Explainer: understanding lighting Standards
Standards are there to ensure that products and services are delivered in a ‘standard’ fashion. Often, standards refer to the […]
Explainer: why Power Factor is important in an LED luminaire
WARNING: electrical talk here! Power factor is all about wasting energy. The LED chip is only one part of a […]
Explainer: Melanopic Lux
At the core of ‘circadian lighting’ is the phenomenon that we call ‘the melanopic response’. This comes from the research […]
UGR16: what’s going on?
A year ago, manufacturers were complaining about the rigours of UGR19. Specifiers – or, more to the point, facilities managers […]
Emergency lighting obligations explained
Bad things happen, hands get wrung, promises are made – and then we quietly slide back into the same old […]
The security of Connected Lighting.
Jasper Hijink of lux-it Lighting Technology asked me what we’ve done to promote security in connected lighting systems . . […]
Explainer: Lighting terms Glossary (thanks to SLL)
Someone suggested that The Light Review should have an explainer for all those head-scratching technical terms that the industry is […]
Emergency lighting batteries – one size fits all?
The technology behind emergency lighting is changing. We asked Simon Coates, Technical Manager of Orbik to tell us all about […]
IoT: who ‘owns’ smart lighting?
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.
LED dimming – a 2019 update
LED Dimming: what’s going on? I was looking for a replacement 1-10v dimmable LED driver and was surprised to hear […]
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