2011-08-23 09:00:00 // Deirdre Robert
// Idealog #34: workshop
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They say good things take time. Tell that to the inventor of the first compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), Ed Hammer, who developed his idea in 1975 while working as a senior physicist at GE Lighting. It took the mass market decades to cop onto the environmental and cost-saving benefits of the low-energy bulbs. But after being heralded as the energy-efficient lighting of the future, CFLs have since been criticised for their mercury content. So what’s next? Another form of lighting that has also been on the backburner for decades.
2010-11-08 16:07:24 // Michael Downie
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The world’s cities are growing quickly. By 2020 the planet’s urban population is set to soar to around four billion, placing more pressure on cities that are already struggling to cope with their existing populations. Michael Downie, general manager Philips Lighting New Zealand and Australia, comments on the recent World Cities Summit and the role of lighting in making cities more liveable.
2010-10-28 11:36:06 // Design Daily Team
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New energy efficient, digital lighting technologies are being used to brand cities, revitalise public spaces, and deliver benefits including major cost savings, safer roads and lower greenhouse gas emissions. And a series of seminars in Christchurch, Auckland and Wellington are set to highlight how this new generation of urban lighting solutions are transforming cities around the world.
2010-08-12 10:59:12 // Vicki Holder
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Mike Thorburn is the first to acknowledge that the economic downturn has taken a toll on the lighting and furniture industries which has led to some companies taking a more causal approach to the design game. But Thorburn isn’t one for paying it safe.
