Products + Technology

Here’s an interesting design for a solar lamp that collapses down for easy travel. Craziest Gadgets has a description here.

a•light, a division of Amerillum Corporation, has introduced aire1, a vertical ground-mounted architectural bollard that provides a continuous line of LED non-glare ambient and accent illumination up to 8 ft. high. Check it out here.

WattStopper recently introduced Digital Lighting Management, a distributed lighting control system offering the benefits of energy code compliance, higher energy savings than conventional controls, and high return on investment in new and existing buildings. With DLM, each room or space has its own control network where room controllers, switches and sensors are simply connected as [...]

NOTE: The bad link at the bottom has been fixed. The Lighting Research Center‘s DELTA program recently field tested photovoltaic-powered LED luminaires installed at three public, outdoor sites in the Catskill Mountains region of upstate New York. The luminaires were prototypes designed by Sullivan Renaissance, Philips Hadco and SolarOne Solutions. Click here to learn the [...]

Manufactured in Italy and previously available in the European market, the Omikron line is now available in the USA and Canada exclusively through YLighting. Check it out here.

Kim Lighting recently introduced WARP9 LED, a low-glare, high-performance outdoor area light utilizing LED technology. Using a patented optical system, the luminaire can provide wide-throw ground plane illumination to maintain spacings without excessive glare. The product is made from more than 90% recycled materials; the housing, LEDs and drivers contain no mercury; all electronic components [...]

Lighting Services Inc’s UL-listed Track Adaptor (-00FIT), available for one- and two-circuit LSI track, features an integral switch and mechanical safety interlock for positive non-energized making and breaking of luminaire contacts with track. Using the Adaptor, designers can add track luminaires from other manufacturers to LSI track systems. Check it out here.

Leviton’s LevNet RF line of wireless energy management devices offers interoperable, self-powered devices integrating Leviton performance and design features with EnOcean wireless control technology. LevNet RF self-powered transmitters do not require external power and there are no batteries or components to replace or maintain. Check it out here. Controls Friday is sponsored by

In support of high quality products for LED lighting, Lighting Services Inc has announced that it will provide a Lighting Facts Pledge label for the company’s LumeLEX LED Series. Verified by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Lighting Facts label reports accurate and consistent product performance results in five areas from actual IESNA Standard LM-79 [...]