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Lighting Controls Association Updates Energy Codes Course

The Lighting Controls Association (LCA) has updated EE203: Lighting & Commercial Energy Codes, a course in its popular Education Express program. Residing at the Association’s website, Education Express provides in-depth…

Cooper LightingAnnounces 2014 Class Schedule for the SOURCE Lighting Educational Facility

Cooper Lighting recently announced the release of the 2014 SOURCE calendar of educational classes for the lighting and design community. The SOURCE, located at Cooper’s Peachtree City, GA office, offers…

Cree Introduces Wireless Control System

Cree has introduced SmartCast Technology, a self-programming wireless lighting control system for its LED luminaires. Designed to be intuitive and easy to use, luminaires enabled with Cree SmartCast Technology create…

Product Monday: LED T8 by Philips

Philips Lighting’s InstantFit LED T8 offers a “click to fit” LED retrofit alternative for linear electronic instant-start fluorescent lighting, offering up to 40% energy savings. The Philips InstantFit LED replacement…

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…

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