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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…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Literod Stacks Series by Lam Lighting

Nov 29, 2010

Lam Lighting has introduced the Literod Stacks series of suspended linear fluorescent luminaires for illuminating library stacks and similar commercial applications. The luminaires are designed to illuminate vertical book stacks…

Controls, People

NEMA Recognizes Joel Spira

Nov 26, 2010

Joel A. Spira, founder, chairman, and director of research of Lutron Electronics, headed the list of electroindustry leaders recently honored by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) at its annual…

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