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Product Monday: Landscape Luminaires by Eaton
Products + Technology

Product Monday: Landscape Luminaires by Eaton

Mar 19, 2018

Eaton’s Lumière Lanterra Architectural LED Series, a line voltage family of landscape luminaires, provides solutions for accent and flood, pathway, wall-mount, and sign lighting applications. Available in various sizes, mountings,…

Mariana Figueiro Talks Healthy Lighting for Healthcare Buildings
Light + Health

Mariana Figueiro Talks Healthy Lighting for Healthcare Buildings

Mar 16, 2018

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Mariana Figueiro, PhD, Professor and Director of the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. The topic: healthy lighting…

Stacks+Joules Trains Tomorrow’s Building Automation Workforce
Education + Resources

Stacks+Joules Trains Tomorrow’s Building Automation Workforce

Mar 15, 2018

Stacks+Joules is a career training program for urban youth that aims to create a strong new labor force of technicians and engineers needed to implement tomorrow’s building automation. A collaborative…

Commercial Buildings Tax Deduction Extended to End of 2017
Legislation + Regulation

Commercial Buildings Tax Deduction Extended to End of 2017

Mar 14, 2018

Created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Commercial Buildings Tax Deduction (Section 179D of the tax code) provides an accelerated tax deduction of up to $1.80/sq.ft. as an…

ARCHITECTURAL SSL Announces 8th Annual Product Innovation Awards
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ARCHITECTURAL SSL Announces 8th Annual Product Innovation Awards

Mar 13, 2018

ARCHITECTURAL SSL recently announced its eighth annual Product Innovation Awards competition, recognizing outstanding products and product developments relating to solid-state lighting. The magazine welcomes products to be submitted for consideration.…

Product Monday: Captivate by Hubbell Lighting
Products + Technology

Product Monday: Captivate by Hubbell Lighting

Mar 12, 2018

Hubbell Lighting’s Captivate is an illuminated mirror solution suitable for a wide range of applications including healthcare, hospitality, commercial and residential. It is available in four standard sizes and three…

Trends in Downlighting
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Trends in Downlighting

Mar 09, 2018

Below is my contribution to the March issue of tED Magazine, the official NAED publication. Reprinted with permission. Downlights are popular luminaires used for general, accent, and wall-wash lighting in…

NLB Appoints Cary Mendelsohn Chair
People

NLB Appoints Cary Mendelsohn Chair

Mar 08, 2018

Cary S. Mendelsohn, CLMC, has been elected chair of the National Lighting Bureau (NLB), the lighting education foundation. Mendelsohn, the CEO and owner of Imperial Lighting Maintenance Company (Chicago, IL),…

IES Announces Call for Presenters
Events

IES Announces Call for Presenters

Mar 07, 2018

The Illuminating Engineering Society has announced a call for presenters for its 2018 annual conference to be held August 9-11, 2018, at the Westin Boston Waterfront in Boston, MA. The…

Zachary Pearson Earns IESNYC Scholarship
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Zachary Pearson Earns IESNYC Scholarship

Mar 06, 2018

The New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNYC) recently announced that Zachary Pearson, a candidate in the Master of Science in Lighting program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute…

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