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How to Keep Skies Dark at Night
Light pollution persists worldwide, but recent industry initiatives coupled with mindful architectural and lighting designers are aiming to reduce sky glow.
Lumark LAS Area Site Luminaire Now Available
Lumark is proud to introduce the new LAS Area and Site luminaire! The LAS provides automatic dusk-to-dawn area lighting for parking lots, walkways, and other outdoor areas. This high-efficiency LED luminaire delivers maximum energy savings while also lowering overall maintenance costs. The adjustable slipfitter arm mounts horizontally or vertically allowing for versatility in use and a simple installation.
Tuned lighting helps nursing home residents get better sleep, study finds
Nursing home residents tend to fall asleep at all hours of the day, and during the night, their sleep may be interrupted by periods of wakefulness.
It’s a vicious cycle of fragmented sleep that can place residents at risk for poor health outcomes, including depression and increased frailty, said Rosa Baier, an associate professor of the practice in health services, policy and practice who directs the Center for Long-Term Care Quality & Innovation at the Brown University School of Public Health.
But Baier and a team of colleagues identified an innovative way to cut in half the number of sleep disturbances experienced by residents in one California nursing home — and it didn’t involve prescribing sleeping pills. Instead, the facility installed interior lighting fixtures that change color and intensity over the course of the day and night.
Introducing WaveLinx Lite
Radulescu’s Webinar Last Week Focused on Patent Issues Facing the Lighting Industry
For the past four years running, David Radulescu, Ph.D., has spoken on patent issues facing the LED lighting industry during the week of LightFair. These privately-hosted meetings have been well attended by LED lighting companies interested in learning more about the increasing threat of patent litigation to their businesses. Last Thursday, your humble editor sat in his most recent webinar. Dr. Radulescu discussed developments in IP litigation over the past year.