Industry News
Strong Conditions Persist for Architecture Billings Index
The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) is reflecting healthy and sustained demand for design services in nearly all nonresidential project types. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI…
Brodrick on New Method for Evaluating Color Rendition
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 Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) has just…
Product Monday: O by Prudential
Prudential recently designed a new cofiguration of the P4000, one of the company’s bestselling luminaires: a new doughnut shape called O, available in 14 premium colors with no set-up fee.…
Current Business Conditions Index Retreats in August Following July Surge
After improving by more than 20 points in July, NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America declined by 15 points in August to settle at…
LRC Proposes New Value Metrics in Lighting
A brief article I wrote for tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. In Value Metrics for Better Lighting (SPIE Press), Mark S. Rea, PhD, professor and director for the Lighting Research…
LIGHTFAIR International 2017 Will Take Place in Philadelphia
LIGHTFAIR International (LFI), the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, returns to Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Convention Center in 2017 for its 28th-annual staging May 7—11. Produced…
LEDucation 10 Issues Call for Speakers
LEDucation is a terrific LED-focused event in New York City. The March 3-4, 2016 event will mark its 10th anniversary. LEDucation is now inviting industry professionals to share their knowledge…
Product Monday: New LED Outdoor Luminaires by Visa
Scope, Sass and Passage are LED outdoor luminaires designed to complement modern and transitional architecture from mounting over window mullions to glass facades. The luminaires are built from recyclable materials…
U.S. Construction Spending Hits Highest Level in Seven Years
Residential, industrial and power sector construction has boosted construction spending to its highest projected level in seven years, based on Commerce Department numbers issued in July. Commerce said construction spending…
OSRAM SYLVANIA Recalls T8 LED Tubes Due to Fire Hazard
Another linear LED lamp recall following Cree’s announcement earlier this year. This time, it’s OSRAM SYLVANIA. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled OSRAM SYLVANIA’s instant-start T8 LED SubstiTUBE…
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