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Product Monday: Product Builder by Lighting Services Inc

Apr 11, 2016

Lighting Services Inc has added a Product Builder feature to the LSI website. This feature allows users to configure an LED luminaire to their specifications then export the order details…

Lighting Industry, Products + Technology

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR on Home Lighting Trends

Apr 08, 2016

“Where the Light Is: Home Lighting Trends” is a major feature article I wrote for the March issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. The 2008 housing-market crash ended the home construction boom.…

Lighting Industry

LumenPulse Acquires Fluxwerx

Apr 07, 2016

Lumenpulse Inc., a manufacturer of specification-grade LED lighting solutions, recently announced it has acquired Fluxwerx Illumination Inc., a privately owned pure-play specification-grade LED lighting solutions provider based in British Columbia,…

Events

IES Announces Call for Speakers for 2016 Annual Conference

Apr 06, 2016

The Illuminating Engineering Society has announced a call for speakers for the Society’s 2016 Annual Conference to be held from October 23 – 25 in Orlando, Florida at the Hyatt…

LED + SSL

Brodrick on LED Lighting Droop

Apr 05, 2016

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 topic of droop comes up quite…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Cascading Pendant by 2nd Ave Lighting

Apr 04, 2016

2nd Ave Lighting recently unveiled the Anillo Ellipse 5 Light Cascading Pendant. This modern sophisticated system features adjustable elements of ambient light, including five elliptic spectral halos that appear to…

Products + Technology

MIT: Incandescent Lamps May Become as Efficient as LED

Apr 01, 2016

No, this no April Fool’s joke. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) reported that three of its professors have developed a light-recycling filament technology that may result in incandescent lamps…

Lighting Industry

Two Lighting Magazines Make Big 95 Trade Publications List

Mar 31, 2016

Trade, Association and Business Publications International (TABPI) has released its first-ever “The Big 95” list, highlighting the 95 most acclaimed b2b / trade publications. The Big 95 list includes titles…

Codes + Standards, Controls

Global Standard for Outdoor Lighting Control Getting Ready for Launch

Mar 30, 2016

The TALQ Consortium, developing a global standard for interfaces to manage outdoor lighting networks, has made a significant step towards the official rollout of the TALQ Certification Program. During the…

Energy + Environment

BriteSwitch Identifies 2016 Lighting Rebate Trends

Mar 29, 2016

According to BriteSwitch, LLC, two-thirds of the United States is covered by an active commercial lighting rebate program. Key trends include: Incentives for tubular LED (TLED) replacement lamps became added…

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