Industry News
Product Monday: FineTune White Color Tuning by Finelite
The FineTune White Color Tuning System developed by Finelite enables white color tuning in 12 LED luminaire families, from pendant and wall-mounted to recessed and cove. For optimal operation, the…
BriteSwitch’s Enthoven on Lighting Product Rebate Trends
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Leendert Jan Enthoven, President of BriteSwitch, a utility rebate fulfillment company. The topic: lighting product rebate trends. I’m happy to share his responses…
NEMA Business Conditions Indexes Up Sharply in March
NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America surged in March, climbing to 64.7 from 44.4 the previous month as more panelists reported conditions improved than…
Registration Open for Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy
The RMLA Technical Course will be offered for the fourth time June 9-12, 2016, and continues to offer an intensive exploration of the fundamentals of vision, perception, lighting metrics, photometry…
Transparent Wood Could Transform Architecture
A Swedish scientist has created a treatment for wood that renders it nearly transparent, which will allow architects a potential new way to bring daylight into buildings. Check it out…
Product Monday: Vessel by Humanscale
Workstation task lighting provider Humanscale recently entered the architectural lighting market with its acquisition of Vessel, an architectural lighting solution from designer Todd Bracher that has won eight awards, including…
Lighting Requirements for High-Rise Dwellings Proposed for 90.1 Energy Standard
A proposal that would set lighting requirements for high-rise dwellings in the energy standard published by ASHRAE and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) is open for industry comment. Fourteen addenda…
AIA Announces Modest Expansion for Architecture Billings Index
The Architecture Billings Index saw a dip into negative terrain for the first time in five months in January, but inched back up in February with a small increase in…
Lighting Systems Index Declined in Fourth Quarter of 2015
NEMA’s Lighting Systems Shipments Index, a measure of demand for lighting equipment, decreased 2.6% quarter-to-quarter while posting a 0.1% increase year-over-year during 2015Q4. Fixtures, emergency lighting, and miniature lamps, components…
AIA Celebrates National Architecture Week, April 10–16
National Architecture Week is a public awareness campaign dedicated to elevating the public’s appreciation of design and to bring attention to the role architects play as a force for positive…
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