by Commercial LED Lighting | Jul 25, 2016 | Building & Home Automation, Business and Industry, Controls and Power, Drivers Electronics, Features, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, Industrial & Life Sciences, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Microcontrollers, Networks, Networks & Controls, Retail & Hospitality, Sensors, Services & Testing, Smart Cities
The LED lighting industry wants to become a vital part of the Internet of Things, but it can’t get there alone. It knows illumination, not communications. Mark Halper details five up-and-coming firms making smart lighting happen. The original version of this...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jul 25, 2016 | Business and Industry, Controls and Power, Driver ICs, Drivers and power, Drivers Electronics, Features, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, Interconnect, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Modular light engines, Networks & Controls, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, SSL Design
Scott Zimmerman, William Livesay, and William Evans describe the advantages of combining a modular approach to LED lighting with DC power distribution to simplify installation, increase efficiency, and deliver a custom look in the built environment. The original...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jul 22, 2016 | Business and Industry, Color Tuning, Controls and Power, Downlights, Drivers Electronics, Facade & Entertainment, Features, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Modular light engines, Networks & Controls, Research & Development, Services & Testing, White-Point Tuning
Maury Wright discusses the beginning of LEDvance as a standalone global lighting powerhouse with CEO Jes Munk Hansen, the progress of a potential acquisition of the business, and how the new operation will be structured. The original version of this article can be...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jul 22, 2016 | Backlighting Signs & Displays, Business and Industry, Controls and Power, Drivers Electronics, Features, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, LED, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Light Sources, Modular light engines, Networks & Controls, OLEDs, Outdoor Lighting, Retail & Hospitality, Services & Testing, SSL Design, White-Point Tuning
Networks and smart lighting remained in the spotlight at LightFair 2016, but Maury Wright reports that lighting designers and specifiers may still care more about the quality of LED-based products than value-added, lighting-centric features. The original version of...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jun 9, 2016 | Business and Industry, Controls and Power, Drivers Electronics, Features, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, Interconnect, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Microcontrollers, Networks & Controls, Outdoor Lighting, Retail & Hospitality, Services & Testing, Smart Cities, SSL Design
L+B 2016 featured more intelligent, connected lighting than ever, as Mark Halper reports, as well as examples of lighting companies branching out into services beyond illumination. Next, the lighting industry needs some end users to really prove the point. The...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jun 9, 2016 | Business and Industry, Color Tuning, Controls and Power, Driver ICs, Drivers Electronics, Facade & Entertainment, Features, IIF, Indoor Lighting, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Modular Drivers, Modular light engines, Networks & Controls, Retail & Hospitality, SSL Design, Tunable lighting, White-Point Tuning
Brent Protzman explains the different approaches to color tuning in SSL luminaire design and why LED-based color tuning can help deliver familiar, comfortable light. The original version of this article can be found...
