Industry News
New York’s Governor Cuomo Signs Model Outdoor Lighting Bill Into Law
New York Governor Cuomo recently signed into law the “Healthy, Safe and Energy Efficient Outdoor Lighting Act,” which establishes requirements for outdoor lighting installed by state agencies. The bill requires…
Green Building Standards and LEED to Harmonize
In November 2014, ASHRAE published ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1, Standard for the Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. The standard, which updates the previous 2011 version, covers site…
Are LED Trends Affecting Our Health?
In a press release, lighting artist Bentley Meeker, president of Bentley Meeker Lighting Staging, Inc., contends what we don’t understand about light is affecting our health. He says: “LEDs and…
LRC Releases Video Proposing Lighting Value Metrics
The Lighting Research Center has produced a new video, featuring director Mark Rea, proposing lighting value metrics that look beyond cost and lumens and focus on application needs.
Product Monday: Surface-Mount LED Luminaire by Cooper Lighting
Eaton’s Cooper Lighting’s Portfolio Surface-Mount LED Luminaire, featuring the company’s patented WaveStream LED optical technology, provides high output and precise wide distribution with visual comfort. The Portfolio Surface-Mount LED Luminaire…
William Hanley, IES Executive Vice President, Retires after 26 Years
The Illuminating Engineering Society has announced the retirement of William (Bill) Hanley, Executive Vice President. Mr. Hanley, who served as chief of staff starting in 1988, is the longest serving…
Interview with Cooper’s Kraig Kasler
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Kraig Kasler, Vice President and General Manager, Indoor, Eaton’s Cooper Lighting business, for an article I’m writing for TED Magazine about how solid-state…
Industry Consortium Publishes Updated Recommendations for Testing and Reporting LED Luminaire Reliability
An industry working group has published an updated version of the guide LED Luminaire Lifetime: Recommendations for Testing and Reporting, available here. Developed by the LED Systems Reliability Consortium (LSRC)…
2014 Green Building Standard Now Available from ASHRAE/USGBC/IES
New requirements to further reduce energy and environmental impacts of buildings are contained in the 2014 version of the green building standard from ASHRAE, the U.S. Green Building Council and…
Economy Improving Slowly According to FMI Q3-2014 Outlook
FMI recently released its Q3-2014 Construction Outlook. The forecast calls for solid, slow growth. Contributing factors include relatively low energy prices, low inflation, unemployment holding around 6.2% and GDP slowly…
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