Events

LIGHTFAIR produced this short video with highlights of the first day of the show, which is worth a watch if you’ve never attended or exhibited. It really was a good one, and like one of the attendees remarked, it’s really changed over the years, just like everything’s changing in lighting.

LIGHTFAIR International 2013 will take place at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia from April 21 through April 25, 2013. PRE-CONFERENCE: LIGHTFAIR Institute (April 21-22, Sunday – Monday) offers: · 6 in-depth 2-day courses (Beginner to Advanced) · 6 one-day courses · 12 three-hour workshops (+ 5 total offered Tuesday – Thursday) TRADE SHOW & [...]

Howard Wolfman of Lumispec and myself have been invited back to this year’s LIGHTFAIR to present our popular seminar, “What’s New in Lamps and Ballasts” (L13W15), expanded according to attendee demand to a three-hour program. Joining this year will be Stan Walerczyk of Lighting Wizards. The seminar will occur from 3:00 to 6:00 PM on [...]

The next LRC LED Lighting Institute will be held May 14-17, 2013 at the Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 21 Union Street, Troy, NY, 12180. This is a four-day, hands-on seminar to teach industry professionals how to incorporate light-emitting diodes (LEDs) into lighting applications. The LED Lighting Institute will include updated technical content based [...]

On Thursday, April 4, from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM Eastern Time, the Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) will host a webcast, “Solid-State Lighting: Highlighting Indoor Applications.” The webcast is part of FEMP’s First Thursday Seminars series, which provides training for Federal energy and environmental professionals. Presented by Naomi Miller and Jeff [...]

Newspapers are filled with stories describing reductions and removal of street lighting in order to reduce municipal costs. Tackling the tricky questions of when and where to install roadway illumination is a challenge for transportation agencies. Estimating nighttime crash reductions from roadway lighting is difficult in part because lighting tends to be installed along with [...]

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 [...]

Registration for LIGHTFAIR International 2013, which will occur April 21-25, 2013 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, is now open; register here.

On Wednesday, March 6, DOE’s Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium will host a 90-minute live webcast on the factors involved in successful selection of LED streetlight luminaires. Presented by Eric Haugaard of Cree Lighting and Chad Stalker of Philips Lumileds, the webcast will guide participants through the modeling of a typical roadway layout — emphasizing [...]