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Components | LED Modules | Human Centric Lighting | Dec 04, 2017
Adura LED Solutions Announces Color Tunable LED on Board Modules
Adura LED Solutions Announces Color Tunable LED on Board Modules Adura LED Solutions, today announced a new line-up of High Power LED on Board (LoB) modules for Indoor and outdoor Lighting that features color tunability and increased design compatibility. The new module 2024C LoB can be driven from 50-250 W using variety of 3535 packed LEDs from Cree, Nichia, Lumileds, Seoul Semiconductors, Samsung and other LED suppliers. Read more »
Components | Electronics | Driver Modules | Human Centric Lighting | Oct 06, 2017
Fulham Launches New 25 W Universal Mains Dimmable Driver
Fulham Launches New 25 W Universal Mains Dimmable Driver October sees the launch of a new LED 25 W universal mains dimmable driver from Fulham Europe, one of the leaders in electronic lighting components. The new dimmable driver is expected to be very popular as it is designed to be compatible with most dimmers from a wide range of dimming controls manufacturers. Read more »
Resources | LpR Article | Tech-Talks Bregenz | Quality | Human Centric Lighting | Optics | Sep 12, 2017
Tech-Talks BREGENZ - Dr. Wilfried Pohl, Research Director, Bartenbach GmbH
Tech-Talks BREGENZ - Dr. Wilfried Pohl, Research Director, Bartenbach GmbH Bartenbach is one of the pioneers in light planning and lighting research. Since Christian Bartenbach Senior founded the engineering office in 1976, the company has been dedicated to light and visual perception. Several lighting inventions made over the years, can be attributed to Bartenbach. Dr. Wilfried Pohl, as a member of the Managing Board and Director of Research at Bartenbach GmbH, has played a substantial role in many developments. LED professional talked with him about Bartenbach’s history, education in the lighting business, the lighting parameters he deems very important, the quality of light, "Human Centric Lighting" and "Biodynamic Lighting“, and how LEDs have changed the light planning and lighting research company, in general. Read more »
Human Centric Lighting | SCHEER | Resources | Reports | Health + Environment | Jul 21, 2017
SCHEER Draft Report on LED Published - Health Study
SCHEER Draft Report on LED Published - Health Study The EU Scientific Committee on Health, Environment and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) has published on 19 July 2017, a Preliminary Opinion on potential risks to human health of Light Emitting Diodes. Read more »
Business | Organization News | NLB | Human Centric Lighting | May 31, 2017
Designing With Tunable White Light in Focus at the National Lighting Bureau’s Annual Lighting Forum
Designing With Tunable White Light  in Focus at the National Lighting Bureau’s Annual Lighting Forum Relying on tunable white light “is the best, most-affordable way to ‘future-proof’ your work and designs and ensure very high performance.” So said Terry Clark, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Finelite, Inc., while participating in the National Lighting Bureau’s Annual Lighting Forum as one of three panelists focused on new and emerging developments in tunable white light; i.e., lighting whose color and other elements can be adjusted to meet a variety of needs and preferences. Other panelists included Brent Protzman, Ph.D., Director of Building Science and Standards Development, Lutron Electronics, Inc., and Sandra Stashik, P.E., F.IES, LEED AP, Director, Strategic Specification Development, Acuity Brands Lighting. EdisonReport Editor and Publisher Randy Reid moderated the discussion. Read more »
Tools | Engineering | Human Centric Lighting | Simulation Tools | Health + Environment | Apr 29, 2017
LRC Releases Free, Open Access Circadian Stimulus Calculator
LRC Releases Free, Open Access Circadian Stimulus Calculator The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has recently released a free, open-access circadian stimulus (CS) calculator to help lighting professionals select light sources and light levels that will increase the potential for circadian-effective light exposure in architectural spaces, utilizing the CS metric. Developed by LRC researchers, the CS metric is a new way to quantify light’s impact on acute melatonin suppression, a marker of circadian system activation. Read more »
Featured | Components | Electronics | Driver Modules | Human Centric Lighting | Apr 25, 2017
Warm Dimming and the Future of LED
Warm Dimming and the Future of LED As LED lighting grows in acceptance and popularity, so does the need for better and more ranging color quality. Traditionally, LED lighting gave off a stark white, cool glow that was harsh on the eyes and made it difficult to use as a primary lighting source. Warm-dim LED technology has toned down that cool coloring, dynamically shifting the current and future applications of LED lighting management systems. Dimmability with a warm glow effect creates more opportunities than ever for LED lighting management systems. Read more »
Business | Organization News | LightingEurope | IALD | Human Centric Lighting | Apr 20, 2017
Joint Position Paper by LightingEurope and the IALD on Human Centric Lighting
