Industry News
Mule Lighting Launches DYNalux Induction Lighting Division
Mule Lighting, a manufacturer of lighting and battery related products since 1923, has established a new division to focus on the development of induction lighting technology and solutions. Click here…
TED Publishes Article on LED Modules
I authored an article for the October issues of TED Magazine, the official publication of NAED, covering developments in LED modules, which promise faster to market, easier to service, more…
Product Monday: Decorative LED Lighting by LSI
LSI’s three decorative pedestrian-scale area lighting products—the Enterprise, Intrepid and Lexington—are now available with LED lamping. Built around the company’s SmartTec intelligence platform, these decorative pedestrian area lights are designed…
Controls Friday: Vizia RF Wireless Lighting Controls by Leviton
Nice video from Leviton describing the company’s Vizia wireless RF home and lighting controls. I’m using a Lutron Maestro wireless dimmer switch now, which enables my family to activate the…
Controls Friday: Lutron Announces New Dimmer Designed and UL Listed for Controlling Dimmable CFLs, LEDs, Halogen and Incandescent Lamps
Lutron Electronicshas introduced two styles of dimmers, Diva/C•L and Credenza/C•L, that work not only with today’s most popular lamps such as incandescent and halogen, but also with dimmable CFLs and…
Carmanah Unilaterally Terminates Lightech Merger
On November 4, LightNOW reported that Carmanah Technologies, a manufacturer of solar LED lighting and power systems for industrial applications, had entered into a process to acquire Lightech Electronic Industries…
NLPIP Publishes Addendum to Report on Streetlighting Technologies
In September, the National Lighting Product Information Program (NLPIP) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lighting Research Center (LRC) released a publication called Specifier Reports: Streetlights for Collector Roads, which provides objective…
Jim Brodrick on Round 11 of CALiPER SSL Product Testing
Guest post by Jim Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy t’s been a while since I’ve written about DOE’s CALiPER testing program, and the Round 11 Summary Report was published this…
DOE Releases Summary Results from Round 11 of CALiPER Testing
The U.S. Department of Energy has completed Round 11 of product testing through the its CALiPER SSL program. Round 11 included five primary focus areas: * roadway arm-mount luminaires *…
ASHRAE/IES Recommended Surface Reflectances
Room surface finishes can play a significant role in maximizing the efficiency of a lighting system because lighter finishes can produce relatively higher light levels and perceptions of brightness. In…
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