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Lighting Facts Offers Specification Tool

Apr 19, 2017

The Department of Energy’s new LED Lighting Facts Specification Tool enables specifiers to search and filter products in the Lighting Facts database. Specifiers can set up project folders, conducted filtered…

Controls, Education + Resources

NALMCO’s CLCP Certification

Apr 18, 2017

Below is a short news article I wrote for tED Magazine on the topic of NALMCO’s new controls certification. Reprinted with permission. The interNational Association of Lighting Management Companies (NALMCO)…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: High-CRI LED Lamp by Green Creative

Apr 17, 2017

Green Creative’s MR16 8.5W HIGH CRI, recently selected as a winner in LEDs Magazine’s annual Sapphire Awards, offers 500 lumens with a center beam candlepower of 2,950 candelas and 92…

Lighting Industry

Mark Lien on the Forces of Change

Apr 14, 2017

In a recent column for LD+A, Mark Lien, LC, LEED-AP, Industry Relations Manager, Illuminating Engineering Society, talks about a meeting with several lighting futurists. Together, they evaluated a list of…

Lighting Design, Lighting Industry

LightingEurope and IALD Issue Joint Statement on Humancentric Lighting

Apr 13, 2017

LightingEurope and the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) have issued a joint statement on humancentric lighting. The statement seeks to define humancentric lighting and its benefits and elements. Humancentric…

Lighting Design

Hubbell’s Greg Ortt on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

Apr 12, 2017

At the 2016 IES Street & Area Lighting Conference, Greg Ortt, southeast sales manager for Hubbell Control Solutions, presented on the topic of the concept of Crime Prevention Through Environmental…

Interviews + Opinion, LED + SSL

Cree’s Eric Marsh and Jeff Hungarter on Upgrading Fluorescent Troffers to LED

Apr 11, 2017

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Eric Marsh, Product Porfolio Manager, and Jeff Hungarter, Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Cree, Inc., for an article developed for tED Magazine. The topic:…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: LiFi-Enabled Lighting by Lucibel

Apr 10, 2017

LiFi (Light Fidelity) is a communication technology through modulated LED light that enables data exchange between a specific LED lighting fixture and a computer, making Internet access possible. LiFi can…

Construction + Economy

Architecture Billing Index Rebounds

Apr 07, 2017

The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) returned to growth mode in February after a weak showing in January. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate…

Legislation + Regulation

Regulatory Roundup

Apr 06, 2017

In a recent column for ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, I provided an update on the 179D energy efficiency tax deduction, ENERGY STAR V.2 Lamps criteria and V.2 Luminaires criteria, and metal halide…

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