Category Archives for lighting applications
Dimming LED’s
Singapore 28th June 2011 It has been kind of a hot topic these last couple of weeks, the dimming of LED’s. Our first 100% LED project was launched today with a big advertorial in the local Straits Times newpaper. But … Continue reading
Solar bottle light
Singapore 10th June 2011 Sometimes people come up with simple yet “powerful” ideas. Recently I read that students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed a cheap and easily reproducible solar light bulb by using a simple bottle. The … Continue reading
Due dilligence
Singapore 6th June 2011 How far do you carry out due diligence? I was confronted with this soul searching question when I finally found out today that the company that was awarded the contract for the bedroom dimming system in … Continue reading
Fish tan
Singapore 3rd June 2011 You read it correctly, it is not fish tank, but fish tan. Today I read about a fish dealer who has come up with an artificial tanning light for fish! It fits on an aquarium and … Continue reading
Scene setting
Singapore 23rd May 2011 Probably one of the more difficult challenges of a lighting designer is scene setting. I have been playing around all afternoon with aiming and programming for the commissioning of the Chinese Restaurant, part of the Intercontinental … Continue reading
Under water
Singapore 10th May 2011 One of the most challenging applications in terms of lighting design has to be the lighting for water features. First of all lighting, electricity and water do not really mix. Secondly the extreme conditions of being … Continue reading
Nomination Day
Singapore 27th April 2011 I have spent many years in Singapore and have witnessed several general elections over the last 20+ years. Everyone has his own opinion about Singapore’s political landscape but as an outsider it has always been an … Continue reading
The science of LED’s
Singapore, 9th March 2011 Specifying LED’s is a whole different ball game than the conventional incandescent, fluorescent or gas discharge lighting systems. It seems more and more that we need other dimensions of specifying to really get it right. I … Continue reading
LED LED LED
Singapore, 8th March 2011 There is some LED craze going on in this world… It feels like I keep blogging about it. Originally LED lighting started as a small signalling or indicating light source. But since the breakthrough in technology … Continue reading
Hard or soft copy
Singapore, 2nd March 2011 Setting up my new company also requires me to rebuild my lighting library… We need to be on the top of our toes when it comes to specifying lighting systems and be aware of the latest … Continue reading
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