Industry News
HID Lamp Shipment Indexes Remain Dim
NEMA’s shipment indexes for high intensity discharge (HID) lamps declined on a year-over-year basis (y/y) for the fourth consecutive quarter in 2013Q1. Shipments of sodium vapor lamps decreased 14.1 percent…
IES Street and Area Lighting Conference
The 32nd Annual IES Street and Area Lighting Conference will be held September 8-11, 2013 in Phoenix at the Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Hotel. Learn more here.
Jim Brodrick on Optical Safety of LEDs
Republication of Postings from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solid-State Lighting Program by Jim Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy In two previous Postings and a Technology Fact Sheet, we’ve…
DOE Publishes Fact Sheet on Optical Safety of LEDs
To address the issue of how safe LED lighting is for the human eye, which has generated some confusion and misinformation, the U.S. Department of Energy has published a new…
Product Monday: SkyVault by Solatube
The SkyVault Series M74 DS by Tubular Daylight Device (TDD) manufacturer Solatube International, Inc., is the company’s largest daylighting device to date, serving as the daylighting “core” for high-bay commercial…
Lighting Industry News Roundup
Birchwood Lighting has launched a new website. Advanced Lighting Technologies, the parent company of Venture Lighting, recently won the 2013 Manny Award for Global Business from Cleveland’s INSIDE BUSINESS Magazine.…
IES Announces First LC Study Group
THE LIGHTING PROFESSION The IES is endeavoring to provide support for those people who may be ready, both professionally and technically, to take the exam. To this end, the IES…
LEED Version 4 Approved by USGBC
With 86% of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) voting to approve, LEED v4 will be launched at Greenbuild in November 2013. USGBC will allow projects to register for either…
Solais Lighting Publishes Whitepaper on Color Shift
Solais Lighting recently published an interesting whitepaper about causes and management of color shift in LED products. Download it here.
Product Monday: Round 4 Luminaires by Peerless
Peerless Lighting’s Round 4, a comprehensive suite of LED luminaires in both suspended and wall-mount model, feature a classic, 4” cylindrical form; energy-saving control and sensor options; comfortable, glare-free illumination;…
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