Submissions represent the following categories: PR O G R E SS Report Light Sources T he Committee’s mission is to keep in touch with developments in the art and science of lighting throughout the world and prepare a yearly report of achievements for the Society. Acceptance in the Progress Report is based on an impartial judging process used by the committee to evaluate each submission on its uniqueness, innovation and significance to the lighting industry. There were 264 submittals in 2009; 158 were accepted into the report. Lighting Applications Luminaires Control Systems Instrumentation Accessories Publications & Guides Research IES Progress Committee Andrea Hartranft Chairperson C.M. Kling & Associates Kim Daley Vice-Chairperson eLumit Sarena McComas Secretary Type A Productions Bruce Belfer Belfer Group Boyd Corbett Traxon Technologies USA Tom Hunter Redwood Systems Edwin Rambusch Rambusch Decorating Co. Mark Benguerel Finelite, Inc. Leslie Davis, LC Leslie Davis Lighting Design Rick Leeds Acuity Brands Dyke Riffle Riffle & Associates Greg Bennorth Universal Lighting Technologies Jerry Flauto GE Lighting Howard Lewis Lighting Alternatives Vincent Roy, LC Philips Lighting Co. Jim Fowler VISTA Lighting Mark Lien, LC Hubbell Lighting Anthony Serres, LC GE Lighting Claudia Gabay-Jones Frost Eric Lind Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. Jered Widmer The Lighting Practice John Green, P.E., LC Cooper Lighting Kathleen Packard, LC BNA Consulting Engineers Paula Ziegenbein, LC OSRAM SYLVANIA, Inc. Melissa Hertel Philips Lightolier Andrew Pultorak Lighting Design Lab Ardra Zinkon Tec Inc. Engineering & Design Kristin Bernick Mid-State Lighting Bill Busch Day-Brite Lighting Robert Catone, LC Guth Lighing Rob Cilic, LC OSRAM SYLVANIA, Inc. LD+A January 2010 45 PR O G R E SS R e p o r t All PAR20 and PAR30LN lamps are now These new 23-W SYLVANIA OCTRON These new SYLVANIA CAPSYLITE rated at 12,000 hours life. SYLVANIA SUPERSAVER lamps are the lowest ELOGIC 35-W PAR38 lamps integrate METALARC. Contact: kelly.mcelligott@ wattage dimmable T8 lamps in the electronic circuitry in the lamp base to sylvania.com industry, delivering 8 percent energy deliver similar intensity as 60-W halo- savings over 25-W T8 lamps and 28 gen lamps at twice the life. The optical percent energy savings over 32-W T8 performance is superior to any other lamps. Available in 4-ft lengths, the line voltage PAR38 halogen lamp, and lamps have an initial rating of 2,000 will withstand shock and vibration simi- lumens with 95 percent lumen main- lar to an automotive head lamp. Contact: tenance, and are dimmable. Contact: brent.eastwood@sylvania.com robert.hamerstrom@sylvania.com SYLVANIA POWERBALL ceramic lamps feature an exclusive round ceramic arc tube that delivers high efficacy, white light with superb color rendering, and improved lamp-to-lamp color consistency. Contact: kelly.mcelligott@ sylvania.com OSRAM SYLVANIA’s OCTRON OSRAM SYLVANIA has increased the SUPERSAVER life rating by 20 percent on METALARC approved for operation on ballasts POWERBALL Ceramic PAR38 metal such as SYLVANIA’s QUICKTRONIC halide lamps to 15,000 hours, the lon- POWERSENSE AND QUICKSTEP dim- gest life in the industry. Contact: kelly. ming ballasts. Available across the mcelligott@sylvania.com product offering in 30-, 28- and 25-W lamps are now versions, these are the industry’s first energy saving T8 lamps that are dimmable. Contact: robert.hamerstrom@ sylvania.com 46 www.ies.org Philips Lighting introduces the industry’s lowest wattage single-pin T8 OSRAM SYLVANIA’s 54-W PENTRON OSRAM SYLVANIA introduces DULUX lamp. The new 51-W, Energy Advantage HO lamps feature the industry’s longest EL Twist-n-DIM integrated compact Slimline 8-ft fluorescent saves up to 14 life rating at 30,000 hours at three hours fluorescent lamps, the industry’s first percent in system energy costs when per start and 40,000 hours at 12 hours to feature a built-in dimmer on the compared to the standard 59-W version. per start. Contact: james.hultgren@ base of the lamp. The dimmer deliv- Contact: susan.bloom@philips.com sylvania.com ers smooth dimming down to 20 percent of full output. This 23-W version delivers comparable light output to 100-W incandescent lamps. Contact: anumathew@sylvania.com Philips Lighting introduces Energy Advantage 49-W T5HO fluorescent lamps that deliver an immediate savings of 5 watts compared to standard types. This is the industry’s lowest watt- Philips Lighting’s Energy Advantage New SYLVANIA PENTRON SUPER­ age alternative to T5HO 54-W technol- PL-C lamps are the industry’s first SAVER ECOLOGIC, energy saving, ogy with the lowest mercury content. energy-saving “retrofit” compact pin- T5HO fluorescent lamps are direct Contact: susan.bloom@philips.com based lamps. Without changing a bal- replacements for full wattage lamps last, they deliver up to 22 percent that feature the industry’s longest lamp energy savings. The lamps are avail- life of 40,000 hours at 12 hours per start. able in various color temperatures with No ballast change is required to save 82 CRI and 88 percent lumen mainte- 6 percent in energy costs while main- nance and have a life of 16,000 hours. taining the same light output. Contact: Contact: susan.bloom@philips.com james.hultgren@sylvania.com LD+A January 2010 47 PR O G R E SS R e p o r t The Philips Energy Advantage PL-T are an energy-saving retrofit for triple tube compact fluorescent lamps that The SYLVANIA METALARC POWER­ don’t require a ballast change. The 27-W BALL EL PAR30 LN lamps are the replaces a 32-W, and a 33-W replaces a industry’s first self-ballasted ceramic 42-W lamp. They have similar color and metal halide lamps in a PAR30 long lumen maintenance characteristics as the neck configuration. These new 24- Energy Advantage PL-C lamps and a life W lamps deliver twice the intensity of up to 20,000 hours at 12 hours per start. of 75-W PAR30 halogen PAR lamps. Contact: susan.bloom@philips.com OSRAM SYLVANIA introduces