Products + Technology

The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) recently unveiled the winners of the 2010 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA®) competition—a celebration of the year’s most inventive and creative product and product concept designs. At least 10 lighting products were recognized. This year’s awards were chosen from the following categories: commercial and industrial products; communication tools; [...]

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New application of a 15-year-old technology is creating a minor revolution in fluorescent lighting, enabling linear fluorescent lamps to be installed in applications once reserved to HID lighting and expanding retrofit opportunities. Amalgam technology is now available in linear T5HO, T5VHO and T8VHO lamps, enabling these lamps to extend into applications that get as cold [...]

Designed for “one-for-one” replacement of less efficient 400W metal halide fixtures, Hubbell Industrial Lighting’s new 200W E-HID ECOBAY provides up to 54% energy savings (247W for every 400W fixture replaced), color-correct light output (92 CRI, due to temperature stability), and 88% lamp lumen maintenance. Click here to learn more about this product.

Lighting Services Inc is thrilled to announce that Autodesk Revit files are now available for download on the LSI Website. Autodesk Revit is “Building Information Modeling” software that supports the design, drawings and schedules required for building projects. Revit works the way architects and designers think, allowing them to work naturally, design freely, and deliver [...]

Bruck Lighting Systems, Inc. recently announced the launch of the new Ledra Chroma and Chroma II. This is a fully adjustable, high-output 10W LED spot fixture with fixture-to-fixture color consistency of +/- 50 Kelvin achieved through the use of a single-source LED module with patented cold remote phosphor technology developed by Xicato, Inc. An integral [...]

Capture Sweden’s Capture Polar is lighting design software for Windows and Mac OS X, focusing on the creative design and documentation stages of the process. It allows designers to work with all objects in real time without the need to switch modes or applications, allowing maximum flexibility. http://www.youtube.com/v/nha0Bt6IE44&hl=en_US&fs=1&

BEGA/US has introduced a series of new LED Wall Washers in two sizes, 20W or 40W LED modules, and symmetrical or asymmetrical distribution of light. The luminaires can be installed in any orientation. Click here to learn more.

CFL manufacturer TCP, Inc. is introducing a new fully dimmable CFL product line incorporating a patent-pending high performance CFL ballast design that features proprietary NXP GreenChip power management IC chip technology. This new design approach, dubbed TruDim Technology, results in a CFL with smoother full range dimming performance from 100% down to 1%. The dimming [...]