Industry News
Building Design Revenue Topped $28 Billion in 2015
U.S. architecture firms have experienced a near complete recovery from the Great Recession, which has allowed firm leaders to reinvest profits back into their businesses. These findings, along with an…
Light, “One of the Great Impalpable Joys of Life”
Writing for THE GUARDIAN, feature writer Laura Burton describes humanity’s pursuit of light, writing: “Light lies a bedfellow of music, electricity, love, as one of the great impalpable joys of…
Plant Roots in the Dark See Light
Light is not only a source of energy for plants but also an important signal which regulates many light-dependent growth processes allowing it to effectively adapt to its environment. Light…
Product Monday: Black Pottery Pendant Light by David Pompa
Available from dealers in Mexico, the Vitrif Barro Negro pendant combines black pottery, copper and enamel. Finishes include polished, enameled and contaminated copper. A 5W GU10 2700K LED produces 400…
CLTC’s Advanced Daylighting Lab Gets a Facelift
As part of current research sponsored by Southern California Edison, the California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) is updating its Advanced Daylighting Lab to include dynamic fenestration and integration of electric…
CLUE Announces Third Competition
The third Community Lighting for the Urban Environment (CLUE) competition, sponsored by Philips Lighting University, is now welcoming submissions. This year’s CLUE competition carries the general theme, “One for Light,…
Norma Frank on the Hidden Cost of LED Maintenance
Norma Frank, CLMC of Colorado Lighting and chair of the IES Maintenance Committee contributed a maintenance column to a recent issue of LD+A Magazine. In the column, she says: *…
California to Host New Lighting Conference in 2017
The Lightspace California conference will take place February 28-March 2, 2017 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. “We believe the West Coast is long overdue a dedicated event for…
Product Monday: CWM Wall Mount by Columbia
Columbia Lighting recent launched one of its first modular designs, the new CWM, a contemporary wall-mount LED luminaire. The luminaire offers a simple modular design with interchangeable lenses (and optional…
Hacking Reveals Weak IoT Security
From LUX: “Hackers harnessing Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including smart lights, have crashed some of the world’s biggest websites including Spotify, PayPal and Twitter. It is no secret, as…
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