Industry News
Electrical Industry Business Conditions Deteriorated in July
The same downdraft afflicting the broad economy appears to be spilling into the electrical manufacturing sector as the industry pulls back from its earlier rebound. NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index…
Juno Lighting Group Unveils New Lighting Education Center
Juno Lighting Group recently announced the grand re-opening of its Des Plaines, IL-based lighting education center. The center, which is designed to provide architects, interior designers, lighting designers, engineers, contractors…
Lighting Research Center to Host LED Lighting Institute September 18-20, 2012
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lighting Research Center (LRC) will hold a three-day, hands-on seminar September 18-20, 2012, to teach industry professionals how to incorporate light-emitting diodes (LEDs) into lighting applications. The…
LIGHTFAIR International 2013 Call for Speakers Now Open
LIGHTFAIR International has issued a Call for Speakers for the 2013 event in Philadelphia April 21-25, 2013, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Experts from the lighting industry and other industries…
Product Monday: Altitude by Kim Lighting
Kim Lighting’s Altitude, a low-profile LED site luminaire designed “from the ground up” to accommodate LED technology, is scalable in six sizes for pedestrian, site and roadway applications. Constructed with…
Weak Market Conditions Persist According to Architecture Billings Index
The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) saw more poor conditions last month, indicating a drop in design activity at U.S. architecture firms, and suggesting upcoming weakness in spending on nonresidential construction…
NEMA Publishes Best Practices for Operating Fluorescent Lighting Systems
NEMA LSD 27: Best Practices for Operating Fluorescent Lighting Systems, recently published by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), summarizes information and recommendations found in more detailed NEMA papers on…
Industry Cuts Spending in Response to Gridlock in Congress
THE NEW YORK TIMES: “A rising number of manufacturers are canceling new investments and putting off new hires because they fear paralysis in Washington will force hundreds of billions in…
Nonresidential Construction Spending Expected to Increase through 2012 with Stronger Growth Projected for 2013
Even with the myriad of obstacles preventing a full-scale recovery for the overall U.S. economy, the design and construction industry appears to have reasons to be at least modestly optimistic…
Product Monday: io Tile Gen II Luminaires by Cooper Lighting
Cooper Lighting’s io Tile Gen II LED luminaire, which recently won a Best of NeoCon Award, is a luminous, clean, geometric form that can be surface-mounted, pendant-mounted or recessed into…
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