Trilux Akademie announces 2017 programme
(UK) - Trilux schedules more events than ever to build on success of 2016 Akademie programme.
Trilux has published a new programme for its Akademie seminars, webinars and theme days for 2017. After last year’s success, Trilux has responded to demand by scheduling more events than ever before.
Providing knowledge, reducing complexity and establishing expertise is the aim of the Trilux Akademie. The demands of bespoke lighting solutions are increasing continuously with the rapid advancement in LED technology, including optimisation for ever more diverse and specific applications, higher energy efficiency requirements, new regulations, as well as increased customisation.
Rebecca Ryan, Head of Akademie Trilux Lighting UK, explained: “Light has become intelligent, activating, relaxing or transformative, and the latest specialist knowledge is now vital to optimise the possibilities created by new products and applications. With an up-to-date CPD seminar menu, practical seminars, webinars and theme days, we can support you in finding your way in this dynamic market. Our training is aimed at architects and designers, electrical consultants and contractors and everyone concerned in a professional way with light, with the aim of simplifying your daily work.”
As with previous years, the Akademie’s trainers are from diverse backgrounds within the lighting industry offering hands on insight to the modern world of light.
Some of this year’s new material includes additional webinar topics covering some of the key topics in the lighting industry. Light Services: Design, Efficiency & Finance, WELL Building Standard and another new topic First Digital, Then real: BIM.
One of the most oversubscribed sessions last year were the DIALux with Evo Preview courses, so scheduled in are some dedicated EVO training days, which are unfortunately already fully booked - but Trilux plan to introduce more sessions later in the year.
For attendees who have difficulty in getting out of the office at lunch, Trilux has a range of lunchtime webinars available at your request.
Visit the Akademie website for the full calendar of events:
www.trilux-akademie.com/uk/calender-of-events/
Acoulite adds John Cullen Lighting to portfolio
(UAE) - John Cullen Lighting to celebrate 35th anniversary with new Dubai office opening.
Acoulite has announced its partnership with John Cullen Lighting in the UAE. Acoulite is known for providing designer products for its clients, including: FLOS, FUTURE Designs and Tom Dixon so it was only natural that it teamed up with John Cullen Lighting to work with them on its many projects in the Gulf Region.
John Cullen Lighting is celebrating its 35th anniversary by opening its new Dubai office to better serve the region. The brand is a leading name in discreet lighting, offering a complete service for all aspects of interior and exterior lighting for the residential, hospitality and superyacht markets. John Cullen manufactures a unique collection of energy efficient light fittings, designed in-house and manufactured in the UK, and offers an award winning lighting design service.
The John Cullen Lighting design team is headed up by Creative Director Sally Storey. Storey developed her passion for lighting whilst training as an architect at Bristol University and is now considered one of the UK’s leading lighting designers. She has written three very successful books on the subject of lighting and is a regular speaker at the top interior design and architectural events.
John Cullen Lighting will be officially launching in Dubai with an event on Thursday 23rd February where Storey will be sharing her ‘Five Ultimate Villa Lighting Tips’.
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Philip Dunbar promoted to Project Development Manager at Into Lighting
(UK) - Dunbar to develop and manage existing and new clients as Into looks to grow international client base.
Into Lighting have promoted Philip Dunbar to Project Development Manager.
Dunbar has been an integral part of Into’s design team for the last ten years, most recently in the position of Senior Lighting Designer. During this time he has overseen a wide range of projects from high-end leisure and retail projects, to large scale commercial office projects. In this new role, Dunbar will be developing and managing both existing and new clients for Into, as the company looks to grow their international client base.
Dunbar commented: ‘‘I am looking forward to the challenge of moving from a design to a client development role.’’
Into Director Darren Orrow added: “Phil’s background as a lighting designer coupled with his proven client management skills, will serve him well in developing new business opportunities for the company.”
Lutron integrates with Amazon Alexa, Apple Home and Sonos
(USA) - Integration of Lutron’s HomeWorks QS and GRAFIK RA 2 systems with Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit and Sonos to improve user experience.
