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LED + SSL

Are LED Trends Affecting Our Health?

Dec 24, 2014

In a press release, lighting artist Bentley Meeker, president of Bentley Meeker Lighting Staging, Inc., contends what we don’t understand about light is affecting our health. He says: “LEDs and…

Lighting Design

LRC Releases Video Proposing Lighting Value Metrics

Dec 23, 2014

The Lighting Research Center has produced a new video, featuring director Mark Rea, proposing lighting value metrics that look beyond cost and lumens and focus on application needs.

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Surface-Mount LED Luminaire by Cooper Lighting

Dec 22, 2014

Eaton’s Cooper Lighting’s Portfolio Surface-Mount LED Luminaire, featuring the company’s patented WaveStream LED optical technology, provides high output and precise wide distribution with visual comfort. The Portfolio Surface-Mount LED Luminaire…

People

William Hanley, IES Executive Vice President, Retires after 26 Years

Dec 19, 2014

The Illuminating Engineering Society has announced the retirement of William (Bill) Hanley, Executive Vice President. Mr. Hanley, who served as chief of staff starting in 1988, is the longest serving…

Interviews + Opinion, Lighting Industry

Interview with Cooper’s Kraig Kasler

Dec 19, 2014

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Kraig Kasler, Vice President and General Manager, Indoor, Eaton’s Cooper Lighting business, for an article I’m writing for TED Magazine about how solid-state…

LED + SSL

Industry Consortium Publishes Updated Recommendations for Testing and Reporting LED Luminaire Reliability

Dec 18, 2014

An industry working group has published an updated version of the guide LED Luminaire Lifetime: Recommendations for Testing and Reporting, available here. Developed by the LED Systems Reliability Consortium (LSRC)…

Codes + Standards

2014 Green Building Standard Now Available from ASHRAE/USGBC/IES

Dec 17, 2014

New requirements to further reduce energy and environmental impacts of buildings are contained in the 2014 version of the green building standard from ASHRAE, the U.S. Green Building Council and…

Construction + Economy

Economy Improving Slowly According to FMI Q3-2014 Outlook

Dec 16, 2014

FMI recently released its Q3-2014 Construction Outlook. The forecast calls for solid, slow growth. Contributing factors include relatively low energy prices, low inflation, unemployment holding around 6.2% and GDP slowly…

Lighting Industry

Career Opportunity: Customer Experience Manager with AmerillumBrands

Dec 15, 2014

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT AmerillumBrands is hiring! We are an exciting design and manufacturing company located in the Oceanside area of San Diego, California. AmerillumBrands is an innovative, cutting edge leader in…

Events

Nobel Prize Winner Shuji Nakamura to Keynote 12th Annual DOE SSL R&D Workshop

Dec 15, 2014

Now in its 12th year, DOE’s SSL R&D Workshop blends discussions on SSL research, product development and manufacturing. The event will take place January 27-29 in San Francisco. Learn the…

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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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