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Product Monday: Split Sushi Sconce by Derek Marshall Lighting
Derek Marshall Lighting’s Split Sushi sconce was designed as a variant of the original Sushi sconce. Constructed by assembling two rhombic glass panels which have been kiln formed into curved…
Cooper Lighting Announces Winners of 35th Annual SOURCE Awards
Cooper Lighting recently announced the winners of the 35th Annual SOURCE Awards national lighting design competition. The winners were recognized at LIGHTFAIR International 2012 in Las Vegas at the Keynote…
American Lighting Announces Entertainment and Professional Lighting Division
American Lighting, a specialty lighting manufacturer, recently announced the addition of its Entertainment & Professional Lighting Division (E-PRO) to accommodate the growing needs of the entertainment and architectural sectors in…
LED Use Growing in Retrofit Projects, Says Precision Paragon Survey
Hubbell’s Precision Paragon unit recently published the results of a 2011 survey of 2,900 lighting professionals, which found that energy-efficient lighting is a growing market. The survey also discovered that…
Zhaga Consortium Gains Momentum
Image courtesy of Pathway the Lighting Source.Many LED luminaires are highly integrated products. An alternative approach is to modularize the light source and other components using standardized interfaces, similar to…
Product Monday: GE Visual Comfort Lens
GE’s new Visual Comfort Lens diffuses LED directional lamp so that the light “dots” or spots are eliminated. Used in conjunction with GE’s Energy Smart LED Retail PAR30 and PAR38…
Congress Refuses to Fund Enforcement of Incandescent Lamp Energy Regulations
H.R. 5325, the fiscal year 2013 Energy and Water Appropriations bill, which recently passed by the House of Representatives, includes a provision–the Burgess (R-TX) Amendment–which prohibits funding for enforcement of…
IALD Announces 29th Annual International Lighting Design Award Winners
Fifteen award winners representing architectural lighting design projects from seven countries comprise the winners of the 29th Annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards, recognized at…
Ted Konnerth on LIGHTFAIR
Guest post by Ted Konnerth, President/CEO of Egret Consulting Group We spent two full days at LightFair; which was larger than in the past, very well-attended and brimming with energy.…
ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Covers New Lighting Design Credentialing Effort
The IALD is developing a new certification for lighting designers. By August, the credentialing task force will make a recommendation whether to proceed with a certification, which would then take…
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