Abhay Wadhwa, Design Principal & CEO at AWA Lighting Designers will speak at the NOMA Conference in Chicago on Thursday, October 18 2018. His talk is entitled “Out of Shadows: Darkness in a New Light” The following is the abstract from his talk: Positive visual environments require a hea..
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LIGHT MATTERS: AWA's Abhay Wadhwa Deconstructs Light for IFJ's Special Commemorative Issue AWA's Design Principal and CEO Abhay Wadhwa is featured in the Special Commemorative Issue celebrating 30 years of IFJ. He is honored to be included in this select group of design professionals. SELECTED EXCER..
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Welcome back to our series examining the impact that climate has on light. As established in our previous entry regarding Temperature, one must always consider the environment which will be designed for. Different parts of the world have different wildlife to keep in mind. Therefore, today we discus..
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When fixtures and lighting systems are tested under the IEC 60598, the ambient temperature is kept close to 25° centigrade and 65% relative humidity. After injecting the right voltage, the fixture is kept burning for four hours. In this time the temperature rise of the various components used in th..
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Some areas have almost 90% humidity through several months of the year. The humidity in the air coupled with water in the ground means that all components of a lighting system need to be addressed as a complete system to ensure proper functioning. The water/ humidity finds the weakest link in the sy..
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Great care should be given to the environments in which we design for. Notably, the climate for built environments must be considered as a vital step in design planning. Several of the rapidly developing parts of the world have substantially different climates than Europe and most ..
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Welcome back to our Lighting Technologies series! The lighting industry has embraced new technologies to reduce costs while delivering fresh experiences. To understand the technologies used in lighting design, we must know the properties of the common and uncommon materials used in the manufacturi..
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Welcome back to our Lighting for Health series! Today, we discuss environmental concerns relating to lighting. Light Pollution Light pollution is a consequence of outdoor lighting and includes effects such as sky glow, light trespass, and glare Often caused by the way light is em..
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Welcome back to our Lighting Technologies series! Today, we discuss advances in the software used in lighting systems! Software developed by researchers at Microsoft and the University of Washington uses a computer’s speakers and microphone to sense arm gestures and other moveme..
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Welcome back to our series exploring Darkness in lighting design! Today, we discuss the mixing of colors. ADDITIVE MIXING Mixing colors of light In absence of color the result is black Presence of all three primaries is white SUBTRACTIVE MIXING  ..
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Welcome back to our Culture and Climate series! Today, we discuss holidays which use light as part of their symbolism! Apart from the philosophical connotations that light poses, it also is utilized throughout many cultures around the world as both a literal and metaphorical symbol. The Yin and ..
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Welcome back to our Infrastructural Lighting series! Today, we discuss LED Light Engines. Allows for more free and compact luminaire designs because of the compilation of many components within the package. Line voltage linear LED engines: Fully integrated with drive..
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