Industry News
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…
Revised SSL Standard Extends Chromaticity Range
In a revision of ANSI C78.377-2017 American National Standard for Electric Lamps—Specifications for the Chromaticity of Solid-State Lighting Products, the ANSI Accredited Standards Committee C78, Electric Lamps, establishes a range…
Sports Lighting 101
Below is my contribution to the August issue of tED Magazine on the topic of sports lighting. Reprinted with permission. Since 2000, an average 60 percent of Americans have identified…
Product Monday: Obscura by Focal Point
Focal Point’s Obscura is a distinctive linear suspended luminaire. Illumination emanates from within its angular open housing, combining with a clean modern aesthetic. LEDs reflect light off the geometric figure…
Philips’ Susanne Seitinger Talks Liberated Pixels
In a recent post at Edison Awards (not to be confused with the GE lighting awards), Philips Lighting’s Susanne Seitinger talks about illuminated drones used at the 2017 Superbowl Halftime…
tED Magazine Launches LightED Website
tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED, recently launched lightEDmag.com, a website dedicated to lighting.
LightShow West Registration is Open
LightShow West recently announced the opening of online registration for the trade show and conference at Kentia Hall in the Los Angeles Convention Center, Oct. 11-12, 2017. The biennial event…
Product Monday: Linear Luminaires by Ketra
L3I Indirect Linear Pendant: This indirect pendant offers clean uplighting for commercial and hospitality applications, and it comes in several housing colors and customizable lengths. Changeable optics ensure fine control…
RPI Names Mariana Figueiro New Director of Lighting Research Center
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has named Professor Mariana G. Figueiro, Ph.D., as director of the Lighting Research Center (LRC), after serving as the center’s acting director over the past year. Figueiro…
Electroindustry Business Confidence Indexes Decline Sharply but Remain above 50
NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index for current conditions slid by more than 20 points from the near-term high of 76.5 reached in March of this year. As recently as last…
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