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Product Monday: FSP Surge Protector by Thomas Research Products
Thomas Research Products’ FSP3-277-20kA Surge Protector includes in-line fusing to shut down the luminaire if the capabilities of the surge protector have been exceeded. An LED indicator light shows that…
Acuity Brands Manufacturing Facility Achieves Zero Landfill Certification
Acuity Brands’ Carlisle, Penn. manufacturing and distribution center has achieved zero landfill status, as certified by Link International, a California-based full-service waste and recyclable commodities company. This is the second…
Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer: Light to Fine Tune Greenhouse Crops; Medicinal Plants
Light and plants expert Tessa Pocock, Ph.D., recently joined the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a senior research scientist, leading the development of a new plant…
ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Article Covers Growing Importance of Social Media
ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING recently published an article about the growing importance of social media in business. I couldn’t agree more. When it comes to new media and technology that gets its…
ASHRAE/IES Publish 2013 Energy Standard
ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2013, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, incorporates 110 addenda, reflecting changes made through the public review process. Appendix F gives brief descriptions and publication dates…
LRC ASSIST Guide Helps Multifamily Housing Managers Select LED Lighting
The Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems and Technologies (ASSIST), a program of the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, recently released a new publication to aid owners and…
Product Monday: LED Parking Garage Lighting by Cree
Cree’s VG Series Parking Garage Luminaire is designed to deliver optimal, low-glare illumination by intelligently eliminating direct view of the LEDs with an innovative optical system. The VG Series helps…
Three Ways Lighting Can Affect Mood
Manufacturer Vode recently published an interesting article on its blog, identifying three ways lighting can affect mood. “One of the most challenging – and oftentimes frustrating – aspects of architecture…
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T5 Fluorescent Lamp Shipments See Sustained Growth
NEMA’s T5 lamp shipments index sustained a recent growth trend by posting its fourth consecutive quarterly increase during 2013Q2. The index grew by 2.6% compared to the previous quarter and…
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