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Product Monday: New LED Lamps by Cree

Oct 10, 2016

Cree’s new portfolio of LED lamps includes 25 new products, designed to offer better light quality, dimming, life (most up to 22+ years), warranty and pricing. Color rendition is improved,…

Products + Technology

Evaluating New Technologies

Oct 07, 2016

New technology and change can sometimes be baffling. The Northwest Lighting Network’s Andy Gerde offers four simple questions that can be used to evaluate anything that’s new: Is it right…

Controls

Lighting Controls Association Updates Energy Codes Online Course

Oct 06, 2016

The Lighting Controls Association (LCA) has published a new course to enhance its popular Education Express program: EE203: Lighting and Commercial Energy Codes, Part 2: ASHRAE/IES 90.1-2013 and IECC 2015.…

Construction + Economy

Architecture Billings Index Slips

Oct 05, 2016

On the heels of six out of seven months of increasing levels of demand for design services, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) fell just below the positive mark. As a…

Education + Resources, People

Dawn De Grazio Appointed Technical Editor at IES

Oct 04, 2016

The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) recently appointed Dawn De Grazio as Technical Editor, effective October 3. This newly created staff position will assist technical committees and IES…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: ID+ 3.5″ Downlights by Focal Point

Oct 03, 2016

Focal Point has expanded its ID+ family of downlights with a new 3.5″ aperture luminaire specifically designed for shallow, restricted plenums. The luminaire features a 2.64″ tall housing, round or…

Light + Art, Lighting Design

ESI Design Designs 8-Story Digital LED Installation for Wells Fargo Center

Sep 30, 2016

The most eye-catching building on the Denver skyline, the Wells Fargo Center, has become even more distinct, thanks to a stunning makeover by the Manhattan-based experiential design firm ESI Design.…

LED + SSL

A Closer Look at Latest DOE LED Energy Savings Forecast

Sep 29, 2016

A recent contribution to tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. The Department of Energy (DOE) recently updated its bi-annual report, Energy Savings Forecast of Solid-State Lighting in General Illumination Applications. This…

Products + Technology

New Directions in Lighting Technology

Sep 28, 2016

Laser diodes, a high-efficiency incandescent, bioLED phosphors, cheaper quantum dots and nanowires. My contribution to August issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR reviews several intriguing new developments and research directions in lighting…

Education + Resources, Events

Peter Ngai on OLED Lighting

Sep 27, 2016

Earlier this year, the OLED Coalition and the California Lighting Technology Center hosted the OLED Lighting Workshop. Peter Ngai of Acuity Brands kicked off the event with a keynote. Click…

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Events

DLC Summit 2026

Los Angeles, CA

October 26-27, 2026

IES Street & Area Lighting Conference

Phoenix, AZ

November 8-11, 2026

Light Expo London

London, UK

November 18 - 19, 2026

Canada Light Expo 2026

Toronto, Canada

November 18-19, 2026

Lightovation: Dallas International Lighting Show

Dallas, TX

January 6-9, 2027

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