Nexxus Lighting, Inc. has announced that it has completed the sale of certain assets of its legacy Commercial and Pool businesses to Next Step Products, LLC. The divested businesses consist of the manufacture, marketing and sale of fiber optic lighting and LED products used for applications in commercial, architectural, pool and spa markets, but does [...]
Craig DiLouie
NEMA-Backed Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act of 2010 Passes Congress
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed S3250, the Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act of 2010, which includes provisions backed by NEMA. President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law.
IES to Publish 10th Edition of Lighting Handbook
The 10th edition of the IES Lighting Handbook is coming in early 2011! Check it out here.
Romanian Lighting Convention to be Held May 18-20, 2011 in Bucharest
The Romanian Lighting Convention will be held May 18-20, 2011 at the JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel in Bucharest. Click here to learn more about the event.
Remodeling Professionals Name Halo Brand the Leader in Lighting
Cooper Lighting has announced that its Halo brand of recessed and track lighting has been named by Remodeling magazine as the Brand Leader in Lighting. Sweeping all four categories, Halo was notably chosen in the lighting categories of Brand Familiarity, Brands Used in Past Two Years, Brands Used Most, and Brands Used in Past Two [...]
Yas Hotel’s Sweeping Grid-Shell Element Lights Up at Night with More Than 5,000 Custom LED Lights
The Yas Hotel, on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, was conceived as two towers connected by a bridge and united by a stunning glass and steel grid-shell element. The hotel’s sweeping grid-shell element, built by Austrian specialist Waagner-Biro, illuminates at night using more than 5,000 custom LED fixtures and a sophisticated control system, the result of an intensive design effort by Arup Lighting, who was engaged by Asymptote to create a lighting solution for both the iconic canopy and the hotel’s exterior.
Alliance Lighting to Launch UK Office
Alliance Lighting has announced the launch of a new office in the United Kingdom to represent its partnering manufacturers (Whitegoods, Vode, Technilum, Lumenpulse, Filix and ALM) to UK lighting specifiers. Jointly directed by Mark DeVries from Alliance Lighting in the U.S. and Douglas James of Whitegoods in London, the formation of Alliance Lighting UK will [...]
Education + Resources, LED + SSL
TED Magazine Publishes Article on LED Lighting
Specifically, how to protect yourself and your clients from bad product. This article, which I authored for the October issue of TED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED, covers standards and testing, labeling and awards programs that can be used to find LED products that are most likely to provide reliable performance while saving [...]
Quote of the Day
“If you retrofit an inefficient, lousy lighting job with new lamps and ballasts, the result is an efficient, lousy lighting job.” —Willard L. Warren, energy consultant
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