[{"id":2122,"link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/the-brightest-light-on-earth-switches-on\/","name":"the-brightest-light-on-earth-switches-on","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12.png","alt":""},"title":"The \u201cBrightest Light on Earth\u201d Switches On","author":{"name":"frank","link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/author\/frank\/"},"date":"Feb 3, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-02-03 13:45:00","modifiedDate":"2025-01-08 19:29:10","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-01-08 19:29:10","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":44},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The Egyptian-themed Las Vegas mega hotel and casino located on the south end of the famous Las Vegas strip switched on its massive light beams on October 14, 1993.\n\nThe tip of the pyramid is where the light beam originates and is claimed to be the most powerful man made light on earth.\n\nThe Luxor beam is comprised of 39 high-pressure xenon arc lamp fixtures with mirrored reflectors. The lamps produce over 42 billion candela when fully illuminated. However since 2008 only about half of the lamps are turned on as an energy saving measure.\n\nIt\u2019s said that when all the lamps are illuminated the beam is so powerful that one could hypothetically read a newspaper from 10 miles away.\n\nOn clear nights the beam is visible from 275 miles away to aircraft flying at cruising altitudes."},{"id":2119,"link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/the-us-patent-office-grants-the-historic-patent-for-edisons-electric-incandescent-lamp\/","name":"the-us-patent-office-grants-the-historic-patent-for-edisons-electric-incandescent-lamp","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/13.png","alt":""},"title":"The US Patent Office Grants the Historic Patent for Edison\u2019s Electric Incandescent Lamp","author":{"name":"frank","link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/author\/frank\/"},"date":"Jan 27, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-01-27 15:00:00","modifiedDate":"2025-01-08 19:30:24","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-01-08 19:30:24","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":24},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The US Patent Office grants the historic patent for Edison\u2019s electric incandescent lamp"},{"id":2105,"link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/the-illuminating-engineering-society-ies-is-founded\/","name":"the-illuminating-engineering-society-ies-is-founded","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/august-30th.png","alt":""},"title":"The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) is Founded","author":{"name":"frank","link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/author\/frank\/"},"date":"Jan 10, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-01-10 14:15:00","modifiedDate":"2025-01-08 19:16:28","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-01-08 19:16:28","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":19},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The lighting industry professional society was founded in New York City on January 10, 1906 with the mission to improve the lighted environment by bringing together those with lighting knowledge and by translating that knowledge into actions that benefit the public.\n\nThe IES is a nonprofit global organization with over 100 local sections."},{"id":2052,"link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/edison-demonstrates-incandescent-electric-light\/","name":"edison-demonstrates-incandescent-electric-light","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/august-30th.png","alt":""},"title":"Edison Demonstrates Incandescent Electric Light","author":{"name":"frank","link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/author\/frank\/"},"date":"Dec 31, 2024","dateGMT":"2024-12-31 14:00:00","modifiedDate":"2025-01-08 19:18:43","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-01-08 19:18:43","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":27},"status":"publish","excerpt":"In his first public demonstration of his incandescent light bulb, Thomas Alva Edison lit up a street in Menlo Park, New Jersey.\n\nThis catapulted America, and ultimately the world, into the modern age of the electric light.\u00a0\n\nThe Pennsylvania Railroad Company ran special trains to Menlo Park on the day of the demonstration in response to public fascination over the event.\n\nIronically, many celebrate New Year\u2019s Eve to this day with electric light, including the illuminated ball drop in Times Square."