Industry News
Product Monday: LED Troffer Retrofit Kit by Cree
Cree, Inc. has expanded its ZR Series LED troffer family by adding the new ZR-RK Retrofit Kit. Designed to deliver maximum improvement with minimum effort, the four-part design can be…
The Labor That Once Produced 54 Minutes of Light Now Produces 52 Years
This interesting BBC article talks about an economist’s efforts to chart the efficiency of light production from the discovery of fire to the LED. Yale Professor William Nordhaus studied the…
Lumileds’ George Craford Recognized for Major Contributions to LED Lighting
George Craford, Lumileds Solid State Lighting Fellow, was recently awarded the IEEE Edison Medal for “a lifetime of pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of visible LED materials and…
National Academy of Sciences Releases Report on Solid-State Lighting
The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) has published a report, Assessment of Solid-State Lighting, Phase Two, which is a follow-up to its 2013 report. The new report…
New Report Published on Color Shift Impact on Reliability
An industry working group facilitated by with the Department of Energy has published a new report on the impact of color shift on reliability. LED Luminaire Reliability: Impact of Color…
Product Monday: BeveLED Micro by USAI Lighting
Available with 4-, 6-, 8-, and 12-light configurations, USAI Lighting’s BeveLED Micro enables creation of distinctive patterns such as starbursts and circular designs to highlight specific architectural elements. The luminaire…
Interview with Finelite’s Terry Clark
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Terry Clark, Founder, Finelite. The topic: K-12 school lighting. I’m happy to share his responses with you here. The interview informed an article…
NLB Video Discusses Importance of Daylighting
Daylighting can have such a powerful effect on office workers’ comfort, well-being, and productivity, the buildings they occupy are now being oriented and designed to bring as much daylight as…
NAILD Introduces Lighting’s Forces Under 40
The National Association of Innovative Lighting Distributors (NAILD) has named six young industry leaders as its 2017 “Forces Under 40”: • Ira Greenberg, CEO of Keystone Technologies in North Wales,…
A Closer Look at the Lighting Facts Spec Tool
Earlier this year, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lighting Facts program launched a lighting specification tool that enables Distributor and Lighting Pro partners to search, filter and track products from…
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