Construction spending totaled $807 billion in November 2011, the highest level since June 2010, as homebuilding, private nonresidential construction and public construction all increased compared to October, based on Department of Commerce data. “Several segments of construction appear to be climbing out of a hole,” said Associated General Contractors of America Chief Economist Ken Simonson. [...]
Craig DiLouie
Architecture Billings Index Positive for Second Straight Month
After showing struggling business conditions for most of 2011, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) has now reached positive terrain in consecutive months. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate 9- to 12-month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending. The regional and sector categories are calculated as a [...]
Video Walkthrough of the New IES Lighting Handbook
David DiLaura walks you through the 10th edition of the IES Lighting Handbook.
Cooper Lighting Announces 2012 Class Schedule for The SOURCE Educational Facility
Cooper Lighting has announced the 2012 SOURCE calendar of educational classes for the lighting and design community. The SOURCE is located at Cooper Lighting’s headquarters in Peachtree City, Georgia, and offers a wide variety of seminars designed to broaden the understanding of lighting and its applications. The SOURCE has been servicing the lighting industry for [...]
Construction + Economy, Research
Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey Back on Schedule
The Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CEBCS) provides valuable information about the U.S. commercial building stock and its energy consumption. The 2007 CEBCS was canceled due to a bad data collection method (proving cheaper is not always better), and the 2011 CEBCS was suspended due to funding cuts at the Department of Energy. You may [...]
IES Illumination Awards Now Accepting Project Submittals
The Illuminating Engineering Society is now accepting project submittals for the 2012 Illumination Awards. The deadline is February 13, 2012. Check it out here.
Light And Dark on Saturn
Beautiful images of the Saturn system courtesy of the NASA Cassini Mission.
LED + SSL, Light + Art, Products + Technology
Product Monday: Lumina Panel by Sensitile Systems
The Lumina panel from Sensitile Systems offers a material that transforms a single integrated LED source into a surface within which thousands of points of light appear to seemingly float. Panels can be cut, shaped and joined to create shapes and objects.
2011 Solid State Lighting Wrap Up
Guest post by Jim Brodrick, Department of Energy (Originally published December 2011) As this will be the last Posting of 2011, it’s a good opportunity to look back and review the year’s highlights. High on the list has to be the awarding in August of the first L Prize, which went to Philips Lighting North [...]
Career Opportunity with the Lighting Design Lab
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT Job Title – Lighting Design Lab Manager (Mgr I – Utils) Location – Various – Seattle area Salary – $32.45 – $48.67 POSITION DESCRIPTION: Seattle City Light (SCL), a department of the City of Seattle, is one of the nation’s largest municipally owned utilities in terms of the number of customers served. [...]
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