I wrote this article for the February issue of tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), four out of five lamps in service in commercial buildings 2010 were fluorescent, with a majority used in troffer (cross between “trough” and “coffer”) luminaires. Available in standard 1′x4′, 2′x4′ and 2′x2′ sizes, [...]
Products + Technology
Product Monday: Cycle by Eureka Lighting
Cycle by Eureka Lighting—available in a variety of diameters, mounting methods and color temperatures—produces a glowing halo for large spaces. Click here to learn more.
Product Monday: SmartCast Intelligent Color Control by Cree
Cree’s SmartCast lighting control technology now includes field-adjustable color temperature for the company’s SmartCast-enabled CR Series LED troffers. This provides dynamic and customizable color control from 3000K to 5000K in 500K increments for commercial building general lighting. Click here to learn more.
Product Monday: Curv by Alera Lighting
Alera Lighting’s Curv LED indirect luminaires offer three housing styles and three lumen packages ranging from 4,275 to 7,180 nominal. Optional integral sensors and wireless technology pre-installed. Service life valued at 60,000 hours at L90. Five-year warranty. Click here to learn more.
Product Monday: Cirrus Channel Suspension D1 by Edge Lighting
Edge Lighting’s Cirrus Channel Suspension D1 features a 4-in. square canopy and a direct 1-in. flat linear lens with 100-degree beam spread. The 85+ or 95+ CRI LED light source draws 2.5W or 5.5W per linear foot. Multiple finishes and lengths. Click here to learn more.
Kevin Willmorth Revisits 52 in 52
In 2010, Kevin Willmorth embarked on an extraordinary task–create 52 LED lighting products in 52 weeks. In honor of 2015 being the International Year of Light, he’s doing it again. Check out his interesting creations here.
Product Monday: LED Pendants and Sconces by Winona
The Canoe LED Pendant and Sconce Collection from Winona Lighting features an elegant slim profile and even indirect illumination. The Canoe family is offered in three styles: vertical wall mount, horizontal wall mount and horizontal pendant. Luminaires range from 30 to 54 inches in length depending on mount application. The solid aluminum housing is available [...]
Products + Technology, Research
LRC Examines Mogul Base LED Replacement Lamps, Authors New Report
HID lamps represent 2% of all installed lamps but 26% of national lighting energy consumption. Mogul-base LED replacement lamps are now being marketed as energy-saving equivalents. In response to a need to objectively evaluate available options, the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute began characterizing the market for and performance testing of mogul-base [...]
Product Monday: APlus by Edison Price
The APlus product line, which includes the APlus WhiteLight and the dim-to-warm APlus Sunset, provide LED combination downlight/wallwashers. The APlus product line is powered by Cree’s diffuse dome LED module (90+ CRI). Downlight reflectors provide a wide distribution with a 0.9 spacing ratio, a 40° shielding angle and low brightness at normal viewing angles. The [...]
Product Monday: LED High-Bay by Precision-Paragon
Precision-Paragon [P2]’s QHC LED high-bay luminaire features TIR-based short wavelength light suppression optics, preventing emission of light waves below 500 nm. This allows installation in sensitive applications such as certain food processing plants, dairies and pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, where goods are susceptible to photooxidation–degradation due to reaction to certain wavelengths of light. This degradation can [...]
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