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WAC Introduces OLED Prototypes

Jun 03, 2009

WAC Lighting showcased two innovative OLED fixture prototypes at Lightfair last month, including an OLED mini chandelier and an OLED wall sconce. The OLED Wall Sconce features six color changeable…

Awards

NLB Announces Call for Entries in 30th High-Benefit Lighting Awards

Jun 02, 2009

The National Lighting Bureau’s 30th annual High-Benefit Lighting Awards Program is under way. This unique program is open to virtually anyone associated with a “High-Benefit Lighting” installation: owners, designers, facility…

LED + SSL, Lighting Industry

Braemar Energy Ventures Invests in Fulham

Jun 02, 2009

Braemar Energy Ventures, a venture capital fund making early- to mid-stage investments in the energy technology sector, recently announced a $10 million investment in Fulham, an assembler and distributor of…

Products + Technology

Philips Introduces 49W T5HO Lamp

Jun 01, 2009

The T8 lamp has been around longer than the T5 lamp and is a bigger market, so there are more offerings. Now we are seeing T5 technology diversifying. For example,…

Education + Resources, Lighting Industry

Is Anybody Home at Lighting.com?

Jun 01, 2009

Lighting.com was founded in the 1990s and has since endeavored to serve as a portal for the lighting community. I buy advertising in their newsletter for one of my clients.…

Legislation + Regulation, Lighting Design

Message from Marsha Turner, IALD Exec. VP, on Texas HB2649

May 29, 2009

Excerpted from IALD Reflections, the newsletter of the IALD: Thank you, all of you, who took the time to weigh in on this issue. Your efforts, and those of our…

Legislation + Regulation, Lighting Design

Texas Regulation of Lighting Design: What’s Next

May 29, 2009

I got an email this morning explaining why Senator Averitt added the language to the bill. Apparently, residential builders and owners in the Senator’s district had complained about people representing…

Education + Resources

May Issue of LightNOW Newsletter Published

May 29, 2009

Another happy LightNOW subscriber.Check out the month’s stories here. The newsletter typically goes from around the 25-28 of the previous month to the 25-28 of the current month, depending on…

Products + Technology

Bega’s “Urban Furniture”

May 29, 2009

BEGA/US has introduced the Urban Furniture bollard to provide robust, glare-free, wide light distribution for parks, schools and public spaces. The luminaire uses a 39W ceramic metal halide lamp, operates…

Legislation + Regulation, Lighting Design

Lighting Design Profession Wins: Texas HB2649 to be Amended (updated)

May 28, 2009

Good news! It’s confirmed: The “lighting designer” language in Texas House Bill 2649 will be withdrawn and replaced with language requesting a study by the Texas Department of Licensing &…

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