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Expect more from Photometric Testing - your partner for testing LEDs, luminaires, lamps and displays. From standard photometric data to photobiological safety testing, from training courses in light measurement to developmental testing of new products, let Photometric Testing save you time and money and help you to bring the next generation of ultra efficient lighting products to market more quickly. Photometric Testing has invested in the the latest, state-of-the-art photometric, spectroradiometric and goniophotometric equipment to ensure that our measurements are accurate, repeatable and conform to the latest international lighting standards. This investment has lead to the creation of what is probably the most up-to-date lighting test laboratory in the UK. » More

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Registration is now open for our 2012 training courses. LED specifications are often misunderstood or simply not trusted. Photometric Testing's one or two day training course in photometry and light measurement helps those working with the next generation of lighting understand LED specifications, separate truth from fiction and learn how to measure and express the output of luminaires and other LED-based products.

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Comments on our training course made by retail lighting specialists Microlights Ltd:

"Technical information, provided in a non-technical way"

"Detailed, tailored training - yet easy to understand"

"Training that was expert, smart, and focussed to our needs"

Thanks to Anna Enright (New Product Project Manager) and Philip Sharpe (Marketing manager) for kind permission to use these quotes.

  

29/03/12: Win a T-10A Lux Meter with Photometric Testing and Talking Photometry!

01/03/12: Photometric Testing to exhibit at Light & Building, Frankfurt, Germany, 15-20 April (hall 4.1, stand A02)

21/02/12: Join us at EuroLED 2012, June 13-14, NEC, Birmingham

10/02/12: Photometric Testing launches service for photo-bioligical safety testing of lamps & lighting per BS EN 62471

08/02/12: 2012 photometry training course programme announced

01/11/11: Photometric Testing opens for business.

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02/04/12: Understanding Photometric Data Files

29/03/12: Napoleon has a lot to answer for: The Origins of the Modern Metric System 

05/03/12: Into the twilight zone - how scotopic lumens boost LED performance

05/03/12: The torch with the power of a million candles!

02/03/12: CCT of retrofit LEDs scrutinised by DOE CALiPER programme

07/02/12: When is a lumen not very useful? Explaining all about "useful lumens"

02/02/12: BS EN 62471 and photobiological safety - don't get burnt

02/02/12: The perfect integrating sphere - perfectly impossible?

02/02/12: Are LED specifications made up? We explain all

02/02/12: The Daily Mail reflects on the evils of the "continental" lumen

30/10/11: Understanding goniophotometry - download our white paper

30/10/11: A guide to colour temperature - may your whites no longer gives you the blues

30/10/11: A CRI for help - read our guide to understand all about colour rendering

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Dr Gareth John - Photometric Testing's Technical Director - has an eye for detail and a passion for photometry. Having spent the last 6 years as a photometric lab manager, he knows how photometry should be done, as our interview reveals.

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