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Cree Launches LED Product Characterization Tool

Apr 06, 2009

Cree, Inc. has launched the Product Characterization Tool, an interactive LED design tool that simplifies the task of translating nominal LED performance to real-world conditions. The online tool, accessible at…

Lighting Industry

EPA Honors Sea Gull Lighting

Apr 05, 2009

Sea Gull Lighting has been recognized with the ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award for the third consecutive year by the EPA and DOE. A charter member of the ENERGY STAR…

Education + Resources, Energy + Environment, Lighting Industry

New Report Forecasts High Growth in Global Energy-Efficient Lighting Market

Apr 04, 2009

Reportlinker.com is offering a new market research report that analyzes the global energy-efficient lighting market and forecasts to 2015. The report attempts to define the energy-efficient lighting industry and associated…

Energy + Environment

AEE Predicts Shortage of Energy Professionals

Apr 03, 2009

The Association of Energy Engineers, a nonprofit professional society of over 9,500 members, has published the results of a survey on Green Jobs and Energy Independence. Based on 962 responses…

Education + Resources

Lighting Education Institute to Present Online Lighting Calculations Course

Apr 02, 2009

Craig A. Bernecker Craig A. Bernecker, founder and director of the Lighting Education Institute, will present a six-week online “immersion” course on Lighting Calculations from June 1 through July 6,…

Energy + Environment

Top 25 ENERGY STAR Cities

Apr 02, 2009

The EPA ENERGY STAR commercial building labeling program has released a list of the top 25 cities with the highest number ENERGY STAR buildings in 2008, available here as a…

Education + Resources

John Wiley Publishes New Residential Lighting Book by Randall Whitehead

Apr 01, 2009

John Wiley & Sons has announced the publication of Residential Lighting: A Practical Guide to Beautiful and Sustainable Design, 2nd Edition by Randall Whitehead. John Wiley & Sons says: “Written…

Construction + Economy

Construction Market Forecast: Nonresidential Construction Will Plummet, Begin 3+ Years of Contraction

Apr 01, 2009

Construction industry management consulting and investment banking firm FMI has released its Construction Outlook: First Quarter 2009 Report, available free online as a PDF document here. The outlook forecasts nonresidential…

Lighting Industry

Lumec Launches V2.0 of its Free Web-based 3D Visual Luminaire Assembly Software, Lumec 3D

Apr 01, 2009

Architects, landscape architects, and lighting designers can now visualize in 3D how Lumec’s high-end outdoor luminaires look in any potential project setting. “We made the software more intuitive, added tons…

LED + SSL, Lighting Industry

Renaissance Lighting Named 2009 GoingGreen East 50 Winner

Mar 31, 2009

Renaissance Lighting, a developer of solid-state downlights, has been selected to the 2009 GoingGreen East 50 Top Private Company List. The GoingGreen East 50 recognition is given annually at the…

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