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Congressional Impasse on Looming Fiscal Cliff Impasse Could Cost Design and Construction Industry More Than $2 Billion in Lost Work, Architects Warn
The design and construction industry, still reeling from the real estate crash, could face another $2 billion in lost work if Congress and the White House fail to reach agreement…
Product Monday: Architectural Combination Exit Sign/Emergency Lighting Solution by Dual-Lite
Dual-Lite, a Hubbell Lighting Inc. brand, has introduced the EVC Architectural Exit Sign/Emergency Light. The EVC Series utilizes a single, high‐performance LED in each die-cast aluminum lamp head, operating at…
2012 IALD Awards in Video
The 2012 IALD Awards presented as a series of videos on YouTube:
Milking Lighting
A 2010 Oklahoma State study comparing LED with conventional lighting in dairies showed a 6% increase in milk production under LED. The question is why, which is uncertain. One theory…
A Guided Tour of SSL Area Light Sources
More on OLEDs … Jeannine Fisher and Mike Lu of Acuity Brands’ OLED Lighting Design Center presented, “A Guided Tour of SSL Area Light Sources – Past, Present and Future”…
Are OLEDs Ready for Prime Time?
Lighting designer Stephen Blackman, principal of Blackman Design Associates, has authored a whitepaper, “Are OLED Panels Ready for Prime Time?” It begins: “Right now we see many custom architectural OLED…
Product Monday: LED Bollards by Williams Outdoor
Williams Outdoor, an H.E. Williams, Inc. brand, recently introduced a complete offering of LED outdoor bollards. Rated for 50,000 hours at 70% lumen maintenance (L70) and utilizing an 1100- or…
DOE Releases CALiPER Application Summary Report on LED Recessed Wallwashers
The U.S. Department of Energy has completed Series 18 of testing through the DOE Solid-State Lighting CALiPER program. A summary of the results is now available for download on the…
Mike’s Monthly Minute: AC Versus DC
Mike Donovan of Edge Lighting describes AC versus dimming in the context of LED lighting and control in this humorous “monthly minute” video:
California Lighting Efficiency Programs Save 285,000 kW Since 2010
The California Public Utilities Commission recently published a fact sheet regarding the success of the state’s 2010-2011 energy efficiency program by sector (lighting, HVAC, commercial, and residential), as outlined in…
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