Most of us have been raised with the idea that the single aim for office lighting design is to reduce energy costs. Technological advances (the LED) and good product design (photometric performance) have helped with that goal. But there’s another metric in town, suggesting that W/m2 isn’t the whole story. In fact, it’s a very
3:30:300 – the conundrum for office lighting design Read More »
Never mind those 10,000 steps, are you getting enough LIGHT in your diet? A new wearable sensor from Lys Technologies keeps a record of your daily light intake and lets you know where you’re going wrong. I visited BRE in Watford this week to take a look at the way that The Biophilic Office project
Wellness: taking care of your circadian rhythm Read More »
Can you price up 212 standard 3W non-maintained emergency downlighters? Best we can do so far is €??. OK? ” OK, no problem. Just a quick question, how long a warranty did you get?” “1 year.” “Can you send me the photometric data you’re looking to match?” “They don’t supply it” “Ours have a 5
How to cheat: pricing emergency lighting Read More »
Recolight was set up by the lighting industry to provide WEEE compliance for the lighting industry As a Recolight Member you can be confident that you are joining the scheme that has no hidden costs; charging is per lamp put on market which means you can forecast what you will be charged each month.
Setting the WEEE Standard for Lighting Read More »
The first LIA Technical Forum of the year was given over to a dicussion of the Internet of Things (IoT). But what was most interesting were the people who were providing the information. Is the lighting control sector ready to take control of smart lighting? And now for some text.
IoT: who ‘owns’ smart lighting? Read More »
Earning a living as a lighting designer/specifier can be a challenge. There must be an easier way to turn a profit. Let’s talk bribery and ethical relativity, shall we? Early on in my career as a fee-charging lighting designer I realised that there was a major disparity between the money I was earning and the
How to cheat: bungs and kickbacks Read More »
Linda Geddes’ new book explores the vital relationship between the sun and the human race suggests directions for improving our health and well-being. Designers of biodynamic lighting need to read this. Over a period of two hundred years, from the beginning of the 17th century, successive parliaments at Westminster passed over 5000 Acts of Enclosure,
The Book Review: Chasing The Sun, by Linda Geddes Read More »
LED Dimming: what’s going on? I was looking for a replacement 1-10v dimmable LED driver and was surprised to hear from my friends that there’s very little call for 1-10v dimming these days. Really? I decided to check out what’s going on with LED dimming these days by asking someone who deals with this on
LED dimming – a 2019 update Read More »
Villingen-Schwenningen, October 2018: The light on the workplace of the future Waldmann luminaires can be integrated in networked office environments The future belongs to fully-networked, customisable workstations. The right light here has a key role to play. Projects with the office furniture industry supplier Kesseböhmer and IT corporation Fujitsu demonstrate that Waldmann luminaires are already
The light on the workplace of the future Read More »
Villingen-Schwenningen, March 2018: Sustainable Light Lighting with Cradle to Cradle® certification, for use in sustainable buildings In view of the growing scarcity of raw materials and the associated need for the construction sector to be aware and responsible about its use of resources, Waldmann has obtained the world’s first Cradle to Cradle® certification for an
What are we to make of ‘equal and approved’. Who is the beneficiary when products get swapped out as part of a ‘value engineering’ exercise. And does the client even know about it? What does ‘equal and approved actually mean? Here’s an idea from the NBS: ‘use of these terms in the specification means that
How to cheat: ‘Equal and Approved’? Read More »