The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has launched Lighting Patterns for Homes, an interactive website to help homeowners, contractors and builders choose the right lamps, luminaires and controls to maximize energy savings, calculate lighting costs and achieve lighting effects to meet a wide range of needs in their homes. It also shows [...]

CANDELAS, LUMENS AND LUX (146 pp., softcover) by Owen F. Ransen is a brief and light introduction to the concepts and mathematics of illumination. The book is aimed at architects, civil engineers, road engineers, photographers, interior designers as well as anyone who needs to understand artificial lighting. The book can be used as the basis [...]

This recorded webinar presented by Dr. Craig Bernecker of Parsons, which you can watch below, provides a sampling of studies conducted that illustrate both psychological and physiological responses to lighted environments.

The Department of Energy’s booth at LIGHTFAIR was hopping, with in-booth educational sessions packed with attendees. Experts addressed life-cycle assessment and environmental testing of LED products; performance of LED troffers, kits, and tubes; dimming and flicker; and provided updates on the L Prize® and Next Generation Luminaires competitions, LED Lighting Facts testing, CALiPER analysis, and [...]

Howard Wolfman of Lumispec and myself have been invited back to this year’s LIGHTFAIR to present our popular seminar, “What’s New in Lamps and Ballasts” (L13W15), expanded according to attendee demand to a three-hour program. Joining this year will be Stan Walerczyk of Lighting Wizards. The seminar will occur from 3:00 to 6:00 PM on [...]

The Lighting Controls Association recently announced that it has become an American Institute of Architects (AIA) Continuing Education System (CES) provider. In addition, nearly all of the courses in Education Express, authored by Craig DiLouie, LC, are now registered for AIA CES Learning Units (LU) / Healthy Safety Welfare (HSW) / Sustainable Design (SD) credits. [...]

The LightCollector app from Philips and Light Collective is based upon two lighting design fundamentals: the desire to be inspired and the need to store the things that inspire us so we can use them when required. LightCollector is an opportunity to create a crowd sourced global image collection for the professional lighting industry sharing [...]

Produced by German lighting designer Gerd Pfarré and graphic designer and ad agency owner Frank Koschembar, THE ILLUMINATOR is a new 100 x 70 cm magazine about the role of light in culture, art, architecture and design. The magazine, which recently debuted with its first issue (and which subsequently received a glowing review in THE [...]

The average shopper spends seven minutes in a retail store. If the store environment engages a shopper, 80% will make a purchase. What can lighting do to attract, engage and convert potential buyers? Matthew Cobham of Philips Lighting University discusses retail lighting in this fascinating webinar, covering: – Essentials in retailing lighting – The growing [...]