The American Lighting Assn. (ALA) bestowed its highest honors to Norburn's very own Norm Brown at its annual conference at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. The Pillar of the Industry awards are presented each year to individuals…
Laurie Smith, the tall redheaded regular on the popular reality TV show "Trading Spaces," says lighting, not paint, not furniture, not architectural detail is the most critical element of good interior design. She has redecorated Katie Courics dressing room live…
L Prize, a U.S. Department of Energy Contest To Create an LED based alternative to the incandescent bulb Philips, the Dutch electronics giant that makes everything from clothes irons to medical equipment to light bulbs, believes that it's about to…
Lighting For Older Adults As people age, changes in vision occur that affect the ability to perceive and understand the world around them. For instance, there are normal age-related changes in the pupils (less light can enter the eye), the…
The Dark Sky movement is a campaign by people who want to reduce light pollution so people can see the stars in the night sky, to reduce the effects of unnatural lighting on the environment, and to cut down on…
Professor Praveen Jain (Electrical and Computer Engineering) and PhD candidate John Lam Electrical and Computer Engineering - Queen's Researchers Shed Light on More Efficient CFL's Not all lighting research comes from the usual labs... and not all new products need…
Philips is ahead of the game when it comes to special lightning methods. They now have introduced a ambient lightning window. It looks it is something from the future. But according to Philips this technique can be introduced very shortly…
CBC.ca has a article today on the upcoming ban on certain incandescent bulbs in Canada. The article goes over a lot of already well discussed points on the subject. I look to the comments from readers at the bottom for…
With the incandescent ban now in place in the EU. The rhetoric and hysteria in the media is beginning. Here is an article from the Guardian UK about speculators hoping to strike it rich hoping consumers will spend as much…
Today was D-day in Europe for the frosted incandescent lamp. Under the new EU rules stores will no longer be able to purchase new inventories of some frosted incandescent lamps. They will be able to sell their current inventories and…