Products + Technology

Electrical Contractor Magazine recently published an article I wrote about how to read a luminaire photometric report, part 2 in a short 2-part series on lighting design basics. The article includes how photometric measurements are taken, what kind of useful outputs are generated, and how to read and interpret those outputs. Check it out here. [...]

Sky Factory eScape™ is a digital cinema virtual window that brings the dynamic beauty of nature—image, motion and sound—to interior environments. A high-tech illusion, eScape features a wall-mounted industrial-grade HD LCD monitor embedded in a full-size casement window. eScape utilizes an advanced RED digital cinema technology to capture terabytes of Sky Factory’s proprietary HD nature [...]

HessAmerica’s Athens is an architectural-grade pole-mounted luminaire for outdoor pedestrian-scale and area lighting applications. Smartly detailed throughout, the distinctive Euro-form of the luminaire is a blend of curves punctuated by a functional transition from luminaire to pole. Click here to learn more.

Columbia’s Bi-Level Luminaire is ideally suited for stairwells and other low-occupancy areas such as storerooms, restrooms and parking structures. The luminaire utilizes two 4-ft. T8 lamps controlled by a PIR occupancy sensor to provide design light levels during times of occupancy while adjusting levels down to acceptable minimums when the space is unoccupied. Click here [...]

On May 12, at the LIGHTFAIR 2010 Innovation Awards ceremony, four companies were recognized as the lighting industry’s leaders in innovative product design and technology. The awards program encompassed nearly 200 products debuting on the 2010 LFI trade show floor. This year, roughly two out of three entrants were based on LED or other solid-state [...]

To mark the occasion of New York Design week (May 14-May 17), Italian lighting manufacturer ITRE will create a “light lounge” in front of Pastis, a restaurant in the Meatpacking District. On display will be two interesting lighting designs: SIT-UP is a light source that doubles as a bench; multiple units can be arranged to [...]

Énergie has introduced a new lighting family called Palaron, inspired by the combination of room and light in the Roman Pantheon and designed by Sieger Design, emits light in all directions from its circular shape. Click here to learn more.

Alera Lighting, a manufacturer of architectural and specialty fluorescent luminaires for offices, schools, and institutional buildings, recently updated and expanded their express program including T5 standard lamp products, OSRAM 0.88 and 0.71 fixed-output programmed-start rapid-start ballasts, and dust covers for T8 or T5 standard products where applicable. Alera Lighting also provides “for record” drawings in [...]

The Stratus LED Linear Wall Grazer by Pure Lighting provides uniform illumination of textured walls and other vertical surfaces using warm or cool white LEDs. Mounted in the ceiling or on the surface behind a cove, Stratus evenly covers up to a 30-ft. wall down to the floor. Click here to learn more.