Industry News
More Than 200 LCs Added to Ranks of Lighting Certified
NCQLP has announced that 299 lighting practitioners sat for the 2008 Examination. With a pass rate of 78.4%, the number of Lighting Certified (LC) individuals has been increased by 228,…
Construction Spending Tumbles in January
The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce recently announced that construction spending during January 2009 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $986.2 billion, 3.3% below…
Extended Life Linear Fluorescent Lamps
I recently wrote an article for TED Magazine about extended-life linear 4-ft. fluorescent T8 lamps. Industry averages: * 20,000 hours at 3 hours/start on instant-start ballast (the most commonly installed…
Light as Architectural Material
Furniture designer SAAZS has collaborated with Saint-Gobain Innovations to produce Planilum technology, which enables light to be incorporated as a material into stylish objects and furniture. Planilum, a complex multi-layered…
People: Bradshow Promoted at Speirs and Major, Zumtobel Lighting and WAC Welcome New Presidents
UK lighting design practice Speirs and Major Associates has announced the promotion of Keith Bradshaw to Director. Keith Bradshaw. Bradshaw, formerly an Associate Director, first joined the Edinburgh office in…
Leviton’s Bob Freshman Climbs for Charity, Asks Your Help
Leviton marketing manager Bob Freshman has been a lieutenant/firefighter/EMT for Newberg, OR for the past eight years. Starting in 2008, he began competing in the Seattle Firefighter stairclimb and is…
ASHRAE to launch building energy labeling program
More than 2,800 people attended ASHRAE‘s 2009 Winter Conference, held Jan. 24-28, Chicago. Also taking place in conjunction with the meeting was the Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition, which attracted 54,000…
New Lighting Products in 2009
Since the launch of the blog I’ve been having to weed out comments for some of the posts where manufacturers or manufacturer sales reps are trying to promote their new…
NCQLP Recognizes Lighting Controls Handbook
I hope you’ll excuse some blatant self promotion, but I received some good news about one of my books, The Lighting Controls Handbook. The book has been selected by NCQLP…
New Survey Suggests Typical Lighting Control Energy Savings in Office Buildings
The Lighting Controls Association authorized ZING Communications, Inc. to conduct a survey of a group of nearly 900 lighting designers, more than 730 electrical engineers and more than 530 lighting/energy…
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