Industry News
IES Launches IESLightLogic.org Website
The Illuminating Engineering Society has launched a new blog-format website designed to educate the public about good lighting. The site, produced by IES and written by myself and industry writer…
LED Rebate Programs Proliferate
Originally published in TED Magazine, April 2012. More than $5 billion in commercial lighting rebates are offered in nearly eighty percent of the United States, according to Leendert Jan Enthoven,…
Department of Energy Approves Exemption for Halco 700 Series T8 Lamps
The Department of Energy Office of Hearings and Appeals has granted Halco Lighting Technologies a two-year exemption relief for certain T8 fluorescent lamps from the efficiency regulations that went into…
FMI Publishes Construction Outlook Second Quarter 2012 Report
From FMI: “Economic forecasting is a tricky business even in normal times, and the current national and global economy is anything but normal. Nonetheless, FMI’s forecast calls for more slow…
NEMA Calls on Congress and White House to Act on Pending Fiscal Cliff
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has called upon Congress and the White House to rise above partisanship to find common ground to avoid the “fiscal cliff” threatening our nation’s…
DOE Releases CALiPER Application Summary Report 15
The U.S. Department of Energy has completed Series 15 of testing through the DOE Solid-State Lighting CALiPER program. A summary of the results is now available for download on the…
DOE Report Compares the Life-Cycle Environmental Impacts of an LED Lamp with Incumbent Technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a report that looks at the direct and indirect material and process inputs to fabricate, ship, operate, and dispose of LED lamps,…
Product Monday: TERRASCAPE Landscape Accent Lighting by Solid Sate Luminaires
Solid State Luminaires recently unveiled TERRASCAPE, a durable landscape accent light with sealed 15° spot, 25° narrow flood, 40° flood and 60° wide flood distribution and 3000K or 4000K color…
Cooper Lighting Announces SOURCE Awards Call For Entries
Cooper Lighting has announced a call for entries for its 36th Annual SOURCE Awards national lighting design competition. The competition, which focuses on furthering the understanding, knowledge and function of…
2012 Next Generation Luminaires Solid-State Lighting OUTDOOR Design Competition Launches
The Next Generation Luminaires Design Competition recognizes the highest-quality LED luminaires for commercial building applications. This year, the competition is broken into indoor and outdoor competitions. The indoor competition winners…
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