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Lighting Inspiration

materiom

February 18, 2021 Brad Koerner

I came across this very interesting startup organization called Materiom focused on documenting and measuring natural material recipes for construction and product development. According to their site: Materiom provides open source recipes and data on materials made from abundant sources … Continue reading materiom

Creative Manufacturers

stormbell 80 by LAMP

November 26, 2020 Brad Koerner

Barcelona-based lighting manufacturer Lamp recently launched a pendant fixture called Stormbell 80 that offers sustainable material options for the conical reflector shade, providing 3 different style options for solving the problem of acoustic-absorption. They offer recycled cork, bio-fiber hemp and … Continue reading stormbell 80 by LAMP

Creative Manufacturers

isobio

September 23, 2020September 22, 2020 Brad Koerner

ISOBIO was an EU-funded research project that proposes an innovative strategy to bring bio-based construction materials into the mainstream. A key innovation consists of the use of pre-treated bio-based aggregates for construction, which include insulation materials, hygrothermal and moisture buffering … Continue reading isobio

Lighting Technology

burnblock

September 22, 2020 Brad Koerner

Copenhagen-based BurnBlock offers an environmentally safe flame retardant additive for wood materials. BurnBlock has achieved a Gold rating for the Cradle-to-Cradle standard and is the first fire retardant to receive a C2C rating. Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM at the Gold … Continue reading burnblock

Business and Innovation

carbon leadership forum

September 21, 2020September 18, 2020 Brad Koerner

Please check out and support the Carbon Leadership Forum, a group focused on minimizing the overall carbon impacts of construction and the built environment. The Carbon Leadership Forum is accelerating the transformation of the building sector to radically reduce the … Continue reading carbon leadership forum

Business and Innovation

UN global resources outlook

September 20, 2020September 18, 2020 Brad Koerner

Some staggering statistics from the UN’s Resource Panel: The use of natural resources has more than tripled since 1970, and continues to grow. From 2000 to 2015, the climate change and health impacts from extraction and production of metals doubled. … Continue reading UN global resources outlook

Business and Innovation

2020 US DOE LED R&D Discussion Meeting – Adv Lighting & Manufacturing

September 3, 2020 Brad Koerner

I would like to thank the US Department of Energy’s Solid State Lighting team and the Guidehouse team for hosting a most interesting R&D discussion on Advanced Lighting & Manufacturing. I highly commend the US DOE team for their continued … Continue reading 2020 US DOE LED R&D Discussion Meeting – Adv Lighting & Manufacturing

Future Lighting

R+D competitions for sustainable lighting manufacturing

July 29, 2020 Brad Koerner

Editors Note: This was an Op-Ed piece I wrote back in 2013 in LEDsMagazine. Sadly, it is still as relevant today as it was over 7 years ago. How do we get the lighting industry to embrace truly sustainable product … Continue reading R+D competitions for sustainable lighting manufacturing

Future Lighting

SBC 2020: The DC-Powered Building – conference video

July 17, 2020July 16, 2020 Brad Koerner

If you’re interested in net-zero energy solutions for commercial or retail facilities, you should consider DC power as the next step. Check out this nicely produced video of my conference presentation and Q&A session at the ISE Smart Building Conference, … Continue reading SBC 2020: The DC-Powered Building – conference video

Lighting Inspiration

the search of the glow

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 Brad Koerner

Via Designboom is this beautiful art installation by Ling-Li Tseng and Serendipity Studio for the Taiwan lantern festival. I include this design on Lucept because it so elegantly showcases the dual revolutions of LED flex strips and high-efficacy LEDs. Let’s … Continue reading the search of the glow

Creative Manufacturers

koerner design wins US DOE sustainable luminaire design competition

December 4, 2019February 18, 2021 Brad Koerner

I am thrilled to announce that Koerner Design has won a prestigious design competition hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy. The U.S. DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy hosted a Manufacturing Innovator Challenge focused on the Sustainable … Continue reading koerner design wins US DOE sustainable luminaire design competition

Lighting Education

usgbc LEED program gives big boost to dc power in commercial buildings

November 1, 2019 Brad Koerner

This week the USGBC just added a major point opportunity for commercial buildings that integrate substantial native-DC power infrastructure. As I discussed just recently (and even included 5 years ago in my predictions for the future of lighting), it increasingly … Continue reading usgbc LEED program gives big boost to dc power in commercial buildings

Creative Manufacturers

solar visuals

October 29, 2018 Brad Koerner

Solar Visuals is a Dutch technology start-up that combines solar-PV arrays with printed overlay graphics to create electricity-generating cladding surfaces for architectural applications.  The individual PV cells can be custom arranged for distinctive layouts and the panels are completely laminated/encapsulated … Continue reading solar visuals

Creative Manufacturers

waarmakers cardboard LED lamp

April 18, 2016April 17, 2016 Brad Koerner

I was in the cool Local Goods Market store in De Hallen in Amsterdam this weekend and saw this amazingly simple fixture by local Amsterdam design shop Waarmakers (who I posted about previously here). Talk about circular economy design at its finest!!!  Why are … Continue reading waarmakers cardboard LED lamp

Lighting Inspiration

apple’s recycling robot

March 28, 2016 Brad Koerner

At the latest Apple media event, the company presented a robotic rig  named “Liam” that they’ve developed for tearing apart iPhones at EOL for recycling. It’s definitely a step in the right direction towards a circular economy (and terrific to see … Continue reading apple’s recycling robot

Lighting Technology

tridonic launching DC-based system

April 16, 2015 Brad Koerner

Via LEDsMagazine:  Tridonic is launching a DC-based system architecture for its light engines.  Using a central AC/DC converter makes sense for both reducing the number of components in a system (one power supply vs. a power supply for every fixture) … Continue reading tridonic launching DC-based system

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