The keynote speakers at this year’s Lightfair Institute are: Live Simply So That Others Can Simply Live Ed Begley Jr. Sunday, May 3, 2009 12:00 pm – 1:45 pm “Our planet is an asset with value – let’s not treat it like a ‘going-out-of-business sale’!” This empowering and humorous message on sustainable living includes how [...]

After gaining ground for two straight months to start the year, NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for current conditions slipped slightly in March, declining to 26 points from 27.3 a month ago. Though it remained near February’s recent high water mark, the index continued to signal a protracted period of very poor business conditions. [...]

Via Yahoo, AFP has distributed an article about Mansfield, UK using garish pink lighting, normally used by dermatologists to reveal acne, to deter youths from loitering. It’s apparently achieving its intended result. Click here for the full story.

“Designing with Light” is a studio course in the Design Department at UC Davis taught by Professor Michael Siminovitch, director of the California Lighting Technology Center. Students enrolled in the 2009 course design, develop and prototype a fully working LED-based lighting fixture for the Annual LED Luminaire Design Competition. Students use a development kit of [...]

The New Buildings Institute has announced that they will be previewing the latest version of the Advanced Lighting Guidelines at Lightfair International May 5-7 in New York City. To see the 2003 ALG, click here. The new edition will be published online and features contributions from many of the country’s top experts in lighting design. [...]

The California Lighting Technology Center has established the Don Aumann Memorial Lecture in Lighting Efficiency. Don Aumann was an important member of the CLTC team until he passed away suddenly in 2007. The committee for the Don Aumann Memorial Lecture is requesting nominations for potential speakers at this annual event hosted at University of California [...]

Yesterday, we reported that Philips has acquired Italy-based Ilti Luce SpA, an LED design company for architectural indoor lighting. Philips has also recently announced that it has acquired Dynalite, a maker of lighting controls headquartered in Sydney, Australia. Dynalite has become part of the Lighting Electronics business within the Philips Lighting sector. Dynalite was founded [...]

Here’s a project story I wrote for Archi-Tech Magazine before it went digital, which I still find interesting to revisit. The photos appear to be a bit saturated on the web translation here, but you can still get a great flavor for the project. The project was initiated by the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan [...]

Following another historic low score in January, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) was up two points in February, but still pointing to a general lack of demand for design services. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate 9- to 12-month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending. The [...]