Acclaim Lighting’s Flex Tube Mini is a flexible, direct-view, outdoor LED strip with a compact 0.4” x 0.4” profile in a wide range of color temperatures from 2200K to 5700K plus red, green, blue, and amber for customized lighting applications.

In my lighting column published in the February issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, I tackle the topic of DC building microgrids.

The NLB Tesla Awards program recognizes excellence in new construction or retrofit lighting projects that demonstrate creativity and enhance the value of lighting for occupants. All projects must be submitted online by May 3, 2021.

The National Lighting Bureau’s (NLB) new Trusted Warranty Evaluation Program will offer electrical distributors assurance that lighting products they select are supported by warranties independently verified as worthy of trust.

Lighting design firm Nulty has published a series of worksheets that very effectively teach young children about light.

ALVA Lighting’s Brian is an architectural-scale, wet-listed, exterior wall sconce designed on the premise that large facades require large luminaires.

The Dodge Momentum Index increased 3.1% in January to 139.4 (2000=100) from the revised December reading of 135.2. The Momentum Index, issued by Dodge Data & Analytics, is a monthly measure of the first (or initial) report for nonresidential building projects in planning, which have been shown to lead construction spending for nonresidential buildings by a full year. January’s increase marked the highest level in the Momentum Index since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

The New Buildings Institute (NBI) recently released new code language that serves as a building decarbonization overlay to the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). The Building Decarbonization Code is a tool aiming to deliver carbon neutral performance. It also offers market insight into rules that will determine how new buildings are designed and constructed in the future in order to curb the worst impacts of climate change.

LIGHTFAIR exhibitors are invited to submit their most innovative new products for the 32nd annual LightFair Innovation Awards. Winners in 14 categories and the “Best of Category,” the “Technical Award,” the “Design Excellence Award” and the “Most Innovative Product of the Year” will be announced at LightFair 2021, October 27-29, 2021 in New York. The deadline for submissions is March 12, 2021.