two new METALARC POWERBALL ceramic metal halide lamps. The 100-W T6 G12 ceramic metal halide lamps are rated at 9,500 lumens, 12,000 hours life, 3,000K and 80-plus CRI. New 400-W TM lamps with a G22 base are available in 3,000 and 4,000K versions at 40,000 initial lumens. Also from SYLVANIA is an indusSkirtlight Europe Limited introduces try unique beam angle of 15 deg now the Fit Lamp, a new twist in compact offered in the METALARC POWERBALL fluorescent lighting. This lamp packs EL PAR38 self-ballasted ceramic metal 1,250 lumens in a lamp that is only halide lamp. This lamp is a compa- 3.9-in. tall. The lamp is available in 15-, rable alternative to 120-W halogen 18- and 21-W versions in a variety of PAR38 lamps. Contact: kelly.mcelligott@ color temperatures that are rated at sylvania.com 10,000 hours life. Contact: massimo@ skirtlight.com 48 www.ies.org The Golden DRAGON oval Plus LED Philips Lighting has expanded its from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors CosmoPolis system with a new 90- features an integrated lens that delivers W version. The system consists of a EYE Lighting International introduces a unique oval beam pattern of 80 deg CosmoWhite ceramic metal halide lamp, EYE Cera Tek, the industry’s first 360-W vertical by 120 deg horizontal without a dedicated electronic HID ballast and a ceramic metal halide lamp that oper- the need for secondary optics and with specialized socket developed in tandem ates on a 400-W probe start ballast. an efficacy of up to 90 lumens per watt. to ensure compatibility and reliability. Simply changing a lamp results in up to Contact: marc.dyble@osram-OS.com Contact: susan.bloom@philips.com 10 percent energy saving. Contact: len. thomas@eyelighting.com Another industry first from EYE Lighting OSRAM Opto Semiconductors brings Philips Lighting’s MasterColor Elite International is the EYE Cera Arc 360-W us OSLON, the industry’s smallest 1-W 210-W ceramic metal halide lamps fea- ceramic metal halide lamp that operates LED. The small 3 by 3 sq millimeter, ture an efficacy of 115 lumens per watt, on 400-W pulse start ballasts. This lamp symmetrical package enables dense 90 percent lumen maintenance at mean offers a simple, lamp change-out which clustering of LEDs. OSLON also has the life and 80 percent lumen maintenance yields up to 10 percent energy savings. industry’s lowest thermal resistance at end of life. Available in 3,000K and Contact: len.thomas@eyelighting.com of 7 deg K per watt. Contact: joerg. 4,200K versions that have a CRI over 90, schmidt@osram-os.com the lamps deliver stable color performance over their 20,000 hours rated life. Contact: susan.bloom@philips.com LD+A January 2010 49 PR O G R E SS R e p o r t SYLVANIA Post Top Street Light LED retrofit kits replace up to 250-W HID lamps in streetlight fixtures. Rated at OSRAM SYLVANIA’s new 16-W LED LifeLED by Philips Lumec is an LED 40 watts, 5,700K and 50,000 hours life, PAR38 flood lamp is the industry’s first light engine that may be retrofitted they offer a white light alternative to to deliver a comparable intensity and into existing Lumec HID luminaires. HID with up to an 85 percent power beam angle to 60-W halogen flood The manufacturer claims 200 percent reduction. Contact: fernando.ulloa@ lamps. The lamp is rated at 3,000K, greater pole spacing than the competi- sylvania.com 25,000 hours life with 70 percent lumen tion, and an average savings of 30 to maintenance. 50 percent in energy costs. LifeLED Contact: fernando. ulloa@sylvania.com is available in 40, 60 and 82 watts. Contact: info@lumec.com Philips’ new Affinium LED Posterbox Module offers a unique solution ideal The SYLVANIA HF2Narrow Stick is New from Lighting Science Group, is the for backlit display signs in both indoor an LED module comprised of closely SoL dimmable R30 LED lamp. This lamp and outdoor applications. The LED mod- packed LEDs on boards less than 5⁄8 - represents a growing trend in the indus- ule is ideal for pylon, wall-mount, archi- in. wide. Intended for incorporation in try for higher light output LED retrofit tectural and monument signs as well luminaires by others, these modules products that feature dimming capabil- as single- and double-faced displays. are designed to provide highly uniform ity. This 11-W lamp is rated at 42.5 to 55.8 Contact: susan.bloom@philips.com illumination and are available in 4- and lumens per watt, and may be dimmed 10-in. lengths that allow end-to-end down to less than 1 percent light output. connection. Contact: paul.montesino@ Contact: akaphein@lsgc.com sylvania.com 50 www.ies.org New from Lightolier is the Lytecaster Tempo Industries claims the highest The LF6CFH 6-in. horizontal CFL down- Xceed. It offers the shallowest housing efficacy available on an LED cove light- light from Prescolite, A Hubbell brand, available on the market today at just ing system. The Series 6000 LED Cove uses new “Watts per Square Foot 3.5 in. Available in 13-, 18- and 26-W is a modular, articulated, high bright- Optics” to achieve the highest efficien- versions, this downlight is available ness product designed to be cove or cy of any similar commercial downlight. with the Advance Ambistar ballast that soffit mounted. These die cast modules This alternative technology promises allows multi-level operation. Contact: offer 90 deg bends and a 12-in. radius. optimum glare control, fixture efficacy kenneth.kawa@philips.com Contact: chrisb@tempoindustries.com and uniformity. Contact: pmalouche@ progresslighting.com The LF8CFH from Prescolite uses the The first fixture to use the new 210- same “Watts per Square Foot” optic system and has been recognized as the most The MHLN1639 accent lighting lumi- W CMH lamp is the RCE UltiMIN 1 efficient 8-in. CFL downlight. Contact: naire from Lighting Services Inc. was by 1 recessed luminaire from Philips pmalouche@progresslighting.com developed specifically for the new Day-Brite. Day-Brite recommends this 39-W GE constant color CMH Precise as an effective replacement for 400-W metal halide lamp introduced in the standard metal halide 2 by 2 fixtures. 