},{"id":1932,"link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/the-eiffel-towers-beacon-sparkles-light-up-a-new-millennium\/","name":"the-eiffel-towers-beacon-sparkles-light-up-a-new-millennium","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Untitled-design-1.png","alt":""},"title":"The Eiffel Tower\u2019s Beacon & Sparkles Light Up A New Millennium\u00a0","author":{"name":"frank","link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/author\/frank\/"},"date":"Jul 15, 2024","dateGMT":"2024-07-15 15:00:00","modifiedDate":"2024-11-25 20:48:48","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-11-25 20:48:48","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":4},"status":"publish","excerpt":"At midnight on December 31, 1999, one of the World\u2019s most famous attractions debuted a new lighting feature that would draw even more attention to the Parisian landmark.\n\nThe Eiffel Tower, from that moment forward, would beam and sparkle every nightfall thanks to very entertaining and creative lighting systems."},{"id":1930,"link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/the-vatican-goes-solar-in-2008\/","name":"the-vatican-goes-solar-in-2008","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/6.png","alt":""},"title":"The Vatican Goes Solar in 2008","author":{"name":"frank","link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/author\/frank\/"},"date":"Jul 4, 2024","dateGMT":"2024-07-04 14:00:00","modifiedDate":"2024-11-25 21:36:16","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-11-25 21:36:16","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":45},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, both by area and population... but it could be one of the greenest and certainly one of the early adopters of solar energy. It is also well on its way to being the first country entirely powered by solar and the first net-zero carbon neutral country in the world. But, it all started back in 2008 with an ambitious project to generate 300,000 MWh of solar power annually to illuminate, cool, and heat the Paul VI Audience Hall."},{"id":1928,"link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/maine-first-us-state-to-legislate-lamp-recycling-in-2009\/","name":"maine-first-us-state-to-legislate-lamp-recycling-in-2009","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/7.png","alt":""},"title":"Maine: First US State To Legislate Lamp Recycling in 2009","author":{"name":"frank","link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/author\/frank\/"},"date":"Jun 28, 2024","dateGMT":"2024-06-28 16:00:00","modifiedDate":"2024-11-25 21:35:01","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-11-25 21:35:01","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":50},"status":"publish","excerpt":"In June of 2009, the state legislature in Maine took a big step in ensuring that consumers in the state had a quick, easy and free way of recycling mercury-containing compact fluorescent lamps."},{"id":1925,"link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/when-automakers-embraced-led-headlamps\/","name":"when-automakers-embraced-led-headlamps","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8.png","alt":""},"title":"When Automakers Embraced LED Headlamps","author":{"name":"frank","link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/author\/frank\/"},"date":"Jun 11, 2024","dateGMT":"2024-06-11 15:30:00","modifiedDate":"2024-11-25 21:33:34","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-11-25 21:33:34","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":8},"status":"publish","excerpt":""},{"id":1843,"link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/remembering-the-epa-green-lights-program\/","name":"remembering-the-epa-green-lights-program","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/5.png","alt":""},"title":"Remembering the EPA Green Lights Program","author":{"name":"frank","link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/author\/frank\/"},"date":"Feb 29, 2024","dateGMT":"2024-02-29 17:11:54","modifiedDate":"2024-11-25 21:31:49","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-11-25 21:31:49","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":11},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Back in the early 1990\u2019s, there was a movement taking place that was shining a light on global warming, pollution reduction, and environmental activism.\n\nThe US Government mobilized to develop programs that would influence businesses and consumers to reduce energy and spread the message of energy efficiency. In 1991, the US Environmental Protection Agency created a program that would usher in the modern energy efficiency movement and transform the entire lighting industry.\n\nThe program was called Green Lights and was a testament to collaboration between the Government and the business community. In its first year, the program was run on a shoestring (by government standards) budget of $1.4 million with only 2 staffers. In its first few years, the program enlisted over 600 businesses to agree to voluntarily audit their facilities and upgrade their lighting systems.