Case Studies/Whitepapers/Research

1.      Global LED and Smart Street Lighting: Market Forecast (2014 – 2025) - There are currently 281.4 million total streetlights in the world. This number will grow to 339.9 million total streetlights by 2025. The streetlight market is currently undergoing a period of change where legacy streetlights are being replaced with new and more efficient LED or solid-state lighting technology. Taking this new technology a step further, these LED streetlights are also being networked together with communications to become "smart" streetlights. This study analyzes and forecasts the global market for both LED and smart street lighting through 2025. For more information please click on: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/publication/msd9rso/global_led_and_smart_street_lighting_market

 

2.      HBA's Wireless Street Lighting Controls System - wiSCAPETM by Hubbell Building Automation®, is a Wireless Street Lighting Controls Solution that enables utilities and municipalities to manage, monitor and meter each individual streetlight throughout the city. wiSCAPE uses a combination of fixture modules and gateways to create a secure peer-to-peer, self-organizing and self-healing mesh network infrastructure. Whether it's two modules in an alleyway or thousands of modules across the city, wiSCAPE is scalable for any street lighting need,  and works with all fixture types and is ideal for both new and retrofit applications. http://www.hubbell-automation.com/

 3.    The Right Light: Color Tuning by Craig DiLouie - While light makes sight, lighting shapes perception, particularly in regard to color in the things we see. This is because visible white light is made of colors. For us to see an object as a certain color, that color must be present in both the light and the object.
 Electric lamps typically do not emit light in a balanced color spectrum; the relative intensities of different colors, therefore, affect the appearance of a space. http://www.ecmag.com/section/lighting/right-light-color-tuning

4.      The LED Show Call For Papers Deadline Friday March 7 - The Advisory Board for The LED Show is now accepting abstracts for The LED Show 2014 Conference. Use this opportunity to secure a speaking role and share your insight with your industry colleagues from around the world. https://event.theledshow.com/eselectv2/frontend/index/77800

5.      Should the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) Change Three Requirements? by Stan Walerczyk - Although DLC has been doing a good job getting new LED fixtures approved, which they do much faster than Energy Star, and DLC’s requirements for minimum lumens per watt (LPW) and color rendering index (CRI) can be considered good, let’s look further. DLC has three requirements, which should be investigated.

1)      Minimum lumen requirements

2)      Maximum Kelvin

3)      If there is no existing category, even the best LED product cannot be approved

       This whitepaper is available at stan@lightingwizards.com or at www.lightingwizards.com