February 2010

Enjoy. First, the Weather Project: Next, hear the artist discuss his work with space and light: http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf

The Lighting Practice has announced that it has received Women Business Enterprise (WBE) certification from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, Pennsylvania’s Department of General Services’ Bureau of Minority and Women Business Opportunities, and from the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Economic Opportunity. This positions the firm to network with and do business with companies [...]

Nora Lighting has finished a major update of its website at www.noralighting.com that spotlights more than 100 new products, including LED and CFL luminaires and decorative accent lighting, while also providing a wider range of customer service features. Improvements include: * Easier to navigate * New homepage quickly links users directly to specific product lines [...]

A Reuters article published today focused on Philips’ investments in LED lighting, estimating the company has invested 4 billion euros–about $5.5 billion–in green technologies: * Philips’ sales in 2009 reached 6.5 billion euros * In Q409, LED-based products comprised 10+% of Philips’ lighting sales * Philips executive Niels Haverkorn: “In terms of value around 2015, [...]

Same seminar, same place, same time. Different day. Learn more about the seminar here. Register here.

Air Cycle Corporation’s short video discussing lamp recycling and promoting its “Bulb Eater” product:

The Lighting Research Center has announced that it will hold a three-day hands-on seminar on May 4-6, 2010, where participants learn the basics of LED technology while building an understanding of LED system integration issues involving the electrical, optical, and thermal characteristics of LEDs. Participants learn how to measure and evaluate LEDs and LED systems, [...]

LED lighting offers tremendous promise for reducing energy use in buildings. On Wednesday, March 10, 2010, from 1:00–2:30 PM CENTRAL TIME (last half hour reserved for Q&A), the Energy Center of Wisconsin will host a webinar to help designers learn the latest strategies to use LED lighting effectively. Avraham Mendall Mor, IALD, LEED AP, IESNA [...]

Construction spending during December 2009 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $939.1 billion, 1.2% lower than the revised November 2009 estimate of $913.2 billion and 9.9% below the December 2008 estimate of a little over $1 trillion. Construction spending amounted to $939.1 billion for the year 2009, 12.4% below the $1.0721 billion [...]