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Happy July 4!

Jul 04, 2010

Today is Independence Day. . . .

Controls, Products + Technology

Controls Friday: TCP, Inc. Introduces TruDim CFL Technology

Jul 02, 2010

CFL manufacturer TCP, Inc. is introducing a new fully dimmable CFL product line incorporating a patent-pending high performance CFL ballast design that features proprietary NXP GreenChip power management IC chip…

LED + SSL, Lighting Industry

LED Journal Publishes 2010 Directory of LED Industry

Jul 02, 2010

The LED Industry Directory is LED Journal’s annual reference guide to LED manufacturers and suppliers. The 2010 edition contains listings of manufacturers and dealers of LED products in addition to…

Lighting Industry

Happy Canada Day!

Jul 01, 2010

Today is Canada Day. . . .

Legislation + Regulation

Howard Brandston: Just Say NO to New Energy Standards for Incandescent Lamps

Jul 01, 2010

Living legend Howard Brandston makes the case against new energy standards targeting the incandescent lamp here.

LED + SSL, Products + Technology

Stray Light Optical Technologies Introduces First US Streetlight Featuring Light Emitting Plasma From LUXIM

Jul 01, 2010

Stray Light Optical Technologies recently introduced a new street light designed around LUXIM’s Light Emitting Plasma (LEP) technology. The luminaire is the first of Stray Light Optical’s Tesla series, the…

Energy + Environment

2010 Energy Outlook: Energy Prices Expected to Continue General Upward Trend

Jun 30, 2010

Thomas has published a good wrap up and analysis of the Department of Energy’s 2010 Energy Outlook here.

LED + SSL, Light + Art

TED Talk: The Orb, a Rotating LED Display

Jun 30, 2010

Inventor Nick Sears demos the first generation of the Orb, a rotating LED display that uses persistence of vision to create glowing 3D images.

LED + SSL, Lighting Design

Architectural SSL Magazine Publishes “Rock Sugar” Project Feature

Jun 29, 2010

Architectural SSL recently published an article I wrote about Rock Sugar, a new 7,000+ sq.ft. Los Angeles restaurant offering Thai, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Indonesian and East Indian food in opulent surroundings.…

Awards, Lighting Design

Cooper Lighting Announces Winners of the SOURCE Awards

Jun 28, 2010

Cooper Lighting recently announced the winners of the 33rd Annual SOURCE Awards national lighting design competition. The winners were recognized at LIGHTFAIR 2010 in Las Vegas at the Keynote Speaker…

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Events

DLC Summit 2026

Los Angeles, CA

October 26-27, 2026

IES Street & Area Lighting Conference

Phoenix, AZ

November 8-11, 2026

Light Expo London

London, UK

November 18 - 19, 2026

Canada Light Expo 2026

Toronto, Canada

November 18-19, 2026

Lightovation: Dallas International Lighting Show

Dallas, TX

January 6-9, 2027

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