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IES Illumination Awards Open to Submissions Through February 7
The IES today announced that submissions for the 2013 Illumination Awards program are now being accepted online. The deadline for submissions is Thursday, February 7, 2013. The IES Illumination Awards…
Lighting Services Inc and Lumenpulse Sign Licensing Agreement
LSI President & CEO: Daniel Gelman and Lumenpulse President & CEO: François-Xavier SouvayLighting Services Inc and Lumenpulse recently announced signing a licensing agreement for “Lumentalk” technology. Lumentalk technology enables digital…
Architecture Billings Index Signaling Gains for Fourth Straight Month
Billings at architecture firms across the country continue to increase. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reflects the approximate 9- to 12-month lag…
Product Monday: LightFlex Prismatic Daylighting System by Sunoptics
Sunoptics’ LightFlex system is a high performance prismatic daylighting solution for suspended-ceiling applications. The LightFlex toplighting system uses the Sunoptics Signature Series prismatic skylight, which allows the system to efficiently…
DOE Releases CALiPER Application Summary Report on LED PAR38 Lamps
The U.S. Department of Energy has completed Series 20 of testing through the DOE Solid-State Lighting CALiPER program, available here. Report 20 evaluates the independently tested photometric performance of 38…
T12 Fluorescent Lamp Index Tumbles During Third Quarter of 2012
NEMA’s T12 lamp shipment index tumbled to 37.5, a decline of nearly 40% on a year-over-year (y/y) basis during Q3 – the first quarter following the implementation of the new…
North American EBCIs Close 2012 on Positive Note
NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for current North American business conditions extended its late-year rally in December, climbing for a fourth month in a row to 63.9. The index…
EPA Releases Draft 3 of ENERGY STAR Lamps V1.0 Specification
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released Draft 3 of the ENERGY STAR Lamps V1.0 specification for review and comment. This specification is intended to replace the existing Compact…
Product Monday: Rollercoaster OLED Luminaire by OSRAM
OSRAM is introducing a new OLED luminaire, called the Rollercoaster for its interesting architectural form, that utilizes transparent OLED panels (30 of them, 18-cm x 6.5 cm, operating at 20…
2013 Next Generation SSL Luminaires Design Competition-Indoor Category Opens
The 2013 Next Generation Luminaires Solid-State Lighting Indoor Design Competition has officially launched. Written Intents to Submit are due by January 18, 2013, and must be submitted online at www.ngldc.org.…
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