Industry News
HID Lamp Shipment Indexes Remain on the Decline During 2012
NEMA’s high intensity discharge (HID) lamp shipment indexes declined for the second consecutive year during 2012. Mercury vapor lamps declined 9.6 percent to an index value of 44 signifying that…
Architecture Billings Index Continues to Improve at a Healthy Pace
With increasing demand for design services, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) is continuing to strengthen. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to…
Product Monday: Flex by 3M
Flex by 3M is a series of curved and straight low-profile LED modular panels that can be fitted together to form whimsical custom shapes.
LIGHTFAIR Set for April 21-25, 2013 in Philadelphia
LIGHTFAIR International 2013 will take place at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia from April 21 through April 25, 2013. PRE-CONFERENCE: LIGHTFAIR Institute (April 21-22, Sunday – Monday) offers: ·…
Halogen A-lamps Begin to Fill Void Created by Incandescent Energy Regulations
NEMA’s incandescent lamp shipments index showed a precipitous decline of 40.1 percent compared to the same period last year. Moreover, the index reached a value of 49.3, a new record…
Next Generation Luminaires Design Competition Recognizes 28 Commercial LED Indoor Lighting Products
The fifth annual Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Solid-State Lighting Design Competition has recognized 28 commercial LED indoor lighting products for excellence. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the…
Acuity Brands Acquires eldoLED
Acuity Brands, Inc. recently announced it has acquired eldoLAB Holding B.V., (eldoLED), a manufacturer of intelligent LED drivers. Founded in 2003, eldoLED is a privately owned company headquartered in Eindhoven,…
Product Monday: New LED Pendants by D’ac Lighting
Designed by Mary Helen Pratte, Cielo, Claro and Coperto are LED versions of D’ac Lighting’s “light industrial” downlight pendants. Each fixture is 63 in. in overall height and suspend from…
Interview with Dave Irvine-Halliday, Founder of Light Up The World
I’m an admirer of Dave Irvine-Halliday, founder of the Light Up The World Foundation, and had the opportunity to hear him speak at LIGHTFAIR and more recently here in Calgary,…
C. David Tebbs Forms the Tebbs Group, LLC
C. David TebbsLighting industry executive C. David Tebbs and associates have formed The Tebbs Group, LLC as an incorporated business, working with public- and private-sector corporate clients throughout the greater…
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