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Lighting Requirements for High-Rise Dwellings Proposed for 90.1 Energy Standard

Apr 15, 2016

A proposal that would set lighting requirements for high-rise dwellings in the energy standard published by ASHRAE and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) is open for industry comment. Fourteen addenda…

Construction + Economy

AIA Announces Modest Expansion for Architecture Billings Index

Apr 14, 2016

The Architecture Billings Index saw a dip into negative terrain for the first time in five months in January, but inched back up in February with a small increase in…

Lighting Industry

Lighting Systems Index Declined in Fourth Quarter of 2015

Apr 13, 2016

NEMA’s Lighting Systems Shipments Index, a measure of demand for lighting equipment, decreased 2.6% quarter-to-quarter while posting a 0.1% increase year-over-year during 2015Q4. Fixtures, emergency lighting, and miniature lamps, components…

Construction + Economy

AIA Celebrates National Architecture Week, April 10–16

Apr 12, 2016

National Architecture Week is a public awareness campaign dedicated to elevating the public’s appreciation of design and to bring attention to the role architects play as a force for positive…

Products + Technology

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…

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Events

DLC Summit 2026

Los Angeles, CA

October 26-27, 2026

IES Street & Area Lighting Conference

Phoenix, AZ

November 8-11, 2026

Light Expo London

London, UK

November 18 - 19, 2026

Canada Light Expo 2026

Toronto, Canada

November 18-19, 2026

Lightovation: Dallas International Lighting Show

Dallas, TX

January 6-9, 2027

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