Industry News
“Pixel Cloud” Light Installation
Jason Bruges Studio, a UK-based studio producing interactive light sculpture and environments, was commissioned to create a lighting art feature for a 10-story atrium in Allen & Overy’s new headquarters…
Final Stimulus Package: What’s in it for the Lighting Industry?
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009–the “stimulus package”–has been passed, which includes $311 billion in appropriations. President Obama will sign the bill into law on Tuesday, February 17,…
Day-Brite Capri Omega Lighting Institute to Host Seminar on Office Lighting March 26 and 27, 2009
Day-Brite Capri Omega (DCO) Lighting Institute will hold a specifier seminar on office lighting at its facility in Tupelo, Mississippi on March 26 and 27. The seminar will focus on…
Lessons Learned at the DOE SSL Workshop
DOE’s main solid-state lighting proponent, Jim Brodrick, recently reported in from the DOE SSL workshop, just held in San Francisco, for those who couldn’t make it with one of his…
NEMA Lighting Systems Index Falls Nearly 5%
NEMA’s Lighting Systems Index (LSI), which reflects sales of lighting equipment by NEMA members, dropped 4.8% between the third and fourth quarters of 2008. Lighting shipments fell six of the…
Berkeley Lamp II: Ambient and Task Lighting with Occupancy Sensor Option
The Berkeley Lamp II is a multipurpose luminaire providing upper ambient, lower task or combined lighting. Designed for use in living areas, lobbies or lounges where the budget doesn’t allow…
CABA Report Suggests Convergence of Green and Intelligent Buildings
The Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) has released a report on “bright green buildings,” which CABA defines as a “building that leverages intelligent technologies to support environmental sustainability while providing…
What if 80% of the lamps in your house had to be fluorescent?
The residential section of the 2009 version of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), recently published, has a new Section 404, which covers residential lighting. It’s the first time IECC…
Thoughts on Bi-Level Switching
Multilevel switching and personal dimming are often lumped together because the goal is the same–providing users a manual choice of light levels. The 2003 Advanced Lighting Guidelines, published by the…
Saving Electricity Will Not Get Us Off Middle Eastern Oil
It’s a myth that reducing electric energy consumption by installing energy-efficient lighting will have a significant impact on oil consumption. According to the Energy Information Administration, oil accounted for only…
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