Category Archives for lighting standards
Safety and security
Singapore 29th April 2013 With the recent events in the world; the Boston Marathon bombing and the collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh resulting in hundreds of deaths and wounded, it is hard not to stand still at the … Continue reading
In the swing of things
Hainan, 25th April 2013 Today was more of the same only this time we had broken up in smaller groups each focussed on specific coordination issues. My main focus of the day was the coordination with the interior designer to … Continue reading
Lost in translation
Hainan, 23rd April 2013 As you can see I am back in China and through travel and work commitments on arrival I was not in a position (nor state) to write my blog last night. A welcome dinner (and drinks) … Continue reading
Cheap for cheap sake
Bali 4th April 2013 My discussions with local suppliers here in Bali brought up another interesting approach to lighting sales. One of the suppliers I interviewed openly professed the strategy to buy cheap. Never mind if it fails, rots away … Continue reading
ROI Warranty
Bali 3rd April 2013 Now here is an interesting approach to warranty. I met with several local lighting suppliers today to get a better feel on how to approach my specifications and long term maintenance recommendations. If my project is … Continue reading
Business and pleasure
Bali 2nd April 2013 The benefit of doing projects all over the world is that you go places, sometimes repeatedly to the same (enjoyable) place. After the Good Friday -Easter long weekend I travelled back to Bali yesterday to start … Continue reading
Life Endangering Diodes (LEDs)
Singapore 27th March 2013 Or should I say Life Endangering Duds. Maybe some of you may have some better acronyms… Fact is that in recent months more and more life endangering situations have surfaced in regards to the safe and … Continue reading
Light pollution
Singapore 21st March 2013 An interesting article in today’s newspaper…Hong Kong University researchers have found that their city is one of the worst light polluters in the world. In a report issued ahead of the upcoming Earth Hour this Saturday, … Continue reading
Collaborations
Perth 6th March2013 Today my day was all about collaborations. First I had meetings in regards to a project which is collaboration between the city, a property owner/ operator, a sponsoring supplier and finally myself as the lighting designer. The collaboration … Continue reading
Maintenance
Bali 20th February 2013 From Goa to Bali…guess there is worse in the world 🙂 … The thrills and spills of our profession. I am here to attend project coordination meetings and assess the current state of the adjacent project site … Continue reading
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