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Product Monday: Flex Tube Mini by Acclaim
Acclaim Lighting’s Flex Tube Mini is a flexible, direct-view, outdoor LED strip with a compact 0.4” x 0.4” profile in a wide range of color temperatures from 2200K to 5700K…
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR: Lighting and DC Building Microgrids
In my lighting column published in the February issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, I tackle the topic of DC building microgrids. Throughout the age of alternating current, few imagined that direct…
National Lighting Bureau Accepting Submissions for 2021 NLB Tesla Awards
The NLB Tesla Awards program recognizes excellence in new construction or retrofit lighting projects that demonstrate creativity and enhance the value of lighting for occupants. Winning projects will be recognized…
A Look Inside NLB’s Trusted Warranty Program
Below is my contribution to a recent issue of tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED. Reprinted with permission. The National Lighting Bureau’s (NLB) new Trusted Warranty Evaluation Program…
Teaching Children About Light
Lighting design firm Nulty has published a series of worksheets that very effectively teach young children about light. Called Learn to Light, the worksheets teach color, refraction, reflection, dispersion, and…
Product Monday: Architectural-Scale Exterior Sconce by ALVA
ALVA Lighting’s Brian is an architectural-scale, wet-listed, exterior wall sconce designed on the premise that large facades require large luminaires. Designed by Studio Los Gandules, the LED luminaire has a…
Dodge Momentum Index Increases to Start 2021
The Dodge Momentum Index increased 3.1% in January to 139.4 (2000=100) from the revised December reading of 135.2. The Momentum Index, issued by Dodge Data & Analytics, is a monthly…
NBI Releases Code Language that Achieves Carbon Neutral Buildings
The New Buildings Institute (NBI) recently released new code language that serves as a building decarbonization overlay to the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). The Building Decarbonization Code is…
LIGHTFAIR Now Accepting Submissions for 2021 LIGHTFAIR Innovation Awards
LIGHTFAIR exhibitors are invited to submit their most innovative new products for the 32nd annual LightFair Innovation Awards. Winners in 14 categories and the “Best of Category,” the “Technical Award,”…
Nonresidential Construction Starts End 2020 on a Sour Note
Total construction starts lost 5% in December, falling to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $784.3 billion. Nonresidential building starts fell 11% during the month, while nonbuilding starts were 5%…
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