2008 Progress Report. Contact: sales@ Contact: bill.busch@philips.com mailLSI.com LD+A January 2010 51 PR O G R E SS R e p o r t Philips Gardco introduces their new A mixing chamber integral to the LED Demand Response wall sconce. Calculite Solid-State Downlight from A modular LED array can provide Philips Lightolier redirects light oth- Alcyon Track Lighting cylinders from wide, medium and forward throw erwise lost when using a phosphor Philips Lightolier have evolved to distributions. Contact: dale.simpson@ coated LED chip. This LED downlight accept the new 39-W CMH MR16 lamp. philips.com delivers 1,000 lumens using 20 watts. A These fixtures operate on the Lytespan remote phosphor technology converts track system and provide a previously light from blue LEDs to white while pro- unavailable source option. Contact: viding consistent color across products. apimentel@lightolier.com Contact: cpasserello@lightolier.com The ECOS LED Famiy of fixtures from Extending its line of Quiet Ceiling and Lighting Services Inc’s The Serpentine Gotham Architectural Downlighting Accurus luminaires, RSA Cooper Series accent luminaire uses the new uses “Bounding Ray” optical princi- Lighting has redesigned these lines to micro HID ballast introduced in the ple design to provide a unique source also utilize the Mini MasterColor CMH 2008 Progress Report. The reflector before source image. A matte-diffuse lamps, and the GE T4 GU6.5 lamps. integration system allows the fixture to lower reflector in combination with a Contact: drew.andries@cooperindustries. be built for any 20-, 22- or 39-W T4 CMH highly reflective/diffuse upper reflec- com lamp in three beam spreads. Contact: tor provides an LED downlight with an sales@mailLSI.com indirect appearance. Contact: acurry@ gothamlighting.com 52 www.ies.org Philips Omega Lighting brings LED CV Lighting’s new Mini-Stick Series is fixtures into an MRI application. Their an ultra low profile LED light for cove, Canlyte also introduces the Keene new Omega LED luminaire is dimmable cabinet, cornice and wall-wash applica- RV5 series. This SSL surface or pen- and wet location rated with emergency tions. It uses OSRAM SYLVANIA’s new dant mounted luminaire utilizes Philips options. The MRI designated luminaire HF2 LED modules mounted onto an alu- remote phosphor technology in a deco- provides for the remote mounting of minum extrusion. Contact: ekramer@ rative housing. It uses 18 watts of energy the LED driver. Contact: jbarnes@ cvlightingusa.com to provide 1,100 lumens with a CRI of 80. Contact: cmitchell@canlyte.com dcolighting.com Adjustability is the key to acceptance of the new ELP wall wash fixture into this year’s report. The AWWTB series The first LED downlight to achieve now includes a recessed adjustable Canlyte introduces an SSL family of Energy Star listing was introduced by wall-wash luminaire that offers 45 deg luminaires designed with their propri- Cooper Lighting. The Halo 6-in. lumi- adjustability without breaking the ceil- etary remote phosphor system. The naire contains a multitude of LEDs to ing plane. It uses T5 or compact fluo- luminaires are available as a surface closely mimic the expected distribution rescent lamps. Contact: lhedberg@ mounted cylinder and a retrofit recessed of a downlight source. It is fully dim- elplighting.com downlight, in both 10- and 20-W ver- mable, and a complete line of trims is sions. Contact: cmitchell@canlyte.com available as well as a retrofit accessory that provides easy replacement of other sources in standard cans. Contact: bill. johnson@cooperindustries.com LD+A January 2010 53 PR O G R E SS R e p o r t Cooper Lighting/Ametrix redesigned its Arrowlinear line of asymmetric lumiThe Sequence and the Airfoil are part of Philips Lightolier has introduced an naires to be the first to use the new Visa Lighting’s new Large Venue fam- addition to the Lytespan line of track- T5 and T8 VHO lamp/ballast systems ily. This product line allows specifiers heads, a mini cylinder that utilizes the recently introduced by Philips Advance. mass customization of large scale lumi- new Philips 39-W ceramic metal halide The new light sources allow the lumi- naires utilizing standard configurable BT5 lamp. An interchangeable reflector naires to provide peak lumen output and decorative products and elements. The incorporated into the optical system maximum energy savings over a broader line is available in T8, T5, T5HO and allows for multiple beam distributions. range of ambient temperatures. Contact: LED source options. Contact: bpape@ Contact: apinmentel@lightolier.com paul.pohl@cooperindustries.com With 10 1-W LEDs, the AKT6LED track Hubbell SportsLiter Solutions has The new HCE High Bay Series from head claims the highest efficacy of developed their new HYBRID Dimming Philips Day-Brite has been designed any LED track head at 60 lumens system to improve efficiency up to 60 to accept the previously recognized per watt. This Prescolite fixture was percent. This system incorporates mul- 210-W MasterColor lamp from Philips. created specifically for retail and pro- tiple switched dimming levels. Contact: Day-Brite is recommending this as a duce applications. The no UV feature kwelke@hubbell-ltg.com replacement for standard 400-W sys- visalighting.com of the LEDs provides added value by tems. Contact: bill.busch@philips.com not ripening or deteriorating produce in grocery applications. Contact: pmalouche@progresslighting.com 54 www.ies.org The first multiple wattage and distribution LED decorative flood is the LFS New from Canlyte is the Keene RV4. fixture from Hubbell Outdoor Lighting. BayLume from Lighting Science Group This luminaire utilizes the new Elite 210- This is a wet location LED flood featur- is a new industrial LED luminaire intend- and 315-W metal halide lamps from ing 6- or 12-W LED engines and mul- ed for warehouses, garages, gyms and Philips