Next week at LIGHTFAIR International, Philips will be showcasing the next phase in the LED revolution with lighting solutions that rival traditional technologies in cost and light quality, while providing ease of installation, use, and control that is unique to LED. From best-of-breed components to fully integrated systems, offerings from across Philips’ broad portfolio of outdoor, general illumination, lamps, and architectural solutions will be on display at booth #1401.[...]
AUTHOR: | CATEGORY: Miscellaneous
April 17, 2013
Philips Previews Intelligent LED Lighting Systems at LIGHTFAIR 2013
AUTHOR: Robert V. Murphy | CATEGORY: Technologies
April 2, 2013
A Brighter Tomorrow
Last week I attended the Brighter Tomorrow Conference co-sponsored by the Ville de Montréal and Hydro Québec. 70 municipal electric engineers, lighting engineers and project leaders from more than 20 municipalities across the province of Quebec attended the conference. The main objective was to share with them the results highlighted in The Climate Group’s 2012 report Lighting the Clean Revolution: The rise of LEDs and what it means for cities authored by The Climate Group and LightSavers Canada. It concludes that outdoor LED luminaires designed for neighborhood streets, urban expressways, and parking areas and garages, have now reached market maturity.[...]
AUTHOR: Jean-Philippe Villeneuve | CATEGORY: Design
March 14, 2013
SOCIALIGHT : Theme for 2013 CLU Foundation Contest
On March 13th, Philips Lumec’s CLU Foundation launched the 2013 edition of its annual contest.
This year’s theme is SOCIALIGHT – The 2013 edition of the CLU Foundation’s competition invites participants to consider the role of lighting in the urban areas of tomorrow. Think of the future. Imagine urban neighborhoods where there are, for example, no cars, that the territory belongs to the people and that we put value in community, natural, recreational and social environments.[...]
AUTHOR: Monique Cousineau | CATEGORY: Design
January 10, 2013
Top 10 Most Popular Philips Lumec Luminaires for 2012
LED luminaires are gaining in popularity. Philips Lumec reveals their top 10 luminaires for 2012. Interestingly, 9 out of 10 are either exclusively LED or LED compatible luminaires. The Helios (#4) is the only one to offer conventional lighting only. This is a tangible sign that across North America, municipalities, landscape architects, lighting designers and other specifiers are choosing more and more LED luminaires for their outdoor lighting projects.[...]
AUTHOR: Jean-François Duquette | CATEGORY: Design
August 23, 2012
Guiding lights?
We go through life trying to find our way. On the streets we have signs that guide us to where we want to go, as well as ensuring the safety of all the users of those streets.
When you stop to think at all that comes into play when designing these guidance systems, you realize that there is actually a lot to think about [...]
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