Check this OUT ! Here are some photo’s from a Norburn customer with a creative imagination worthy of using one of the ELK 5093/3 Motorcycle Pendants.

Notice the tool box Vanity and checkerboard floor.

Elk MotorCycle Pendant

  The idea of having larger showering surface to provide more water coverage has been materialized in some new interesting shapes and functions, AquaBrass has taken this idea and created a truly original and elegant product. The elegant design turns water into pure pleasure, 4 models to chose from ranging from 8″x8″  to 16″ x16″ The shower is literally designed to bring the rain clouds from the sky directly into your home, the sensation of rain is achieved to the fullest.

Trendir – Home Decorating Trends magazine
with all the money spent on these new floors,  the importance of effective down lighting is becoming crucial.
Simply stated, if you don’t light it effectively, you’ll never appreciate it the beauty of the tile or flooring.
A small investment in a halogen down light will change the way you see things

LED Bulbs Save Substantial Energy, Study by Osram Finds – NYTimes.com
A story in today’s NY Times about just published analysis of real energy costs/foot print of light bulbs. Comparing  incandescent, LED and CFL through their life cycle from manufacturing to disposing. You can read the actual report here  LED LIFE CYCLE ASSESMENT Read the rest of this entry »

We are proud to introduce InvisiLED LED tape lighting from WAC Lighting

InvisiLED is an energy-saving display and accent lighting solution the utilizes the latest LED technology. W.A.C. Lighting is a leading manufacturer of track, recessed, undercabinet, decorative and monorail lighting.

Ideal for both new construction and retrofit projects, InvisiLED Tape Lights perform effectively for a broad range
of applications including cove lighting, under counters and bars, toe kick spaces, display windows, refrigerated cases, trade show booths andarchitectural accents. Read More…

WAC Lighting has recently changed their logo and tagline to “Responsible Lighting.” Leading the industry’s sustainability charge, WAC has contributed to social progress with responsible manufacturing practices and energy saving technology. WAC employs stringent sourcing and on-site UL authorized product testing for safety and quality assurance, as well as water recycling, lead-free and zero-landfill capabilities in our wholly owned, Clean ISO 9001-certified manufacturing campus.
Sustainable CFL and LED lighting products have been added to their extensive line with the most energy efficient technology available. As progess is measured in quality of life, WAC strives to advance employee empowerment, community involvement with major global and local foundations, and diversity in the workplace.

Don’t Be Mis-LED, Lighting in the Post-Incandescent Age
In this 90 min seminar, Shelley Wang, President WAC Lighting and Norm Brown CLC, will discuss the opportunity of how to create lighting that is more sustainable and energy efficient while also being beautiful and high quality using the newest light-emitting diode (LED) products on the market. Don’t be Mis-LED?Learn how to be an informed buyer of LED lighting. Lighting applications that use light-emitting diodes are referred to as solid-state lighting (SSL). According to the U.S. Department of Energy, by 2025, SSL could displace general illumination light sources such as incandescent and fluorescent lamps, decreasing national energy consumption for lighting by 29 percent.
When
Wednesday Nov 4th 6:00PM
Location
Norburn Lighting And Bath
4600 Hastings Street
Burnaby BC
rsvp allenl@norburn.com

WAC Lighting has developed a stellar reputation for high quality decorative and task lighting lines backed by an extraordinary level of service, an unprecedented shipping record, and an extension of its Product Warranty to Five Years.

To reflect the firm’s energy efficiency commitments, corporate social responsibility and community involvement, WAC Lighting has recently changed its brand standard to ‘Responsible Lighting.’ Helping to lead the industry’s sustainability charge, the firm has contributed to social progress with responsible manufacturing practices and energy efficiency technology. The firm employs precision fabrication, stringent sourcing, water recycling, lead-free and zero-landfill capabilities in our wholly owned, clean ISO 9001-certified manufacturing campus. New sustainable CFL and LED lighting products have been added to the extensive line with the most energy efficient technology available. As progress is measured in quality of life, WAC Lighting strives to advance employee empowerment, community involvement with major global and local foundations, and diversity in the workplace.

About Shelley Wang

WAC Lighting President Shelley Wang is a graduate of Cornell University.Described by her peers as ‘Intelligent, Articulate and Responsible,’ Ms. Wang has earned a reputation as a socially conscious and visionary leader. She launched the company’s Responsible Lighting campaign, which highlights a commitment to responsible manufacturing practices and energy efficient technology, as well as providing opportunities for those who are less fortunate.
She also co-organized the American Lighting Association’s Youth Initiative and is active with the American Institute of Architects, National Association of Electrical Distributors, Illuminating Engineering Society of North American and National Executives of Women in Hospitality. Ms. Wang also serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Asian Women’s Center, which helps Asian women and their children to overcome violence, raise public awareness about domestic violence, advocate for the rights of battered women, and create an agenda for social change.

