DALI Award 2012: Apply now!
Finalists will be honored at the Light+Building trade fair
Participation in the DALI Award 2012 competition is open to lighting design and architecture offices as well as manufacturers. Closing date for applications is 31 January 2012. The DALI Award is given for outstanding DALI-based lighting projects realised in the last two years. DALI stands for "Digital Addressable Lighting Interface" and identifies a digital interface for intelligent lighting management.
The DALI Award is a competition held every two years and open to entries from all over the world. Finalists will receive their awards in April 2012 at the world's largest lighting trade fair, Light & Building in Frankfurt am Main. A detailed profile of their projects will then be presented on the DALI website. Winners will also be offered the opportunity to place a free ad in a professional lighting or architectural journal.
Full information about the application process and the DALI Award 2012 is available at www.dali-ag.org.
Click tip: Lighting for a relaxed read
Ensuring a sufficient basic brightness is important
To permit cosy reading sessions in a favourite armchair, a living room needs additional lighting. One of the prime requirements for good visual performance and reading comfort is an adequate lighting level. But care should also be taken to avoid marked contrasts between reading light and background lighting. Major differences in brightness force the eye to adapt and thus cause visual fatigue. So it is important to ensure a sufficient basic brightness throughout the room.
The indirect light delivered by ceiling or wall washers is found by many to be an agreeable option. For reading, rotatable swivel-mounted luminaires that can be dimmed as required are the solution of choice.
More information on the topic of reading light can be found at the lighting examples on www.licht.de and in the booklet licht.wissen 14 "Ideas for home lighting".
Light makes shopping an experience
New licht.wissen 06 provides tips on shop lighting
The lighting in a shop is supposed to do more than just help shoppers and staff get their bearings. One of its primary purposes is to help make shopping an experience, so it needs to deliver a light that creates atmosphere. But that is not all. Lighting should also be energy-efficient – for which good planning and design are essential as well as efficient light sources.
The new licht.wissen 06 "Shop Lighting – Attractive and Efficient" shows how light can be harnessed to present merchandise perfectly. The booklet is published by licht.de, Fördergemeinschaft Gutes Licht. It provides lots of tips on lighting design for a wide range of retail premises – from boutique to shopping mall and from supermarket to pharmacy lighting.
Packed with photographs and graphics, it shows how shop window, shelf, wall and aisle lighting should be designed to direct shoppers' attention to the merchandise on show. It also explains how a distinctive lighting concept supports brand image. Small chapters, combined with graphics, describe technical details of shop lighting in a simple way.
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