ETC is expanding its LED family, with the introduction of two new products: the Source Four LED Series 2™, a powerful spotlight with the most expansive color spectrum possible from an LED luminaire; and the Source Four Mini LED™, an ultra-energy-efficient variation of ETC’s tiniest…

Chroma-Q has launched a compact version of its Inspire RGB houselight fitting - the Inspire Mini. Using only 75 Watts, but delivering 3,010 lumens, the unit can make significant energy savings versus traditional tungsten houselight fittings, with a massive increase in flexibility.

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As each week goes by, more lamps and fittings of various flavours join the market - LED, compact fluorescent, metal halide, tungsten-halogen, incandescent - all sources with different properties.

The most noticeable, though (one would have thought) is the colour temperature. Colour temperature refers to a measure of how warm or cool a light source appears to us (if you're really interested,…

The third Green Lighting Social was held yesterday evening over at the Bush Theatre in West London. Organised by Robin Barton of the Royal Opera House’s lighting team, the event was the largest so far – the 'show and tell' event almost taking the form of a very informal micro trade show.…

While at LuxLive last week, I stumbled across a bit of a holy grail for those in the UK and Europe with chandeliers who have had trouble sourcing retrofit LED candle lamps. Although Philips manufacture (and have done for some time) an LED candle retrofit, it is only available with an SES (E14) or SBC (B15) lamp cap, while…