Jean-François Duquette AUTHOR: Jean-François Duquette | CATEGORY: Design

September 29, 2011

Structural Integrity in Design

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These days products are designed following three axes; time, cost and quality. Calculations are done to optimize the product so as to, for a desired quality, reduce the costs. The desired quality can be determined by the market, the standards and the regulations that may apply. [...]

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Philips Lumec AUTHOR: Philips Lumec | CATEGORY: Miscellaneous

September 27, 2011

The IES Street & Area Lighting Conference

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One of the key elements for the success of the IES Street & Area Lighting Conference is that they bring the very best leaders from cross section of the industry to provide a platform for their ideas. Jim McFadgen, engineering specialist at Nova Scotia Power was one of the guest speakers. He informed the audience that Nova Scotia, Canada is in the midst of a major LED-street-light project. [...]

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Monique Cousineau AUTHOR: Monique Cousineau | CATEGORY: Technologies

September 22, 2011

The talent that makes state-of-the-art LED luminaires possible

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Structural engineering is a large part in the design phases of all Lumec’s products light fixtures, brackets and poles. It is imperative to insure that we keep innovating and pushing the limits of engineering as well as respecting our tradition of innovation and performance in our designs. [...]

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Philips Lumec AUTHOR: Philips Lumec | CATEGORY: Technologies

September 20, 2011

Powered by LEDgine

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LEDgine is easily serviceable, enabling municipalities to upgrade luminaires onsite, even switching older lighting technologies to LED with ease, thus maximizing energy savings and lowering maintenance costs. The LEDgine platform can save up to 70% of the energy consumed by existing outdoor lighting, without compromising on lighting performance, ensuring they remain fully compliant with current norms and regulations in place for street lighting.[...]

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Pascale Savard AUTHOR: Pascale Savard | CATEGORY: Sustainable Development

September 15, 2011

When being eco-responsible becomes a way of life

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UrbanScape and MetroScape are made of first rate recycled aluminum which does not affect their strength and durability. In addition, we have reduced by 23 % the weight of the luminaires just by making better choices in terms of look and design. This way, we reduce transportation costs and we also facilitate on site the installation. [...]

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