Lighting Industry

NEMA’s lamp indices for incandescent and compact fluorescent (CFL) lamps increased 6.7% and 15.5%, respectively, during the fourth quarter of 2009. Sales of incandescent lamps during the quarter were sufficient in tempering the rate of erosion in year-over-year growth for this index component, declining by 2.2% compared to the 12% average over the previous three [...]

American Electric Lighting, a division of Acuity Brands, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, has announced a voluntary recall of its model AVL outdoor luminaires intended for use in parking lots, roadways, commercial environments and office communities and sold by the company during the period September 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009. [...]

Cooper Lighting recently announced that its Halo brand of recessed and track lighting has once again been named by Builder Magazine as the Brand Leader in lighting. Sweeping all four categories for the eleventh consecutive year, Halo was awarded first place in the lighting categories of Brand Familiarity, Brand Used in Past 2 Years, Brand [...]

It’s that time of year again … Hope to see you there! I’ll be speaking at two sessions, including the What’s New in Lamps and Ballasts seminar on Thursday afternoon. Click anywhere on the image below to register today.

With the recent development of LiteCycle wiring, Litecontrol is the first lighting company to eliminate PVC from fixture wiring. LiteCycle wiring removes the toxicity and environmental concerns of PVC and meets the C2C product environmental rating system’s tough standards. LiteCycle wiring is UL-approved and is now provided in all Litecontrol luminaires. The first LiteCycle material, [...]

Today is Flag Day in Mexico.

As reported by LightNOW on December 2, 2009, the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and Canadian Specifications Canada (CSC) have ended support of MasterFormat95. Licensing expired December 31, 2009, with the industry being required to switch to MasterFormat 2004. Wayne Engebretson of Reed Construction Data has an interesting take on it here. In short, it’s time [...]

Today is George Washington’s birthday.

In January, the RealComm Advisory newsletter published a short article, “Advanced Lighting Control Can Reduce Operating Costs and Improve Worker Satisfaction,” by Terry Mocherniak and Howard Berger, available here. The article talks about digital control architecture as the delivery system for the industry’s most advanced lighting control systems. . . . . . This post [...]