Industry News
Register for LightShow West
Designed to offer a dedicated conference and trade show for West Coast lighting specifiers, LightShow West will be held this year on September 25-26 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.…
Product Monday: Perimeter Light by Litecontrol
Litecontrol’s MODx Perimeter can be mounted flush or regressed 2, 3 or 4 inches deep with a narrow lens for a “wall graze” effect with target uniformity to highlight texture…
Egret Consulting Survey Evaluates Lighting Manufacturer Rep Market
ELECTRICAL WHOLESALING recently published an article contributed by Egret Consulting’s Ted Konnerth, which evaluated the results of a company survey of lighting manufacturer reps. Key conclusions include the big firms…
2019 Rebate Trends
BriteSwitch recently published a summary of 2019 rebate trends. The utility rebate fulfillment provider found that average available rebate amounts per product is increasing, though a lapse in several big…
NEMA Issues New Installation Guidelines for Outdoor Luminaires
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) recently published NEMA LSD 80-2018 Installation Guidelines for Outdoor Luminaires—Grounding Considerations. This white paper addresses the application of the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC)…
Get a Grip on Lighting: Biases in the Lighting Industry
In this week’s featured episode of Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, hosts Greg Ehrich, LC, former President of NAILD and owner of Premier Lighting, and Michael Colligan, an entrepreneur…
Product Monday: PoE Driver by Fulham
A winner of LEDs Magazine’s Sapphire Award, Fulham Co., Inc.’s EliteControl Power over Ethernet (PoE) 2-Channel LED Driver uses power delivered over an Ethernet cable and has two-channel output for…
8 Tips for Lighting Cybersecurity
My contribution to the Lighting Controls Association’s website in January takes aim at cybersecurity concerns when specifying networked lighting systems, and provides eight tips on things to look at and…
Talking to IT: Networked Lighting Controls
My lighting column for the January issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR talked about why and how electrical contractors should talk to IT departments when working on projects involving installation of networked…
Focal Point’s Matthew Blakeley on Quantifying Lighting Quality (Part 2)
This is the second of a two-part article addressing advances in light sources and light quality, authored by Matthew Blakeley, Vice President – Product and Business Development for Focal Point…
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