Today
Thursday, 23 July 2026
Pharos Architectural Controls has been installed to run the exterior illumination of Sint-Petrusbasiliek in Oirschot, replacing an older system with a networked, more energy-efficient control setup for the facade.
DesignLights Consortium's Networked Lighting Controls V5.2 requirements take effect August 2026, tightening interoperability and reporting standards and extending controls integration into HVAC and other building systems, affecting product qualification for rebate programs.
The US House has passed a bill for permanent daylight saving time, still requiring Senate and presidential approval; relevant to lighting controls scheduling and circadian-related design assumptions tied to seasonal light shifts.
The US administration has declined to renew USMCA in its current form, triggering a lengthy review process that could affect sourcing, pricing and supply chains for lighting manufacturers and specifiers across North America.
Foscarini's Asteria fixture, first shown at Euroluce 2025, reworks the multi-arm chandelier format with a pared-back, architectural form language.
Collingwood Lighting has completed an LED refurbishment of Northampton Saints' Barwell stand, targeting improved fan-facing hospitality lighting and reduced energy use as part of the club's net-zero programme.
05 · Human-centric lighting
CIE S 026, melanopic EDI and what a defensible human-centric specification looks like in 2026.
CIE S 026, melanopic EDI, và một bản spec circadian đủ chặt để bảo vệ bạn trước khách hàng và nhà thầu.
02 · Light sources & colour
Ra 90 is not a specification. Duv, R9, SDCM and TM-30 are where colour is actually won or lost.
Ra 90 không phải là một spec. Duv, R9, SDCM và TM-30 mới là nơi quyết định màu sắc đẹp hay hỏng.
04 · Controls
0–10 V, DALI-2, D4i, DALI+, DMX and Matter — what each is genuinely for, and the questions that decide between them.
0–10 V, DALI-2, D4i, DALI+, DMX và Matter — mỗi thứ thực sự dùng để làm gì, và ba câu hỏi giúp bạn chọn đúng.
07 · Sustainability & the night
Full cut-off, environmental zones, curfews and spectrum — the constraints that turned from good practice into planning conditions.
Full cut-off, vùng môi trường, giờ giới nghiêm và phổ ánh sáng — những ràng buộc đã chuyển từ khuyến nghị thành điều kiện cấp phép.
08 · Practice & workflow
Concept to focusing: the deliverables, the decisions that must be locked before each gate, and where schemes usually come apart.
Từ concept tới chỉnh đèn: mỗi giai đoạn giao ra cái gì, phải chốt cái gì trước khi qua cửa, và schemes thường vỡ ở đâu.
01 · Fundamentals
The three pieces of hand arithmetic that let you sketch a scheme in a meeting without opening Dialux.
Ba phép tính nhẩm giúp bạn phác một phương án ngay giữa cuộc họp mà không cần mở Dialux.