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October Issue of LightNOW Published
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Guest Post by Jim Brodrick: DOE Transferring ENERGY STAR Responsibility to EPA
Guest post by Jim Brodrick, reprinted with permission from Postings: from the desk of Jim Brodrick As many of you already know, DOE is in the process of transferring its…
Illuminate Editorial: “Change Has Arrived”
Big changes are in the works that will impact future lighting designs by eliminating some of the least-efficient and lowest-cost products from the market, while establishing ambitious new goals for…
Lighting Controls Association Publishes Short Primer on Control Wiring
Control wiring provides a path for command and status communication between control devices in a lighting and control system and, in many cases, power to the devices as well. Wiring…
People: Generation Brands’ Susan Solomon Auerbach Inducted into ALA Lighting Hall of Fame
Susan Solomon Auerbach, executive vice president – corporate development for Generation Brands was inducted into the American Lighting Association’s (ALA) Lighting Hall of Fame on September 15 at the 2009…
Massive James Turrell Lighting Installation to be Presented Thru April 5, 2010 in Germany
On October 24, 2009, a monumental lighting art installation, created by American lighting artist James Turrell, was presented to the public at the Wolfsburg Art Museum. The Wolfsburg Project, a…
Is Commercial Real Estate the Next Bubble?
In his October editorial, Building Design & Construction Robert Cassidy asked whether commercial real estate is the next bubble, quoting Dan Tishman, CEO of Tishman Construction, who said $3.4 trillion…
FMI Releases Q309 Report
The outlook for the general economy is improving, but that doesn’t mean good news for construction yet. Total construction in 2009 and 2010 will be down 14% and 5% respectively,…
MAKE Magazine Explores The LED
Take a tour through the world of the light-emitting diode and learn who invented it, how to use it, and how to make your own with this fascinating short video…
U.S. Architecture Firm Annual Billings Top $40 Billion
In the three-year period leading up to the current recession, gross billings at U.S. architecture firms increased nearly $16 billion from 2005 and totaled $44.3 billion in 2008. This equates…
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