Lighting Industry

NEMA’s latest quarterly posting of the Lighting Systems Index suggests the North American lighting market is in a state of growth. The LSI posted a modest increase of 2.4% on a quarter-to-quarter basis during the second quarter of 2013, marking its third consecutive increase. On a year-over-year basis, lighting equipment shipments climbed a very healthy [...]

Think tank PSFK Labs has published an independent report, The Future of Light, with support from Philips. Based upon expert interviews and more than 50 ground-breaking case studies, the report showcases how the new age of digital light will unlock significant health, well-being, sustainability and economic benefits for all aspects of society in the future. [...]

ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 202, Commissioning Process for Buildings and Systems, identifies the minimum acceptable commissioning process for buildings and systems as described in ASHRAE’s Guideline 0-2005, The Commissioning Process. Standard 202 is ASHRAE’s first standard focused on the commissioning process. The commissioning process as detailed in Standard 202 applies to all construction projects and systems and [...]

Shipments of traditional A-line incandescent lamps, as measured by NEMA’s lamp shipment index, decreased for the third consecutive quarter in Q2 2013, reaching a low point for the series. Second quarter activity showed a decline of 8.6% from the previous quarter. Moreover, the index fell by 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), [...]

The University of California, Davis, is collaborating with the Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) and Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority (BCA) to develop a lighting efficiency demonstration and training center in Singapore. Leaders from the three institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on September 12 stating goals and strategies for advancing sustainable lighting solutions [...]

Hubbell Lighting recently announced a new program focused on accelerating the adoption of energy-efficient lighting and controls. Called “createchange,” the initiative helps end-users see through and beyond what many find as an uncertain process to envision what the impact of energy-efficient retrofit solutions look like at their facilities, including a comprehensive suite of tools and [...]

The Lighting Controls Association invites the electric power industry into a partnership to advance education about energy-saving lighting controls. I recently produced a 16-minute webinar introducing electric utilities, independent system operators and energy efficiency organizations to the Lighting Controls Association and its capabilities. The webinar presents the case for the importance of lighting in energy [...]

It was a real honor to be included in RelightDepot.com’s list of “top five lighting experts to follow” along with James Bedell, Joe Salimando, Linda Longo, Seth Leitman and Ray Molony! Check it out here.

NEMA’s shipment indexes for high intensity discharge (HID) lamps declined on a year-over-year basis (y/y) for the fourth consecutive quarter in 2013Q1. Shipments of sodium vapor lamps decreased 14.1 percent (y/y) to an index reading of 71.2 during the quarter. Mercury vapor lamp shipments were down a similar magnitude at 13 percent (y/y) to 44.2, [...]