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IES to Publish 10th Edition of Lighting Handbook

Dec 03, 2010

The 10th edition of the IES Lighting Handbook is coming in early 2011! Check it out here.

Lighting Industry

Romanian Lighting Convention to be Held May 18-20, 2011 in Bucharest

Dec 02, 2010

The Romanian Lighting Convention will be held May 18-20, 2011 at the JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel in Bucharest. Click here to learn more about the event.

Lighting Industry

Remodeling Professionals Name Halo Brand the Leader in Lighting

Dec 02, 2010

Cooper Lighting has announced that its Halo brand of recessed and track lighting has been named by Remodeling magazine as the Brand Leader in Lighting. Sweeping all four categories, Halo…

LED + SSL, Lighting Design

Yas Hotel’s Sweeping Grid-Shell Element Lights Up at Night with More Than 5,000 Custom LED Lights

Dec 01, 2010

The Yas Hotel, on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, was conceived as two towers connected by a bridge and united by a stunning glass and steel grid-shell element. The hotel’s…

Products + Technology

BEGA/US Publishes New Catalog

Dec 01, 2010

BEGA/US has a new catalog. Learn more here.

Lighting Industry

Alliance Lighting to Launch UK Office

Dec 01, 2010

Alliance Lighting has announced the launch of a new office in the United Kingdom to represent its partnering manufacturers (Whitegoods, Vode, Technilum, Lumenpulse, Filix and ALM) to UK lighting specifiers.…

Education + Resources, LED + SSL

TED Magazine Publishes Article on LED Lighting

Nov 30, 2010

Specifically, how to protect yourself and your clients from bad product. This article, which I authored for the October issue of TED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED, covers…

Lighting Industry

Quote of the Day

Nov 30, 2010

“If you retrofit an inefficient, lousy lighting job with new lamps and ballasts, the result is an efficient, lousy lighting job.” —Willard L. Warren, energy consultant

LED + SSL, Products + Technology

Product Monday: Litecontrol’s L20 LED Luminaire

Nov 29, 2010

Litecontrol has unveiled the L20, the debut LED luminaire for Litecontrol, designed to functionally provide higher light output and efficacy than a similar linear fluorescent luminaire. The design targets applications…

Daylighting, Education + Resources, Energy + Environment, Lighting Design

New Buildings Institute Launches First Online Advanced Lighting Guide

Nov 29, 2010

New Buildings Institute (NBI) has announced the publication of the inaugural online version of the Advanced Lighting Guidelines (ALG). ALG is a premier resource for energy‐efficient lighting design, technologies and…

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November 9 -10, 2025

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Toronto, Canada

November 12 - 23, 2025

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March 8 - 13, 2026

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