WAC Lighting Collaborates with RPI's Lighting Research Center to Develop and Evaluate Energy ...
Garden City, New York - Supported by NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority), WAC Lighting collaborated with the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to develop high-efficiency LED (light emitting diodes) track luminaires for an art gallery in a suburban library outside of New York City. The project results were reported at the ...
Everything is illuminated
This light fixture called Johnny B. Butterfly, by designer Ingo Maurer, is a decorative ring that sits on a 150-watt halogen bulb, adorned with handmade butterflies, dragonflies and other insects made from paper, silk, metal wires and more.
Home lighting made simple
Ever play that flashlight game where you point the beam upward from your chin to create a ghoulish and sinister-looking face? If so, you’ve witnessed the power of light to transform a physical object, for better or for worse. George Clooney or Charlize Theron might look gorgeous during a magazine photo shoot, but light them wrong and those fab faces can turn suddenly scary. Alfred Hitchcock knew ...
Need a Quick Room Makeover? Look to Lighting Solutions
MISSION, KS-- - Ever wonder how designers make the rooms you see in magazines or on decorating shows look so good? It doesn't always depend on paint colors or fabric choices. From fresh and airy, to intimate ...
Flourescent Bulbs Are Way Better--But Don't Make Me Use 'Em
Please comment on the global energy-conservation insanity surrounding the incandescent light bulb, i.e., initiatives around the world to ban it. (Some call the instigators of these measures “eco-fascists.”) How good are energy-saving fluorescent or halogen light bulbs really?
