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Lunera GX23 Recall – What we learned as a Company and as an Industry
How the GX23 recall has changed Lunera This recall exposed a weakness in both Lunera’s and UL’s safety test process. We have sought to plug this in the following ways: Lunera has added in abnormal...
View ArticleTime for Commercial Buildings to “Kick the Habit”
In the world of Commercial Real Estate, property owners, developers, and operators are constantly thinking about how to best invest in their assets to attract those demanding tenants or to retain their...
View ArticleIntegrating Sphere [Video]
In one of the previous blog posts Lunera CTO Don Barnetson suggested this quick test when choosing your LED lamp supplier: Does your lamp vendor have more people in sales or engineering? Do they have...
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Universal Input LED Lamps – How do they work?
In commercial lighting applications with HiD or older 2 pin fluorescent lamps, a magnetic ballast is used to control the energy in the arc lamp. In the first generation of LED replacement lamps, two...
View Article“What’s in a Name?”
You may have noticed that we recently changed the names and color identities of our products. Our product specifications and ordering SKUs remain unchanged. So why did we retire the Helen, Susan, and...
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DLC paves the way for Utility Rebates and Affordable LED Retrofits
DLC paves the way for Utility Rebates and Affordable LED Retrofits Upgrading your building’s lighting to LED can be an expensive endeavor, but it doesn’t have to be. There are two tools available to...
View ArticleLED Lamp Market – The “race to the bottom” has a silver lining
I’m not surprised by the recent UL warning on James Industry Inc.’s Hybrid (dual mode –Type A & Type B) T8 tubes that bear an unauthorized UL mark and do not meet UL standards for safety. This...
View ArticleEverything Apple does is Magic but iBeacon?
Apple iBeacon did not exist when I wrote RTLS for Dummies. And, almost four years after Apple announced iBeacon, it has failed to live up to the kind of sky-high expectations Apple’s involvement...
View ArticleThe Great LED Light Fixture Fallacy
Light fixtures, specifically 2×4 troffers, which carry a majority of the lighting load used for general lighting applications in commercial buildings, are good indicators of “architectural fashion”...
View ArticleThe Bulb as the Network — Lunera’s Vision for Ambient Computing
I joined Lunera earlier this year to lead the company in a different direction with new thinking. We hired top Silicon Valley talent, reset the company strategy, and changed our engineering philosophy,...
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