Lighting Industry

OSRAM SYLVANIA announced earlier this year that the year 2010 marks the 25th anniversary of the development of the modern compact fluorescent lamp. The lighting industry began tracking sales of integrated CFLs in the United States in 1997, when just 13.3 million units were sold, compared to 2.8 billion incandescent bulbs. Integrated CFL sales in [...]

Leotek, a developer of LED technology, has announced the relocation of the company’s headquarters and U.S. manufacturing operations to a new, larger facility in Silicon Valley, California housing the company’s manufacturing, warehousing adn distribution operations in addition to support departments. According to the company, the move is intended to accommodate growth in the company’s core [...]

LIGHTFAIR International is poised to connect more than 20,000 lighting professionals with nearly 500 manufacturers at the 2011 conference and trade show taking place May 15-19, 2011 in its new east coast location at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Convention Center enables LFI to expand its exhibitor base and featured pavilions across [...]

Today is the first day of autumn.

NEMA’s T5 lamp shipments index registered a reading of 152.0 during the second quarter of 2010, a 41.1% increase from a year ago. The index reclaimed lost ground from the previous quarter, rebounding by 19.8%. T8 lamp shipments also showed robust growth, increasing 12.7% on a year-over-year basis. Conversely, shipments of T12 lamps declined 2.6% [...]

LightNOW has learned the IALD Board of Directors has formed a task force to look into the viability of creating a design credential for architectural lighting designers. Many lighting designers already carry the LC credential.

NEMA’s compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) index posted a reading of 210.1 during the second quarter of 2010, negating the 3.1% year-over-year gain during the previous quarter. CFL shipments decreased 4.2% on a quarterly basis following increases of 14% and 1.8% for the previous two quarters. Meanwhile, shipments of incandescent lamps decreased 2.8% on a year-over-year [...]

Shipments of sodium vapor high intensity discharge (HID) lamps increased 3.9% to 92.6 in 2010Q2, the highest level in two years. The index reading was 17.1% above the same period last year. Metal halide HID lamp shipments decreased 4% percent to 82.5 from the previous quarter, but were still 0.5% above the same period last [...]

Hubbell Lighting has announced a new education market solutions-oriented web resource for engineers, lighting designers, facilities managers and education board members here. From K-12 to higher education facilities, schools have a myriad of functions requiring different lighting solutions. The new page at Hubbell Lighting’s website features some of the many Hubbell solutions for indoor, outdoor, [...]