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Lighting Industry Roundup

Oct 28, 2015

Xicato recently published on its website TM-30-15 Color Rendering results for its entire product range of XTM and XIM modules. See the results here. Hubbell Lighting has launched a competition…

Construction + Economy

NEMA Current Conditions Index Plunges in September

Oct 27, 2015

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America fell 10 points in September, dropping to 42.5. Fifteen percent of panelists reported the business environment facing electrical…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Tiki by Impact Lighting

Oct 26, 2015

Impact Lighting’s Tiki pendant combines a parabolic downlight component with an inverted bell uplight component. The LED module is available in 3000K, 3500K or 4000K CCT and 80 CRI. Projected…

Events

LEDucation Announces New 2016 Date and Venue

Oct 23, 2015

The Designers Lighting Forum of New York has announced that due to strong response by exhibitors and attendees, the 10th anniversary of the organization’s annual LEDucation event will be held…

Codes + Standards

CIE Publishes Position Statement on CRI

Oct 22, 2015

The International Commission on Illumination (CIE), which created and maintains the color rendering index (CRI) standard, recently published a position statement on CRI, its limitations, and whether and how to…

Construction + Economy

DOE Releases Common Definition of Zero Energy Buildings, Campuses and Communities

Oct 21, 2015

The U.S. Department of Energy reached a significant milestone in bringing the building community together by releasing a common definition of a zero energy building, or what is also referred…

Research

Taking Stock of U.S. Street Lights

Oct 20, 2015

In late 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium (MSSLC) published the results of a survey of entities across the United States that operate public…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: MayaLED by Luminis

Oct 19, 2015

MayaLED by Luminis presents a family of site and area luminaires ranging from 1,000 to 13,000 lumens, with a new bollard complementing the existing line of wall-mounted and post-top luminaires.…

LED + SSL

Brodrick on LED Package Diversity

Oct 16, 2015

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 Central to any LED lighting product is…

Construction + Economy

FMI: Construction Spending to Reach $1.09 Billion in 2016

Oct 15, 2015

Construction growth is not only predicted to rise this year to 6%, but is also expected to climb to 7% in 2016, reaching $1.09 billion, the highest total since 2008,…

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Events

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October 26-27, 2026

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Phoenix, AZ

November 8-11, 2026

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London, UK

November 18 - 19, 2026

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Toronto, Canada

November 18-19, 2026

Lightovation: Dallas International Lighting Show

Dallas, TX

January 6-9, 2027

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