Category Archives for lighting of the future
PLDC Day 1
Madrid 20th October 2011 PLDC 2011 is on the way! After a welcome party last night on the (windy) rooftop of the Circulo de Bellas Artes building, we officially kicked off this morning with a keynote address from Paul Marrantz, … Continue reading
Madrid!
Madrid 19th October 2011 I have made it to Madrid, after a family weekend with my parents in Holland. Believe it or not, its my first time in Madrid, not my first time in Spain, I visited Valencia (Antares) a … Continue reading
Plan B; How to define quality?
Singapore 30th September 2011 Last day of September already, time for the typical end of the month administration, salaries, bills, invoicing…as long as the positives (invoices to clients) are superior to the negatives (overheads) we are in good shape. A … Continue reading
E=Mc2
Singapore 28th September 2011 Now here is some interesting news from earlier this week. Scientists at CERN, Europe’s Centre for Nuclear Research, have managed to clock a minuscule sub atomic particle going faster than the speed of light! What? Until … Continue reading
I feel the temperature rising
Singapore 26th September 2011 Back to LED again…the last few weeks I have been investigating LED (specifically the retrofit types, not so much the light engines) in depth to understand the limitations they have and the characteristics we need to … Continue reading
LED and overheating
Singapore 21st September 2011 Learning something new about LED’s every day it seems! While it is nice from public relations point of view to have a 100% LED project with a short ROI (Return on Investment), we keep having little problems with … Continue reading
guaranty and warranty in lighting
Singapore 19th September 2011 Does any one know the real difference between guaranty and warranty? In my early days it was always guaranty, then someone started the concept of warranty and now I hear both floating around when it comes … Continue reading
Solar leasing
Singapore 16th September 2011 While we are working out loading and budget estimates for one of our project clients today, I am reading an article on the subject of “solar leasing”. It is sort of links in, as more and … Continue reading
The (lighting) world today
Singapore 9th September 2011 This Sunday it will be 10 years since the terrible 9-11 attacks in New York and you can’t really open any newspaper or tune into any news program without the subject being broached these days. Many … Continue reading
Quo vadis lighting design
Singapore 8th September 2011 Like many of my colleagues in the lighting industry we read professional magazines to keep ourselves updated on the latest developments in lighting and other peoples’ achievements around the world. Some like me also regularly contribute … Continue reading
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