Category Archives for light watch
Made where, by whom?
Singapore, 18th February 2011 Like cars the world of lighting manufacturing is an intricate web of product and component origins, licensing and copyrights. “Made in country X” does not really mean it is made in country X. The only thing … Continue reading
What’s in a beam?
Singapore, 17th February 2011 I may as well follow up on yesterday’s blog in regards to lighting standards. One of the other big misconceptions is when guides specify a certain beam spread. It’s not that simple. Specifying a, say 24 … Continue reading
What’s in a lux?
Singapore, 16th February 2011 One of the great debates is what really lux levels mean, besides being a unit of light. Many engineers drive their design based on lux levels without really understanding what a lux value means (at least … Continue reading
Love me tender…
Singapore, 15th February 2011 The title is misleading, as I actually want to talk about the tendering process (not Elvis Presley 🙂 ). The process where our lighting design specifications go out for tender and bidders can submit their proposal … Continue reading
In the mood…
Singapore, 14th February 2011 The world today celebrates Valentine’s Day…as far as I am concerned a commercially driven celebration to get people to spent money on diners, gifts and flowers. But somehow people need occasions to celebrate things…We have just … Continue reading
Party time
Singapore, 11th February 2011 Life should be a balance between work and fun, business and private. Too often we emerge ourselves so much into work that we forget to enjoy life. Certainly in this part of the world work life … Continue reading
Carbon credits
Singapore, 10th February 2011 Today I read an article in the newspaper that Singapore has embarked on a program to generate carbon credits. The program consists of replacing current fluorescent lights in housing flats (HDB) to LED equivalents. It is … Continue reading
Retro fit
Singapore, 9th February 2011 The problem with LED’s has mostly been the inability of retrofit lamps to actually perform to the level of its famous predecessors. There have been many attempts to make LED versions of the incandescent and the … Continue reading
Presentation
Singapore, 8th February 2011 Presentations are half the work, they say. In our job it is even more important as lighting design is not always that easy to present. We have our ideas about the lighting effect but the presentation … Continue reading
Samples
Singapore, 7th February 2011 With the main Chinese New Year celebrations behind us life is slowly returning to normal in Asia. For many Chinese traditional activities still continues but for most it is back to business as usual. I am … Continue reading
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