Industry News
NEMA Lighting Systems Index Tumbles Sharply in Q109
NEMA’s Lighting Systems Index (LSI) dropped 12.8% during the first quarter of 2009 compared to the prior three-month period. Moreover, the index has registered new all-time low readings in each…
Rebates & Retrofits: The Stimulus Put to Work
Lighting designer Jim Benya of Benya Lighting Design has published a great presentation on his website talking about opportunities in the retrofit and relighting market, available free here as a…
Cooper Lighting Announces SOURCE Awards Call for Entries
Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries, Ltd., has announced a call for entries for its 33rd Annual SOURCE Awards national lighting design competition. The competition, which focuses on furthering…
Can Changes in Lighting Improve Health?
Change the lighting; improve your health. It’s a strategy researchers from Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and the School of Medicine, the Geriatric Research Education…
Acuity Brands Lighting Announces New Outdoor Lighting Brand
At Lightfair last week, Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. (parent company of Lithonia, Peerless Lighting, Hydrel and other well known lighting brands) announced the introduction of a new architectural outdoor brand:…
New Draft of ASHRAE 189.1 Green Building Standard Available for Public Comment
ASHRAE is taking another crack at producing BSR/ASHRAE/IESNA/USGBC Standard 189.1P, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. This is the third public review draft. You…
Construction Spending Remains Flat in March
March 2009 construction spending was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $969.7 billion, 0.3% above the revised February estimate of $967.1 billion and 11.1% below the same period…
LED Lighting Fixtures to Make Gains in General Lighting Market
A nearly 300-page report released by Strategies Unlimited, LED lighting Fixtures – Market Analysis and Forecast, provides a detailed assessment of the market drivers and challenges faced by the LED…
Kunstler on the “Tragedy of Suburbia”
In James Howard Kunstler’s view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life and the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues in this Technology, Entertainment and…
Pegasus Associates Lighting Celebrates 10 Years on the Internet
Pegasus Associates Lighting is observing its 10-year anniversary by offering special discounts and free lighting gifts to all customers until May 31, and launching an Internet forum dedicated to lighting.…
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