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16-01-2019 Rethinking the Photometric Data File Format

It has been over 30 years since the first version of the IES LM-63-86, IES Recommended Standard File Format for Electronic Transfer of Photometric Data was published. After three revisions which...

26-12-2018 Daylighting in an LED World

No building strategy intertwines the disciplines of architecture and lighting as daylighting design does. Drawing on core principles of siting, solar orientation, and environmental awareness,...

18-12-2018 Evaluating Performance of LED-Based Luminaires

Today, the preparation of lighting projects or tender specifications is more difficult than ever. Manufacturers of LED based luminaires provide different performance data for their products, often...

18-12-2018 Zhaga Enables Mechanical IoT-Upgradability for Outdoor LED Lighting Fixtures

Zhaga’s first concrete contribution to IoT is the recently completed Book 18 Ed. 1.0 that specifies the mechanical interface between outdoor LED luminaires and extension modules (Figure 1). This...

14-12-2018 LED oversupply to extend in 2019, warns TrendForce

Looking ahead to 2019, LEDinside's market analysts expect the overall industry to be at risk of oversupply, while demands for niche applications, including fine-pitch LED digital display, Mini LED...

04-12-2018 UV LED Technology for Emerging Applications in Agriculture

With the explosion occurring in indoor and urban farming, not only are the energy savings of LEDs appealing, but the advancements made in UV LEDs are making it possible to bring the additional...

21-11-2018 Structure and Microwave Absorption Properties of Polyaniline/Zn Ferrite Composites

Polyaniline (PANI)/Zn ferrite composites were fabricated by simple two-step method. The crystal phase, particle size, morphology, thermal stability and conductivity were characterized....

20-11-2018 New Film Blocks Electromagnetic Inteference

Researchers from New York University (NYU) Tandon School of Engineering have created a new type of composite film capable of blocking electromagnetic interference (EMI). The new technique is both...

20-11-2018 Blue light still needed, can reduce blood pressure

While several studies have been warning consumers that long exposure to blue components of light at bed time may disturb their circadian cycle, a novel study published in the European Journal of...

16-11-2018 Researchers from the University of Surrey Find that Blue Light Can Reduce Blood Pressure

During this study, published in the prestigious European Journal of Preventative Cardiology, participants were exposed to 30 minutes of whole-body blue light at approximately 450 nanometres, a...

14-11-2018 Quantifying Circadian Light and Its Impact

The lighting community is currently considering the development and use of metrics that characterize circadian light—or light that acts as a stimulus for the human circadian system—to establish a...

05-11-2018 New Algorithm Can More Quickly Predict Phosphor Materials for LEDs

The researchers have devised a new machine learning algorithm that is efficient enough to run on a personal computer and predict the properties of more than 100,000 compounds in search of those...

05-11-2018 Lens-free OLEDs as efficient as inorganic LEDs

For the first time, a team of researchers from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) designed a systematic way to yield OLEDs with an external quantum efficiency (EQE) greater...

05-11-2018 IES Publishes Design Guide on Active Core Sunlighting for Buildings

The Illuminating Engineering Society has published DG-31-18, Design Guide on Active Core Sunlighting for Buildings, which provides an introduction to active core sunlighting systems and their...

05-11-2018 Lighting and the IoT

The Internet is an interconnected global system of more than 10 billion devices enabling information sharing, services, and commerce. The Internet of Things (IoT) takes this concept to buildings...