LRC News

Two New Organizations Join Lighting Research Center Partners Program

The LRC welcomes the Swedish Energy Agency, headquartered in Eskilstuna, Sweden, and iGuzzini, headquartered in Recanati, Italy, as the newest members of the LRC Partners Program.  Full story...

The LRC will once again hold a three-day, hands-on seminar May 10-12, 2011, to teach industry professionals how to incorporate light-emitting diodes (LEDs) into lighting applications. The LED Lighting Institute will include updated technical content based on the latest industry developments.  Full story...

New Guide Provides Daylighting Designs to Maximize Students' Health and Performance

The body's internal clock is responsible for regulating the timing of our sleep and other daily biological cycles, called circadian rhythms. During school months, however, teenagers miss out on essential morning light needed to stimulate the 24-hour biological clock. For this reason, professors at the LRC have developed a daylighting design guide that balances the photobiological benefits of daylighting with well-known daylight design techniques that can be applied in schools.  Full story...

The LRC is steering a major initiative to promote sustainable lighting in South Asia, using LED technology. Efforts reached a milestone in mid-January when global lighting manufacturers, world finance and development organizations, and leading government representatives met to develop a regional lighting technology roadmap at the first South Asia Lighting Transformation Forum.   Full story...

World Bank Group Selects Rensselaer Lighting Research Center to Test LED-based, Off-grid Lighting Products in Support of Lighting Africa Program

The LRC was recently awarded a World Bank Group contract to perform laboratory testing of LED-based, off-grid lighting products for Lighting Africa, a joint IFC and World Bank program. Lighting Africa seeks to accelerate the development of commercial off-grid lighting markets in Sub-Saharan Africa to improve access to modern, clean lighting and related energy services for people at the base of the pyramid.  Full story...

The LRC’s National Lighting Product Information Program (NLPIP) released a publication from its Lighting Answers series that tackles specific questions about lighting products, systems, and subjects relevant to lighting decision makers. Lighting Answers: Dynamic Outdoor Lighting addresses the factors most hindering greater use of dynamic outdoor and street lighting, which has the potential to reduce energy use and light pollution in several applications including parking lots, parking garages, outdoor walkways, and public roadways, according to John Bullough, LRC senior research scientist and author of the online publication.   Full story...

National Lighting Product Information Program Releases Reports on Street Lighting Technologies

The LRC’s National Lighting Product Information Program (NLPIP) released its latest publication in February 2011, Specifier Reports: Streetlights for Local Roads, designed to provide objective performance information on streetlights for local roads in residential areas. This report followed a fall 2010 publication, Specifier Reports: Streetlights for Collector Roads.  Full story...

John Bullough, LRC senior research scientist and adjunct assistant professor presented two papers at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies in Washington, the week of January 24, 2011. These papers, co-authored by LRC Senior Research Specialist Nicholas Skinner, both address the increasing use of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in roadway transportation applications.   Full story...

Roadway Lighting: Evolution and Evaluation

John Bullough, LRC senior research scientist and adjunct assistant professor contributed an article on the fast-paced evolution of roadway lighting systems for a December 2010 supplement to the magazine ITS International entitled "Sustainability for Road Infrastructure." His article discusses how light-emitting diodes, light pollution awareness and improved vehicle lighting will impact roadway lighting.  Full story...

The LRC recently revamped the Lighting Transformations portion of its website to better direct visitors to the Center's online resources concerning energy efficiency. The aptly named “Energy Efficiency” section can be viewed here.  Full story...

LRC Student Earns Ph.D. in Lighting

Tianming "Teddy" Dong recently graduated with a doctorate in architectural science with a concentration in lighting from the LRC. This doctorate degree is the highest available in the field of lighting and a first-of-its-kind in the lighting industry, encompassing the many disciplines that make up the field of lighting and bringing them together within the context of scientific inquiry, research, and discovery.  Full story...

LRC Senior Research Specialist and graduate student Aaron Smith was recently recognized by LD+A, the magazine of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), as one of 25 rising stars in the lighting profession. Smith just completed the LRC's Master of Science in lighting program, where his thesis focused on a practical daylighting strategy for improving the efficient use of electric lighting in commercial applications.  Full story...

Elegant Pairing of Music and Light

LRC DesignWorks was selected by piano manufacturer Steinway & Sons for technical consultation on the lighting of a model B Grand 'Concept' Piano that was unveiled at a Chicago exhibit in the fall of 2010.  Full story...