Germany's stadium to feature animated light show 

Philips, FC Bayern Munich and their home stadium Allianz Arena have formed a partnership that is said to make the stadium the largest in Europe to feature dynamic animated light shows.

Talking light sculpture at Vivid Festival

For the first time, Vivid Festival, an annual event of light, music and ideas, will feature a talking light sculpture - Ray. This will be the first installation to be powered by renewable energy.

Steel manufacturer switches over to LED

Earlier this year, steel manufacturer Gerdau's facility began searching for a lighting solution for its facility located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The company was looking for a solution to replace the metal halide fixtures and withstand the heat of its facilities, while maintaining enough lumens to create visibility in its dimly lit locations.

Brazil's football stadiums install LED lights ahead of summer tournament

Royal Philips is lighting 9 of 12 stadiums that will be used as venues for this summer's soccer tournament in Brazil.

Lighting technology - opening the new frontier

New lighting technologies have opened a whole new world of visual communication, contributing to safety, wellbeing, transport, entertainment, traffic control, sport and signage. These technologies offer an array of benefits including: cost reduction, vibrant colours, long-distance visibility and intensity, controllability and exciting and practical applications.

Installers have poor understanding of LED technology

High luminance, excellent colour saturation, high luminous efficacy, high energy conversion efficacy, small dimensions and lightweight, robustness, long life span, low-voltage power supply and ease of dimming are some of the many benefits of LEDs, noted LED technology expert Professor Georges Zissis at his Australian seminar titled LEDs - Dreams and Nightmares.

Hair salon cuts energy costs with LEDs

In an effort to increase profits, Lattouf International Hair Salons recently embarked on a strategy to improve efficiencies across the business.

New-generation signage displays with LCD panel resizing technology

Being so ubiquitous, it is clear to see that digital signage has today developed into a popular, highly adaptable and effective medium for targeted innovation, entertainment, promotions and advertising, delivering rich multimedia formats designed to attract consumers. Download now to read more.

Light up sales with LEDs

Effective lighting has always been a key component of store design. Abercrombie & Fitch might have made its A+F and Hollister stores stand out by turning down the lights to create a nightclub vibe, but the arrival of LED technology creates more opportunities.

Zero Site lights up cities and improves mobile broadband connectivity

Royal Philips and Ericsson have partnered to develop a connected LED street lighting model called Zero Site, which offers city officials a way to afford next-generation energy-efficient LED lighting and enables network operators to offer improved mobile broadband and app coverage.

The future of energy efficient design in existing commercial buildings

Concerns building owners and managers have towards the initial sustainability investment should be negated by issues around reliability, increased market value and the demand for corporate renters/tenants.

This paper provides a brief overview of retrofitting sustainability in existing commercial buildings and how to ensure design returns maximum efficiencies and return on investment.

Intelligent in-store lighting interacts with 'personal shopper' app

An app that helps with the shopping: that's something most of us would like to see (particularly if it could then make dinner while you put your feet up). Royal Philips has developed an intelligent lighting system that could bring this idea to life.

Brightgreen surface-mounted LED lights

Brightgreen has expanded its Curve range of round-beam interior lighting to include two surface-mounted downlights - the D900 SH Curve and its smaller counterpart, the D400 SH Curve.

enLighten Chamaeleon LED light

The multifunction LED light ‘Chamaeleon’ is fitted with microwave (motion) and PE (light) sensors to ensure that permanent low-energy background lighting is available at all times and provides full lighting when a space is occupied. It provides a range of low-energy solutions for fire stairs, car parks and back of house areas where energy is typically wasted due to lights being left on continuously.

Buenos Aires switches to LED lighting

Philips was selected by the government of the city of Buenos Aires to renew its street lighting system with LED technology. The company will replace the majority of the 125,000 existing street lights with new LED luminaires within a three-year term. Philips was awarded the contract as a result of a public bidding process.