April 2014

SALARY: $34.32 – $39.96 Hourly LOCATION: 901 – 5th Ave, 19th floor, Seattle,, Washington JOB TYPE: Classified Civil Service, Regular, Full-Time SHIFT: Day DEPARTMENT: Seattle City Light BARGAINING UNIT: PTE, Local 17 – Professionals CLOSING DATE: 04/28/14 04:00 PM Pacific Time POSITION DESCRIPTION: Seattle City Light, a department of the City of Seattle, is one [...]

Chris Bailey, Director of Lighting Solutions Center – Hubbell Lighting, recently published a post on the Hubbell blog, “Right-sizing Light,” that you might find interesting. He writes: “Most designers strive to achieve a balance in the perceptions of safety, security and nighttime enjoyment. While it is essential for designers and customers to understand the technical [...]

After starting out the year on a positive note, there was another minor increase in the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) last month. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lead time between architecture billings and construction spending. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the [...]

Prescolite has introduced a 12,000+ lumen LED luminaire designed for high-ceiling commercial and architectural interiors where recessed depth is not available—the MegaLum Cylinder. With all the performance advantages of the company’s MegaLum luminaire, the MegaLum Cylinder can be surface, cable or pendant mounted and offers a viable alternative to T4 quartz (up to 500W) and [...]

Rebate organizations have been busy updating their rebate and incentive programs for 2014. While not all of them operate on a calendar year, BriteSwitch, LLC still sees a lot of changes and trends in the industry. Right now, 71% of the country is covered by an active commercial lighting rebate. BriteSwitch has also noticed a [...]

Shipments of halogen A-line lamps increased for the sixth consecutive quarter in 2013Q4, posting an increase of 41.8% over the previous quarter. Similarly, the index for LED A-line replacement lamps increased 42.3% during the quarter. Compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) and A-line incandescent lamp shipments trended in the opposite direction by slipping 0.4% and 10.6% q/q, [...]

Now in its third year and hosted by the Designers Lighting Forum of New England, Boston Lights Exposition 2014 is a biennial event taking place on Thursday, September 18, 2014 from 11:00AM-8:00PM at the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel. Boston Lights 2014 will feature more than 100 of the country’s leading lighting companies showcasing the [...]

The Senate Finance Committee recently voted to approve a two-year extension of the Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Tax Deduction, also known as Section 179D, as part of the Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act. The provision allows a taxpayer to take a deduction equal to commercial building energy-efficiency expenditures made by the taxpayer [...]

Cree’s new 8000 lumen LMH2 LED Module is designed to replace 150W ceramic metal halide lamps while using only 63% the power and providing longer service life, ideal for high-bay applications. The complete portfolio starts at 850 lumens. Use of a single source minimizes problems such as color inconsistency and relamping. Click here to learn [...]