Lighting Design

Philips Lighting interviewed some of the international lighting community’s most innovative designers. The topic? Light. Check it out here.

The proliferation of solid-state light sources has highlighted the limitations of the CRI metric as a predictor that fully represents how people perceive color. This article in ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING describes these limitations and efforts to create a new metric. Check it out here. In March 2013, the IES formed the Color Metric Task Group to [...]

My column in the July issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR describes popular landscape lighting design techniques that can be used to transform exterior spaces through illumination. Catch it here.

This PROGRESSIVE GROCER article by OSRAM SYLVANIA’s Keith Pierce describes how grocery stores can more effectively display and sell products using light. Check it out here.

The notion that energy efficiency and lighting quality are at odds is a fallacy, says Kevin Willmorth in this article for ARCHITECTURAL SSL. Read it here.

My lighting column published in the June issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR talks about the effect of lighting on well being, summarizing a talk gave by educator Dr. Craig Bernecker. Check it out here.

The Department of Energy’s Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium (MSSLC) has released the first updated version of its Model Specification for LED Roadway Luminaires. A “living document” that’s updated as needed to reflect changes in technologies and associated standards, and incorporating feedback from users, the model specification enables cities, utilities and other local agencies to [...]

Sixteen award winners representing architectural lighting design projects from 10 countries comprise the winners of the 31st Annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards, recognized at a presentation held June 4 at LIGHTFAIR. Of the 16 projects recognized, four entries earned a Special Citation, five earned Awards of Merit and seven [...]

Chris Bailey, Director of Lighting Solutions Center – Hubbell Lighting, recently published a post on the Hubbell blog, “Right-sizing Light,” that you might find interesting. He writes: “Most designers strive to achieve a balance in the perceptions of safety, security and nighttime enjoyment. While it is essential for designers and customers to understand the technical [...]