California Lighting Technology Center Content

Lighting Strongly Influences People’s Experience While Listening to Music, a New Study Suggests

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — December 09, 2025 - 11:11am

When you go to your next concert or listen to your favorite music on an app, you might first consider the lighting around you.

Music is widely known for its ability to arouse, change moods or trigger a cathartic emotional release in people. A multidisciplinary team from three universities found that indoor lighting of various hues so strongly influences listeners’ experiences that musical venues, health-care settings and even homeowners might wish to reconsider their lighting choices for maximal effect and enjoyment of their music.

UC Launches Million Light Bulb Challenge Community Buy Program

Katherine E Kerlin — July 02, 2018 - 10:36am

The University of California is spearheading a statewide effort to advance the purchase of 1 million high-quality, energy-efficient light bulbs for campus buildings and residences across the state.

Under the Community Buy Program, all UC students, staff, faculty, retirees and alumni can purchase light bulbs at nearly half the price of online competitors.

Lighting the Way to a Future Career

Robyn Frances Huey — April 01, 2015 - 8:00am

UC Davis students compete against each other to create the best lighting design for the California Lighting Technology Center's annual Luminaire Design Competition. This year, the class focused on OLEDS, a thin, lightweight, dimmable, energy efficient lighting technology.