to replace existing 400-W metal tiple NEMA beam spreads. Contact: stockrooms. It is claimed to last three halide options. This luminaire offers a kwelke@hubbell-ltg.com times longer and use half of the energy color rendering of 90-plus CRI in a high of typical industrial fixtures. Contact: wattage luminaire. Contact: cmitchell@ akaphein@lsgc.com canlyte.com The life of hazardous location lumi- Hubbell Industrial Lighting’s AW LED Columbia Lighting, a Hubbell brand, naires has been increased by a factor Retro-Fit is the first retrofit LED warning has introduced an exterior fluorescent of four by Holophane mounting the light. It is a direct replacement for typi- alternative to HID fixtures. The Morph capacitor externally to its Petrolux III cal incandescent product used today. luminaire is a dedicated T5 design that family of HID fixtures, thus reducing Energy consumption is 6.5 watts per fix- is similar in approach to interior fluores- this critical HID ballast component tem- ture. Contact: kwelke@hubbell-ltg.com cent hi-bays in that it is a one-for-one perature by 20 deg. Contact: vkniffin@ replacement offering over 50 percent holophane.com energy savings. The instant-on, controllability, and energy advantages work for new or retrofit applications. Contact: rlewis@columbialighting.com LD+A January 2010 55 PR O G R E SS R e p o r t Chloride Systems has introduced the A zero uplight bollard solution is now OptaLite series. This is the first outdoor available from Hess America. The rated UL wet listed, LED low-level lumi- Linea LED bollard is marketed as suit- The Alumen8 8-XPX series of fixtures naire that may be used for security and able for use in all LEED lighting zones feature a new outdoor T5 cantilevered night lighting as well as egress light- under Sustainable Site Credit 8 for light pole-mounted area luminaire with multi- ing. It is dedicated normal on but can pollution reduction. Contact: wlane@ level switching. With two- to six-lamp be switched or dimmed. Contact: jeff. hessamerica.com options, this IDA approved wet-location price@philips.com rated product is also remote programmable. Contact: mlipiec@alights.com The Evolaire Street and Area LED Spring City has introduced a new The MicroEmitter LED Upgrade Kit luminaire from Philips Hadco features line of LED luminaires featuring their from Kim Lighting, a Hubbell brand, a six-position articulating head for CoolCast heat dissipation to maintain is the first sustainable alternative to aiming. Consumption ranges from 33 a low junction temperature of 60 deg replace out of date HID luminaires. The to 100 watts, and it is recommended Celsius. Spring City claims over 75,000 option to replace individual modules or as a replacement for 70- to 200-W hours life as a result of the unique the entire MicroEmitter deck is unique HPS fixtures. Philips Hadco claims thermal management system. Contact: for area and site luminaires. Contact: 70,000 to 100,000 hour life, depending twolf@springcity.com aruedaflores@kimlighting.com on the model. Contact: e.anderson@ philips.com 56 www.ies.org Wide-Lite introduces the industry’s first site fixture to incorporate traditional HID or induction sources along with The Kim Warp 9 LED is the first to use LED technology for a dual level prod- new MicroEmitter technology which Philips uct. LEDs are located in the mounting adds an optic and thermal management Refractive Globe provides an LED arm and can be separately controlled. to each chip. Multiple MicroEmitters or engine to upgrade existing Hadco globe Contact: terry.headrick@philips.com mini-modules are then attached to a luminaires. Optics can be adjusted in deck which adds an additional level of the field from symmetric to asymmetric. thermal management. Type II, III, IV and Contact: e.anderson@philips.com Hadco’s LumiLock LED V are available as well as left, right and custom distributions. The modules are replaceable. Contact: aruedaflores@ kimlighting.com New from Hess America is the Sera The Crossover family of LED area and SR600 LED bollard. The design emits zero light at or above 90 deg making it Guth Lighting has introduced the LED roadway lights from LSI Industries suitable for use in LEED lighting zones Cobrahead retrofit to replace 150-W claims 71 lumens per watt and a unique 2, 3, and 4. Prisms on the inside of the HPS. Guth claims that it is the first heat management system. These fix- lens act to eliminate disability glare. The product of its type to provide IES Type tures are IP65 rated and feature a housing is 100 percent recycled alumi- III long cut-off distribution. Energy con- low profile to minimize wind loads num and consumes a total of 34 watts. sumption is reduced by 65 percent, and pole sizes. Contact: paul.phillips@ Contact: wlane@hessamerica.com and the retrofit is done without remov- lsi-industries.com ing the existing fixture. Contact: bob. catone@philips.com LD+A January 2010 57 PR O G R E SS R e p o r t BetaLED has released the EDGE path- The first architectural LED canopy and The SundownerOR from Philips Guth way bollard. It is the first commercial garage fixture that claims to eliminate claims to be the first LED wallpack fixture outdoor LED product in its class to disability glare is now available from to provide IES Type III distribution with a earn the Energy Star label. It delivers Philips Guth. The Handiliter Deluxe three-to-one spacing. Lights mounted 48.8 lumens per watt, comes in a Type LED fixture is also the first of its kind to 130-ft along and 10-ft out provide a 1 V distribution and is available with bi- provide IES types I and V. Contact: bob. footcandle minimum at 0.07 watts per level activity sensing smart technology. catone@philips.com sq ft. Contact: bob.catone@philips.com The CLR recessed canopy light from The first LED field adjustable indirect The PGN High Performance LED Sconce Philips Day-Brite uses the new 210- optical system area luminaire is called from Dual Lite, a Hubbell brand, pro- W Philips Master Color