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Volume 20, Issue 6

LEDs Magazine September 2023 issue

Volume 20, Issue 6

Digital

LAST WORD | Environments CEO looks to build a better commercial experience using digital twins

Carrie Meadows

Sept. 14, 2023

ERIN MCDANNALD explains how her company's metaverse platform can demonstrate lighting and IoT capabilities to clients as well as extend collaboration with colleagues.

Manufacturing Services & Testing

CONTROLS | Energy-harvesting light switch technology meets 2023 NEC specification

Graham Martin

Sept. 14, 2023

The 2023 NEC specification for wall-mounted devices eliminates stand-alone battery-powered light switches. GRAHAM MARTIN explains how energy harvesting devices can meet the need...

Connected SSL & Controls

CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY | DALI supports standardized wireless lighting control architectures

Paul Drosihn

Sept. 14, 2023

PAUL DROSIHN summarizes several approaches to implement interoperable controls systems that fully leverage the connectivity, bidirectionality, and lighting-specific data capabilities...

Lighting designer Aprille Balangue assisted Washington’s Madrona School in realizing the potential of its new LED lighting through luminaire level lighting controls.

Connected SSL & Controls

EDUCATION LIGHTING | Simplify school lighting systems with LLLC (UPDATED)

Aprille Balangue

Sept. 14, 2023

APRILLE BALANGUE explains how designers and engineers can validate the performance and experience benefits of luminaire-level lighting controls in school settings.

The Powel Science Leadership Academy Middle School (SLAMS) is located on the Drexel University campus in West Philadelphia.

Architectural Lighting

PROJECTS | Form follows function when lighting educational spaces

Jana Madsen

Sept. 14, 2023

Lighting design priorities remain the same despite how schools and learning have evolved, as seen in this case study of Powel SLAMS, designed by Rogers Partners with lighting ...

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Manufacturing Services & Testing

ENERGY CODE | Lighting and energy audit increases retrofit project success

Gina Griffiths Rodda

Sept. 14, 2023

GINA GRIFFITHS RODDA explains the importance of defining energy-code compliance requirements for existing buildings, and how lighting audits can ensure that retrofit projects ...

LEDs & SSL Design

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS | In session: What to know about patent litigations in the UPC

Jonathan Auerbach

Sept. 14, 2023

IP litigators JONATHAN AUERBACH and DAVID RADULESCU help lighting companies navigate process changes under the European Union’s new Unified Patent Court system.

Original rendering enhanced with the aid of Midjourney generative AI software.

Architectural Lighting

PROFILES IN LIGHTING | Koerner Design

Carrie Meadows

Sept. 14, 2023

In addition to product development, KOERNER DESIGN consultant Brad Koerner seeks inspiration at the intersection of architectural lighting and digital displays for immersive and...

Specialty SSL

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT | Industrial & Specialty SSL

Hayden Beeson

Sept. 14, 2023

LEDs Magazine's September issue features a selection of specialty luminaires and drivers for demanding environments.

Tunable white technology enables the independent control of color temperature and light intensity within a given application. The color temperature of the light can change from warm to neutral to cool in appearance over time, based on the needs of the occupants or space.

Architectural Lighting

ARCHITECTURAL SSL | Tunable white light and its benefits become more accessible

Gregory Kay

Sept. 14, 2023

In an excerpt from Architectural SSL, GREGORY KAY of PureEdge Lighting summarizes advanced, customizable illumination solutions that improve building occupant experience.

LEDs & SSL Design

COMMENTARY | New ‘kids’ on the block

Carrie Meadows

Sept. 14, 2023

CARRIE MEADOWS looks ahead to new conferences on the late summer and fall calendar, and introduces the newest member of the Lighting Group team.

Lighting for Health & Wellbeing

GUV SYSTEMS | Rethinking wall plug efficiency for UV-C LEDs in water disinfection

Rajul Randive

Sept. 14, 2023

UV-C LEDs have advanced on a wave of interest in disinfection technology, but EOIN CONNOLLY and RAJUL RANDIVE advise water-disinfection system OEMs to compare light-source WPE...

A rendering of the Munger dormitory. Windowless bedrooms are concentrated in the center of the building, surrounded by windowed common areas.

Lighting for Health & Wellbeing

UCSB ‘windowless’ dorm design dies

Hayden Beeson

Aug. 29, 2023

The University of California has restarted the design process for a controversial student residence that accorded living spaces minimal access to daylight and views.

Hopefully the croissant and coffee are good, because the paperwork might well be tedious and confusing. Fluence will handle it for growers claiming rebates on LED purchases.

Horticultural Lighting

We’ve heard of lighting as a service, but how about rebates as a service?

Mark Halper

Aug. 23, 2023

A little known offering by Fluence has helped horticultural lighting customers claim back considerable cash for their expenditures on LED gear.

A row of Virtual Sun artificial skylight units

Architectural Lighting

First look at the Virtual Sun for enhanced interior illumination

Hayden Beeson

Aug. 21, 2023

Innerscene’s simulated skylight solution, Virtual Sun, promises to create sunshine anytime, anywhere.

The integration of colors, shapes, materials, and illumination at Montreal-based Yaldei was guided by learning how students with special needs might react to different spaces and situations in order to design a positive and supportive learning environment for them, explained Stendel + Reich principal Cliff Stendel.

Architectural Lighting

SSL IN ACTION | Educational lighting design supports varied special needs

March 14, 2023

MICHELE BARTOLINI explains how designer Cliff Stendel employed Axis LED lighting as a key component in creating a safe, engaging environment for a student body with unique cognitive...