Industry News
EBCI for Current North American Business Conditions Climbs to Highest in Seven Months in November
NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for current North American business conditions climbed nearly 13 points in October, its third straight monthly increase, to 58.3. The index reached its highest…
December 6 IES Webinar: Why Daylight and View are (Mostly) Good for Us
Daylight and View are (Mostly) Good for Us: Why? Live Webcast with Jennifer Veitch Thursday, December 6, 2012 1:00PM EST / 10:00AM PST Duration: 60 minutes This one-hour webcast will…
DOE Releases CALiPER Application Summary Report on LED AR111 Lamps
The U.S. Department of Energy has completed Series 17 of testing through the DOE Solid-State Lighting CALiPER program. A summary of the results is now available for download on the…
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…
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