CMH lamp. Cubic Indirect. Architectural Area vides the widest spacing of any similar This reduced lamp size allows for high- Lighting, a Hubbell brand, has included product at 42-ft centers for 1 foot- er wattages in a smaller luminaire. the first integrated low voltage MR16 candle average, and 18 ft spacings for Contact: dana.wallace@philips.com lamp as an egress source. It yields a 1 Contact: eric_haugaard@beta-kramer. com 1- fc minimum. It has a full cut-off shield footcandle minimum along the path of allowing no light above 90 deg and is egress. Contact: kgreene@aal.net UL wet location listed. Contact: dennis. donaldson@dual-lite.com 58 www.ies.org The Mini-Micro Mini Drivestar is brought Philips Chloride’s Fusion III series is to us by B-K Lighting. This 8- ⁄4 in. the first indoor, damp-location rated 3 deep LED inground fixture is suitable Teka the recessed ceiling LED luminaire that for concrete or soil installation, can be High Light series LED luminaire which Illumination may be used for security night lighting flush or surface mounted, and uses a includes a 4-in.-diameter path light and as well as egress lighting. The dedi- field-replaceable 1.1-W side-emitting wall light. They can accommodate a cated normally on front end can be LED with a 360 deg light distribution. single side-emitting 1-W, screw-base switched or dimmed and the emergen- Contact: becky.carlson@bklighting.com LED. Contact: becky.carlson@bklight- cy options are compatible with exter- ing.com nal sources or can be self-contained. introduces Contact: jeff.price@philips.com The Mini Micro Mini-Ilume from B-K New the Traxon-USA introduces their I-Magic Lighting is a new architectural accent VizorLED is the first parking, low-bay Weave, the first stainless steel build- marker. It uses a 1.1-W side-emitting and under-canopy luminaire to incor- ing facade lighting system with inte- screw-base LED with a tapered mounting porate non-direct view optics where grated RGB color changing technol- flange to allow the faceplate to rotate 360 the LED source is hidden from direct ogy. It is IP67 rated and, with its 70 deg. The faceplate has no visible hard- line-of-sight. This design reduces direct percent translucence, allows a digital ware to allow a clean profile. Contact: glare and brightness, while increas- signage option at night that does not becky.carlson@bklighting.com ing overall visual comfort and safety. detract from the building aesthetics Contact: terry.headrick@philips.com during daylight hours. Contact: boyd. from Philips WideLite, corbett@traxon-usa.com LD+A January 2010 59 PR O G R E SS R e p o r t Also new from Traxon-USA, the 64 The first IP66 rated linear and wash LED products to operate at either 350 or 700 Pixel RGB Board is the first medium milliamps were introduced by Traxon-USA. Both the XB Graze and the XB Wash resolution board for archi-tainment utilize Luxeon’s K2 LEDs which consume 1 watt at 350 milliamps and 2.8 watts at 700 lighting applications. At 25 millime- milliamps. Due to the use of a remote driver and power supply, the LEDs can oper- ter on center spacing, the 64-pixel ate at the higher current level without sacrificing rated life. Contact: boyd.corbett@ board provides higher resolution than traxon-usa.com existing SSL backlighting products in the industry. Contact: boyd.corbett@ traxon-usa.com An LED option for MRI rooms is now available from the Kirlin Company. The Traxon-USA brings us their RGB Mesh VARI*LITE introduces the VLX Wash remote driver controls up to 12 20-W System, the first SSL product with an Luminaire. Its seven, 90-W LED chipsets LED luminaires. A complete family of IP67 rating on exterior digital mesh provide greater than 10,000 lumens, downlights, adjustable and wall-wash with a 2.46 pixel-pitch for low- to mid- and 50,000 hour source life at 70 percent designs for ambient, task and high- resolution video. Each system provides lumen maintenance. VLX has adjust- lighting are now available. Contact: 160 controllable nodes. Contact: boyd. able color temperature between 3,000K agalsterer@kirlinlighting.com corbett@traxon-usa.com and 6,500K, and seamless color mixing. Contact: george.masek@philips.com 60 www.ies.org The Delta, British Columbia School A photocontrol designed specifically to District Theater used Cooper’s new Halo be used with LED outdoor luminaires 6-in. LED modules to retrofit its general The HBA WASP High Bay Fluorescent has been developed by DTL Division lighting downlights. Replacing the 200- Occupancy Sensor has been accepted of Acuity Lighting. It is only sensitive W incandescent sources with a new into this year’s report because of smart to sunlight and does not respond to the 13.8-W LED module provided an energy cycling. This feature allows the two- output of LED sources. It is also RoHS savings of 93 percent. Simple payback relay version to balance lamp-life by compliant, has four stages of surge on energy alone was 2.4 years. Contact: alternating the switched lamps in bi- protection and an expected life equal bill.johnson@cooperindustries.com level dimming. It also allows multiple to or longer than the LED sources it units to coordinate daylight harvesting controls. Contact: jdwalters@ameri- from a single photo sensor. Contact: canelectriclighting.com sellswor@hubbell-automation.com OSRAM SYLVANIA ELOGIC lighting Philips introduces the Luxsense day- Lutron has introduced the Radio Powr controls for daylight harvesting provide light sensor. The sensor is designed Savr Wireless Occupancy/Vacancy closed loop control using the 0- to 10-V to work with up to 20 Philips Advance Sensors. These sensors have a 10-year port on a dimming ballast. Installation is Mark 7 ballasts and can be mounted battery life, 400-sq ft coverage using a completed by clipping the sensor onto directly within a fixture or clip onto a unique XCT sensing technology, and a lamp in the fixture and connecting it T5 lamp. The target light level can be eliminate the need for power packs. directly to