Industry News
Construction Spending Falls 10% Below Last Year in February
Construction spending during February 2009 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $967.5 billion, 0.9% below the revised January estimate of $976.2 billion and 10% percent below the…
Light + Design: A Guide to Designing Quality Lighting for People and Buildings
Over the past two years, I had the pleasure of working with an extraordinary group of lighting professionals–Carol Jones, Naomi Miller, Leslie North, Peter Ngai, Dawn DeGrazio, Veda Clark and…
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day.
CLTC Study Demonstrates Major Energy Savings for Bilevel Occupancy Sensors
Earlier this month, I posted a new whitepaper at the Lighting Control Association website that talks about the findings of a new study about combining occupancy sensing and bilevel switching.…
Visit Lightsearch.com at Lightfair International
Visit Lightsearch.com at Lightfair at Booth #2984! Since 1995, Lightsearch has been the lighting community’s premier lighting search tool, providing essential information and links to more than 8,000 lighting companies.…
What’s New in Lamps and Ballasts
This year, I have the pleasure of joining Howard Wolfman, recently retired from OSRAM SYLVANIA and now principal of Lumispec Consulting, in presenting the “What’s New in Lamps and Ballasts”…
Researchers Boost Efficiency of Blue OLEDs by 25%
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) can be used for TVs, computer displays, cell phones and PDAs. These multi-layered devices produce light by running an electrical current through a specially engineered host…
How It’s Made: Outdoor Luminaire
How It’s Made is a TV series consisting of short 24-minute episodes showing how everyday products are made. While visiting the in-laws today, I caught a segment showing how pole…
ElectricTV.net Publishes Video Segment on Hi-Bay T5HO Lighting
ElectricTV.net, operated by NECA, has published a short video about hi-bay T5HO lighting here. It’s a little basic and attempts to characterize T5HO lighting as “new,” but has interesting visuals…
DOE Honors Philips for Advances in LED Lighting
Philips Color Kinetics has been honored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), receiving an award for “Significant Achievement in Solid-State Lighting Research & Development.” The award recognizes Philips’ progress…
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