Industry News
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…
GE Breaks Up with the CFL
GE has announced it will discontinue manufacturing compact fluorescent lamps for the U.S. market and focus its consumer lighting efforts on LED replacement lamps by the end of 2016. According…
Product Monday: Zumtobel Spotlights
Zumtobel’s new LED spotlights combine European aesthetics with exceptional functionality and energy efficiency, for shop and retail applications. Both FACTOR and VIVO Medium are compatible with Zumtobel TECTON trunking system,…
Hubbell’s Chris Bailey on LED Optics
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Bailey, LC, LEED AP BD+C, DDI, MIES, Director, Business Development and Product Innovation for Hubbell Lighting, Inc. The topic: optical approaches used…
2015 SSL Technology Development Workshop Presentations Posted
The 10th annual DOE Solid-State Lighting Technology Development Workshop, held November 17–18 in Portland, OR, gathered more than 230 attendees to learn the latest on today’s toughest LED lighting issues…
ARCHITECTURAL SSL Issues Call for Projects for Product Innovation Awards
Architectural SSL magazine recently announced the sixth annual Product Innovation Awards competition, which recognizes outstanding products and product developments relating to solid-state lighting. Products—both luminaires and components—and products as applied…
Brian Liebel, PE, Chosen as IES Technical Director of Standards
The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) recently appointed Brian Liebel as the new Technical Director of Standards, effective February 16, 2016. Liebel succeeds Rita Harrold, who retired June…
Product Monday: Iolite Modular Downlight by Nora
NSpec, a division of Nora Lighting, has introduced Iolite, a series of modular LED downlights. Iolite is available with 1-, 2- and 4-in. apertures for a minimal architectural appearance and…
DOE Decides Not to Regulate HID Lamps
On December 2, 2015, the U.S. Department of Energy issued a decision that mandatory energy conservation standards for high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps are not technically feasible or economically justified. Furthermore,…
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