Industry News
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Roundtable: Connected Lighting
Below is one of my contributions to the January 2018 issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, reprinted. The lighting industry continues to undergo historic change marked by extraordinary trends enabled by rapid…
Product Monday: Outdoor Luminaires by Philips Gardco
Philips Gardco’s PureForm LED site and area luminaires offers medium- and large-pole-mounted area luminaires, a wall sconce, bollard, and post top defined by performance and a sleek, cohesive aesthetic. Up…
Library Stack Lighting 101
Below is an application story I contributed to the February issue of tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. According to the American Library Association, there are nearly 120,000 libraries in the…
Registration Opens for IES Light + Human Health Research Symposium
The Illuminating Engineering Society’s (IES) 2018 Research Symposium: Light + Human Health will be held April 8-10, 2018 at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta and SimTigrate Design Lab in Atlanta, GA.…
Lighting for Tomorrow Competition Suspended
The sponsors of the Lighting for Tomorrow product design competition, which recognizes the most advanced energy-saving residential lighting products, will hold a constituent workshop instead of a competition in 2018.…
Product Monday: Lumu Power Light and Color Meter
Lumu Power by Lumu is a color temperature, illuminance, ambient and flash exposure meter that plugs into iOS devices (iOS 8+) that have a Lightning connector. The dome side measures…
AIA Consensus Construction Forecast: Nonresidential Construction Spending to Grow 4% in 2018
Construction spending for nonresidential buildings is projected to increase 4% this year and continue at that pace of growth through 2019, according to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) semi-annual…
Architecture Billings End year on Positive Note
The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) concluded the year in positive terrain, with the December reading capping off three straight months of growth in design billings. The American Institute of Architects…
Webinar: Lessons Learned from the NGLS Living Lab
On February 13, at 1:00 PM EST, the Department of Energy will host a one-hour webinar to share lessons learned to date from Next Generation Lighting Systems competitions 1 and…
California Regulates Incandescent Lamps
On January 1, new Title 20 regulations went into effect requiring certain LED lamps, small-diameter directional lamps, and general-service lamps comply with new performance, testing, and marking requirements. Certain lamps…
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