the dimming ballast using adjusted by a dial on the sensor that Contact: ebednarek@lutron.com low-voltage wiring. Contact: joseph. can be recorded and used to setup sim- mccormick@sylvania.com ilar spaces. Contact: susan.bloom@ philips.com LD+A January 2010 61 PR O G R E SS R e p o r t The ilumen Source Controller from Universal Lighting Technologies has Hubbell Building Automation has Cooper Controls is a dimming panel launched the DCL Modbus Circuit developed the LXBC Breaker Control for their Architectural Lighting Control Controller Lighting Panel. It is promoted as the System. The universal dimming cards DemandFlex ballasts. Commands such only panel of its kind that can operate are capable of controlling all lighting as demand response and nighttime in a stand-alone mode, seamlessly loads and can continue to work when setback are sent via powerline car- integrating into a complete networked only one phase of power is available. rier signal to the ballasts, providing a lighting control system, and be plug- Real-time energy metering is standard, dimming range of 100 to 40 percent. and-play into a LON building man- as are Ethernet, RS485 and USB port Contact: gbennorth@unvlt.com agement system. Contact: sellswor@ connections. Contact: matthew.conger@ hubbell-automation.com cooperindusties.com Philips has introduced the Actilume Hyperion from Lutron is an automated The GRAFIK Eye QS Wireless with Lighting Control System. This system system that adjusts shades through- EcoSystem from Lutron Electronics is comprised of a controller, a com- out the day based on the sun’s posi- Co., Inc. provides the flexibility of digi- bination occupancy/daylight sensor tion. Shade schedules are calculated tally addressable lighting zones and that can be mounted in the fixture, for each façade of a building based energy saving device integration in a and up to nine DALI compatible bal- on the building’s geographic location. single room control. No interfaces are lasts. Commissioning of the system is The daylight harvesting system can required and device options include achieved by a simple service button on dim artificial lights as well as reduce wired or wireless occupancy/vacancy the sensor and allows for two zones of direct sunlight. Contact: dchambers@ sensors and wired daylight sensors. daylighting. Contact: susan.bloom@ lutron.com Contact: jguerrero@lutron.com to complement their philips.com 62 www.ies.org DCL The Traxon e:cue light drive LuxWheel The SunDialer from Mechoshade pro- Controller from Universal Lighting RBG provides the first touch-sensitive vides a daylighting window shade Technologies provides a contact closure DMX wall control for color, light level management system that automatically interface to building management sys- and speed of sequencing without the changes the shade position in anticipa- tems that can then be communicated to need for a separate PC. The control tion of, and in reaction to, solar sky controllable ballasts via powerline sig- incorporates a glass front and an IR conditions. Solar conditions are antici- nals. The module can be programmed receiver for a remote control option. pated by the location of the facility and to broadcast seven unique power levels. Contact: boyd.corbett@traxon-usa.com time of year and compared to radiom- The Relay Sensing Module Contact: gbennorth@unvlt.com eters based on the roof of the building. Contact: williamm@mechoshade.com The Butler XT from Traxon provides a Providing another source of improved Traxon e:cue offers a duo of integration scalable and open architecture DMX input integration, the Traxon e:cue devices that that allow DMX signals to control module. It offers the first PC- Connect Base provides easy contact operate other systems. The DMX2DALI based two universe system with mul- closure triggering within a DMX sys- and DMX2PWM allow a DMX system tiple third party integration options in tem. The base supports the power- to control these two common signaling one module. Contact: boyd.corbett@ over-Ethernet standard allowing for approaches—DALI for fluorescent light- traxon-usa.com both the integration and PC program- ing and PWM for LED lighting. Contact: ming over a network. Contact: boyd. boyd.corbett@traxon-usa.com corbett@traxon-usa.com LD+A January 2010 63 PR O G R E SS R e p o r t Ledalite introduces Airwave, a system The Video Micro Converter from Traxon A new DALI controller for color-based comprised of a photosensor, switch and is the first compact direct DVI to DMX lighting applications has been intro- transceiver that are wireless and battery converter, allowing a video to be dis- duced by Philips. The Actilume Color free. Kinetic energy from the movement played on LED arrays. The converter is is a plug-and-play stand-alone system of the switch sends a signal to lumi- capable of grabbing 4,096 pixels from that will also interface with DMX sys- naires for on/off or dimming capability. a DVI source with up to 32 universes tems to control up to 10 luminaires The photosensor is solar powered and from eight channels. Contact: boyd. per controller and includes color pro- transmits a wireless signal to the lumi- corbett@traxon-usa.com gramming software. Contact: susan. naires for daylight harvesting. Contact: bloom@philips.com jody.sikham@ledalite.com Traxon introduces two Light Drive The Philips Bodine e-ARC Keeper is Cooper Lighting has introduced the products for the control of LED lighting. a power backup device for a single Generations LED Retrofit Engine. The Light Drive Jog DW provides DMX electronic HID ballast. It will sense even Designed to replace the 175-W metal control for white LED fixtures, allowing a minor power disturbance and power halide source of a Generations post for adjustment of light levels and color the electronic ballast for up to 30 sec- top luminaire, the engine contains temperature from 3,000K to 7,000K. onds, allowing the disturbance to pass 10KV surge protection necessary for The Light Drive RGB provides