Research and Markets has published a new report titled Emerging Lighting Technologies and Global Market (2009-2014). Key findings: The global emerging lighting technologies market is expected to be worth $109.2 billion by 2014, growing at an estimated CAGR of 8.1% from 2009 to 2014. Fluorescent lighting forms the largest market segment and is expected to [...]
The Energy Center of Wisconsin will host a seminar by lighting designer Jim Benya on how to achieve energy-efficient lighting and daylighting designs that maximize both lighting quality and energy efficiency. In this seminar, Benya will examine the latest technologies and strategies to achieve superior lighting design essential for energy efficient and high performance buildings. [...]
NEMA’s Lighting Systems Index (LSI) dipped 0.3% on a quarter-to-quarter basis during the second quarter of 2010. On a year-over-year basis, the index registered a 5.3%gain versus 2Q 2009. However, since that quarter marked the lowest reading ever recorded for the LSI, this rate of year-over-year growth indicates that lighting equipment demand remains at a [...]
Hadco’s Evolaire is an LED street and area luminaire drawing 33-100W of power while delivering comparable performance to 70-200W high pressure sodium. Ideally suited for retrofit of existing cobra-head and shoe-box luminaires used on main and secondary streets as well as in parking lots, the luminaire is also suitable for lower mounting heights such as [...]
Construction job gains were more widespread across the country and job losses were generally less severe in July than in June, the Associated General Contractors of America reported in an analysis of state employment data recently released by the Labor Department. Twenty–six states added construction jobs in July, compared to 19 in June, while six [...]
Today is Labor Day.
Cleantech Approach (CTA) has published a new research report: Lighting Controls: Savings, Solutions, Payback, and Vendor Profiles, reviewing lighting control solutions and ROI associated their deployment. The report finds that commercial offices can reduce electricity consumption by 35-55% with the implementation of a lighting control solution and deliver an ROI within 2-10 years, depending on [...]
Pure Lighting has published a video promoting its concept of minimalist design and what the company is trying to accomplish.
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Guest post by Jim Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy I frequently get the following question. “Why does DOE concentrate its efforts on solid-state lighting rather than on other technologies?” The simple answer is that the DOE program is specifically Congressionally-mandated and that both DOE and the Congress recognize the significant energy-saving potential of this technology, [...]
