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    Barker Associates Architecture Office (BAAO) developed the complete lighting, fixture, and architectural design for the City Kids preschool in Brooklyn, N.Y.
    Architectural Lighting

    Creating educational environments that inspire (MAGAZINE)

    Wanda Lau
    May 25, 2022
    Barker Associates and Buro Happold tailor lighting solutions for playfulness, productivity, and pragmatism in modern learning spaces.
    A collaborative project at Aalborg University, involving lighting and controls companies Fagerhult, iGuzzini, Zumtobel, and Tridonic, has found that more dynamic lighting combining both natural and electric light has enhanced worker comfort and productivity in the workspace. (Photo credit: Images courtesy of Zumtobel.)
    FIG. 1. A possible implementation of a spectrally-optimizable lighting system illustrates the role of sensors to detect reflectance from objects to emit light tuned to the spectra of each object, rendering realistic color and detail. (Image credit: Graphic concept by Dorukalp Durmus, illustrated by Mike Reeder.)
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    Photo credit: Image by RAEng_Publications via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial or non-commercial purposes.
    Image credit: Graphic by Pete Linforth via Pixabay.
    Image credit: Graphic by Pete Linforth via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial or non-commercial purposes.
    Photo credit: Image courtesy of GE Current, a Daintree company.
    The custom usage of Albeo high-bay LED luminaires from GE Current aligns well with the historic former-freight-depot architecture in a modern update to the Freight events venue in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of GE Current, a Daintree company.)

    When we last checked in on iGuzzini headquarters (above) in April, the co-located factory was closed. But Fagerhult says it is now re-opened, as are several other large Fagerhult manufacturing sites which had temporarily stopped production amid the global economic slowdown. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Fagerhult.)
    Shown are just some of the Osram luminaires at the Shenzhen World Exhibition Center, which makes considerable use of natural light as well as artificial. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Osram.)
    Asked about the potential market size for UV-C products, Signify CEO Eric Rondolat said, “We are sizing the market as we speak.” (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Signify.)
    2020 Sapphire Awards Illumineers of the Year Kory Liszt (right) and Bob Rogers (left) worked on the software development of Cree Lighting’s Sapphire-winning product, Cadiant, in the Lighting for Health and Wellbeing category. (Photo credits: All images courtesy of Cree Lighting via LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards program.)
    The University of Washington Dempsey Center boasts a higher light level and reduced maintenance with its new sports lighting, delivered by Cree Lighting HXB Series high bays. The LED luminaires improve light uniformity for visibility and broadcasting while achieving significant energy savings. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Cree Lighting.)
    In a study carried out by SSL manufacturers and researchers, participants evaluated the appearance of plants in a plant wall, determining whether various CCTs affected the plants’ leaf and stem health, with spectral power distribution at those varying CCTs deemed to be impactful. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Xicato.)
    This modern couple will have an easier time eyeballing whether it’s quinoa or couscous in the bowl now that they have 1600 Hue lumens shining down. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Signify.)
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    Architectural Lighting

    Lighting brand value plummets in changing SSL landscape (MAGAZINE)

    Maury Wright
    June 10, 2020
    MAURY WRIGHT considers the shifting strategies in how product branding is utilized in the contemporary solid-state lighting sector.
    Photo credit: Image courtesy of Eureka Lighting (an Acuity Brand).
    Architectural Lighting

    Luminaires evolve beyond legacy form, leverage LED advancements (MAGAZINE)

    Maury Wright
    June 10, 2020
    MAURY WRIGHT explores a sample of new luminaires that provide a hint at the evolved thinking of product developers and a nudge to the imagination of lighting designers/specifiers...
    In this new line of packaging boxes for Signify’s Philips bulbs, the openings are nothing but air, yet they are sturdy, Signify said. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Signify.)
    Architectural Lighting

    Signify eliminating plastic from consumer packaging

    Mark Halper
    June 5, 2020
    No more foam inserts, hard blister packs, or that sort of thing by the end of next year, in an initiative that is already well underway.
    GE Lighting’s historic Nela Park headquarters in East Cleveland will become part of modern-day home automation outfit Savant Systems, which will tweak the company’s name to GE Lighting, a Savant Company. (Photo credit: Image by Rpabst via Wikimedia Commons; available in the public domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nela_Park_Building_307.jpg.)
    Connected SSL & Controls

    With Savant’s GE acquisition, the IoT once again drives the lighting industry

    Mark Halper
    June 1, 2020
    The high-end home automation outfit could give GE Lighting its spiffiest polish since the bygone days of Jeff Goldblum’s dazzlingly cheesy Terry Quattro character.
    Image credit: Graphic by Gerd Altmann via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial or noncommercial purposes.
    Architectural Lighting

    GE sells GE Lighting lamps business to Savant Systems

    Maury Wright
    May 28, 2020
    After a number of fits and starts, GE is finally completely out of the lighting business that was its legacy with Savant Systems acquiring the GE Lighting consumer lamps business...