Industry News
Philips Acquires Dynalite in Australia
Yesterday, we reported that Philips has acquired Italy-based Ilti Luce SpA, an LED design company for architectural indoor lighting. Philips has also recently announced that it has acquired Dynalite, a…
Temple of Light
Here’s a project story I wrote for Archi-Tech Magazine before it went digital, which I still find interesting to revisit. The photos appear to be a bit saturated on the…
Architecture Billings Index Continues to Point to Difficult Conditions
Following another historic low score in January, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) was up two points in February, but still pointing to a general lack of demand for design services.…
Philips Acquires Ilti Luce in Italy
Philips has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Italy-based Ilti Luce SpA, an LED design company for architectural indoor lighting. Upon closing of this transaction in the…
San Francisco Demonstrates Advanced Streetlight System
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and PG&E recently demonstrated streetlights installed on Turk Street (between Taylor and Jones) in the Tenderloin District, networked using Echelon’s LonWorks technology. The new LED…
Cree Launches LED Product Characterization Tool
Cree, Inc. has launched the Product Characterization Tool, an interactive LED design tool that simplifies the task of translating nominal LED performance to real-world conditions. The online tool, accessible at…
EPA Honors Sea Gull Lighting
Sea Gull Lighting has been recognized with the ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award for the third consecutive year by the EPA and DOE. A charter member of the ENERGY STAR…
New Report Forecasts High Growth in Global Energy-Efficient Lighting Market
Reportlinker.com is offering a new market research report that analyzes the global energy-efficient lighting market and forecasts to 2015. The report attempts to define the energy-efficient lighting industry and associated…
AEE Predicts Shortage of Energy Professionals
The Association of Energy Engineers, a nonprofit professional society of over 9,500 members, has published the results of a survey on Green Jobs and Energy Independence. Based on 962 responses…
Lighting Education Institute to Present Online Lighting Calculations Course
Craig A. Bernecker Craig A. Bernecker, founder and director of the Lighting Education Institute, will present a six-week online “immersion” course on Lighting Calculations from June 1 through July 6,…
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