Lutron has announced that its HomeWorks QS and GRAFIK RA 2 systems now work with Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit and Sonos, securing its position as a provider of user experiences that exemplify the future of the connected home.
Lutron is forming alliances with brands, integrating new technologies such as voice and audio control to make it easier for customers to interact with, and control their connected homes, while enhancing peace of mind and improving the quality of life.
- Amazon Alexa – Using an Alexa skill, customers in the UK and Germany with an Amazon Echo or Echo Dot device in their home can now enjoy hands-free, voice-activated control of lights, blinds and temperature through HomeWorks QS or GRAFIK RA 2 systems. Adding the simplicity of voice-activated scene and room control to Lutron systems is an ideal match for homeowners looking to use this new technology. Alexa-enabled devices are typically used where people spend most of their time, for instance the family room and kitchen.
Whether you’re watching TV, preparing food, helping the kids with homework, or entertaining friends, all of these events are more relaxing and comfortable in the right light, which can now be easily controlled by the sound of your voice. Getting the house ready for a dinner party? Simply tell Alexa to “Turn on Dinner Party” and experience lights, blinds and temperature set to their ideal levels.
The Amazon Alexa integration allows users to control up to 100 buttons from their Lutron system. Getting started is simple – discover the Lutron system in the Amazon Alexa app, locate the keypads you want to control, then choose up to 100 keypad buttons to work with Alexa. Buttons can include individual lights, like the kitchen, or a scene, like Goodnight, that includes both lights and shades.
- Apple HomeKit – Starting in March, the Lutron Connect Bridge, part of the HomeWorks QS and GRAFIK RA 2 systems, will support Apple HomeKit, enabling homeowners to control their Lutron systems using the Apple Home app, Siri, or third-party HomeKit apps on their iPhone or iPad. Homeowners can control lights in specific rooms or areas. For example, just before bed, tell Siri “turn the lights off” and the Bridge will turn off lights throughout the house. Unsure if the kitchen light is still on? Ask Siri to check and if so, turn it off.
The integration with Apple HomeKit allows homeowners to control lights and shades via Siri. Using the Lutron Connect App, users can select up to 150 Lutron devices (lights and blinds) to be controlled through the Apple Home app, third-party HomeKit apps, or Siri. HomeKit apps can then build scenes that incorporate Lutron products and other third-party devices.
- Sonos – Music lovers can now control their home’s sights and sounds in a simple and personalised way with Sonos-endorsed integration with HomeWorks QS and GRAFIK RA 2, along with a new Pico RF remote control for audio. This gives consumers direct, one-touch control of any Sonos speaker alongside lights, blinds and temperature, when used with Lutron’s smart home systems.
Play, pause, skip tracks, and adjust volume, in the same way that you control lights and blinds from your nightstand or from the wall. Imagine settling into a sofa and adjusting the lights and music from the Pico RF remote controls on your coffee table; or imagine pulling into your driveway: the entry lights automatically turn on and your Sonos system starts playing to welcome you through the front door.
In addition to the new Pico RF remote control for audio, consumers can use any Lutron keypad, or the Lutron Connect app to incorporate Sonos audio control into customised lighting scenes. Integration with Sonos is available now wherever Sonos products are sold.
“Consumers want simple, reliable technology in their homes, and easy control of their household systems,” said David Ribbons, Director of Sales, Europe and Africa at Lutron.
“Integration with Lutron HomeWorks QS and GRAFIK RA 2 systems does just that. It provides customers with the ability to say, ‘Alexa, turn on good morning,’ or ‘Siri, turn off the kitchen light,’ while still preserving the ability to control lights with the Lutron keypads or the Lutron app when voice control is not practical. From watching TV to helping the kids with homework, or enjoying a quiet dinner, life is more relaxing and comfortable in the right light and setting, which can easily be adjusted,” concluded Ribbons.
Ralf Knorrenschild joins Selux board
(Germany) - With 29 years’ lighting experience, Ralf Knorrenschild will take charge of Sales, Marketing and Human Resources.
