--- title: et cetera... a blog of bright ideas from ETC | incandescent description: incandescent | Home to ideas, tips, interviews, news, views and all kinds of other stuff related to ETC, its products, customers, and the industry in general. image: https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Logos%20-%20Icons%20-%20Design%20Elements/ETC_4c-1.png --- - [ETCCONNECT](https://etcconnect.com/) - [ABOUT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/about) - [AUTHORS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/blog-authors) - [CONTACT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/contact) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/electronic-theatre-controls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.youtube.com/user/ETCVideoLibrary) [![EtCetera\_319x104](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EtCetera_319x104.png?width=319&height=104&name=EtCetera_319x104.png "EtCetera_319x104")](https://blog.etcconnect.com) [![ETC Blog](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EtCetera_319x104.png?width=319&height=104&name=EtCetera_319x104.png "ETC Blog")](https://blog.etcconnect.com) - [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) - [ETC CULTURE](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) - [GEAR](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/gear) - [LEARN](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/learn) - [ODDS & ENDS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/odds-ends) - [BRIGHT IDEAS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/bright-ideas) Search ## [![blog-header](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-header.png?width=476&height=155&name=blog-header.png "blog-header")](https://www.etcconnect.com) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/electronic-theatre-controls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.youtube.com/user/ETCVideoLibrary) [✕](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/incandescent#gwen-offcanvas-primary) - [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) - [ETC CULTURE](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) - [GEAR](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/gear) - [LEARN](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/learn) - [ODDS & ENDS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/odds-ends) - [BRIGHT IDEAS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/bright-ideas) # incandescent [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ARG1-750x433.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2020/10/advance-research-group-innovation) [FEATURED](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/featured) ### [ETC’s Advance Research Group pushes innovation](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2020/10/advance-research-group-innovation) By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 29-Oct-2020 Maintain the quality of light. That was the company message in 2011. Global energy conservation laws were coming fast and furious and the world was asking questions about the long-term impact of incandescent lighting. Commercial and residential facilities began swapping practical lighting from... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2020/10/advance-research-group-innovation) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Fixtures-from-third-floor1-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/08/town-square-led-makeover) [incandescent](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/incandescent) ### [Town Square gets an LED makeover](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/08/town-square-led-makeover) By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 22-Aug-2017 Until the fall of 2016, ETC’s Town Square was lit using 251 conventional fixtures. With the shift in lighting fixture technology, it was only a matter of time before the entire space would be modified to include ETC’s newer LED fixtures. Watch this time-lapse video as a small team performs the... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/08/town-square-led-makeover) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Serenade_Hong-Kong-Ballet_credit-Cheung-Wai-Lok-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/01/forget-the-datasheet) [FEATURED](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/featured) ### [Forget the datasheet!](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/01/forget-the-datasheet) By [Luke Delwiche](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/luke-delwiche) 17-Jan-2017 *This article, written by ETC Entertainment Market Manager Luke Delwiche, first appeared in the Swedish Theatre Technology Association (STTF) magazine,* [proScen*,*](https://www.sttf.se/) *in 2015. 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