Lighting Industry

NEMA’s indexes for HID lamp shipments continued to hover near historical low levels during 2013Q2. The index for mercury vapor lamp shipments continued to track downward, declining by 8.2% on a year-over-year (y/y) basis. Likewise, shipments of metal halide lamps fell 6.4% y/y, landing at the second lowest level in the series history. Sodium vapor [...]

Energy Management Specialist- 10235 SYLVANIA LIGHTING SERVICES (SLS), a subsidiary of OSRAM SYLVANIA, is the largest lighting energy retrofit provider in North America. We offer energy management programs featuring the most current and efficient lighting and controls technologies for interior, exterior, and sign lighting systems as well as full Building Management and Energy Management solutions [...]

Business Development Manager- 10227 SYLVANIA LIGHTING SERVICES (SLS), a subsidiary of OSRAM SYLVANIA, is the largest lighting energy retrofit provider in North America. We offer energy management programs featuring the most current and efficient lighting and controls technologies for interior, exterior, and sign lighting systems as well as full Building Management and Energy Management solutions [...]

Acuity Brands’ Carlisle, Penn. manufacturing and distribution center has achieved zero landfill status, as certified by Link International, a California-based full-service waste and recyclable commodities company. This is the second Acuity Brands manufacturing and distribution site to operate as a zero landfill plant. Waste generated by the Carlisle plant is now recycled or composted. Zero [...]

ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING recently published an article about the growing importance of social media in business. I couldn’t agree more. When it comes to new media and technology that gets its start in the consumer sector, in business, we sometimes associate these media and technologies with their consumer applications. But they’re just tools for communication. And [...]

NEMA’s T5 lamp shipments index sustained a recent growth trend by posting its fourth consecutive quarterly increase during 2013Q2. The index grew by 2.6% compared to the previous quarter and 13.3% on a year-over-year (y/y) basis. Shipments of T8 lamps during 2013Q2 retreated from a near record high posted in 2013Q1, decreasing by 5.3%. Still, [...]

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 [...]