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Innovative New Modules Bring LED’s Closer to Widespread Use(0)

August 26, 2010

The recent LIGHTFair International (LFI) in Las Vegas, the world’s largest architectural and commercial lighting trade show, reported record breaking attendance of over 20,000 industry professionals.
Many attendees are watching the industry closely to see innovative product solutions, particularly LED’s. This year did not disappoint.  While many manufacturers have shown LED luminaires [...]

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9 Lighting Disasters to Avoid in the Kitchen and Bathroom

Many common solutions we typically see in kitchens and baths are far from the best solutions, but are repeated again and again because people are not sure how to light those spaces well.  Lighting design can transform a space from drab to dynamite. It’s especially important in kitchens and baths where we need [...]

How to Evaluate Lighting in the Patient Care Environment

In evaluating light quality in any environment, we have to keep in mind how the eye perceives light. As light distribution goes, we perceive light first on vertical surfaces, and last on horizontal surfaces below eye level (the ground, the floor, the work plane). Light on vertical surfaces conveys spaciousness, brightness, and [...]

NREL Researches Sustainable Daylighting Technology

In Golden, Colorado, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the nation’s primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development.  Located in historic Camp George West, the facility opened in the late 1960’s with an emphasis on active solar energy research.  While many of its researchers, which hail from more than sixty [...]


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