September 2009

Lightfair International, the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, is preparing its next educational program in 2010 with the official Call for Speakers. Lightfair 2010 will be held May 10-14 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV. This is an opportunity for industry experts to present lighting-related topics [...]

Several weeks ago, I conducted a short survey of lighting practitioners to see how they are using the Commercial Buildings Deduction. I got a very small response on the new construction side of the industry and a high response on the retrofit side. As the former lacked a statistically valid sample on which to make [...]

On August 3, an email blast was distributed to the approx. 11,500 subscribers of LightNOW inviting them to take a spot survey in which they would be asked to report data about their awareness and use of the tax incentives related to lighting. After the mailing, 356 subscribers responded. Respondents were first qualified to those [...]

Happy Labor Day to working stiffs everywhere.

Valmont Services Group, an organization dedicated to performing expert inspection, analysis, repair and replacement of poles, lattice-towers and related structures, has announced the launch of a new web site, www.valmontservicesgroup.com. The site provides pole and tower safety news, info about inspection services and Valmont’s LightHouse Calculator, a tool that helps engineers and property owners perform [...]

Wide-Lite, a Philips Group brand offers its Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Recycling Assistance Program. To take advantage of this program, specify this option with Wide-Lite C2C Ready products, then return the fixture to Wide-Lite at the end of its life. Wide-Lite will disassemble, recycle and dispose of all components, including the carton used to return [...]

This fixture type goes by many names depending on the manufacturer, such as “volumetric lighting” and “diffuse lighting,” but a premium troffer is a fluorescent troffer with a photometric distribution including a small amount of light in the 60- to 90-degree zone, which smoothly fades as the angle gets closer to 90 degrees. It’s also [...]

Design Observer has published an excellent two-part article by Karrie Jacobs consisting of a discussion between lighting designer Leni Schwendinger and dark-sky activist Susan Harder about what constitutes good outdoor lighting. I had been following the article on LinkedIn, and then Leni sent me an email letting me know about the publication on the Design [...]

Attention, all lighting manufacturers. Architectural Record magazine has announced that it will be publishing the 2009 Product Reports in its December issue. This special section will feature the “best and most innovative building products available to architect, specifiers and designers in 2010.” It’s put together by one of the best product editors in the business, [...]