The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which administers the ENERGY STAR program, recently named Philips Lighting as Partner of the Year. Philips released 269 ENERGY STAR-qualified products in 2012, an increase of 84% over the prior year. Eighty-eight of these were new LED products, including an LED equivalent for the 75W incandescent bulb. Philips was [...]
Craig DiLouie
LEDucation 7 Announces Advance Registration Ends March 19
The Designers Lighting Forum of New York has announced record numbers for advance registration to LEDucation 7, which will be held in New York City on Wednesday, March 20. More than 2,500 attendees are expected. With more than 150 manufacturers exhibiting, LEDucation 7 will be holding its largest event in its seven-year history. In addition [...]
Cree LED Lamp Breaks Ten Dollar Barrier
Cree, Inc. has launched a series of LED replacement lamps at a retail price point of $10-15. Available exclusively at The Home Depot, the new lamps are backed by a 10-year limited warranty. The new lamp utilizes the company’s LED Filament Tower Technology and provides a compact optically balanced light source within a real glass [...]
Product Monday: LED Landscape Lighting Collection by Kim Lighting
LED lamp versions in 12V, 120V or multi-voltage 120-277V, and in 3000K, 4000K or 5000K color temperatures are now available for the following Kim Lighting Landscape products: · Bell Stem · Bell Wall · Micro-Flood · Minivault · Ravenna Lowlighter · Ravenna Highlighter · Scarab · Step Light Rectangle · Step Light Round · Traditional [...]
Consulting-Specifying Engineer 2012 Product of the Year Winners
Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine recently announced the 2012 Product of the Year winners. These 32 individual products—selected by the readers of Consulting-Specifying Engineer—were culled from a field of 98 entries. Products were released in the 2011 calendar year, nominated in February 2012, and voted on by readers starting in May 2012. Product categories include electrical distribution; [...]
Industry-drafted Model Outdoor Lighting Legislation Introduced in Massachusetts
Sen. Cynthia Creem of the Massachusetts State Senate has introduced SD 844, which was spearheaded by an industry coalition led by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) to reduce nighttime skyglow and light trespass in Massachusetts while ensuring that customer choice and proper [...]
LIGHTFAIR 2013 Registration Is Open
Registration for LIGHTFAIR International 2013, which will occur April 21-25, 2013 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, is now open; register here.
Incremental Increase in Nonresidential Construction Spending Expected for 2013
Growing at a faster rate than the overall U.S. economy, the nonresidential construction industry is expected to see solid, yet measured, increases in activity this year, according to the AIA Consensus Construction Forecast, a survey of the nation’s leading construction forecasters. High demand for hotels and retail projects have the commercial sector pacing what projects [...]
Product Monday: arabesque3 by alight
Alight’s arabesque3 delivers comfortable, energy-efficient ambient or accent architectural illumination within an 8-inch housing for higher lumen output and broader range of distribution capabilities for various commercial and institutional environments, indoor or out. Architectural, integrated linear-lighting designs can readily be created vertically and horizontally, either suspended or surface-mounted on ceilings and walls, to provide ambient [...]
Dietmar Thomas on OLED Technology
Interesting video about the potential of OLED lighting technology, presented by Dietmar Thomas of Philips Lumiblade. Great stuff. Philips Lumiblade 2012 from Dezeen on Vimeo.
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