Ralf Knorrenschild joined the management board of Selux AG on 1st February 2017. The 52-year old will be in charge of Sales, Marketing and Human Resources while Jürgen Hess (52), who joined the Selux AG board on 27th July 2015, will continue to be responsible for technical and commercial matters.
Knorrenschild was born in Hamburg and can look back on 29 successful years in the lighting sector, starting with his time at Philips Light in 1988 where he quickly became responsible for sales, before changing to the Zumtobel Group in Austria in 2003. Here, as the Senior Vice-President of Global Key Accounts and Business Channel End Users, he was latterly responsible for global key customer business and public lighting.
‘‘I look forward to the challenge of actively contributing to the development of the Selux brand as a premium manufacturer of sustainable lighting solutions for exterior and interior business, together with Jürgen Hess,’’ explained Knorrenschild. ‘‘The topic of IoT for example, the Internet of Things, will in future play a significant role in exterior lighting too. Working together with Jürgen Hess, I envisage huge potential for Selux AG here.’’
Hess, likewise looking forward to collaborating with his new fellow management board member, similarly sees Selux at the very forefront when it comes to technology, design and service in the lighting sector. “We share many ideas for a Selux corporate vision, complement one another superbly and the chemistry between us is perfect,’’ added Hess.
Mark Adams appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Lumileds
(USA) - Adams joins Lumileds team to build on innovation pipeline, technology leadership and customer base to drive future growth.
Lumileds has announced the appointment of Mark Adams as Lumileds Chief Executive Officer. Adams most recently served as President of Micron Technology, Inc. a Fortune 200 global manufacturer of advanced memory solutions, from 2012 to 2016.
“I am very excited to join the team at Lumileds and have the support of Philips and Apollo to execute the company’s vision,” said Adams. “We will build upon Lumileds’ robust innovation pipeline, technology leadership and strong customer base to drive Lumileds’ future growth.”
Between 2008 and 2012, Adams held the position of Vice President, Worldwide Sales at Micron. He also served in executive roles at Lexar Media, Inc., Creative Labs, Inc. and NCR Corporation. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1987 from Boston College and his MBA in 1995 from Harvard University. Adams currently sits on the board of directors at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Seagate Technology plc.
Lumileds is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Philips. Philips announced on December 12, 2016 that it signed an agreement to sell a majority interest in Lumileds to certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of 2017, subject to customary closing conditions. As required under the signed agreement, Apollo has been appropriately briefed on the appointment of Mark Adams as CEO.
The Lighting Practice announces promotions
(USA) - Rochelle M. Spahn and Erin M. McCauley bring wealth of experience to new leadership roles.
Philadelphia-based lighting design practice The Lighting Practice (TLP) has announced the promotion of Rochelle M. Spahn to Associate and Erin M. McCauley to Project Manager, along with the appointment of three new lighting designers.
Rochelle M. Spahn, Assoc. IALD, MIES has been promoted from Project Manager to Associate. As a well-rounded designer, Spahn’s project experience extends through corporate, retail, hospitality and healthcare to civic, institutional, landscape, and exterior facades.
‘‘In this new leadership role, I keep in mind it isn't about personal achievements; it's about engaging with a team and keeping them focused and motivated to do their best,’’ said Spahn.
Erin M. McCauley, Jr. Assoc. IALD, has been promoted to Project Manager. She has worked on projects in various sectors, including healthcare, education, corporate, hospitality, retail, landscape, and exterior facades.
‘‘The Lighting Practice has provided a rich environment for my professional growth as a lighting designer,’’ commented McCauley. ‘‘I look forward to embracing my new role, along with the learning experiences and opportunities that it brings.’’
As TLP’s newest Associate and Project Manager respectively, Spahn and McCauley will uphold TLP's design and customer service standards while furthering its mission to make ordinary spaces extraordinary. TLP celebrate the talent and creativity Spahn and McCauley bring to its team and the lighting design community at large.
‘‘As TLP has expanded and adapted over the years to meet our clients' needs, we have been fortunate to find talented and motivated team members to grow our staff,’’ TLP Principal Al Borden added.
Along with the previous announcement, and on the theme of expansion, TLP have noted three new lighting designer additions to its team.
