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LED + SSL

Jim Brodrick on Optical Safety of LEDs

Aug 14, 2013

Republication of Postings from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solid-State Lighting Program by Jim Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy In two previous Postings and a Technology Fact Sheet, we’ve…

LED + SSL

DOE Publishes Fact Sheet on Optical Safety of LEDs

Aug 13, 2013

To address the issue of how safe LED lighting is for the human eye, which has generated some confusion and misinformation, the U.S. Department of Energy has published a new…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: SkyVault by Solatube

Aug 12, 2013

The SkyVault Series M74 DS by Tubular Daylight Device (TDD) manufacturer Solatube International, Inc., is the company’s largest daylighting device to date, serving as the daylighting “core” for high-bay commercial…

Lighting Industry, People

Lighting Industry News Roundup

Aug 09, 2013

Birchwood Lighting has launched a new website. Advanced Lighting Technologies, the parent company of Venture Lighting, recently won the 2013 Manny Award for Global Business from Cleveland’s INSIDE BUSINESS Magazine.…

Education + Resources

IES Announces First LC Study Group

Aug 08, 2013

THE LIGHTING PROFESSION The IES is endeavoring to provide support for those people who may be ready, both professionally and technically, to take the exam. To this end, the IES…

Energy + Environment

LEED Version 4 Approved by USGBC

Aug 07, 2013

With 86% of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) voting to approve, LEED v4 will be launched at Greenbuild in November 2013. USGBC will allow projects to register for either…

Education + Resources, LED + SSL

Solais Lighting Publishes Whitepaper on Color Shift

Aug 06, 2013

Solais Lighting recently published an interesting whitepaper about causes and management of color shift in LED products. Download it here.

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Round 4 Luminaires by Peerless

Aug 05, 2013

Peerless Lighting’s Round 4, a comprehensive suite of LED luminaires in both suspended and wall-mount model, feature a classic, 4” cylindrical form; energy-saving control and sensor options; comfortable, glare-free illumination;…

Interviews + Opinion, Lighting Design

Interview about Outdoor Lighting with Eric Snyder of Cooper Lighting

Aug 02, 2013

I recently had the opportunity to interview Eric Snyder, marketing manager for Eaton’s Cooper Lighting Business, for an article I wrote about outdoor lighting for The Electrical Distributor (TED) Magazine.…

LED + SSL, Research

M&A and Investment Performance in the LED Lighting Industry

Aug 01, 2013

Guest post by Jim McHale, Memoori Over the course of the last 5 years we’ve been closely monitoring developments in the LED market and have tracked a total of 238…

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