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What the Heck is the Internet of Things, Anyway?
What’s the Internet of Things, and what does it mean? MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW has the answer here.
Career Opportunity: Industrial Designer, Mechanical Engineer for Kenall
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT Industrial Designer, Mechanical Engineer As Kenall’s Industrial Designer/ME you will research, conceptualize and develop new state of the art lighting products. The ideal candidate will be able to…
NEMA Launches New ANSI-accredited Lighting Systems Committee
In what is surely a sign of the times, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) recently announced the new ASC 137 Lighting Systems Committee. This committee has received approval from…
Product Monday: Tangent by Volkslyte
Volkslyte’s Tangent is a 2-in.-wide luminaire available in suspended downlight and uplight/downlight as well as surface-mounted and recessed configurations. Volkslyte factory-curves the extruded aluminum profile to almost any radius or…
State of Illumination 2014
Below is an article I contributed to the June issue of TED Magazine, reprinted with permission: The American Institute of Architects’ Consensus Construction Forecast predicted nonresidential construction spending to increase…
Current Conditions EBCI Climbs for Second Month in a Row in August
NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America climbed to 68.2 in August from 54.5 in July. Slightly less than half of the survey panelists reported…
Architecture Billings Index Reaches Highest Mark Since 2007
The last three months have shown steadily increasing demand for design services and the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) is now at its highest level since 2007. As a leading economic…
The Art of Landscape Lighting
My column in the July issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR describes popular landscape lighting design techniques that can be used to transform exterior spaces through illumination. Catch it here.
How to Win a Lumen Award
The IESNYC has invited nine 2014 Lumen Award winning lighting designers to discuss what it takes to win a Lumen Award. In addition to discussing their award-winning projects, they will…
Product Monday: Skydome LED by Focal Point
Skydome LED by Focal Point is a family of classic illuminated circles offering a choice of 2-, 3- and 4-ft. diameters and recessed, surface and pendant mounting. The company’s Light…
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