Category Archives for lighting and sustainability
Whats wrong with suppliers!
Singapore, 25th July 2014 Sometimes you want to shoot some of your lighting suppliers! Either they are plain dumb or plain arrogant…Another round of frustration today when we assessed tender submissions from 3 pre-selected suppliers for one of our projects. … Continue reading
The Qatar interview
Singapore, 23rd July 2014 Today I want my actual words and real images to do the “talking”. I have received the video of my impromptu interview taken during Lighting Tech Qatar recently. So instead of me writing, here is me talking … Continue reading
The perfect office…
Singapore, 10th July 2014 One of the things I always wanted to do in a project is to introduce a typical daylight cycle into a work space. Now that I have moved to a new office I am going to … Continue reading
Awards night
Perth, 3rd July 2014 Today a look at awards…I am attending the Australian Institute of Architects Awards night as an invited guest. Not so much to do with lighting, though there is a an architectural lighting category, but it does … Continue reading
LED Lessons learned 2
Perth, 2nd July 2014 We keep learning our way through the LED minefield… Today my team in Singapore faced a challenge in regards to resolving a specific dimming issue related to the dimming of big decorative ballroom chandeliers that are … Continue reading
The demise of the neon sign
Hong Kong – Singapore, 18th June 2014 Today I flew back from Yangshuo to Singapore via Hong Kong and on the way I read an interesting article about Hong Kong and more specifically about the slowly disappearing neon signs. You still … Continue reading
Intelligent lighting
Singapore, 12th June 2014 One of the key emergences that has come along with LED lighting is smart technology, not in the least because LED is a digital technology by itself. Several examples were on show at the Light Fair … Continue reading
Light Fair 2
Las Vegas, 3rd June 2014 Today the fair officially opened to the “public”. While seminars and courses have been going on since Sunday, the actual exhibition opened its door with an official ribbon cutting ceremony in the morning. A strong … Continue reading
Missing the boat…
Singapore, 16th May 2014 I don’t often come into a place where I think someone has really totally missed the boat in regards to lighting. Last night I went for a site assessment of the current lighting with the aim … Continue reading
Solar energy today
Singapore, 15th May 2014 One of the subjects that came out of the Qatar event is the increasing usage of solar power and how countries (like Qatar) with lots of sunshine could make more beneficial use of this opportunity. It … Continue reading
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