The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reaffirmed its commitment to climate change mitigation and announced it was opposing the administration’s decision to withdraw the United States as a signatory to the Paris Agreement. That accord, signed in late 2015 within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), commits the international community to fighting [...]
Craig DiLouie
CLTC Publishes Nonresidential Lighting and Electrical Power Distribution Guide for 2016 Title 24
The California Lighting Technology Center’s Nonresidential Lighting and Electrical Power Distribution Guide for the 2016 Building Energy Efficiency Standards is now available. The guide was written to help builders and lighting industry professionals navigate the nonresidential lighting and electrical power distribution portions of California’s Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24, Part 6). The updated Energy [...]
Product Monday: High Bay Wiring System by ACS/Uni-Fab
ACS/Uni-Fab’s (Atkore International) Flex3 modular lighting system requires only three basic components to supply power to luminaires in both high- and low-bay lighting locations. These components can easily be installed or relocated by simply unplugging and plugging in connections. Flex3+ modular wiring for high-bay lighting systems allows users to disconnect and remove luminaires without interrupting [...]
NEMA Publishes Standard on Test Methods for Temporal Light Artifacts
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) recently published NEMA 77-2017 Temporal Light Artifacts: Test Methods and Guidance for Acceptance Criteria. Temporal Light Artifacts (TLA) are undesired changes in visual perception induced by a light stimulus whose luminance or spectral distribution fluctuates with time, such as flicker and stroboscopic effect. This new lighting standard makes recommendations [...]
Lighting Research Center Accepting Registrations for Light and Health Institute
The Light and Health Institute will be held on September 26-27, 2017 at the Lighting Research Center (LRC) in Troy, NY. This two-day, hands-on seminar for industry professionals will cover the latest research as it can be applied, and the knowledge necessary to improve modern living environments with circadian-effective lighting to support human health and [...]
IES Announces Call for Entries for Richard Kelly Grant
The Richard Kelly Grant was established by the New York Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society in 1980. Originally conceived as a scholarship program and later opened to young persons working in lighting in North America, the Grant is administered by the New York Section under the auspices of the IES. Cash award(s) are granted [...]
Product Monday: Double-Ended LED T8 Lamps
Espen Technology’s Flex DE lamps are AC direct (UL Type B) double-ended LED T8 lamps. They allow AC direct input from both ends for backward compatibility with single-end wiring. They are DLC listed and come in 2’ 9W, 3’ 12W, and 4’ 14W & 18W configurations. These lamps accept universal voltage at both ends (120–277VAC), [...]
Cree Canada’s Shirley Coyle’s Response to AMA Outdoor Lighting Guidelines
Shirley Coyle, President of Cree Canada, recently contributed her thoughts to Lighting Design & Application in response to a request to chime in on the American Medical Association’s recent guidelines for LED outdoor lighting. She points out that basing recommendations on correlated color temperature (CCT) is flawed: On the issue of safety, the most obvious [...]
2017 DOE SSL R&D Workshop Presentations Posted
Earlier this year, the Department of Energy hosted its 14th annual Solid-State Lighting R&D Workshop. Over three full days, 250 attendees participated in sessions covering LED and OLED technology. Presentations from 60 experts addressed the complex science and technology challenges facing SSL today, as well as innovative new ways to improve manufacturing processes, reduce costs [...]
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