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2015 Next Generation Luminaires Design Competition: Call for Submittals

Dec 10, 2014

The 2015 Next Generation Luminaires Indoor and Outdoor Competitions have both officially launched. Written Intents to Submit are due on December 31, 2014, and both judging events will take place…

Construction + Economy

Nonresidential Construction Index Slowly Rises

Dec 09, 2014

FMI, a provider of management consulting and investment banking to the engineering and construction industry, recently announced the release of the 2014 Fourth Quarter Nonresidential Construction Index report. The NRCI…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Luminous Textiles by Philips

Dec 08, 2014

Philips Lighting’s Luminous Textile seamlessly integrates color LEDs within fabric panels to beautify and distinguish spaces. Supported by content management tools offering standard content and ability to create, edit and…

Legislation + Regulation

New Ballast Regulations Are Now in Effect

Dec 05, 2014

New fluorescent ballast energy efficiency regulations took effect in November. The new rules expand previous regulations to cover seven classes of T12, T8 and T5 fluorescent lamp ballasts. Outdoor sign…

Products + Technology

BMW Proposes Street Luminaires as Electric Car Charging Stations

Dec 04, 2014

Automaker BMW recently unveiled Light and Charge, an LED streetlight that doubles as a charging station for electric vehicles. Owners of any electric vehicle can charge up with a click…

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IES Announces 2014 Illumination Awards Winners

Dec 03, 2014

Lobby at First National Building DetroitThe Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) has announced the recipients of the IES Illumination Awards for 2014. The IES granted two Awards of…

Lighting Design

Photometrics Explained

Dec 02, 2014

This educational video by Philips Lighting describes how a luminaire delivers its light at what angles and at what intensity, and how this information is recorded on a photometric report…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Constant-Current LED Lamp by Soraa

Dec 01, 2014

Equipped with a standard GU5.3 two-pin base, Soraa’s constant current MR16 LED lamp fits into any MR16 luminaire and fully conforms to the ANSI/ IECE compatible form factor. Unlike other…

LED + SSL

Chris Brown on the Pain of Change in Lighting Distribution

Nov 28, 2014

Chris Brown, CEO of Wiedenbach-Brown, recently penned an interesting perspective on how change in the lighting industry may impact lighting distributors. The article begins: Five years ago, we were in…

Construction + Economy

Current Conditions EBCI Rebounds in October, but Future Conditions Index Slides

Nov 27, 2014

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America improved to 58.3 in October as the share of panelists reporting improved conditions rose by a larger amount…

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