Industry News
2018 Lumen Awards Call for Entries
The Lumen Awards were established in 1968 by the New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNYC) and developed to publicly recognize excellence, professionalism, ingenuity and originality in…
Creative Destruction in Lighting
At the 2017 Strategies in Light conference, Robert F. Karlicek, Jr., spoke about creative destruction in the lighting industry brought on by LED technology and the Internet of things (IoT).…
Randy Burkett Lighting Design Celebrates 30 Years of Professional Practice
Randy Burkett Lighting Design recently announced it is beginning its 30th year of professional practice. The company marked the occasion with the launch of a new branding initiative, including a…
Product Monday: Connected Lighting by Focal Point
Focal Point recently launched an offering of connected luminaires with Connected Solutions: a program that enables dozens of luminaires to interface with industry-leading control solutions. These smart luminaires integrate with…
ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Moves to Digital Format, Editor Steps Down
Big changes at my alma mater, ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING. Editor Elizabeth Donoff recently announced that the magazine will move to a digital-only format starting in 2018. And today is Donoff’s last…
Lighting for Learning
Below is my contribution to the November 2017 issue of tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED. Reprinted with permission. Image courtesy of Hubbell Lighting.In 2016, education put-in-place construction…
Architecture Billings Bounce Back
After a stand-alone month of contracting demand for design services, there was a modest uptick in the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) for October. As a leading economic indicator of construction…
DOE’s Jim Brodrick on Sky Glow and Blue Light
Republication of Postings from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solid-State Lighting Program by Jim Brodrick, SSL Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy About a year ago, the American Medical…
Architects to Congress: “You’re Making a Terrible Mistake”
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) will lobby aggressively in coming days against significant inequities in both the House and Senate versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, just…
Product Monday: Luminaires with CCT Control by HE Williams
HE Williams’s fieldseleCCT provides a correlated color temperature (CCT) control option for several of its LED troffers, surface-mounted luminaires, and strips. Select the desired CCT (3000K, 3500K, 4000K) with a…
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