by Ian Ashdown | Jun 14, 2021 | News, Press Release
https://getagriponlighting.com/episode-193-its-just-a-hobby-ian-ashdown...
by Ian Ashdown | Jun 2, 2021 | News, Press Release
In this installment of Senior Member Insights, OPN talks with Ian Ashdown, senior scientist and president of SunTracker Technologies, Victoria, BC, Canada, where he and his team develop lighting-design software for architectural, horticultural, entertainment and...
by Ian Ashdown | Jun 1, 2021 | News, Press Release
SunTracker Technologies Ltd. is excited to release the newest version of our free DLI Calculator with a new Global feature on June 1, 2021. Users will be able to visualize the DLI values on the interactive map with one button. The entire Earth will be pictured...
by Ian Ashdown | Apr 19, 2021 | News, Press Release
Cerise365™ and DAYSIM are daylighting analysis software programs that perform climate-based annual daylight simulations, including the calculation of annual daylight metrics. This white paper compares their performance in terms of accuracy and calculation times....
by Ian Ashdown | Apr 19, 2021 | News, Press Release
When the first high-pressure sodium (HPS) lamps were introduced in the late 1960s, they were quickly adopted by commercial greenhouse operators as a means of providing supplemental electric lighting. This made it economically possible to grow vegetables and flowers...
by Ian Ashdown | Apr 19, 2021 | News, Press Release
The problem is astronomical — the blue light emitted by LED roadway luminaires has been shown to contribute to light pollution, especially when cool white LEDs are used. Blue light is preferentially scattered by air molecules, and so the higher the correlated color...