Recent changes in the 2023 US National Electrical Code and UL standards have significantly changed the rules for emergency lighting in the US. We explore those changes in this blog.
LEDs
At ETC’s recent tour of global Roadshow events, we presented a variety of interactive seminars which were focused on the Entertainment and Broadcast markets. Today we are going to look at one of those sessions in a bit more detail: ‘The Art of Lighting the Audience’. Why bother making the...
In this series, we discuss some of the most frequently asked questions we receive about LEDs. Today, Color Technology Specialist Wendy Luedtke introduces CCT and Duv and what they mean in the world of LED fixtures.
There’s no doubt about it—LEDs are shaking up the industry as we know it. There is a lot to be excited about as venues make the transition from tungsten light sources to LED. One of the largest areas of impact is color capabilities.
ETC light fixtures have long lived in entertainment venues and retail spaces. Those two worlds collided as Jordan’s Furniture began building the world’s largest indoor ropes course as a part of its New Haven store.
A leading pioneer in the theatre lighting industry, Swiss-born Max Keller has been offering creative and technical solutions for the stage for more than 40 years.
Looking for a fun (and tasty) way to explore color? For several years now, I’ve used candy to help teach color rendering. It’s a trick I learned from Terena Wilkens of Gustavus Adolphus College, who presented it at a USITT lecture on teaching color without a light lab.
Source Four is the most popular brand of lighting fixtures in the industry, with more than 3.5 million units sold since the tungsten model was first introduced at the LDI tradeshow in 1992. In a world of fast-changing trends and frequent product replacement, Source Four fixtures have remained the...
I owe you an apology if you saw the title of this post and clicked on it assuming I was going to reveal a well-guarded secret and give you the instructions on how to make your own Source Four LED. I hate to crush your dreams, but I’m not going to reveal any trade secrets here. However, if you’ve...
In March 2014, Mathias Wolf joined the Research & Development department at ETC GmbH in Holzkirchen, Germany, where he spent the following 18 months working as an intern. Mathias has since returned to the university, to study electrical engineering and information technology, and he is currently...