John Howell joined TLP after graduating from The Pennsylvania State University. His pursuit of a career in lighting design came from his interest in the technology, love of math, and desire to express himself creatively. Howell gained hands-on experience during an internship with a Boston area lighting design firm. Since joining TLP, his project experience has expanded to include hospitality environments and exterior facades.
Jacob Cogley, AIAS, is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Drexel University. A love for architecture sparked his passion for lighting design. He believes light has a significant impact on how architecture is perceived. Cogley has expanded his project experience at TLP to include retail and healthcare environments.
Jacob Lotkowski, AIAS, is also pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Drexel University. His interest in lighting design came from his desire to raise the profile of public design. He appreciates how a thoughtful approach to lighting enhances the built environment. Since joining TLP, his project experience has expanded to include retail, hospitality, and exterior facades.
Tridonic expands into North America
(USA) - Tridonic sets up new New York office and direct sales team to support customers in North America market.
Tridonic, a global provider of smart and efficient lighting solutions, is opening a new office in Highland, New York to serve the North American market with smart solutions and for IoT applications.
The company headquartered in Dornbirn, Austria is bringing new products designed specifically for North America onto the market, including its solid-state lighting (SSL) modules, electronic LED Drivers and controls. Tridonic will also be launching its new digital technology for connected light in North America. This will give the company, part of the Zumtobel Group, a share in the growing market for smart lighting networks and IoT-driven applications in the smart building environment, such as space management and indoor navigation.
“We are very excited to be engaging with the North American market, one of the most dynamic in the SSL and connected lighting spaces,” said Guido van Tartwijk, Tridonic’s chief executive officer. “Tridonic’s heritage is deeply rooted in professional lighting, an industry we have helped shape for more than 60 years. Our global market strategy is based on building close relationships with luminaire manufacturers and other partners. Now, with the rapid growth of connected lighting, we are ready to enable IoT-based services and solutions by merging outstanding lighting components with the application capability from our software experts in California.”
Tridonic USA has set up a new direct sales team to support customers.
LEC Lyon turns 40
(France) - French lighting manufacturer to release art publication in March 2017, marking first 40th birthday celebration.
French lighting manufacturer LEC Lyon has announced celebration plans for its 40 year anniversary.
In 1977, LEC focussed all its energy on LED technology; a gamble which paid off when it came to meeting strict specifications for reliability, energy efficiency, maintenance and aesthetics.
It’s now been 40 years that LEC has been following LED’s development, from its infancy to its appreciation by major clients. Along the way, LEC has met its pioneers, with whom it has developed custom products which have become standard, always paying attention to norms and quality.
According to the manufacturer, for 40 years the LEC team’s greatest satisfaction has come through making its clients happy. Whether they be lighting designers, directors of public lighting or architects, LEC’s goal has been to offer the fitted LED marker or outdoor luminaire that matches every one of their requirements.
‘‘This anniversary provides us with the opportunity to thank them for the loyalty, without which LEC would never have participated in prestigious projects around the world,’’ commented LEC.
The publication of an art book in March will mark the first celebration of this birthday. It will feature testimonials from guest speakers whose audacity has helped advance LED outdoor lighting and who have entrusted their projects to LEC in the last 40 years.
All the valued interviews from LEC’s birthday book will be posted throughout the year as part of the expert series on the LEC Expert blog.
Duncan Hamilton promoted to Director at Into Lighting
(UK) - With fifteen plus years' lighting experience, Duncan Hamilton joins Into Board of Directors to support growth plans.
Into Lighting has announced that Duncan Hamilton has joined its Board of Directors.
Hamilton has fifteen plus years of experience in developing lighting schemes for a wide range of international projects. Projects include large scale residential developments, commercial headquarters, hotels and flagship retail projects.
In his new role, Hamilton is responsible for overseeing the design output of the company, along with building the design team to support the company's growth plans.
Hamilton commented: ‘‘I am extremely pleased to move into a senior management role at Into to help take the company forward in its next phase of development.’’
