The Illuminating Engineering Society has announced a new public policy initiative regarding energy conservation and efficiency, sustainability and lighting quality, and a new staff appointment in support of the initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to plan, develop, and coordinate the public policy interests of the IES and government, regulatory, trade and professional associations, [...]
Lighting Industry
PowerSecure Expands LED Lighting Business
PowerSecure International, Inc. recently announced that it has launched an expansion of its LED lighting business through the acquisition of a majority interest in a leading LED lighting development company, Innovative Electronic Solutions Lighting, LLC. Specifically, PowerSecure acquired a two-thirds controlling interest in exchange for cash proceeds of $4.4 million, while Innovative Electronic Solutions’ management [...]
Cree Sets New 5-Year Warranty Standard for LED Luminaires
Cree, Inc. recently announced that it is extending the warranty on its entire family of luminaire products to five years. Cree’s luminaireportfolio includes the CR6, LR4 and LR6 recessed downlights and the LR24 architectural LED troffer, all of which are installed in restaurants, offices and commercial spaces across the United States. All of Cree’s recessed [...]
LED Journal Publishes 2010 Directory of LED Industry
The LED Industry Directory is LED Journal’s annual reference guide to LED manufacturers and suppliers. The 2010 edition contains listings of manufacturers and dealers of LED products in addition to service providers, and is available in hard copy ($195 plus $22 shipping if outside U.S. borders) or PDF ($225). Click here to order.
NEMA Announces Robust Growth In Metal Halide HID Lamp Shipments During First Quarter of 2010
NEMA’s HID lamp indexes for each of the major lamp types (sodium vapor, mercury vapor, and metal halide) increased on a year-over-year basis during the first quarter of 2010. HID sodium lamps posted a 7.5% gain while mercury lamps showed a more modest gain of 1.3%. Metal halide lamps rebounded from a record low set [...]
Career Opportunity: Director of Technology/Lighting Controls
Got this email the other day. Looks like a great opportunity! DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY / LIGHTING CONTROLS CLEVELAND, OH Our client is multinational, diversified organization which is consistently ranked at the very top of the Fortune 500. For over a century our client has provided the world with a broad range of consumer, commercial, industrial [...]
Federal Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Fallon
Fallon Luminous Products Corp. has announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington D.C. has reaffirmed its April 20, 2010 decision in favor of Fallon’s appeal of a patent infringement suit brought by iLight Technologies. The Court denied iLight’s request that the District Court’s judgment be reinstated and ordered that [...]
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