The current economic downturn is not sidetracking state-level efforts to make the most of energy efficiency as the cheapest, cleanest and quickest of all energy resources, according to a 50-state scorecard on energy efficiency policies, programs, and practices from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The 2009 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, which ranks [...]
Craig DiLouie
Happy Veterans (and Remembrance) Day
Today is Veterans Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Canada.
People: Cooper Lighting’s Jim McCarthy Honored with ALA’s 2009 Pillar of the Industry Award
Cooper Lighting’s Jim McCarthy, Senior Marketing Specialist, has been awarded a 2009 Pillar of the Industry award from the American Lighting Association (ALA). Established in 2000, the ALA Pillar of the Industry award recognizes exceptional contributions that have advanced the programs and interests of the lighting industry and the ALA over the past 12-18 months. [...]
Osram Opto Semiconductors Develops Low-Profile OLED in Research Project
As part of a research project, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has developed OLED prototypes that are only a few hundred micrometers thick. Thanks to new technology, these OLEDs do not need separate encapsulation and can be made incredibly thin in any layout. The transparent test samples have a luminous area of 210 cm² and are already [...]
NanoMarkets, LC Publishes OLED Forecast Report
An Opportunity Analysis for OLED Lighting: 2009 to 2016 is a new report published by research firm NanoMarkets, LC. Check it out here.
People: Derek Phillips, FIALD Earns Lifetime Achievement Award
The 2009 IALD Lifetime Achievement Award, the greatest honor bestowed by the International Association of Lighting Designers, was presented to Derek Phillips, FIALD, founder of DPA Lighting Consultants and first to practice architectural design in the United Kingdom (UK), at IALD Enlighten Americas 2009 in Sonoma County, CA USA on October 10, 2009. The IALD [...]
October Issue of LightNOW Published
Check out the month’s stories here. Click here to join the more than 12,000 lighting professionals who receive LightNOW in their in-box every month. Subscription is free, takes moments, and we strictly respect your privacy. There is also an option to subscribe to the Lighting Controls Association’s lightingCONTROL newsletter, which offers a monthly whitepaper about [...]
Energy + Environment, Lighting Design
Illuminate Editorial: “Change Has Arrived”
Big changes are in the works that will impact future lighting designs by eliminating some of the least-efficient and lowest-cost products from the market, while establishing ambitious new goals for energy codes that may severely limit design choices. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 expanded ballast regulations put into effect by the Department of Energy [...]
Lighting Controls Association Publishes Short Primer on Control Wiring
Control wiring provides a path for command and status communication between control devices in a lighting and control system and, in many cases, power to the devices as well. Wiring is interrelated with overall lighting control system considerations—such as selection of control system and components, layout and installation practices—and is therefore an important consideration when [...]
Awards, Lighting Industry, People
People: Generation Brands’ Susan Solomon Auerbach Inducted into ALA Lighting Hall of Fame
Susan Solomon Auerbach, executive vice president – corporate development for Generation Brands was inducted into the American Lighting Association’s (ALA) Lighting Hall of Fame on September 15 at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference. As the granddaughter of Henry Siegel, founder of Sea Gull Lighting, daughter of the late Edwin Solomon and a senior executive of [...]
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