Lighting Industry

NEMA’s indexes for linear fluorescent lamp shipments increased during Q3 2011 compared to the previous quarter. T8 lamp shipments led the way with a 6.1% gain. Shipments of T5 and T12 lamps followed posting increases of 5.7% and 0.9%, respectively. Year-over-year performance showed double digit growth in T5s of 18.8% and 20.8% for T8s. The [...]

The International Association of Lighting Designers recently announced the results of the 2012 IALD Elections. IALD BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gustavo Avilés, IALD Lighteam Gustavo Avilés Mexico City, Mexico Kaoru Mende, IALD Lighting Planners Associates Inc Tokyo, Japan Suzan Tillotson, IALD Tillotson Design Associates New York, NY USA IALD MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR James Youngston, IALD Gabler-Youngston [...]

Guest post by Jim Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy Although you do not often hear about growth in domestic manufacturing here in the United States, the solid-state lighting industry is steadily growing and establishing a manufacturing presence here at home. Solid-state lighting was not only born of U.S. ingenuity and R&D, but is riding the [...]

GE Lighting Solutions, LLC recently announced the settlement of a patent infringement lawsuit filed in May 2010 against Dongbu Lightec, formerly Fawoo Technology. The settlement terminates a pending action before the court regarding allegations of Dongbu Lightec’s infringements of US Patents 6,799,864 and 6,787,999 that cover, among other things, LED lamp heat sink designs and [...]

After six years of detailed renovations of the Jacob K. Javits Center, New York Governor has proposed razing it and turning it over to development of other commercial and residential property. The new convention center would be built in Jamaica, Queens. Looks like LIGHTFAIR is staying in Philadelphia, at least for 2013, and now possibly [...]

SEATTLE CITY LIGHT Job Title – Lighting Design Lab Manager (Mgr I – Utils) Location – Various – Seattle area Salary – $32.45 – $48.67 POSITION DESCRIPTION: Seattle City Light (SCL), a department of the City of Seattle, is one of the nation’s largest municipally owned utilities in terms of the number of customers served. [...]

The Txchnologist, an online publication sponsored by GE, has published a short article stating the incandescent lamp had not one, but multiple inventors–22, in fact. Click here to learn about 10 of these inventors.

I’m a little late on this story, but better late than never … Task and decorative lighting manufacturer WAC Lighting recently announced that the company honored October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month with donations to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and a “Pink Dress Down Day.” WAC hosted a “Pink Dress Down Day” [...]