Into Director Darren Orrow added: “Duncan’s appointment as a Director ensures design and creatively remain at the heart of our strategy going forward, and has a strong voice in the boardroom. Duncan will play an integral role in building the company into a truly multidisciplinary lighting consultancy"
e-Luminate Cambridge 2017: what to expect
(UK) - Fifth edition of Cambridge-based light festival to explore 'Play' as 2017 theme.
Taking Play as this year’s theme, Bouygues e-Luminate Cambridge Festival plans to amaze this February in a unique winter spectacle, with six nights of light installations created by local and international artists.
Now in its fifth year, the historic city of Cambridge with its stunning architecture provides the ideal backdrop for e-Luminate Cambridge. An event at the forefront of art and technology, ephemeral light art installations play with the diversity of the urban landscape, transforming everyday buildings and spaces into something magical for a few short hours.
From Gloria Ronchi and Claudio Benghi’s On the Wings of Freedom - a kaleidoscope of glowing butterflies, encasing coloured and dynamic LEDs that come alive at night along the river bank by Magdalene College, to Alice Turner’s The Cambridge Whale - an anatomical reconstruction of the Museum of Zoology’s iconic Finback Whale specimen – all 24 outdoor installations can be found around the city and are completely free to explore.
Coinciding with the public switch-on of e-Luminate Cambridge on Friday 10 February, a night market will host a number of local arts and crafts, live entertainment, and food stalls in the city’s market square.
New for 2017’s Festival will be three special events at the Corn Exchange and Guildhalls. Tickets for each are available from www.cambridgelivetickets.co.uk, Box Office 01223 357851.
Friday 10 February, 8pm, Corn Exchange
e-Luminate Cambridge Opening event:
Dark & Light
The opening of the festival will be celebrated with a special event featuring performances from Dark Room – a multi-sensory journey through darkness to the light, performed by New York dancer Giorgia Bova with jazz pianist Andrea Manzoni and Cambridge’s musical collective We Are Sound, using voices and instruments to get under the skin of some of the world’s best tracks.
Tickets: £20
Sunday 12 February, Guildhalls
Hologram & Light Painting Workshops
Turn an object into a laser-produced hologram in this Make your own Hologram Workshop, a practical event combining physics, art and chemistry. Then get creative with your camera in the Light Painting Workshop, a great introduction to photography, using light to paint effects.
Tickets: £35 (hologram) £20 (light painting)
Monday 13 February
Cambridge Corn Exchange 12.30pm-8pm
Cambridge Guildhall 10am-6pm
Play of Light
e-Luminate Cambridge and co-curator Pat Kane have brought together an amazing collection of writers, performers, artists, academics, gamers and scientists for this special one-off event. Tickets are available to attend all or individual sessions.
Kane is not only familiar to a few who remember him as one half of the 80's pop duo Hue and Cry, but he’s also the author of the Play Ethic, a book, website and research project where the theory of play is valued and explored. Visitors are invited to be a 'player' at this event.
Microsoft’s Helene Steiner will be reporting from the boundary between technology and nature, where inert materials shimmer with information and plants to talk to us through light. Also, visitors are invited to game on at Cambridge’s first eSports Day. Popular throughout Asia and the US, crowds can enjoy watching computer games players compete against each other on platforms old and new. Whether spectator or player, experts will show you the ropes and large audio-visual displays will help visitors enjoy the action.
The afternoon session covers biology, art, education and literature. Artist Tine Bech will show the playful way she uses light in her practice and Cambridge educationalists Pam Burnard and David Whitebread will showcase their latest findings on the essential power of play.
The evening session will include a line-up of natural born players in novels, magic and comedy. Curator Kane will host Nick Hornby, writer of Fever Pitch and About a Boy, conceptual magician Stuart Nolan and comedian Robin Ince (who will be exploring the light-bulb joke).
Festival Director Alessandra Caggiano said: ‘‘I am particularly excited about the theme of ‘Play of Light’ as it allows us to shine a light onto two very important aspects of Cambridge which we had not yet fully engaged with in previous years: gaming and sports. Be prepared to have some serious fun at e-Luminate Cambridge Festival 2017!’’
