Industry News
Architecture Billings Index Growth Moderates
For the sixth consecutive month, architecture firms reported increasing demand for design services as reflected in the July Architecture Billings Index (ABI). As a leading economic indicator of construction activity,…
The University of California and its Partners Plan to Buy 1 Million LED Lamps
The Million Lamp Challenge has officially been launched by the University of California system in consultation with the California State Department of General Services. The groups have issued their purchasing…
Product Monday: Color Changing Shallow Housing Downlight by WAC
Designed to fit shallow plenums above ceilings in residential and light commercial settings, WAC Lighting’s Lighting for Tomorrow Award-winning Aether IC Rated family from WAC Lighting is engineered with a…
LRC Calls for Revised LED Lifetime Testing Procedures
In a recent issue of LEDs Magazine, Dr. Nadarajah Narendran, Director of Research at the Lighting Research Center, discussed LRC research focused on LED system reliability that revealed that some…
Getting Ahead of the Curve on Dimming Curves
My contribution to the July issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR talks about dimming curves and why they’re important. As dimming becomes more important, electrical contractors may benefit by becoming familiar with…
NLB Panel Discusses Power Over Ethernet
Lisa L. Isaacson (NuLEDs) and Michael S. O’Boyle (Philips Lighting) discussed power over Ethernet (PoE) systems at the National Lighting Bureau’s Annual Lighting Forum during a session called “Illuminating the…
Norma Frank on Maintaining Streetlighting
Norma Frank, CLMC recently contributed a maintenance column to LD+A that talks about LED streetlighting maintenance. Traditionally, HID luminaires are cleaned when they are relamped, limiting light loss imposed by…
Product Monday: Task Light by LUX
LUX LED Lighting’s Brooklyn AC LED task light integrates universal AC sockets in addition to the two USB ports, providing integrated charging in addition to task lighting. Three touch-activated brightness…
Indoor LED Luminaire Design: State of the Art
Below is another contribution to the August issue of tED Magazine, this one on the topic of what’s new in indoor LED luminaires. Reprinted with permission. Image courtesy of Philips…
Acuity Brands’ Trish Foster on K-12 School Lighting
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Trish Foster, LC, LEED Green Associate, Director, Education Market Development, Acuity Brands. The topic: K-12 school lighting. I’m happy to share her responses…
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