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Lighting Design

IES Publishes Recommended Practices for Lighting Exterior Environments and Parking Facilities and a Lab Testing Method For Indoor Fluorescent Luminaires

Feb 11, 2015

The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) has published three new lighting standards: Lighting for Exterior Environments (RP-33-14), Lighting for Parking Facilities (RP-20-14) and Approved Method for Photometric Testing of Indoor Fluorescent…

Lighting Industry

NEMA: 2014 Lighting Industry Snapshot

Feb 10, 2015

LightNOW regularly publishes updated economic data from NEMA indicating electrical industry confidence, overall lighting sales and performance of HID lamps, fluorescent lamps and general-service lamps. ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING put the entire…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Curv by Alera Lighting

Feb 09, 2015

Alera Lighting’s Curv LED indirect luminaires offer three housing styles and three lumen packages ranging from 4,275 to 7,180 nominal. Optional integral sensors and wireless technology pre-installed. Service life valued…

Daylighting

Daylighting and Codes

Feb 06, 2015

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and the Illuminating Engineering Society are offering a new series of online courses, DAYLIGHTING & CODES, designed to explore the…

Lighting Design

Choosing an LED Reflector Lamp

Feb 05, 2015

I wanted to share one of my recent contributions to ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR on the topic of considerations for selecting the right LED reflector lamp, focusing on distribution of light and…

Legislation + Regulation

A Closer Look at the New DOE Fluorescent Lamp Rules

Feb 04, 2015

LightNOW recently reported that the Department of Energy (DOE) issued new energy standards for general-service fluorescent lamps. As promised, I’m following up to provide some analysis. The new rules were…

Events

Register for LEDucation 9

Feb 03, 2015

LEDucation 9 is happening March 5-6, 2015 at the Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel. Online registration is now officially open. I was able to attend last year and thought it…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Cirrus Channel Suspension D1 by Edge Lighting

Feb 02, 2015

Edge Lighting’s Cirrus Channel Suspension D1 features a 4-in. square canopy and a direct 1-in. flat linear lens with 100-degree beam spread. The 85+ or 95+ CRI LED light source…

LED + SSL

Jim Brodrick on Evaluating LED Luminaire Reliability

Jan 30, 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 Long lifetime ranks high on solid-state lighting’s…

Education + Resources

GE Announces Lighting Institute Course Offering for 2015

Jan 29, 2015

GE recently announced for 2015 the public offered courses at the GE Lighting Institute at Nela Park in Cleveland, Ohio: 2/3-5 Fundamentals of Lighting – 1.5 CEU 2/17-19 Lighting Retrofits…

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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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