Innovative Lighting is a startup based in a small town in Iowa that is developing a PoE lighting system they are branding Genisys (Iowa of all places…where my dad goes for antique John Deere meet ups!). I’m impressed by their progress – … Continue reading innovative lighting
Corning has a pretty cool vision of the future, but this really takes the cake: Corning’s Willow Glass so flexible that it can be rolled up and used like a laminate. It is shatter resistant and can even be cut with … Continue reading corning willow glass
When you are either specifying or engineering a light fixture, I implore you to think about the broader issues of sustainability and the lighting industry’s impact on our tiny planet. There are many sustainability certification programs out there and frankly, I … Continue reading beautiful factories
Lux Review posted a nice article profiling Philip Lighting’s recent arrangement with Schiphol airport to provide “light-as-a-service”. Here is the text of the article for posterity: Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport won’t be paying for its new light fittings. It will just pay for the light that … Continue reading light-as-a-service at schiphol airport
An awesome presentation from Dutch real estate developer Coert Zachariasse, CEO of Delta Development, from the Circular Economy 100 Annual Summit 2014. Zachariasse’s presentation (and demonstrated business success) is a hugely refreshing breath of fresh air and is an outstanding … Continue reading coert zachariasse: a vision for the built environment
The Next Evolution of Light Surveying the future of the architectural lighting industry over the next 5 years By Brad Koerner, March-2014 Introduction A View from the Year 2020 Let’s take a trip in our time machine 5-years ahead to the year 2020 and check out the evolution of the lighting industry. In the year 2020: The lighting industry continues to face both amazing opportunities and grueling changes. LEDs have won the war and rendered traditional electric light sources irrelevant. A brutal commoditization war has kept down the costs of LED components and lamps. The industry has embraced significant new standards and technologies to … Continue reading next evolution of lighting
Introduction – The Next Evolution Part I – Connected Lighting Part II – Embedded Lighting Part III – Sustainable Lighting Circular Economy — What goes around comes around. The “circular economy” is a movement to stop the industrialized world’s bad habit of … Continue reading the next evolution of lighting: sustainable lighting
Introduction – The Next Evolution Part I – Connected Lighting Part II – Embedded Lighting Miniaturization is a big deal. The lighting industry seems to chronically undervalue the importance of simply shrinking the size of components, to either reduce the overall volume … Continue reading the next evolution of lighting: embedded lighting
Introduction – The Next Evolution Part I – Connected Lighting In the next five years, the overwhelming majority of lighting fixtures and their controls will be connected to the “cloud” via IP-based communications standards. Let’s consider how connected lighting systems impact the lighting industry, … Continue reading the next evolution of lighting: connected lighting
There is far more to sustainability in lighting technology then merely reducing energy consumption — so I’m thrilled to see that the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solid-State Lighting group has included a new section exploring the broader topic of sustainability in … Continue reading U.S. DOE includes sustainability in R+D roadmap
The United Nations has a very interesting program in place to tackle the global problem of electronic waste, called “StEP: Solving the E-waste Problem.” A great site, I’ve barely scratched the surface of the content and countless projects identified here. … Continue reading united nation’s StEP initiative
Updated: Here is the link to the online article. LEDs Magazine has just published an opinion piece I authored urging the U.S. DOE and other groups to invest in R+D focused on Circular Economy strategies for the lighting industry. Follow … Continue reading LEDs Magazine: OP-ED regarding investment in sustainability
Via ArchDaily, a very cool custom light fixture from .PSLAB that is conceived as an integral part of a residential circular staircase design. According to ArchDaily: “The lighting installation hangs from a partially recessed supporting plate with extruded profiles that … Continue reading .pslab staircase fixture
UPDATE: Lars Fischer from the Danish+American design firm Arting contacted me. He writes: “Although the award put a big smile on my face it is not a laminate materiale but a cheap wood chip/concrete sheet material from AMROC.” Thanks Lars for … Continue reading l+b: ProLicht
Belgian-based Modular Lighting Instruments have released two stunning fixture designs by the Belgian design duo Couvreur.Devos.
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