Education + Resources

The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) has announced the publication of the second edition of Photonics Essentials by EPIC’s General Secretary Thomas Pearsall. Photonics Essentials, published by McGraw-Hill Professional (ISBN I9780071629355) introduces the principles of photonic devices to a younger generation of students and engineers. This textbook stresses hands-on measurements techniques common to all photonics [...]

The 2010 Green California Summit has been announced for March 15-17 at the Sacramento Convention Center. Thousands of decision-makers from California’s state and local government, along with participants from the commercial real estate and design communities, are expected to attend, according to the event’s organizers. One thing that’s particularly interesting is a buyer/vendor lounge is [...]

I.D. Magazine, the oldest design publication in the U.S. at 55, will close after publication of its January/February issue. Subscribers to I.D. will receive Print magazine for the balance of their subscription. Gary Lynch, Publisher & Editorial Director, made the announcement to readers and advertisers on behalf of F+W Media Design Community. “Certainly the downturn [...]

To help end users in the education, healthcare, military, municipality and government markets, Hubbell Lighting has published two booklets intended to guide them as well as lighting specifiers through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The books focus on ARRA stimulus plan lighting solutions and specifications. The specification guide identifies the full [...]

The November issue of Electrical Contractor published an article here that I wrote about the Department of Energy’s Commercial Lighting Solutions for Retail webtool residing here. I was pleased to contribute to the webtool with general language about lighting control recommendations. The DOE’s CLS for Office version is about to be released in a beta [...]

I’m happy to announce that LIGHTFAIR has invited me and my distinguished colleague Howard Wolfman to speak at 2010 LIGHTFAIR International on the topic of “What’s New in Lamps and Ballasts.” The 2009 event, sponsored by NAILD, was packed with more than 400 people. This year’s event should be even better. For one, we’re going [...]

The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY), with support from the New York Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNYC), has announced that LEDucation IV will take place on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 in New York City. More than 1,000 lighting design community members are expected to attend seminars led by LED experts to [...]

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