LED Lighting for a brighter future!

Something for everyone:   Whether your eyes are fresh out of university, or approaching retirement, Philips Connected Lighting allows you to adjust the office lighting to your needs. Photo is from pcruciatti via Shutterstock LUX reports: Age discrimination aside, a typical office might house workers ranging from their twenties through sixties. And while it's no secret that the average set of eyes on a young adult typically functions better than those on an older colleague, office and lighting designers have long ignored the difference. Enough of that, says Philips, which is calling for 'personalised lighting in your workplace' to assure that employees of all ages work under the correct, individualised lighting conditions that allow them not only see (what a concept!) but, even better, to produce. It's part of the Dutch giant's efforts to market its  'Connected Lighting for offices' , which it first introduced a year ago and which it has showcased ...

Royal Philips has, through its Lighting Division, completed the upgrade of 10 ships for Europe’s leading holiday cruise company, Costa Cruises. More than 300,000 Philips LED lights have been installed to enable a massive 60% reduction in the energy used to power each ship’s lighting. By James Hunt: Philips has installed MasterLED spots and CoreProLED tubes installed on 10 Costa Cruises' ships - saving large amounts of fuel, money and carbon emissions. Costa Cruises This interior shot of Costa Fascinosa shows just how much lighting there is in a modern cruise liner - the energy savings can be big using LED lighting. Costa Cruises & AP In modern cruise ships, lighting systems account for up to 25% of the total energy consumption that is not used for propulsion. Therefore, any reduction in electricity consumption for lighting reduces the vessel’s operating costs, as well as reducing the environmental impact. Electricity aboard these big cruise ships is pro...

Will the Dali protocol survive in the age of the ‘internet of things?’ Lux asked five experts to debate the future of the protocol. From left: Tad Trylski, Wayne Howell, Sam Woodward, David Mooney and Andrew Glossop Calm down everybody, Dali is not dead yet. That was the consensus in a discussion on the future of the lighting control protocol at   Lux 's Smart Lighting Controls Europe 2015 conference. Dali continues to evolve, resolve its issues and respond to the needs of the lighting industry. But even so, its fate could end up being decided by forces much bigger than the lighting industry itself, and the user could be worse off, according to one expert. ‘The IT industry will take over and make the decisions for us. They’ll make protocol changes, they’ll adopt standards and we will have to live with what they want because their market is bigger than ours,’ said David Mooney, an associate at Atkins who took part in a panel discussion on Dali. "Lighting is almost un...

Lux Reports: Retailers are using light as a branding tool. Primark has opted for a bright feel while the opposite approach is popular with retailers such as Hollister and Desigual. Image credit: Primark Building brands, driving sales, controlling costs, and preserving the all-important ‘look and feel’… who said retail lighting was easy? Here are the eight biggest trends influencing retail lighting in 2015. 1. Energy Saving LED Retrofits: Retail was one of the first sectors to start dabbling in LED lighting, because of the big energy savings that can be made by replacing electricity-guzzling halogen spotlights. Major retailers are announcing big new rollouts nearly every day: Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Next, Walmart… but it’s still a small minority of stores that have switched to the new technology, and it’s mainly the bigger chains with significant resources and economies of scale behind them. In time, though, it seems inevitable that LED will be everywhere. OUTLOOK: Loads of ...

In its continued sustainability drive, Philips has increased its sales of ‘Green Products’ to 52% of total sales and has achieved its ‘Green Innovation’ target a year ahead of schedule. LED lighting has been a significant contributor to this good performance. By James Hunt: Philips has increased its sales of ‘Green Products’ to 52% of total, with LED lighting being a significant contributor. The Green Focal Areas are energy efficiency, packaging, hazardous substances, weight, recycling and disposal, plus lifetime reliability. Philips Royal Philips has reported good progress in its sustainability performance, with its ‘Green Product’ sales increasing to EUR 11.1 billion (£8.1 billion) in 2014, representing a record level of 52% of total sales. Sustainability at Philips is, says the company, ‘all about improving the health and wellbeing of individuals through meaningful solutions’. Philips claims to develop, promote and market more energy efficient solutions for p...

Editor in Chief, LEDs Magazine and Illumination in Focus: Historic railway bridge over the Ohio River now carries pedestrians and cyclists and Louisville has added iconic LED architectural lighting. Philips Lighting  has announced an LED architectural lighting project installed on the historic Big Four Bridge that links Louisville, KY and Jeffersonville, IN across the Ohio River. The dynamic, color-changing solid-state lighting (SSL) is intended to help revitalize the Louisville waterfront and make the pedestrian and bicyclist bridge a destination point in the region. The Big Four Bridge was originally built in 1895 as a railway bridge and was named based on the four railways served — Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis railways — which were collectively dubbed the Big Four Railroad. The bridge was decommissioned in 1969 and much later renovated by a public-private partnership for pedestrians and cyclist and reopened in 2013. The project is certainly not th...

The Down Hall Hotel, one of the UK’s most established country house hotels, has achieved considerable energy savings on lighting thanks to a simple retrofit to Megaman LED lamps. With Phase 1 of the project concentrating on the main function rooms, lounge and anti-lounge areas, the current estimated figures are 7736kw of energy saved per annum which equates to an annual CO2 saving of 4.21 tons. Located in Hatfield Heath on the Hertfordshire/Essex borders, Down Hall was built in the Italianate style of architecture, which was a distinct 19th century phase in the history of Classical architecture and the hotel dates back to 1322 with luxurious interior and ornate ceilings, all set in 110 acres of parkland.    The hotel has many high ceiling function rooms including the Prior Suite, and this was the first room to be considered for the new LED lamps. With chandeliers and wall lights in constant use, the old Halogen 28W lamps were constantly failing which meant a scaffoldi...