for color or providing enough time for a genera- outdoor applications and is wired and brightness control of two zones, as tor to begin supplying backup power. to allow step dimming of either the well as up to six presets and a speed The device can be mounted to the entire array or just the house/street adjustment for sequencing. Contact: HID fixture, or remotely up to 250 ft. side sections. Contact: timothy.hill@ boyd.corbett@traxon-usa.com Contact: brian.beck@philips.com cooperindustries.com 64 www.ies.org The first environmentally friendly and Two new QUICKSTEP high-efficiency, The new OSRAM SYLVANIA 1.00 bal- sustainable paint recycling/reclaim- bi-level, step dimming T8 electronic last factor QUICKTRONIC QHE two- ing process is being used by Hubbell ballasts are available from OSRAM lamp high-efficiency T8 instant start Industrial Lighting on their Super Bay SYLVANIA. The QHES2x32T8/UNV PSL electronic ballast delivers similar light ballast housing. This redirects powder has a low ballast factor of 0.77 and 0.25 output to standard three-lamp T8 sys- paint that would have been disposed in the step dim mode. A complemen- tems. When paired with energy saving of in a landfill. Contact: kwelke@ tary product has a normal ballast factor T8 lamps, the system efficacy is up to hubbell-ltg.com of 0.87 and 0.35 in the step dim mode. 103 lumens per watt. Contact: joseph. What is unique about both of these bal- mccormick@sylvania.com lasts is their ability to operate full wattage T8 lamps as well as energy saving types. Contact: joseph.mccormick@ sylvania.com OSRAM SYLVANIA’s QUICKTRONIC QHE2x28T8/UNV is the first T5 highefficiency, 0.90 ballast factor electronic ballast that operates PENTRON fluorescent lamps. A two-lamp 28-W system is The SYLVANIA QMS 2x28T5/UNV The first family of high efficiency, rated 54 watts at 277 volts, while deliver- MULTISTEP is a controllable ballast instant start, 347-V ballasts with minus ing similar lumen output of a three-lamp designed to deliver seven stepped lev- 30 deg C starting and anti-striation T8 system with up to 38 percent energy els of light output. Its unique feature is circuitry has been released by General savings. A complementary product is the that it has a range of 115 to 4 percent Electric. The UltraMax product is first T5 high-efficiency, bi-level, 0.90 bal- light output. The ballast is designed available in various combinations of last factor, step dimming electronic bal- to function with the Lithonia SIMPLY5 low, normal and high ballast factors. last. The ballast has two AC line inputs, lighting control system. It is available Contact: jeffrey.plaskon@ge.com which can be configured to provide a in a standard size ballast case and a bi-level light output system. Contact: thin profile version. Contact: joseph. joseph.mccormick@sylvania.com mccormick@sylvania.com LD+A January 2010 65 PR O G R E SS R e p o r t General Electric has also introduced Also in the GE Ultramax family is The EasyDim fluorescent ballast from the first ballast family for 25- and 40-W this 95 percent efficient, six-lamp, T8 Robertson Worldwide provides three high lumen compact fluorescent lamps high-ballast factor ballast. It runs the power levels without the use of dim- that runs either two or three lamps six lamps in parallel, carries a UL 55C ming controls. By powering the two with parallel operation. The UltraStart ambient temperature rating and con- input leads in various combinations, /Ultramax Biax ballasts feature anti- tains anti-striation control. Contact: the ballast will drive the lamps at 100, striation control and are the first for jeffrey.plaskon@ge.com 40 or 10 percent light levels. Contact: the 25-W, high lumen lamps. Contact: ssimmons@robertsonww.com jeffrey.plaskon@ge.com The UltraStart T8 ballast from GE is the Universal Lighting Technologies has New first programmed start dimming ballast expanded its DemandFlex fluorescent ICETRON TYPE 2 electronic electrode- with parallel lamp operation and cath- ballast line with the introduction of less fluorescent universal voltage sys- ode cut-out designed to meet the cath- a powerline carrier version for two tems are now suitable for damp and wet ode heating requirements of NEMA LL T5 lamps. The ballast will dim from locations. Offered in 100- and 150-W 9-2009. The ballast has cathode cut-out 100 down to 35 percent in 1 percent versions, the ballasts will start and oper- from 80 to 100 percent power. Contact: increments, and its ballast factor can ate induction lamps down to tempera- jeffrey.plaskon@ge.com be tuned between 1.15 to 0.28 with a tures as low as minus 40 deg. Contact: temporary external control. Contact: joseph.mccormick@sylvania.com SYLVANIA QUICKTRONIC gbennorth@unvlt.com 66 www.ies.org Lutron has introduced EcoSystem digi- OSRAM SYLVANIA also offers the industry’s highest efficiency electronic ballasts for tal dimming ballasts for 26- and 32-W 200-, 250- and 350-W metal halide lamps at 94 percent efficiency. They are suitable T4 lamps. The ballast provides a dim- for use with both quartz and ceramic lamps. The ballasts have an auxiliary circuit for ming range of 100 to 5 percent. Contact: emergency lighting, and end-of-life sensing circuitry. Contact: joseph.mccormick@ thinds@lutron.com sylvania.com The GE UltraMax 39-W ceramic metal halide electronic ballast measures 3 OSRAM SYLVANIA introduces the industry’s smallest electronic metal halide ballasts. by 1.3 by 1.1 in. The ballast utilizes a QUICKTRONIC MH “Super Mini” electronic metal halide ballasts are available for low frequency square wave output 20- and 39-W ceramic and quartz metal halide lamps. The ballasts operate with input to the lamp and is claimed to be voltages ranging from 120 to 277, have less than 10 percent total harmonic distortion, 90.7 percent efficient. Contact: jeffrey. are thermally protected and will start down to -30 deg C. Contact: joseph.mccormick@ plaskon@ge.com sylvania.com LD+A January 2010 67 PR O G R E SS R e p o r t GE has