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AUTHOR: | CATEGORY: Technologies
Philips Lumec’s Capella series, now available in LED (i.e. powered by the innovative LifeLED): a synonym of maximum reliability and safety while enhancing the visual impact of any urban setting.
You want proof? The city of Bettendorf in Iowa is a great example and certainly a convincing proof of that. A video presents the benefits for the city and its residents since adopting Philips Lumec’s Capella LifeLED solution [...]
AUTHOR: | CATEGORY: Technologies
Firstly, if you don’t already know, please note that Philips Lumec’s Capella series is now available in LED, hence powered by the innovative LifeLED.
The Capella series powered by LifeLED ensures maximum reliability and safety while enhancing the visual impact of any urban setting [...]
AUTHOR: | CATEGORY: Technologies
The TAF (Toronto Atmospheric Fund) held in Toronto, on March 7th & 8th, its Canadian Street Lighting Summit: Advanced Street and Area Lighting for Cities. It was the perfect occasion to find out the latest trends on advanced lighting systems, controls and also best practices. It was also a great opportunity for many outdoor lighting specialists, city officials and manufacturers to discuss and exchange information on LEDs [...]
AUTHOR: | CATEGORY: Design
The company Molo Design has recently introduced a bag that is called HOBO LANTERN. This bag provides individual lighting to its user. This introduction into the market made many people talk, among them somebody on Contemporist’s blog: “Hobo Lantern is a portable luminary inspired by the urban nightlife of Zona Tortona during Design Week. Hobo comes to life with an energy-efficient LED light source glowing through its delicate pattern of translucent fiber [...]
AUTHOR: Marc-Antoine Vachon | CATEGORY: Technologies
Michael Myer, a Lighting Engineer at PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), presented a few weeks ago a new performance specification regarding lighting requirements of parking areas developed by PNNL and the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Commercial Building Energy Alliances (CBEA). This performance specification is intended to help property owners to light their parking lot areas appropriately while at the same time minimizing energy consumption [...]
