David Trubridge: Coral Pendant Light from New Zealand, for your Holiday Home Makeover
Meet the Coral Pendant. These nature-inspired, artisan made bamboo light fixtures cast beautiful shadows. A great idea for a creative holiday gift for the eco-conscious person. Sustainably made in New Zealand by award-winning designer David Trubridge. An instant heirloom- give the gift of a LIGHTtime.
Learn more about the Coral:
Similar to OCL’s Small Forms video, this 5-minute presentation walks you through OCL’s larger forms, including Loop, Glowring, Solo, Twin, Aro, Aro Cluster, Rev and Stealth—all with maximum sizes exceeding 36”. Together with Small Forms, these videos cover most of OCL’s standard products. Enjoy!
In 5 short minutes, OCL presents the following products—both in product shots and applications: Centro, Royale, Nova, Pleatz, Fiori, Glowstick, Glowball, Kwyet. All of these products are available with the largest size being 36”.
According to Current:
Workplace lighting alone accounts for 10 percent of the energy our nation consumes. With nearly 157,000,000 employees clocking into the U.S. workforce, that’s a lot of energy.
Lighting in commercial buildings could guzzle an infinite amount of energy, but the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) throttles the drain. The IECC strives to:
In lieu of a legislated national building code, architects, contractors and electrical engineers turn to the IECC for the standards that guide energy efficiency in new and renovated buildings. Commercial lighting is more than just set dressing—it can have a profound impact on employee satisfaction and productivity. In fact, a recent study revealed that 68 percent of employees report dissatisfaction with the fixtures illuminating their workspace, and the sentiment leads to a significant drop in efficiency and well-being.
Read the full article and learn more about how the right lighting partner makes IECC compliance easy at https://led.com/ideas/how-commercial-buildings-benefit-from-energy-conservation.
Kevin Benner, a Lead Design Engineer in the New Technology Introduction group at Current, recently wrote:
“Improved environmental disinfection has the potential to reduce the number of contracted HAIs, and a UVA disinfection lighting system may be an effective supplement to existing cleaning methods. The financial benefits of improved HAI prevention may range from $6 billion to as high as $31.5 billion annually in the U.S., if between 20 and 70 percent of HAIs are assumed to be preventable.
There may be additional needs to reduce environmental pathogens to prevent community acquired diseases. Some examples might be the need to reduce MRSA in locker rooms or in other public spaces, as community-acquired MRSA becomes a growing threat to consider alongside hospital-acquired diseases.
There exist also potential applications in spaces outside of the healthcare or community settings. The CDC estimates that there are 48 million foodborne illnesses every year, resulting in 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths. Since typical cleaning procedures used in the food industry may not remove all bacteria from cleaned surfaces, UVA disinfection may be a useful supplement in the food and beverage industry as well.”
Read the full article at https://www.fierceelectronics.com/components/continuous-sterilizing-future-fighting-hospital-acquired-infections.
What is Indigo-Clean?
Indigo-Clean is integrated into Pinnacle Architectural Lighting luminaires to provide safe, environmental disinfection that is proven by independent laboratory testing to kill harmful bacteria including Staph, such as MRSA. Continuous, 24/7 use is recommended for optimal disinfection.
What is the disinfection claim?
Pinnacle Architectural Lighting luminaires using Indigo-Clean are independent laboratory tested and proven to kill harmful bacteria including Staph, such as MRSA.
How do I know it is working?
For these Pinnacle Architectural Lighting luminaires, if the light is on, the Indigo-Clean technology is working.
When should I use Pinnacle Architectual Lighting’s Indigo-Clean luminaires?
Pinnacle Architectural Lighting luminaires using Indigo-Clean provide continuous disinfection when the luminaires are on. For optimal room disinfection, 24×7 use is recommended.
How do Pinnacle Architectural Lighting luminaires using Indigo-Clean work?
In combination with white LEDs, Pinnacle Architectural Lighting’s Indigo-Clean fixtures use 405nm Indigo light to kill harmful bacteria, including Staph, such as MRSA.
What is the warranty on Pinnacle Architectural Lighting luminaires using Indigo-Clean?
Pinnacle Architectural Lighting luminaires using Indigo-Clean are covered under Pinnacle’s 5 year warranty against defects in material and workmanship.
Is there a price premium associated with Pinnacle Architectural Lighting luminaires using Indigo-Clean?
The luminaires are priced to fit within your lighting budget, while providing an additive value of disinfecting your environment to bolster your current cleaning protocols.
Hans Spalholz, plant scientist at Current, a Daintree company, has spent his career understanding the impact of different light spectrums on plant morphology and is now helping Current develop and refine its specialist range of horticulture LED solutions to help indoor farmers achieve high-quality, commercially viable yields. He notes, “Even though greenhouses have been around for years, we’ve barely scratched the surface of their potential. Now we also have entrepreneurial growers exploring completely enclosed, shielded farms with no natural light so LED lighting recipes are even more crucial to the success or failure of these crops.”
By growing indoors, in either a greenhouse or controlled environment (CEA) facility, farmers can control the exact length of the growing day—extending it through the night with light from specially-tuned LED solutions. To allow growers enough flexibility to customize their crops, Current has adapted its product range to offer broader recipes that suit a grower’s desire to induce plant compactness or stretching.
Read the full article at https://www.led.com/ideas/2050-and-beyond-food-farming-and-missions-to-mars.
Quickly configure your ideal options with Inter-lux’s Protools Product Selector. It then links you directly to the correct product and all relevant documentation.
Check it out at https://www.inter-lux.com/protools-microsite/.
Leadville, Colorado, is home to Nan and Dave Anderson, two of the country’s top Historical Preservation architects. Thanks to their hard work, Leadville is also home to FREIGHT, a multipurpose community and events center that breathes new life into an 1880s train depot.
Watch the video to hear how the renovation process went for the Andersons and what they think of the Albeo high bay lighting that Fisher Lighting and Controls chose for FREIGHT’s unique event space.
Read the full story of FREIGHT’s transformation at https://led.com/ideas/Current-Albeo-Bring-Historic-Railroad-Depot-New-Life.
