March 2015

Education + Resources, Energy + Environment

DSIRE Offers Updated Online Database of State Energy Efficiency Policies and Incentives

The North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center has relaunched the Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE). Funded by the Department of Energy, DSIRE offers a comprehensive source of information related to policies and incentives that support the nation’s use of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. The new and improved website offers [...]

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Square by Cooledge Lighting

Cooledge Lighting has expanded its “light sheet” portfolio with SQUARE, a 1×1 lighting product that requires no heat-sink and can be snapped together to create a larger luminous plane capable of being trimmed to size, even while powered. The light source can be affixed to almost any surface (and is flexible, allowing wrapping around columns [...]

Lighting Design, Research

Light and Productivity

The relationship between lighting and productivity has been the subject of study for almost 100 years, but determining a definitive, quantifiable relationship remains elusive. That was the consensus of a three-person Light and Productivity panel of experts assembled by the National Lighting Bureau as part of its annual forum conducted in conjunction with the EdisonReport. [...]

Events

Call for Speakers for IES Conference and LightShow West

The Illuminating Engineering Society is seeking experts to present at the 2015 Annual Conference being held in Indianapolis, Indiana this November 8-10. (This is a call for presentations, not to be confused with the Call for Papers.) The deadline is March 20, 2015. Click here to learn more and submit a proposal. LightShow West, to [...]

Light + Art, Lighting Industry

IES Year of Light Photo Contest

To celebrate the UN-designated Year of Light, the Illuminating Engineering Society is holding a photo contest. From IES: Every month we will announce a “Theme of the Month” to which you will post “lighting” photos related to the chosen theme. You can post as many photos as you wish and at the end of each [...]

Codes + Standards

ASHRAE/IES Publish Updated Standard on Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings

A newly revised standard from ASHRAE and IES seeks to provide greater guidance and a more comprehensive approach to retrofit of existing buildings for increased energy efficiency. ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 100-2015, Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings, provides comprehensive and detailed descriptions of the processes and procedures for the retrofit of existing residential and commercial buildings in [...]

LED + SSL

DOE Publishes CALiPER Report on the Robustness of LED PAR38 Lamps

The U.S. Department of Energy’s CALiPER program has released Report 20.3, which is part of a series of investigations on LED PAR38 lamps. Report 20.3 focuses on an evaluation of robustness. Three samples each of 40 of the Series 20 PAR38 lamps (including LED and benchmark conventional lamps) underwent multistress testing, whereby samples were subjected [...]

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Horticultural Luminaires by OSRAM SYLVANIA

ZELION HL Horticulture LED Grow Light Fixtures provide an LED solution for turf and landscape maintenance, commercial greenhouses and indoor gardening. Available in 25W, 50W, 100W and 150W versions and with a rated life of 100,000 hours, these luminaires provide an energy-saving and long-life alternative to high-pressure sodium luminaires. Through the use of targeted lighting [...]

LED + SSL

GATEWAY Demonstration: LED Lighting in a High-Temperature Environment

Republication of Postings from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solid-State Lighting Program by Jim Brodrick, SSL Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy High-flux lighting applications in high-temperature environments present a formidable challenge for LEDs. The higher the luminous flux from a luminaire, the more difficult it can be to properly dissipate the heat, to [...]

Light + Health

Why We Hate Monday Mornings

This Philips video talks about how our body clock is out of sync with our alarm clock, and how light can reset the body’s clock.

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High Point Market
LightSPEC West
HD EXPO + Conference
National Energy Codes Conference
2024 IES & DOE Research Symposium
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