introduced the 480- to 277-V Another new OSRAM OPTOTRONIC LEED building certification is becom- Step-Down AutoTransformer, the first LED power supply is the industry’s first ing of increased importance as energy UL listed for lighting applications. The 40-W non-Class 2 output power supply, awareness rises. The Acuity Brands transformer mounts in the same hous- which offers the industry’s highest watt- Center for Light + Space is current- ing as a standard T8 electronic ballast age single channel 350 milliamp output, ly the only lighting training center to and works on 480-V wye or grounded and is 90 percent efficient. Contact: achieve LEED gold certification from delta systems, allowing 277-V fluo- charles.piccirillo@sylvania.com the USGBC. The center is located in rescent solutions to replace existing New York. Contact: elena.mikoleski@ 480-V HID systems. Contact: jeffrey. acuitybrands.com plaskon@ge.com The EMerge Alliance announces the publication of the EMerge Standard which defines a new method of power distribution within commercial buildTwo new LED power supplies are now ings. The vision of the EMerge Alliance The Lutron Manhattan Experience available from OSRAM SYLVANIA. The is to provide a layer of “bulk DC power” Center incorporates Traxon’s 64 Pixel OPTOTRONIC 25-W 1-amp LED power which will be distributed to devices Board and Video Micro Converter and supply offers the smallest size for its such as lighting fixtures, sensors, audio the e:cue LightWheel RGB. They create current category. It is designed to oper- visual equipment, HVAC actuators and a dynamic “window” that can be used ate the high-flux DLM1100 LED module other electronic loads, eliminating AC- to entertain or provide a background. as well as LED modules designed by DC power conversion at the device Contact: boyd.corbett@traxon-usa.com others. Contact: charles.piccirillo@syl- level. The DC power servers may either vania.com be fed with AC building power or directly DC based renewable sources of power, such as solar or wind. Contact: help@EmergeAlliance.org 68 www.ies.org The New Year’s Eve Ball that drops at “Recommendations midnight included the Traxon e:cue Lighting: Visual Efficacy” is the second Connect Base in 2009. The use of the publication by the LRC. It describes a The Connect Base allowed for fewer inter- unified system of photometry that can “Recommendations faces and easier programming of the better characterize the photometric per- Parking Lot Luminaires,” describes a over 100 DMX universes used for this formance of light sources under night- new, alternative metric for evaluating display. Contact: boyd.corbett@traxon- time applications. Contact: cimom@ luminaires based on their application usa.com rpi.edu efficacy. Contact: cimom@rpi.edu for Outdoor third LRC publication, for Evaluating on the web Feature articles and commentary about major topics in lighting The Lighting Research Center has published three ASSIST documents over the past year. The first is “Recommendations for Testing and Evaluating White LED Light Engines and Integrated LED Lamps Used in nLED Testing & Application nLighting Research & Education n Sustainable Design nLamps & Fixtures in the Field www.ies.org/lda/hottopics Decorative Lighting Luminaires.” It provides fixture manufacturers with a method of estimating the performance of LED-based light engines in various decorative luminaires. Contact: cimom@rpi.edu LD+A January 2010 69 PR O G R E SS R e p o r t The second IES publication is TM-18-08, The LRC has also generated a report— “Light and Human Health: An Overview The Lutron Experience Center in Irvine, “DELTA Assesses T5 High-Output of the Impact of Optical Radiation on CA, provides an interactive environ- Lighting System in High-Bay Warehouse Visual, Circadian, Neuroendocrine, and ment to experience both residential and Application.” The evaluation included Neurobehavioral Responses.” This commercial lighting controls. An entire comparisons of illuminance, energy document explains the physiology by residential living space, classrooms and usage, motion sensor modes and work- which the retina converts optical radia- a dining area are made available to the er feedback. Contact: cimom@rpi.edu tion and the responses of the various public and local industry educational systems to the optical radiation stimuli. programs. Contact: fjlind@lutron.com Contact: cgordon@ies.org The Illuminating Engineering Society The third IES publication this year is released three documents this year. The DG-18-08, “Light + Design: A Guide to Traxon first is LM-80-08, “Approved Method Designing Quality Lighting for People Programmer 5.0 software suite that for Measuring Lumen Maintenance of and Buildings.” The document is intend- allows easy pixel-mapping, scene LED Light Sources,” which establishes ed to introduce architects, designers, design and fixture patching. The soft- a uniform test method and reporting engineers and other professionals to ware also provides 3D visualizing, a format for all types of solid state sourc- the principles of visual performance, network integration tool and a large es. Contact: cgordon@ies.org energy, economics and aesthetics. number of DMX channels. Contact: Contact: cgordon@ies.org boyd.corbett@traxon-usa.com 70 e:cue has released the www.ies.org Addressing the rising concern for carbon reduction, Architectural Area The Lighting Research Center has Lighting has developed the “Carbon developed a calculation system to Neutral for Life Program.” They are quantify Site-Lighting the first manufacturer to provide an Performance.” The technique helps “Outdoor after-market carbon offset program lighting specifiers minimize the light option to reduce the luminaire’s carbon leaving the boundaries of the prop- emissions generated by the electricity erty. This tool will be of help in meeting consumed once put in service. Contact: the requirements of the Model Lighting kgreene@aal.net Ordinance. Contact: cimom@rpi.edu LD+A January 2010 71