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Long-form notes on lighting design, engineering, and industry updates. Search the archive or start with this week's cover story.
From the archive
- Oct 5, 2026Hikari Penta Sarana
Data Center Lighting Design: Best Practices for Server Halls, Cold Aisles, and Hot Aisles
Data center lighting has to satisfy operational, safety, and energy-efficiency requirements that don't apply to a typical commercial space. Here's what a well-designed server hall lighting layout actually accounts for.
- Sep 8, 2026Hikari Penta Sarana
LED vs Conventional High-Bay Lighting: A Cost and Performance Comparison for Warehouses
Here's how they actually compare to LED on cost, energy use, lighting performance, and maintenance over a facility's lifetime.
- Aug 28, 2026Hikari Penta Sarana
How to Create a Lighting Connected System
Learn how to create a connected lighting system for industrial and data center facilities, from lighting design and zoning to sensors, controls, networking, and system commissioning.
- Aug 24, 2026Hikari Penta Sarana
Industrial Area Lighting: Choosing the Right Lighting Solution
Discover how industrial area lighting can improve visibility, safety, energy efficiency, and operational performance. Learn the key factors for selecting the right lighting solution for industrial facilities, from illuminance and uniformity to beam distribution, durability, and maintenance.
- Aug 15, 2026Hikari Penta Sarana
Explosion-Proof Lighting: A Guide for Hazardous Industrial Areas
What explosion-proof lighting is, how it works, and where oil & gas, chemical, and other hazardous-area facilities are required to use it.
- Aug 15, 2026Hikari Penta Sarana
LED Lighting Retrofit: How Much Can Indonesian Manufacturing Facilities Save?
Where the real savings come from in an LED lighting retrofit — energy costs, maintenance, and smart controls — for factories and warehouses across Indonesia.