LED Lighting for a brighter future!

Megaman is putting its considerable lighting expertise behind a tough yet stylish range of integrated exterior LED fittings. Fonda, a new circular LED Bulkhead, is an efficient replacement for CFL luminaires that will enhance the surrounding architecture whilst providing minimum glare illumination. Megaman Fonda Fonda has been designed for wall or ceiling mounting with a corrosion-free polycarbonate enclosure, in white, silver or black finish. The fitting is rated IP66 for protection from water and dust and meets IK10 for high vandal resistance. Megaman’s Fonda is UV resistant and provides up to 50,000 hours of lamp life and up to 76 lumens per watt. Fonda is ideal for use in car parks, stairwells, walkways, social housing and facades but is equally at home in warehouses and larger commercial buildings. The luminaires is also CE certified and covered by Megaman’s 3 year warranty. www.novelenergylighting.com

For the UK National Health Service (NHS), a sustainable health and care system that works within the available environmental and social resources is the key to protecting and improving health now and for future generations. This means working to reduce carbon emissions, minimising waste and pollution, making the best use of scarce resources, building resilience to a changing climate and nurturing community strengths and assets. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of many NHS facilities with a series of new build and refurbishment projects. Lighting targeted for significant energy reduction Supported by Ferguson Brown Consultants, Chelsea and Westminster obtained funding to upgrade to LED lighting based on predicted energy and CO2 reductions through the life of each installation. The need to replace existing fixtures point for point with minimal construction work was essential to the project as all areas were live environments so patient care and consi

At a special Lux Review conference on road tunnel lighting in association with Holophane and Carandini, experts explored issues including LEDs, controls and driver safety in tunnels

Los Angeles' streetlighting network boasts wireless monitoring and control and 4G connectivity to boost cellphone performance. PLUS: Why Helena Bonham Carter is more intimate with connected LED lighting than most! Lux Today Nov 17 2015 is presented by Courtney Ferguson.

There's more cookies than meet the eye in Target these days:  Indoor LED ceiling lights that can 'spy' on customers and send promotional messages to their smartphones - such as those that Target is trialling - could turn brick-and-mortar shopping into an online-like experience. Cookies and pop-ups can follow you, even in the physical world. American retail giant Target has revealed that 100 of its stores are now deploying LED ceiling lights to track in-shop customers and guide them to relevant products via their smartphones, a nascent practice which could become the biggest thing in brick-and-mortar retail technology since the barcode.  The $73 billion chain told  Lux  that the scheme uses wireless signals that travel between LED lights and shoppers' Android gadgets. The 100 locations mark the largest known deployment of 'spy lights' by any retailer, and could spur broader uptake. Lux  disclosed last April  that Target was pioneering the technology a