February 5, 2025 Contact Delage: 3 Reasons to Love Current’s QuickShip Program Expert Advice With Contact Delage In the world of fast-track lighting projects, challenges often arise that are beyond your control: endless delays for approvals, production, or delivery, and a limited selection of in-stock products. The result? Projects that move at a snail’s pace,…
Acuity: The Impact of Lighting on Healthcare Staff’s Well-Being. Warden: Lights can have a myriad of effects on staff, with some lighting making them tired…
Rebelle Lighting: The Encore family features a compact yet scalable design that allows for resolved configurations in wall, pendant and ceiling mounted options. The design aesthetic is at home in feature applications yet quiet enough for use in discreet installations. This luminaire is available in an LED source with multiple lumen packages, distributions and color temperatures. The Encore Wall Mount is listed for use in wet locations to UL and CSA Standards.
February 3, 2025 NDR Lighting: Pinnacle 260 Series NDR Pinnacle 260 Series LED Tape Light offers industry specification grade technology at an affordable price. It features a continuous COB design that eliminates any visible hot spots. With its silicon extrusion, the 260 series can be installed indoors or outdoors with its IP67 wet location rating….
January 30, 2025 Leviton Expands Award-Winning Lever Edge Portfolio Leviton announced on January 14, 2025, the launch of four new Lever Edge (formerly Decora Edge) devices – a 15A Tamper-Resistant GFCI, a 15A Weather/Tamper-Resistant GFCI, a Dimmer and a 20A Tamper-Resistant Duplex Outlet. The new GFCIs, Dimmer and 20A Outlet more than double the current…
January 29, 2025 Tridonic: New Certification for Emergency Lighting Tridonic, a provider of emergency lighting solutions, is the first manufacturer to receive ENEC certification for its lithium iron phosphate batteries. The new certification scheme was developed by the responsible organization ETICS (European Testing, Inspection and Certification System) and implemented by DEKRA. This new certification scheme…
January 23, 2025 It’s Quick, Easy, and Smart to Choose nLight Get 3 Products in 1 Luminaires with networked embedded controls by nLight are designed, manufactured, tested, and shipped with occupancy, daylight sensors and control devices factory-installed. This simplifies design layouts and eliminates field installation of control devices, while addressing code requirements. Achieve up to…
January 21, 2025 Eureka: Minimalist, Thermoformed Family Offers Powerful Yet Low-Glare Illumination Eureka announced on January 9, 2025, the release of its Cirra luminaire. The scalable family features a sleek design and sound-absorbing material for a variety of spaces. Cirra luminaire is square, with soft, rounded edges, creating a unique shape that adds a welcoming…
June 20, 2024 by Anantkumar Desai Imagine waking up every day to the tranquil beauty of nature, knowing your home doesn’t just sit on the earth—it partners with it. That’s the dream Barry and Lorraine Burton made real on the banks of the Magnetawan River, Off Grid. With over 25 years in the lighting industry, Barry’s…
June 3, 2024 By Robert Lanteigne Architectural lighting control is a fundamental aspect of modern building design, influencing both the aesthetic appeal and functional efficiency of spaces. Proper control over lighting enhances the architectural features, creates desired atmospheres, and can significantly impact energy consumption. In this detailed article, we will explore various aspects of architectural…
May 30, 2024 Selecting energy-efficient commercial lighting is made simple with the DesignLights Consortium’s (DLC) Qualified Products Lists (QPLs). Facility managers aiming to save energy, qualify for rebates, and ensure occupant comfort can trust the DLC’s extensive, verified lists of high-quality lighting products. The DLC’s Solid-State Lighting (LED) QPL, the largest in the world, includes…
By Jeffrey Dross Cost cutting and the loss of LED Performance The Cleveland Museum of Art holds, what most experts believe to be one of the best collections of Asian Art in the world. The post WWII Curator-Director, Sherman E. Lee made important connections throughout the continent while serving there in the military during and…
By Deborah Perkins How Superior Dimming Offers New Scope to Create Atmospheric and Emotional EffectsMarrying deep dimming with colour tuning gives lighting designers greater freedom and control If the higher purpose of lighting, beyond mere illumination, is to create mood and atmosphere, then dimming is an important tool for achieving these effects. While basic dimming…
May 2, 2024 By Robert Lanteigne Lighting colour plays a pivotal role in shaping our environments, influencing mood, productivity, and even our health. Recent trends in human-centric lighting consider how light affects the human body biologically, emotionally, and cognitively. Cold, warm, and dynamic lighting settings can be controlled to optimize comfort and efficiency in homes,…
April 15, 2024 By Noah Sabatier The role of eye movement and gaze control in visual field detection while driving at night In the previous article we discussed how the retina adapts to different levels of light, and what this means for optimizing outdoor dusk-to-dawn lighting. We will now move on to the mechanisms that…
March 18, 2024 By Noah Sabatier How studies in vision inform lighting standards at Night Changing a light bulb in our home is perhaps the most simple task in which we can still credit ourselves for performing household maintenance. The amount of thought such an operation receives rarely extends beyond looking for the most efficient…
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
