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Lighting Industry

Leviton Acquires Intense Lighting, LLC

Jun 16, 2015

Leviton recently announced the acquisition of Intense Lighting, LLC, a manufacturer of LED luminaires. Intense Lighting, based in Anaheim, Calif., enhances Leviton’s current product offerings with a wide variety of…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: ArcheType X by Kim Lighting

Jun 15, 2015

In what is a very innovative year in the lighting industry, I’d like to show you another interesting new product, this one from Kim Lighting. Kim’s ArcheType X series, available…

Awards

Eaton Announces Winners of 38th Annual SOURCE Awards

Jun 12, 2015

The SOURCE Awards competition is an annual lighting competition, open to all design professionals, that recognizes excellence in designs that use Eaton’s luminaires in an interior or exterior project. A…

Construction + Economy

Construction Spending Reaches Highest Level Since 2008 Crash

Jun 11, 2015

The U.S. Department of Commerce recently released its estimate of construction spending for April 2015. The annual rate of construction spending is projected to top $1 trillion for the year,…

Codes + Standards, LED + SSL

EPA Releases ENERGY STAR Luminaires Specification Version 2.0

Jun 10, 2015

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the release of the final ENERGY STAR Luminaires V2.0 specification, which will replace V1.2 on June 1, 2016. Click here to learn…

Interviews + Opinion, People

Interview with Lighting Designer Galina Zbrizher

Jun 09, 2015

Lumec.com recently published an interview with lighting designer Galina Zbrizher of Total Lighting Solutions in Vancouver. Galina had a number of interesting observations about lighting, one of the most salient…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Cree’s WaveMax Technology

Jun 08, 2015

Cree’s WaveMax Technology is a waveguide optics platform that promises precise optical control, uniformity and up to 90% optical efficiency. With WaveMax, high-CRI and warm-white LED solutions can be achieved…

LED + SSL

ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Publishes Article, “Circumventing Obsolescence”

Jun 05, 2015

Product cycles in the lighting industry have shortened to as short as 1-2 years for LED products, which is of course problematic for specification into projects that can take years…

LED + SSL

Fast Adoption of LED Outdoor Lighting

Jun 04, 2015

I wrote this article for the March issue of tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) 2010 Lighting Market Characterization estimated some 180 million lamps were…

LED + SSL

The Other White LED

Jun 03, 2015

Interesting article in ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR about growth in development and adoption of OLED lighting, which holds a lot of promise for certain applications. Click here to read it.

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Events

DLC Summit 2026

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October 26-27, 2026

IES Street & Area Lighting Conference

Phoenix, AZ

November 8-11, 2026

Light Expo London

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November 18 - 19, 2026

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Toronto, Canada

November 18-19, 2026

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Dallas, TX

January 6-9, 2027

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