Joint Position Paper by LightingEurope and the IALD on Human Centric Lighting Light has been known for a long time to enable sight, safety and orientation. However, light is not limited to facilitate vision, it has the potential to achieve far more than this. Science has shown that light facilitates powerful non-visual effects on humans. Light has the ability to improve cognitive performance, it can energize, increase alertness or ease relaxation. It can improve mood, as well as stabilize the sleep-wake cycle of people. Therefore, it can be understood that light impacts people’s wellbeing and performance. In fact, the true value of light lies in the combination of excellent visual, biological and emotional effects of light. LightingEurope uses the terminology “Human Centric Lighting” for lighting that brings such benefits to the users. A product or system can only be “Human Centric” within the context of people, time and space, thus within a specific application. Therefore, Human Centric Lighting requires the integration of these effects in the lighting design. Read more »
Resources | LpO Article | Event-Reports | Trends | Sustainability | Human Centric Lighting | Apr 03, 2017
First LightingEurope Summit – An Outstanding Figure in the Lighting Branch, Hands Over His Responsibilities
First LightingEurope Summit – An Outstanding Figure in the Lighting Branch, Hands Over His Responsibilities Diederik de Stoppelaar, one of the most influential and esteemed personalities in the lighting branch, has retired and passed over his responsibilities to Ourania Georgoutsakou. One of his last activities was initiating the first LightingEurope Summit, a one-day program, where a number of respected and eloquent lecturers were invited to speak. The venue, The Steigenberg Wiltcher's, in Brussels, was a good choice for this first of its kind event. About 150 lighting specialists, friends, and colleagues of Diederik de Stoppelaar attended the conference and farewell event. Read more »
Components | Electronics | Sensors | Color Sensor | Human Centric Lighting | Mar 28, 2017
ams Launches AS7225 Tunable-White Lighting Smart System Sensor
ams Launches AS7225 Tunable-White Lighting Smart System Sensor ams AG, a leading provider of high performance sensor solutions, today announced the AS7225 tunable-white lighting smart system sensor, further broadening the solution set for sensor-integrated tunable-white lighting solutions. With the addition of the AS7225, OEM lighting manufacturers can access ams’ closed-loop CCT tuning and daylight compensation, while retaining the existing host microprocessor architecture in their smart lighting design. The result is higher precision, more flexible LED binning, and lower system costs for tunable white lighting systems. Read more »
Human Centric Lighting | Systems + Applications | Luminaires | Feb 14, 2017
OEM Systems Group Promises Healthy Light at the Workplace
OEM Systems Group Promises Healthy Light at the Workplace Work is ever more frequently leading to health problems: In 2016, the number of sick notes through mental illness has reached a new high in Germany. According to health insurer DAK-Gesundheit*, they are responsible for 17 percent of sick leaves. Thus, mental illnesses are now the second most frequent reason for absenteeism. Read more »
Components | LED Modules | Human Centric Lighting | Feb 02, 2017
LED Engin Enhances Small Form-Factor LED Light Engine with LuxiTune 2.3 and BLE Control Interface
LED Engin Enhances Small Form-Factor LED Light Engine with LuxiTune 2.3 and BLE Control Interface Combining a compact form factor with the latest platform features, the LuxiTune™2.3 tunable white light engine announced by LED Engin, Inc., a leader in high flux density LED products, targets the same track-lighting and small down-lighting applications as its Gen 2.0 products, while delivering the added performance and controllability benefits that were introduced with Gen 3.0. These advances, which include smooth deep dimming to 0.5%, no e-flicker and no visible flicker, also extend to additional control interfaces for DALI, DMX-RDM and Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) through daughter cards, that customers can chose to wire into their fixtures. Read more »
LpR Article | Smart Lighting + IoT | Event-Reports | Sustainability | Human Centric Lighting | Manufacturing | Resources | Jan 26, 2017
Swiss Photonics Workshop on Intelligent Efficient Solid State Lighting
Swiss Photonics Workshop on Intelligent Efficient Solid State Lighting Swiss Photonics held their Swiss Solid State Lighting Workshop in the Pantheon at Muttenz near Basel on December 12th of last year. The ambience of the automobile museum was perfect! The program covered a broad range of topics including Human Centric Lighting, Internet of Things and the results of the LASSIE project (Large Area Solid State Lighting Intelligent Efficient: A 7th Framework Program for Research and Technological Development). In the following article, Arno Grabher-Meyer, Editor-in-Chief at LED professional, summarizes the highlights. Read more »
Featured | Components | Electronics | Driver Modules | Human Centric Lighting | Jan 19, 2017
Warm Dimming and the Future of LED
Warm Dimming and the Future of LED As LED lighting grows in acceptance and popularity, so does the need for better and more ranging color quality. Traditionally, LED lighting gave off a stark white, cool glow that was harsh on the eyes and made it difficult to use as a primary lighting source. Warm-dim LED technology has toned down that cool coloring, dynamically shifting the current and future applications of LED lighting management systems. Dimmability with a warm glow effect creates more opportunities than ever for LED lighting management systems. Read more »
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