Products + Technology

For plants to grow well in greenhouses, they need the right temperature and also the right light. Light in the deep red spectrum plays an important role in plant growth because the absorption of chlorophyll in this red range is very high. OSRAM SYLVANIA’s Golden DRAGON Plus and OSLON SSL now provide this deep red [...]

Juno has unveiled Cylindra LED Series track luminaires, available in high- and medium-lumen packages to offer performance similar to 75W PAR30 and 50W MR16 halogen luminaires, respectively, while consuming less than one-third of the energy. Available in 3000K and 4100K color temperatures, minimum 80 CRI, three beam spreads, integral switch, and white, black or silver [...]

Lithonia Lighting received an award for best interior commercial product for the RTLED luminaire from theLEDshow, a mini-convention and lighting industry consortium focused on marketing and promoting LED and solid-state lighting., held in August 2010 The award honors LED lighting that is innovative, provides a high-quality of light output and eliminates cumbersome installation processes. First [...]

The eighth annual Lighting for Tomorrow competition awarded the best-designed energy-efficient lighting products in the residential market. In addition to the expansion of the solid-state lighting (SSL) competition to include replacement lamps, 2010 featured a brand new lighting controls competition. Lighting for Tomorrow challenged manufacturers to continue to improve their design of SSL fixtures and [...]

The Curve by Finelite is a portable LED desk lamp that won Best in Class in the 2009 DOE LED Next Generation Luminaire (NGL) design competition as the highest ranked entry and will be featured in the 2010 IES Progress Report. Achieving nearly 50 lumens/W luminaire efficacy, the NGL judges commend on the overall “delicate [...]

OSRAM SYLVANIA announced earlier this year that the year 2010 marks the 25th anniversary of the development of the modern compact fluorescent lamp. The lighting industry began tracking sales of integrated CFLs in the United States in 1997, when just 13.3 million units were sold, compared to 2.8 billion incandescent bulbs. Integrated CFL sales in [...]

Lighting Services Inc has published a short four-minute video demonstrating the features of the CX16 Series with its removable housing design for easy lamp changing, which also allows the luminaire to be transformed from a spotlight to a wall wash in seconds.

Wide-Lite’s HIBRED lighting system combines HID and other traditional light sources for peak hours of illumination with an LED array that provides low-level ambient illumination during off-peak hours. The system work with existing area and site luminaires or can be used as a standalone retrofit system. Click here to visit Wide-Lite’s products page.

Leviton Manufacturing Company’s LevNet RF™ line of lighting controls was selected by Buildings Magazine as one of its Top 81 Money-Saving Products. In selecting their top picks in the category, Building’s editors took into account criteria such as: initial cost, life-cycle costs, sustainability, longevity, energy efficiency, occupant productivity and maintenance requirements. LevNet RF, along with [...]