Industry News
Lighting Controls Association Publishes Construction Forecast
My contribution to the Lighting Controls Association’s blog this month is a summary of indicators of current economic conditions in the construction industry, along with the latest AIA Consensus Construction…
DOE Publishes Report on Accelerated Life Testing of SSL Luminaires
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published the findings of a new study utilizing a highly accelerated life-test method (called the “hammer test”) intended to produce failures in SSL…
LED A-line Replacement Lamps Begin Making Inroads into the Market
NEMA’s index for LED A-line replacement lamps increased for the second consecutive quarter in Q3 2013. Shipments during the quarter registered a gain of 71.9 percent compared to the previous…
Cree Unveils 200 Lumens/W LED Luminaire Prototype
Cree recently demonstrated an LED concept luminaire operating at 200 lumens/W, which is more than twice the efficiency of the best linear fluorescent luminaires. The prototype leverages Cree’s vertical integration…
Product Monday: LED Wraparounds and Lensed Striplights by Columbia Lighting
Hubbell Lighting recently launched three new LED luminaires from Columbia Lighting—the LWC Premium Wraparound, LPT Premium Lensed Striplight and LRO Lensed Striplight, well suited for lighting kitchen or dining areas,…
Lighting Controls Association Publishes Article Summarizing Lighting Changes in New LEED
My January column for the Lighting Controls Association blog and newsletter lightingCONTROL summarizes the major lighting changes in the new LEED v4. Of particular interest for general lighting is a…
Electroindustry Business Confidence Index Declines for Third Straight Month
NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America slipped below the 50-point level typically associated with expansion in January for the first time since October 2012.…
Eaton Sponsors Outdoor Lighting Design Award for the 2014 IES Illumination Awards Program
Eaton’s Cooper Lighting division is sponsoring the Outdoor Lighting Design Award for the 2014 Illuminating Engineering Society’s (IES) Illumination Awards program. The Outdoor Lighting Design Award recognizes excellence in lighting…
Linear Fluorescent Lamp Shipments Retreat During Third Quarter of 2013
NEMA’s shipment indexes for T5, T8 and T12 lamps retreated during 2013Q3, decreasing by 7.3%, 9.4% and 5.5%, respectively. Year-over-year (y/y) performance showed mixed results for the different lamp types.…
Product Monday: Lumination IS Series by GE
GE’s new Lumination IS Series LED Luminaires are designed to deliver high light output coupled with energy efficiency in a sleek, streamlined form factor for low bay, open ceiling environments.…
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