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Product Monday: Litecontrol’s Mainstream Wins Green Good Design Award

Jan 10, 2011

Litecontrol has announced that its Mainstream product has won a 2010 Green GOOD DESIGN Award. Mainstream by Litecontrol is a micro-scaled pendant LED luminaire that features uniform and controlled illumination,…

Education + Resources, Events

LIGHTFAIR 2012 to Offer World’s Largest Lighting Conference

Jan 10, 2011

LIGHTFAIR International (LFI) will again cover a broad range of today’s most relevant topics, presented by the industry’s leading experts. Set to take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center,…

Lighting Industry

Nora Lighting Adds Sites & Sites and Isaac Trujillo as Showroom Sales Reps in Western USA

Jan 10, 2011

Nora Lighting is expanding its showroom representation in the western U.S. with the addition of two new sales firms. Sites and Sites, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, will handle showroom sales…

LED + SSL

DOE Releases GATEWAY Report on LED Retrofit Lamps

Jan 07, 2011

The U.S. Department of Energy has published a report covering a demonstration project involving LED retrofit lamps installed at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco, CA. The report, developed under…

LED + SSL

Jim Brodrick on LM79

Jan 06, 2011

Guest post by Jim Brodrick, Department of Energy Some of you may have come across references to IES LM-79 that imply that the test procedure is flawed or unnecessary or…

Awards, LED + SSL, Products + Technology

DOE Suspends PAR38 L Prize Competition

Jan 06, 2011

The Department of Energy has announced that it will modify the competition requirements for the L Prize PAR 38 category. Effective today, DOE has temporarily closed the PAR 38 competition,…

Products + Technology

IKEA Ceases Sale of Incandescent Lamps

Jan 05, 2011

Good Clean Tech is reporting that IKEA is no longer selling incandescent lamps. The article somewhat erroneously states, however, that all retailers will soon be following IKEA as the Energy…

Awards

2010 GE Edison Awards Entry Deadline Coming Up: January 10, 2011

Jan 05, 2011

Entries must be submitted by mail and must arrive (Cleveland, OH) no later than 10 January 2011! Click here for more information.

Lighting Industry

Philips Acquires Optimum Lighting

Jan 05, 2011

Royal Philips Electronics has announced that it has acquired Optimum Lighting LLC, a privately owned company specializing in customized energy-efficient lighting solutions for the office, industry and retail segments. “Office…

LED + SSL, Products + Technology

Home Depot Devotes Special Section on Website to LED Lighting

Jan 05, 2011

Home Depot wrote to me recently to let me know that they have published a special section on their website entirely devoted to LED replacement lamps, with plenty of extra…

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November 18-19, 2026

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