Rick Meyer, VP Sales & Marketing, SPI Lighting, contributed an article in a recent issue of LD+A Magazine, in which he called for lighting manufacturers to renew the traditional emphasis on visual comfort.
The LED revolution resulted in new players in the market plus traditional players having to turn over their portfolios around a new light source that was rapidly increasing in efficacy. Meyer says:
Experienced and well-trained lighting professionals know how to utilize and blend the new lighting tools into a space to maximize visual comfort for those working or living in the space day-to-day. But in my opinion, the lighting community as a whole might benefit from more tools with a higher level of refinement.
Somewhere, during the revolution, some of the traditional focus on refinement and comfort has eroded.
He concludes:
As efficacies of LED sources continue to increase, maybe it’s time that manufacturers look to provide indirect solutions based around a point source. And maybe we should make sure we aren’t on the wrong side of IES recommendations on cutoff and start looking at smoother transitions.
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