Architectural SSL Magazine

We’ve come a long way since the days when LEDs were used almost exclusively in handheld calculators. Today’s LEDs are powerful light sources that often use lenses to protect us from glare. But lenses are inherently inefficient as a solution for controlling glare.
Will the growth of LEDs, a point source of light, pose a visual disruption in many commercial spaces—where, a recent survey by Eneref Institute, found proper lighting design is ignored in well over 60% of commercial retrofits? And will an aging population, more sensitive to glare, find spaces lit with poorly-designed LED luminaires, especially challenging? Is there a better solution for controlling glare from increasingly powerful LEDs than with increasingly diffuse lenses… download complete pdf