
Archive
Europe needs to invest to compete
Issue 65 Feb / Mar 2012
The European Lighting Industry - a dying has been or the leading innovators of the future. The EU believes the latter... do you? Our LED expert Dr Geoff Archenhold reports.
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Archenhold's Almanac 2011
Issue 64 Dec/Jan 2011/2
Our LED expert Dr Geoff Archenhold takes us through the developments of the year that was and contemplates a slowing down of solid state lighting innovation in 2011.
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2000LM LED MODULE BENCH TEST
Issue 64 Dec/Jan 2011/2
Following our benchtest of 1000lm LED modules in issue 62, our LED expert Dr Geoff Archenhold tests high power 2000lm modules to see if they exceed CFL equivalents in common downlighter applications.
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LED Flicker Safety Issues
Issue 63 Oct/Nov 2011
The advent of LED lighting has opened an age old debate about whether artificial lighting is healthy and safe from a human perspective. This month Dr Geoff Archenhold will attempt to get beneath the surface of the arguments about some of the factors that impact on human vision.
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1000LM LED MODULE BENCH TEST
Issue 62 Aug/Sep 2011
LED modules seem to be all the rage but how do they perform, are they useful and what will the future hold? Our LED Expert, Dr Geoff Archenhold, puts the big four front runners to the test - with help from the Lighting Association Lab.
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Identity Crisis
Aug/Sep 2011
The shapes, formats and types of LED modules submitted to the bench test by the leading manufacturers demonstrate how much choice there is for lighting manufacturers to consider and evaluate when starting a new product development.
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Visual Light Communication
Issue 61 Jun/Jul 2011
Dr Geoff Archenhold delivers an update on the latest LED developments and explains why Visual Light Communication shows how we should think differently about LEDs and lighting.
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The Right Protocol - Dr Geoff Archenhold
Issue 60 Apr / May 2011
As Solid-State Lighting continues to displace traditional lamp source solutions in general white lighting applications, choosing the right lighting protocol is becoming ever more important. Dr Geoff Archenhold offers some guidance on intellegent control
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London LED - Dr Geoff Archenhold
Issue 59 Feb / Mar 2011
Dr Geoff Archenhold gives his expert LED perspective on The ARC Show’s offerings.
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Solid State Success
Issue 58 Dec/Jan 2010-11
2010 was the year of undeniable SSL success with disruptive innovation everywhere. Geoff Archenhold reports on a momentous period.
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Guangzhou: Full of Eastern Promise
Issue 56 Aug / Sep 2010
Dr Geoff Archenhold reviews two very different lighting events - the 15th Guangzhou International Lighting Show and the OLED Insider Summit held in London - that highlighted the very latest in LED and OLED technology.
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A new era for lighting
Issue 55 Jun / Jul 2010
Dr Geoff Archenhold casts his eye over the latest LED and OLED launches at Light + Building.
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More Links:
- Building Blocks
- Down on the Street
- Event horizon
- Life after the bulb
- LED dominance at Lightfair
- A response to Chris Rolph
- Driving Irresponsibly?
- Driving Responsibly
- A response to Projection Lighting and Xicato regarding Remote Phosphor Technology
- A response to 'The year of the LED lighting fixture'
- The year of the LED lighting fixture
- Review of the LED year
- Solid State - the answer to the economic downturn?
- euroLED 2008 signals strong Solid-State Lighting adoption
- Light and Building 2008 Record numbers, LEDs and Energy Efficiency
- AC or DC - that is the question
- Sustainability and standards guarantee SSL’s success
- 2007: when Solid-State became the future of Lighting




