Interior lighting

XLamp XHP70.3 leds are the third generation of Cree’s ‘extreme high power led series’, with improved optical performance versus the previous generations, with higher intensity through optics than the second generation and with the XHP family’s highest on-axis intensity. They are optimised for outdoor and lighting applications that require large amounts of light output from small luminaires, such as in ...

Lights are the most prevalent electrical components in any commercial building, and that makes them the most logical devices for smart building sensors, according to Russ Sharer, vice president of global marketing and business development at Fulham. “In new construction you can plan to use standalone smart building control sensors, but only 8% of commercial space is new construction. However, ...

CSR has extended CSRmesh Home Automation, its Bluetooth Smart solution for home lighting, adding control for things including heating and door locks. “The latest software release adds sensor and actuator models to build on the original protocol that was designed for lighting control,” said the firm. “The update will make it possible for developers to deliver a wider range of ...

With ever-more people realising that blue light late in the evening upsets sleep, Utah firm Saffron is developing a sleep-friendly replacement bulb called Silk. A neat thing about Saffron is that is has also developed the infrastructure needed to control when and how the light dims and changes its colour temperature. There are three (or four) parts to this system: ...

For its Vero Decor range of lighting CoB leds, Bridgelux has ditched the traditional CRI measure of white quality and gone for ‘gamut area index’ (GAI), claiming the Décor Class A products are the first commercially available LED arrays on the market to meet the full Class A Colour specification. “The launch of the Decor Series Class A arrays marks ...

Cree’s LR22 troffer is a fully luminous, diffused fixture aimed at offices, healthcare facilities and schools in Europe (220-240V). It is 595 x 595mm, comes in 3,000 and 4,000K white, and eficacy is up to 95 lm/W. Control is DALI or 1-10V with two-way communication. It has a 10 year warranty.

Ikea has gone for linear strips of mid-power leds slid into aluminium channel for its latest kitchen under-cabinet lighting. Called Omlopp, it comes in 40, 60 and 80mm lengths. (186, 285, 400 lm; 5.3, 7.7, 10W; 35. 37, 40 lm/W). The construction allows a 10mm profile – plus a bit for air circulation. Unlike most of its led predecessors at ...

I have a friend who teaches Chinese brush painting. She is rather good, and she is having the garage converted into a studio for teaching. And she wants LED lighting. However, all the easily available light bulbs are not exactly brilliant for colour rendering. The led makers make suitable emitters – I am thinking particularly of LED Engin’s Gallery White ...

Cree has introduced a three-intensity, selected by flicking the wall switch, LED replacement for incandescent bulbs. Called ‘3-Way Cree’, the firm says it has “three light levels distinctly visible to the naked eye”. That said, the values are 3, 8 or 18W (320, 820 or 1,620 lm – which it equates to 30, 60 and 100W). Form my experience, I ...

Philips has introduced an LED bulb that looks a lot like a clear incandescent light bulb. It is not the first company to do it, but it does have a nice clean look. The spec is: 2,700K, 470 lm (’40W’), 6W input (78 lm/W), and it looks like the firm has used a light pipe with a crinkly edge to ...