I wrote this article for the March issue of tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. The year 2014 represented a major milestone in adoption of LED technology in terms of demand and product design. With energy savings as high as 30-40 percent (not including additional control impacts), long rated life (with the promise of little or [...]
Products + Technology
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Product Monday: GE Align Lighting
An estimated 50-70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep issues, according to the National Institute of Health. In honor of National Sleep Awareness Week, GE Lighting has developed a light bulb to help promote the body’s natural sleep cycle; GE Align lighting is available on Amazon.com. GE Align LED lighting technology is engineered to help [...]
Product Monday: Linea S by HessAmerica
HessAmerica’s Linea S exemplifies minimalist design in a bollard, offering pathway illumination specifically designed for pedestrian-scale spaces. The luminaire may be specified in single-configuration or twin-mounting for installation within interiors of open areas or median-mounted pathways. It is available in 24-, 30- and 36-in. heights. CCT 3000K or 4000K, >80 CRI, 16W, 120/277V high-power-factor LED [...]
Data Transmission Through Light
This NECA Electric TV video provides an introduction to LiFi–the use of visible light as a source of data transmission. It’s already being done with lasers, and now the potential of using LED luminaires is being explored. In the general lighting space, Acuity, GE and Philips are now commercializing specific solutions for retail spaces that [...]
Product Monday: MediaGlas by Traxon Technologies
Traxon Technologies has introduced MediaGlas through a partnership with Galaxy Glass & Stone. MediaGlas is a highly customizable line of monolithic and laminated architectural glass products designed specifically for use with Traxon and e:cue LED lighting and controls. It’s well suited to a wide variety of aesthetic and functional backlighted LED applications, such as medium-resolution [...]
2014 IES Progress Report
Lots of great products to peruse in the 2014 IES Progress Report. Check out the products selected here.
Product Monday: Track Light by Lighting Services Inc
Lighting Services Inc’s SSLGR16 Series is a line-voltage luminaire designed specifically for 5W and 7.5W SORAA MR16 LED lamps with 35,000-hour life and a GU10 base. Choice of beam spreads including 10, 25, 36 and 60 degrees. It can fit up to two SORAA Snap accessories or a full range of LSI accessories. The luminaire [...]
Products + Technology, Research
Researchers Make Strides with Novel Lighting Technology: Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells
Researchers at the Universities of Basel and Valencia recently reported that they have succeeded in laying the ground work for a novel solid-state light source based on light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs). The group, led by Basel professors Catherine E. Housecroft and Edwin C. Constable, see LECs as potentially advantageous compared to LED because they are [...]
Product Monday: Square by Cooledge Lighting
Cooledge Lighting has expanded its “light sheet” portfolio with SQUARE, a 1×1 lighting product that requires no heat-sink and can be snapped together to create a larger luminous plane capable of being trimmed to size, even while powered. The light source can be affixed to almost any surface (and is flexible, allowing wrapping around columns [...]
Product Monday: Horticultural Luminaires by OSRAM SYLVANIA
ZELION HL Horticulture LED Grow Light Fixtures provide an LED solution for turf and landscape maintenance, commercial greenhouses and indoor gardening. Available in 25W, 50W, 100W and 150W versions and with a rated life of 100,000 hours, these luminaires provide an energy-saving and long-life alternative to high-pressure sodium luminaires. Through the use of targeted lighting [...]
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