At this year’s Light+Building Preview, OSRAM introduced a selected range of new products which will be shown at the largest and most important trade fair of the lighting industry:: the first LEDsubstitute for the 75W-light bulb in Europe; its first LED-module in accordance with Zhaga standards; the sure course to the world of LED-street lighting as well as the latest generation of lighting management systems.

At the press conference held by the organisers of Light+Building 2012 there were smiling faces everywhere.

EcoSense Lighting™ today announced plans to further grow its business in European markets, bringing on a new distributing partner in Scotland.

Hygena, owned by the kitchen group Nobia, is one of the best-known kitchen brands in France. Complete kitchen solutions are offered from about 127 wholly owned stores. All shops are between 100 and 600 m², and include exhibition, shop and office area.

In Madrid, in less than 30 years, more than 50% of the public fountains in service have been lost, which now are seen to be dismantled, broken, without a tap to drink from or simply dry.

The Chan ‘pan-Asian’ restaurant and bar at ‘The Met’ hotel is a lively fusion of modern aesthetic and traditional Asian motifs. Designed by AMA Design Studio headed by the Australian architect, Andy Martin, it opened to acclaim for its dazzling interior and innovative cuisine: Chan is the “destination.”

“Reflect” is a permanent lighting installation in the Stephen P. Clark Government Centre lobby in Miami. Focus Lighting collaborated with artist Ivan Toth Depeña to develop the art piece, which was commissioned by Miami-Dade Art in Public Places.

City dwellers find it hard to resist the offer of a few days’ of “the good life” in a four-star category hotel to escape the stress of the big city. The bio-hotel in Hohenbercha near Munich offers guests space with a natural backdrop in which to rest, relax and regenerate.

Robe’s new ROBIN DLX Spot LED moving light has won a prestigious Award for Technical  Innovation at the 2012 SIEL trade exhibition in Paris -  France’s leading international expo for the professional lighting, sound, video and entertainment technology industry.

Global trade fair organiser Messe Frankfurt is partnering for the first time with the Electric Lamps & Components Manufacturers’ Association of India (ELCOMA) for the 2012 edition of Light India which will be held 5 – 8 October 2012 at Pragati Madian in New Delhi, India.

PhotonStar’s Biodynamic Lighting, Architectural LED luminaire and EcoStar LED luminaire products were filmed for brand new Channel 4 series, Home of the Future, which starts February 12th, 7.00pm on Channel 4.

Evaluation methods and testing requirements for LED and solid-state lighting products are rapidly changing as new standards, metrics, and labeling programs become available to the lighting industry. As a result, the Lighting Research Center (LRC) has developed a new professional lighting seminar, the Photometry Institute, to be held April 11-12, 2012.