The Designers Lighting Forum of New England (DLFNE) recently hosted the 2014 Boston Lights Exposition presented by Platinum Sponsor ESS Lighting. The New England lighting trade show welcomed over 1,100 guests from as far away as Ghana and featured the latest in architectural lighting products and accredited seminars by renowned lighting specialists. With more than 100 companies exhibiting, this year was the most successful show to date.
Royal Philips and Schréder S.A. recently announced that they have signed a settlement agreement which ends the pending litigation in the LED lighting field, though they did not disclose financial details or other terms of the agreement.
Hubbell Lighting recently announced that it received six 2014 Product Innovation Awards (PIA) from Architectural Products Magazine. Hubbell Lighting’s Architectural Area Lighting, Beacon Products, Hubbell Industrial Lighting, Kim Lighting, Prescolite and Sportsliter Solutions brands all received awards in the lighting and electrical category. Over the past two years alone, Hubbell Lighting has won 70 industry awards for its new product innovations, including 10 Architectural Products PIAs.
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) recently published several new standards and publications:
* ANSI C78.50-2014 American National Standard for Electric Lamps—Assigned LED Lamp Codes (defines the physical and electrical characteristics of included LED lamps, including lamp space drawings and electrical features of MRX16 and PAR16 lamps)
* ANSI C78.79-2014 American National Standard for Electric Lamps—Nomenclature for Envelope Shapes Intended for Use with Electric Lamps (previously ANSI C79.1, describing a system of nomenclature that provides designations for envelope shapes used for all electric lamps, now adding the solid state lighting category and includes, as a new envelope shape, the MRX)
* LSD 28-2014 Minimizing the Potential of Base Arcing Between Certain Wattage HID Lamps and Lampholders (educates end-users of high-wattage HID lamps about lamp-bases and lampholders and recommends best practices for selection and maintenance)
* ANSI C136.40-2014 American National Standard for Roadway and Area Lighting Equipment—Solar Lighting Systems (defines the electrical and mechanical requirements of standalone solar-type light systems for use in roadway and area lighting equipment)
* ANSI C78.901-2014 American National Standard for Electric Lamps—Single-Based Fluorescent Lamps—Dimensional and Electrical Characteristics (sets forth the physical and electrical characteristics required to assure the interchangeability and to assist in the proper application of single-based fluorescent lamps)