Key Installations
1. The Colours of the Rainbow
Shire Hall, Castle Hill
The rainbow as a symbol of equality and diversity to mark LGBT History Month.
2. Paradeigma
Created by Arup Light Lab and Cooledge
St Peter's Church, Castle Hill
Cooledge and Arup teamed up at e-Luminate Cambridge this year to create PARADEIGMA; a shadow box of contrasts.
3. Victorian Gifs and Optical magic
Created by Oblique Arts
Museum of Cambridge
Using artefacts from the Museum of Cambridge’s collection, including the zoetrope, artists from Oblique Arts will project a showreel of images carefully cut together and mapped onto the building.
4. On the Wings of Freedom
Created by Gloria Ronchi and Claudio Benghi
Magdalene College, river bank facing Quayside
A kaleidoscope of glowing butterflies, encasing coloured and dynamic LEDs that come alive at night, creating an interactive and immersive experience for the audience.
5. Catch Me Now
Created by Tine Bech
Quayside
Interactive light installation that entices audiences into a merry dance of catch. Dynamic. Vibrant. Playful. BDP Lighting will create an exciting facade installation that incorporates a blend of art, light and technology to transform the Guildhall and create a memorable public experience.
6. Vertex
Created by Ithaca
All Saints Gardens, Trinity St
Touch the railings and make the garden glow. Vertex by Ithaca is an innovative interactive installation drawing on the childhood desire to playfully engage with our surroundings in a tactile way.
7. Venn in Light
Created by Rob Mills
Gonville and Caius College, Trinity St
A tribute to the mathematical work by John Venn in his former college. This installation plays with colour and light to show off his classic diagram.
8. Play
Created by James Bawn
Great St Mary's Church, Senate House Hill
Engage with the 15th century structural features of the building using a play of light. Members of the public can interact and take part in this illumination by taking control of several large lighting fixtures and creating their own patterns using modern game controllers based around the perimeter.
9. SPIRITUS - Light and Darkness
Created by Ross Ashton and Karen Monid
Senate House
The show is based on the work of Robert Grosseteste who was an English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian, scientist and Bishop of Lincoln, who wrote some of the wests earliest “scientific” works and was an original thinker.
10. Fleeting Image
Created by Susie Olczak and Ian Wolter
This is a mobile installation so check the website for more details.
Ian Wolter and Susie Olczak have collaborated to create an interactive optical device - a geometric camera obscura that can be used as the festival camera.
11. King’s College installation
King’s Parade
Check the website for details.
12. Stream of Light
Created by Colin Ball
The Guildhall
Dynamic. Vibrant. Playful. BDP Lighting will create an exciting facade installation that incorporates a blend of art, light and technology to transform the Guildhall and create a memorable public experience.
13. Liter of Light
Created by Mick Stephenson
Market Square, Peas Hill
This three-layered, majestic pyramid is both a light art installation and a conceptual piece. It beautifully represents the work of the Liter of Light charity, whilst challenging the observer to reflect on inequality and light poverty.
14. Eclipse
Created by Chris Wood
Aromi, Bene't St
A large suspended dichroic disc transforms the colour of the light it encounters, painting wherever it lands in pools of changing colour. These colours continually change as the disc slowly rotates.
15. Upon Reflection
Created by Colin Dewar
Corn Exchange, Wheeler St
Things are not quite as they seem. The true reality is only revealed if a picture is taken using a flash.
16. Cosmic Radiophone
Created by Phil Arnold and Robin McGinley
Corn Exchange, Wheeler St
Cosmic Radiophone is an illuminated instrument offering visitors the opportunity to play the sound of the Big Bang.
17. Emissive Conveyance
Created by Abi Spendlove
Corn Exchange, Wheeler St
Infrared video captures the artist walking the route from the current headquarters of Cambridge Assessment, to their new HQ at the ‘Triangle’ site. The artist touches the surfaces of the street as she walks, running her hand along walls and railings in a childlike, playful movement.
