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Inside Look at Lighting Requirements of ASHRAE Green Building Standard
Last November, ASHRAE published an updated version of its green building standard, ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. My lighting column…
Cooper Lighting Brand Transitions to Eaton
From Mark Eubanks, president of Eaton’s Lighting Vision (formerly Cooper Lighting): In the nearly three years since Cooper became part of Eaton, a worldwide leader in power management, we have…
Rita Harrold, IES Director of Technology, Retires After 23 Years; Mark Roush Named IES President
The Illuminating Engineering Society recently announced the retirement of Rita Harrold, Director of Technology. I was pleased to work with Rita on the development of various IES publications. Her shoes…
Product Monday: LED Downlight by Hubbell Lighting
Hubbell Lighting’s all-in-one LED commercial downlight, Prescolite’s LBSLEDA, is designed to fit a standard 4×4 J-Box, providing an alternative to recessed products in settings where plenum height is challenging or…
Konnerth on LIGHTFAIR and Big Trends
I enjoy receiving Ted Konnerth’s newsletter from Egret Consulting Group. Ted has an excellent big picture view of the lighting industry. Like everybody else, he doesn’t have all the answers…
Jim Brodrick on the 2015 Next Generation Luminaires Design Competition
Republication of Postings from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solid-State Lighting Program by Jim Brodrick, SSL Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy The winners in the Indoor and Outdoor…
Lighting Changes in IECC 2015
If you live in Canada, Happy Canada Day! From my lighting column for the May issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, on the topic of 2015 IECC: Last year, the International Code…
Linear Fluorescent Lamp Indexes Continue to Decline at Start of 2015
NEMA’s linear fluorescent lamp shipment indexes for 2015Q1 continued the downward trend exhibited during calendar year 2014. As expected, due to energy efficiency regulations the index for T12 lamps declined…
Product Monday: ALLSLOPE LED Downlight by Eaton
Eaton’s Halo ALLSLOPE LED Downlight System features interchangeable beam-forming optics, full range dimming and numerous color temperatures and trim options, and are specifically designed for slope ceiling applications to fulfill…
Lighting Controls Association Publishes Whitepaper on Visible Light Communication
My contribution to the Lighting Controls Association website in May is an article about visible light communication. Visible light communication (VLC) is a particularly exciting technology in an industry that…
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