Industry News
DOE Evaluates White-Tunable LED Lighting
Below is a short article I contributed to the January 2016 issue of tED Magazine, published by the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED). Reprinted with permission. The U.S. Department…
Product Monday: ecoInsight Audit App for iPad
The ecoInsight App for iPad is an audit application for contractors, distributors, manufacturers and energy consultants. Lighting and energy information can be collected during a building walk-through and uploaded to…
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Publishes Article on Light and Health
Light doesn’t only serve as the basis of vision. It can influence behavior and how people feel. Further, light plays an important role in human health. As researchers gain insight…
Another Strong Quarter for LED A-Line and Halogen Lamp Shipments
LED A-line lamps posted another strong showing in 2015Q3, surging 237.2% during the quarter on a year-over-year basis. Halogen A-line lamps posted a year-over-year increase of 33%. In contrast, incandescent…
Lighting for Tomorrow Launches 2016 Competition
Lighting for Tomorrow has launched its fourteenth consecutive annual competition recognizing high-quality energy-efficient residential lighting products on the market. Winners are heavily promoted by Lighting for Tomorrow for a full…
Sales Increase with Limbic Lighting
I contributed this short article to the February 2016 issue of tED Magazine, published by the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED). Reprinted with permission. Manufacturer Zumtobel recently concluded a…
Product Monday: Cree XQ LED Family of LEDs
Cree, Inc. has added the XLamp XQ-A LED to the XQ LED family. The compact, ceramic-based XQ-A enables lighting manufacturers to quickly and cost-effectively expand their product portfolios by leveraging…
Eaton’s Brad Garrett on LED Suspended Luminaires
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Brad Garrett, Director of Marketing, Architectural Products Group, Eaton. The topic: LED suspended luminaires. I’m happy to share his responses with you here.…
California Regulates Small Directional and Consumer LED Lamps
California has adopted new regulations for small-diameter directional lamps (often used in track lighting) and general-purpose LED lamps. The new regulations establish a baseline for performance quality while promoting energy…
OSRAM Announces New Lamp Business Name: LEDVANCE
OSRAM continues to positioning the carve-out of its general lighting lamps business with rebranding to the name LEDVANCE. Jes Munk Hansen, who has already been at the helm of the…
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