18. (U.C.L.E.S)
Created by Eleanor Osmond
Corn Exchange, Wheeler St
Exploring the language and authority of exam papers, an industrial scrolling LED display (U.C.L.E.S) asks the viewer a constant stream of questions, taken from archival examination material from the Cambridge Assessment Group Archive.
19. On Screen
Created by Henry Driver
Corn Exchange, Wheeler St
Questioning the intense levels of spectatorship and CCTV surveillance present throughout everyday life, live interactive video of the audience is displayed throughout the space, responding to the audience’s movements and actions.
20. The Cambridge Whale
Created by Alice Turner
David Attenborough Building, Pembroke St
An anatomical reconstruction of the Museum of Zoology’s iconic Finback Whale specimen, depicting skeletal and soft tissues as well as fascinating facts about the specimen.
21. The View from Here
Created by Ian Wolter
Parkside
A large, kinetic light-work and performance sculpture which is human ‘powered’. It creaks and whirrs as it turns and appears to have been made from found objects: parts of bicycles, boats and ladders etc. The sun, planets and moons are all illuminated beach balls.
22. Reading Lines
Created by Gino Malocca
University Library, West Road
A laser projection piece exploring the architecture of the iconic University Library tower. The animated laser lines will "snake" across the surface of the tower in a variety of colours. Animated laser lines will follow the key architectural features of the structure and "snake" across the surface in a variety of colours, red, blue, green, cyan, magenta, yellow.
23. First Light
Created by Simon Fisher and Malgosia Benham
The Marshall Building, Marshall Airport
One of the country’s original airport buildings, dating back to an era when air travel was glamorous. Lighting rays depict a dynamic lighting effect above the entrance and the three main windows above the main entrance are illuminated using red, white and blue lights, to symbolise the RAF roundel colours and to represent Marshall’s strong ties with the RAF throughout its history. The artwork title is inspired by the film that tells the story of an RAF pilot joining the Forces and flying a Spitfire plane.
24. The Bouygues UK Triangle Light
The Triangle, Cambridge Assessment, Shaftsbury Road
Built by Bouygues UK, The Triangle is Cambridge Assessment's new HQ. Its iconic Tower will be illuminated during the six nights of Bouygues UK e-Luminate Cambridge for the very first time.
More details about the festival can be found at the website below.
Casambi teams up with EnOcean
(Finland) - Using Casambi's solution, new EnOcean BLE switches can pair with complete network of devices rather than users needing to systematically pair with individual receiving units.
Casambi, a provider of smart wireless lighting control software technologies, has announced a collaboration with EnOcean, the global energy-harvesting wireless technology specialist.
EnOcean has newly developed a batteryless Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) switch module with Near Field Communication (NFC) that expands its range of energy-harvesting wireless solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT). The PTM 215B 2.4 GHz, BLE-based module enables manufacturers to develop reliable, self-powered switches for modern lighting control systems and smart home applications.
Casambi has integrated support for the EnOcean BLE switches within its own smart wireless lighting control platform. The new EnOcean switches can be paired to a Casambi network and work seamlessly within its framework. With the support of NFC technology, system commissioning is ultra-fast and settings are easy to configure. Within a Casambi lighting control solution, the EnOcean switches can control individual luminaires, groups of luminaires, all luminaires in a network, different programmable scenes, and even animations.
Timo Pakkala, CEO of Casambi, commented: “The combination of EnOcean's proven energy-harvesting technology and Casambi's state-of-the-art wireless lighting control solution is a perfect marriage. These two industry leading technologies create a complete wireless solution with maximum flexibility in control placement and usage.”
“Using Casambi's solution, the EnOcean switches can be instantaneously paired with a complete network of devices rather than users needing to systematically pair switches with individual receiving units. This allows EnOcean’s switches to be used as portable remote controllers across the entire Casambi network. The control logic of the switches can also be easily changed on-the-fly with an intuitive Casambi end-user app available for iOS and Android devices,” Pakkala added.
Together with Casambi, EnOcean demonstrated its wireless lighting control solutions using Bluetooth Low Energy at the Nordic Semiconductor booth during the CES show in Las Vegas in January 2017.
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