October 2017

Hubbell Lighting’s spec-grade Cypher wall sconce LED is capable of true IES distributions including up, down, and side lighting options for 90-, 180-, 270- or 360-degree illumination. It utilizes a unique design that gives specifiers and lighting designers the ability to select the precise amount of light they desire.

A unified green building code that could become the foundation for LEED certification was created in 2011, thanks to a partnership among ASHRAE, the International Code Council (ICC), the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). That effort got a boost in August 2014, when ICC and ASHRAE agreed to align the technical requirements of ASHRAE’s Standard 189.1 for High Performance Green Buildings (189.1) with ICC’s International Green Construction Code (IgCC) into one single model code.

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Bill Johnson, market development manager – Residential Recessed Lighting, Eaton. The topic: residential lighting trends.

Wireless features, automated lighting controls, and home automation are becoming more popular in residential projects; the most popular home products demonstrate energy management features. These are just some of the findings from The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Home Design Trends Survey covering activity during the second quarter of 2017 that focused on emerging home features, systems and technologies.

Welcome to the new LightNOW! We have updated our website with a fresh design, streamlined search, new Buzz, and mobile-friendly viewing.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s GATEWAY program has released a new report on a trial installation of tunable-white LED lighting systems in three classrooms in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District in Carrollton, TX, which provides valuable insights into the use of this technology in a real-world setting.

Eaton’s Halo RL56 Wireless LED Downlight offers good lighting and wireless control to homeowners. The complete LED Baffle-Trim Module installs in 5-inch and 6-inch aperture recessed downlights and when paired with a Zigbee-based system, the product provides smooth continuous dimming, white tuning from 2700K to 5000K, scheduling, grouping, geo-fencing, automations and remote access.

My contribution to the September issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR covered lamp- and retrofit kit-based conversions of HID luminaires from HID to LED. With up to 50 percent energy cost savings and potential maintenance savings, LED replacement lamps and retrofit kits offer an increasingly viable retrofit option for HID luminaires. However, products must be carefully matched [...]

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Alfred LaSpina, LED product group marketing manager, LEDVANCE. The topic: options for upgrading fluorescent troffers to LED.