\u00a0\n\nThe success of the Green Lights Program inspired the EPA to create other energy efficiency programs such as Natural Gas Star, AgSTAR, and the massively successful Energy Star Program. In 1995, the Green Lights Program was merged with Energy Star to create the EPA Energy Star Commercial Buildings Program. The program focused on whole building energy efficiency not just lighting.\n\nOne thing is certain: while many people in the lighting world don\u2019t remember the original EPA Green Lights Program, our modern lighting business would not be what it is today without that initiative."},{"id":1838,"link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/the-father-of-phototherapy-and-the-finsen-light\/","name":"the-father-of-phototherapy-and-the-finsen-light","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/4.png","alt":""},"title":"The Father of Phototherapy and the Finsen Light\u00a0","author":{"name":"frank","link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/author\/frank\/"},"date":"Feb 23, 2024","dateGMT":"2024-02-23 17:08:00","modifiedDate":"2024-11-25 21:30:40","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-11-25 21:30:40","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":51},"status":"publish","excerpt":"In 1903, Niels Ryberg Finsen was awarded the Nobel Prize for his invention of light therapy for skin tuberculosis (lupus vulgaris). His breakthrough research on the effects of light on humans has earned Finsen the moniker of the Father of Phototherapy.\n\nDuring medical school he became interested in the effects of light on living organisms. In 1893 Finsen found that lengthy exposure of smallpox sufferers to the red light formed by exclusion of the violet end of the spectrum prevents the suppuration of the pustules, or formation of characteristic pockmarks. \n\nAware of the bacteria-destroying effects of sunlight, he developed an ultraviolet treatment for lupus vulgar, a form of skin tuberculosis, which met with great success. \n\nAlthough phototherapy has largely been superseded by other forms of radiation and drug therapy, Finsen\u2019s work did much to encourage the radiation therapy then being developed and led to the use of ultraviolet sterilization techniques in bacteriological research. Finsen\u2019s Medical Light Institute (now the Finsen Institute) was founded in Copenhagen in 1896."},{"id":1835,"link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/first-lighted-indoor-hockey-match\/","name":"first-lighted-indoor-hockey-match","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/3-3.png","alt":""},"title":"First Lighted Indoor Hockey Match","author":{"name":"frank","link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/author\/frank\/"},"date":"Feb 14, 2024","dateGMT":"2024-02-14 16:45:35","modifiedDate":"2024-11-25 21:29:40","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-11-25 21:29:40","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":40},"status":"publish","excerpt":"It\u2019s commonly accepted that Canada has a love affair with ice hockey. From pond hockey rinks to large indoor NHL arenas, Canadians flock to play and watch their National winter pastime.\n\nOn March 3, 1875 hockey moved indoors for the first time with the help of 500 gas-jet lighting fixtures set inside colored glass globes that illuminated the 204-foot by 80-foot ice surface. The building was the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, Quebec Canada. At a later date the lighting would be converted to electric making it one of the first electrically lit buildings in all of Canada.\n\nThe Victoria Skating Rink would go on to host the first Stanley Cup Playoff games in 1894 and many National and international hockey and figure skating competitions."},{"id":1808,"link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/first-incandescent-light-installed-in-a-u-s-church\/","name":"first-incandescent-light-installed-in-a-u-s-church","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-2.png","alt":""},"title":"First Incandescent Light Installed In A U.S. Church","author":{"name":"frank","link":"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/author\/frank\/"},"date":"Jan 11, 2024","dateGMT":"2024-01-11 20:00:00","modifiedDate":"2024-11-25 21:28:12","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-11-25 21:28:12","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/radianthistory.com\/category\/radiant-rewind\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radiant Rewind<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":30},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The First Presbyterian Church of Roselle, NJ, was selected by Thomas Edison in 1882 to be the first church to install and test his incandescent electric light fixture called an Electrolier. The fixture is a chandelier consisting of brass sections supporting 30 incandescent lights in an inverted dome formation with milk glass reflectors. It hung in the church\u2019s sanctuary and provided illumination until December 16, 1949, when a fire damaged it and destroyed the chapel, which was later rebuilt.\u00a0\n\nThe Electrolier was restored in 1968 and still hangs in the church\u2019s choir area today."}]
