Focal Point recently launched an offering of connected luminaires with Connected Solutions: a program that enables dozens of luminaires to interface with industry-leading control solutions. These smart luminaires integrate with building lighting management systems through wired and wireless networks allowing occupants to control lighting for maximum comfort and energy efficiency.
Craig DiLouie
ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Moves to Digital Format, Editor Steps Down
Big changes at my alma mater, ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING. Editor Elizabeth Donoff recently announced that the magazine will move to a digital-only format starting in 2018. And today is Donoff’s last day with the magazine as editor in chief.
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Lighting for Learning
In 2016, education put-in-place construction spending reached $88.7 billion, making it the largest building market. This exciting lighting market is changing as teaching methods evolve toward greater interaction, flexibility, and technological integration. In this article, I talked to manufacturers about how school lighting is changing.
Architecture Billings Bounce Back
After a stand-alone month of contracting demand for design services, there was a modest uptick in the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) for October.
DOE’s Jim Brodrick on Sky Glow and Blue Light
In this republication of a recent Postings, SSL Program Manager Jim Brodrick revists last year’s AMA community guidance on streetlighting and sets the record straight on sky glow and blue light.
Architects to Congress: “You’re Making a Terrible Mistake”
The AIA has announced it will lobby against inequities in the House and Senate versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which eliminates the Historic Tax Credit and excludes architects and other small business service professions from lower tax rates. AIA’s president said if this legislation passes, Congress will be making a “terrible mistake.”
Product Monday: Luminaires with CCT Control by HE Williams
HE Williams’s fieldseleCCT provides a correlated color temperature (CCT) control option for several of its LED troffers, surface-mounted luminaires, and strips. Select the desired CCT with a built-in luminaire switch.
Masters of Light: Mark Sutton-Vane on Invisible Light
In “Invisible Light,” Mark Sutton-Vane of Sutton Vane Associates explores how to use concealed lighting hardware to articulate and re-interpret building architecture.
New GATEWAY Report on Tunable Lighting in a Behavioral Health Unit
DOE has released a new report on a tunable lighting system installed at the Swedish Medical Behavior Unit in Seattle that sought to leverage biophilic design principles.
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Outdoor Lighting 101
Outdoor stationary lighting presents a substantial market and a distinctive subset of lighting design. This article, which I wrote for the November issue of tED Magazine, describes considerations for evaluating and designing outdoor lighting systems.
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