Industry News
DOE Releases Common Definition of Zero Energy Buildings, Campuses and Communities
The U.S. Department of Energy reached a significant milestone in bringing the building community together by releasing a common definition of a zero energy building, or what is also referred…
Taking Stock of U.S. Street Lights
In late 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium (MSSLC) published the results of a survey of entities across the United States that operate public…
Product Monday: MayaLED by Luminis
MayaLED by Luminis presents a family of site and area luminaires ranging from 1,000 to 13,000 lumens, with a new bollard complementing the existing line of wall-mounted and post-top luminaires.…
Brodrick on LED Package Diversity
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 Central to any LED lighting product is…
FMI: Construction Spending to Reach $1.09 Billion in 2016
Construction growth is not only predicted to rise this year to 6%, but is also expected to climb to 7% in 2016, reaching $1.09 billion, the highest total since 2008,…
DOE Publishes CALiPER Report on the Photometric Testing of White-Tunable LED Luminaires
The U.S. Department of Energy’s CALiPER program has released Report 23: Photometric Testing of White-Tunable LED Luminaires, which is the first in a planned series of investigations on color-tunable LED…
IES Publishes New Recommended Practice for Sports Lighting
The Illuminating Engineering Society has published Sports and Recreational Area Lighting (IES RP-6-15), the most recent addition to IES Recommended Practices series. The purpose of IES RP-6-15 is to provide…
Product Monday: R1L/R2L Premium LED Troffers by LaMar
LaMar Lighting Company’s R1L/R2L Series of premium recessed LED lensed luminaires deliver volumetric lighting and good glare control. Volumetric optical distribution and elimination of LED hot spots is achieved via…
Quick Guide to Lighting Certifications and Designations
Guest post by John Philip Bachner, Executive Director, National Lighting Bureau Many professions and vocations are subject to state licensure, helping to ensure that the public can feel somewhat confident…
LED High-Bay Lighting
An article I wrote for tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. In the construction of some facilities, a skeletal framework is used, which forms an interior subspace called a bay. The…
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