The American Lighting Assn. (ALA) bestowed its highest honors to Norburn’s very own Norm Brown at its annual conference at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. The Pillar of the Industry awards are presented each year to individuals representing each of the main facets of the association’s membership: retail showrooms, manufacturers and sales representatives. The awards recognize service to the industry and the association over the past 12 to 18 months. Read the full story here

We get emails everyday from manufacturers trying to get their products in to Norburn. Lately we get spammed about 12 x a week from suspect vendors trying to get us to sell their LED products. This one was particularly funny since it did include a logo of a baby surfing on what looks like a PAR 16 LED replacement lamo .

Hang Ten or is it Par 16

Here is a snippet of the yarn they are spinning

( the grammar has not been changed, this is the actual text)

Dear Sir,
This is Vickey who come from Shenzhen *** ,LTD .I am kindly know you are in the market of LED lights.I would like to indroduce our comapny and products to you ,Hope to we could build business relatioship in 2009.”

There are hundreds if not thousands of fly by night manufacturers and snake oil promoters trying to jump on the LED bandwagon.

Once again, caveat emptor -buyer beware – there are so many websites cropping up selling LED lights, at LOW prices. The manufacturer they use mayvery well be the one who uses surfing babies in their logo.

Laurie Smith, the tall redheaded regular on the popular reality TV show “Trading Spaces,” says lighting, not paint, not furniture, not architectural detail is the most critical element of good interior design. She has redecorated Katie Courics dressing room live on Today and entertains thousands of Trading Spaces fans with her witty and practical design ideas every week, in an interview with the Salem News she discusses why she thinks lighting is the most important element in a rooms design. You can read the article here.

L Prize, a U.S. Department of Energy Contest To Create an LED based alternative to the incandescent bulb

Philips, the Dutch electronics giant that makes everything from clothes irons to medical equipment to light bulbs, believes that it’s about to become $10 million richer.  Philips announced today that it is the first company to submit an entry in L Prize contest sponsored by the US Dept Of Energy.  The contest is to create a viable LED based alternative to the incandescent bulb. The company has first-mover advantage, because if it’s shown that their lamp meets the rules, then Philips wins, even if another company enters later with better results.

In May 2008, the Department of Energy announced that it would award $10 million to the first company that developed a solid-state lamp that could replace a standard bulb. Among the criteria that had to be met: The lamp can use no more than 10 watts to create the equivalent light of a 60-watt incandescent bulb; the color of the light output has to mimic that of today’s incandescents; and the bulbs have to last at least 25,000 hours, about 12 times as long as today’s standard bulbs.

Lamp Photometrics

GE Light Beams is a powerful windows based lighting design aid for directional reflector lamps.  Totally free and you can download it here

Lighting For Older Adults
As people age, changes in vision occur that affect the ability to perceive and understand the world around them. For instance, there are normal age-related changes in the pupils (less light can enter the eye), the eyes’ accommodation speed decreases (it takes longer for eyes to transition to different light levels), and color perception weakens (yellowing of the lens makes it difficult to distinguish greens from blues). Older eyes also become more sensitive to glare–both direct glare (from a directly visible lighting source, such as an unshielded bulb) and indirect glare (a consequence of bright light bouncing off reflective surfaces, such as shiny floors). The Light Research Center (The LRC) a leading University based research center devoted to lighting research has has created an excellent publication answering common questions about vision and lighting posed by older adults and offers practical solutions to help them, their families and care givers. It can be downloaded here

The Dark Sky movement is a campaign by people who want to reduce light pollution so people can see the stars in the night sky, to reduce the effects of unnatural lighting on the environment, and to cut down on energy usage. The movement started with professional and amateur astronomers alarmed that nocturnal glow from urban areas was blotting out the sight of stars

The dark-sky movement’s main activity is to encourage the use of full cutoff fixtures that cast little or no light upward, in public areas and generally to encourage communities to adopt lighting regulations. Above is a useful guide for choosing fixtures that reduce light pollution.
Read more on this subject here

Professor Praveen Jain (Electrical and Computer Engineering) and PhD candidate John Lam

Electrical and Computer Engineering – Queen’s Researchers Shed Light on More Efficient CFL’s

Not all lighting research comes from the usual labs… and not all new products need be LEDs.
Queen’s university researchers work to improve the potential of CFL bulbs to be even more efficient, as well as dimmable.

Read the article here

Philips is ahead of the game when it comes to special lightning methods. They now have introduced a ambient lightning window. It looks it is something from the future. But according to Philips this technique can be introduced very shortly in a hotel near you.

Watch the video to be amazed

CBC.ca has a article today on the upcoming ban on certain incandescent bulbs in Canada. The article goes over a lot of already well discussed points on the subject. I look to the comments from readers at the bottom for insight into the mind set of people and their knowledge or lack of on CFL’s

Read the article by clicking here