PROJECT MANAGER Kenall, a leading manufacturer of high performance lighting for commercial/architectural use, has a great career opportunity for an experienced, certified Project Manager to: direct and manage projects from beginning to end; define the project scope, goals & deliverables that support Company objectives; identify required resources and assign responsibilities. Must proactively manage change, identify [...]
November 2009
Book Signing
I’ll be at Pages Bookstore in Kensington in Calgary, AB tonight, doing a reading of my novel The Great Planet Robbery and signing copies afterwards. If you’re in the neighborhood, drop in and say hello!
DOE Posts 2009 SSL Manufacturing Workshop Report
The U.S. Department of Energy has published the summary report from the 2009 DOE Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Manufacturing Workshops held April 21–22 in Fairfax, VA and June 24–25 in Vancouver, WA. Click here to download a PDF copy of the report.
Trend Lighting Launches New Subsidiary: Lighting Objects
Lighting Objects is a specification grade manufacturer of architectural and decorative lighting products with a specialty in custom fixtures. Give them a visit here.
ACEEE: California, Massachusetts and Connecticut Lead Nation in Implementing Energy Efficiency
The current economic downturn is not sidetracking state-level efforts to make the most of energy efficiency as the cheapest, cleanest and quickest of all energy resources, according to a 50-state scorecard on energy efficiency policies, programs, and practices from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The 2009 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, which ranks [...]
Happy Veterans (and Remembrance) Day
Today is Veterans Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Canada.
People: Cooper Lighting’s Jim McCarthy Honored with ALA’s 2009 Pillar of the Industry Award
Cooper Lighting’s Jim McCarthy, Senior Marketing Specialist, has been awarded a 2009 Pillar of the Industry award from the American Lighting Association (ALA). Established in 2000, the ALA Pillar of the Industry award recognizes exceptional contributions that have advanced the programs and interests of the lighting industry and the ALA over the past 12-18 months. [...]
Osram Opto Semiconductors Develops Low-Profile OLED in Research Project
As part of a research project, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has developed OLED prototypes that are only a few hundred micrometers thick. Thanks to new technology, these OLEDs do not need separate encapsulation and can be made incredibly thin in any layout. The transparent test samples have a luminous area of 210 cm² and are already [...]
Windows and Energy Use
Reprinted with permission from Enlighten: The Bimonthly Newsletter of the Daylighting Collaborative, June 2009: Aesthetics often drive the glazing selection process: color, transparency, reflectivity, and translucency all have a tremendous impact on the appearance of a building.The challenge is to meet the aesthetic design criteria while also achieving the best energy performance. There are two [...]
NanoMarkets, LC Publishes OLED Forecast Report
An Opportunity Analysis for OLED Lighting: 2009 to 2016 is a new report published by research firm NanoMarkets, LC. Check it out here.
Lighting Solution Development
7889 River Hill Lane, Alexandria, PA 16611-2604