April 2010

The 2011 LIGHTFAIR International will be staged in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Convention Center instead of New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The reason: The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is scheduled for renovation commencing 2010. The 2011 event will be held May 15-19, 2011, including the LFI Daylighting Institute and LIGHTFAIR Institute: Sunday, [...]

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association has published LSD 55-2010 Outdoor Lighting and Human/Animal Factors: An Industry Opinion. This new white paper, developed by the NEMA Lighting Systems Division, outlines industry concerns and opinions regarding the subject of light at night and outdoor electric lighting as related to humans, animals, energy conservation and the environment. In [...]

The business environment has improved markedly since December 2009, according to electrical equipment manufacturers polled in NEMA’s most recent business confidence survey. The Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for current North American conditions rose sharply in March 2010 for a third straight month, increasing 7.2 points to 71.7–its highest level since May 2004. Nonetheless, though [...]

The International Dark-Sky Association has issued a Specifier Bulletin for Dark Sky Applications titled, “Achievements in High Brightness White LED Devices.” The first Specifier Bulletin of 2010 recognizes manufacturers of high brightness white LEDs that achieve high efficacy while considering quality of light. IDA states: “The method of manufacturing high brightness white LEDs by coating [...]

I wrote an article for the March issue of Electrical Contractor about the Lighting Quality Advocates program and the Lighting Facts label. The Quality Advocates Initiative was created by the Next Generation Lighting Industry Alliance and the Department of Energy to encourage LED product manufacturers to voluntarily follow certain guidelines and labeling to report performance [...]

The Department of Energy has released the final report from a demonstration of LED residential street lighting in Portland, OR. In this project, eight 100W high-pressure sodium cobrahead luminaires were replaced with LED street light luminaires. The report provides an overview of project results, including lighting performance, economics and potential energy savings. Here are a [...]

Don’t know about you, but I think light painting should be a much more recognized art form!

Guest post by Bill Scanlon, NREL Light bulbs that last 100 years and fill rooms with brilliant ambiance may become a reality sooner rather than later, thanks to a National Renewable Energy Laboratory discovery. NREL scientists found a way to generate a tricky combination of green and red that may just prove to be the [...]

Ledalite has announced the appointment of Don Jacklin to Senior Manager of Business Development. Working in conjunction with our agency sales force and Regional Sales Managers, Jacklin’s new role will be working with Ledalite reps to enhance awareness of the Ledalite brand within the Fortune 500 community, develop sales opportunities to corporate clients, and to [...]