Monthly Archives for February 2010
Consumer watchdogs
Perth, 18th January 2010 Many countries have so called consumer watchdog organizations, looking after consumer rights. After our glare investigation (see yesterday’s blog), another issue hit the news today… faulty solar panels! It appears that faulty connections are causing tripping … Continue reading
Golf Course Lighting
Perth 17th February 2010 Later tonight I will be going out to check on a fairly common lighting issue. Local residents are complaining about the glare from the nearby golf course lighting. In this case, more specifically, the driving range. As … Continue reading
3D Video Mapping
Perth, 16th February 2010 New technologies are coming in fast and furiously and 3D Video mapping seems to be one of those technologies that is making its way into our lighting domain! Those who saw the Olympic Games opening ceremony … Continue reading
Colors of life
Perth, 15th February 2010 Color is an integral part of our life. We know the colors of the rainbow as a natural progression; we know how (white) light breaks into the same rainbow colors through a crystal prism or through … Continue reading
Sustainability in sports lighting
Perth, 14th February 2010 First of all an update…we (Dutch) got our first Olympic gold medal in the 5000m speed skating ! Incidentally I read that of the 79 medals won by the Dutch in winter Olympics, 76 came from speed … Continue reading
Winter Olympics 2010
Perth, 13th February 2010 Aren’t we working in an extraordinary environment as lighting designers? I have just watched the opening ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and it is without doubt that lighting was the key component in this … Continue reading
“Fighting” for space
Singapore, 12th February 2010 As a lighting designer one of our constantly recurring challenges in practically every interior project is our “fight” for the right locations for our lights. If only lighting was the one thing that mattered… 🙂 The … Continue reading
BIPV
Singapore, 11th February 2010 Aren’t we continuously bombarded with technical jargon in our job? I am not so sure about Europe or the US, but Asia loves it abbreviations! BIPV or Building Integrated Photo Voltaic is the subject I actually … Continue reading
A lighting novelty
Singapore, 10th February 2010 Today I came across a really interesting article in the newspaper reporting about a novelty in lighting. At least it is a novelty to me. I originally planned to write about something else, but I found … Continue reading
Recycling
Shanghai- Singapore, 9th February 2010 On my way to Singapore to work away the last bits and pieces of projects before the Chinese New Year shuts down this part of the world. Besides typing my blog (can we imagine life … Continue reading
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