douglas business is expected to stop all operation in July. According to a letter sent to its customers and reprinted on The Edison Report, the company is “committed…
March 23, 2023 Evluma expands their roadway product line with a new low-glare luminaire, the RoadMax RX2. With a lumen output up to 28,000 lumens, the LED RX2 is positioned to assist municipalities and utilities retire inefficient and maintenance-intensive legacy HID cobraheads. Evluma announces the next major release in the RoadMax roadway luminaire line, the…
Enlighted is a Siemens company that focuses on the optimization of everyday spaces in the built environment. They operate in the smart building space, providing solutions for sustainabilty, space intelligence, and workplace essentials.
February 23, 2023 Lighting makeover! The façade of the Town Hall in Drummondville Québec is now lit with Color Kinetics dynamic lighting system. The ColorBurst Powercore gen 2 and the Graze Compact Powercore IntelliHue are ideal lighting solutions to create high-intensity multi-story façade and surface illumination. #façadelighting#architecturallighting First Published Here (Link)
BOSTON (January 23, 2023) Many of the lights sold today are causing major health problems, including obesity, diabetes, and breast cancer. Why? They are blue-enriched LEDs, which play havoc on people’s circadian rhythms during the evening hours. Today the Circadian Light Research Center released the results of a consensus survey of 248 leading scientists, which confirms that human circadian clocks are highly…
Guest post by C. Webster Marsh Maybe you are on a rushed project with barely enough time to finalize the drawings. Perhaps you’re being onboarded years after the project began. Maybe you just have a client who won’t respond to your requests for more information. No matter the reason, a project without an Owner Project…
By Line Goyette Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the Canadian government is proposing the Regulations amending the products containing mercury. Consultation is open until March 9, 2023. The Products Containing Mercury Regulations (the Regulations), which were published on November 19, 2014, and came into force on November 8, 2015, prohibit the manufacture and import of products containing mercury or…
By PRWEB One of the excuses the lighting industry uses to avoid addressing the harmful effects of blue-enriched LED lights at night is “circadian science is not yet mature.” Now a publication in PNAS from Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital has resolved one of the last remaining contradictions in the science – what color blue is responsible…
By Blake Marchand “The most interesting thing about the lighting industry is also the biggest challenge,” said Ligia Orlandini of LEDVANCE, on how change has been a constant in lighting as LED technology continues to evolve. “The dynamic elements of the lighting industry may bring uncertainty, but they also create an invigorating environment to work…
By David Gordon December 19, 2022 The past few years have seen the electrical market grow with strong double-digit growth. Much of it was driven by price increases (thank you copper, steel, resins, and supply chain costs / issues!) With it, distributor profitability soared (2021 NAED Par had net profit exceeding 6% for the first…
December 19, 2022 Goal: To upgrade the outdated metal halide lighting illuminating two outdoor parking areas at Bellingham International Airport in Bellingham, WA and deliver improved lighting quality, uniformity, and sustainability while significantly reducing energy usage and maintenance costs Product Installed: 100 SYLVANIA LED Area Lights from LEDVANCE Benefits: SYLVANIA LED Area Lights reduced the airport’s lighting…
December 5, 2022 Product: H for Happy™ 50- Count LED Basic Christmas String Lights in White Immediately stop using the recalled decorative lighting strings and return it to any Bed Bath & Beyond location for a refund. This recall involves the H for Happy™ 50- Count LED Basic Christmas String Lights in White for indoor…
December 5, 2022 60 LED Mini-Style Lights Issue: Consumer products – Electrical hazard What to do: Immediately stop using the recalled decorative lighting string and dispose of it in accordance with the applicable local transportation and waste requirements for electronic products. This recall involves 60 LED Mini-Style Lights with multi-colour bulbs and green wire for…
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
