Monique Cousineau AUTHOR: Monique Cousineau | CATEGORY: Miscellaneous

February 28, 2012

SoleCity : The Outdoors Never Looked So Good

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Philips Lumec understands that the identity of a city and the needs of its residents are to be taken seriously. We also know that our clients want uniformity in design, optimum style, superior performance but also energy efficient and sustainable products. For this reason, we have created SoleCity, a comprehensive line of high efficiency, outdoor LED lighting solutions with a complementary line of modern urban furniture. With SoleCity, you also have the added benefit of customizing your products for a true, one-of-a-kind look.[...]

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Geneviève Rocheleau AUTHOR: Geneviève Rocheleau | CATEGORY: Design

February 23, 2012

PechaKucha: How a Simple Idea Became an International Movement

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Are you familiar with PechaKucha? This worldwide movement started as a one night event in Tokyo in February of 2003. This happening was put together by two architects, Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham architecture. Their main goal was to allow young designers to meet, do some networking and also have the possibility of showing their work in public. [...]

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Éric Ladouceur AUTHOR: Éric Ladouceur | CATEGORY: Technologies

February 21, 2012

Philips Lumec: 40 Years of Challenges and Innovations!

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2012 marks Philips Lumec’s 40th anniversary in the lighting industry. For this milestone, we thought it would be a great opportunity to look back over the last four decades to see what the company has accomplished and how the lighting industry has progressed. After all these years, what has made the success of Philips Lumec? …

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Philips Lumec AUTHOR: Philips Lumec | CATEGORY: Miscellaneous

February 16, 2012

The Philips Business Improvement Competition (BIC)

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Every spring at Philips, we hold a competition for continuous improvement throughout the lighting division. This competition has been going on for fifteen years. Each year, approximately 750 projects are in competition at various levels to get global recognition.[...]

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February 15, 2012

Is There a Bright Future for Controls?

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How far can we see in the future? Articles are showing up everyday about smart everything and anything. But is it really that far in the future? [...]

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