Lighting Industry

As reported by LightNOW on December 2, 2009, the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and Canadian Specifications Canada (CSC) have ended support of MasterFormat95. Licensing expired December 31, 2009, with the industry being required to switch to MasterFormat 2004. Wayne Engebretson of Reed Construction Data has an interesting take on it here. In short, it’s time [...]

Today is George Washington’s birthday.

In January, the RealComm Advisory newsletter published a short article, “Advanced Lighting Control Can Reduce Operating Costs and Improve Worker Satisfaction,” by Terry Mocherniak and Howard Berger, available here. The article talks about digital control architecture as the delivery system for the industry’s most advanced lighting control systems. . . . . . This post [...]

EnOcean, the developer of self-powered wireless sensor networks, is sponsoring four-time Olympian, Catherine Raney-Norman. The sponsorship celebrates the achievements of a US speed skating record holder and contributes to her continued success in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.

Today is President’s Day.

Today is Valentine’s Day.

Today’s is Lincoln’s birthday.

The Lighting Practice has announced that it has received Women Business Enterprise (WBE) certification from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, Pennsylvania’s Department of General Services’ Bureau of Minority and Women Business Opportunities, and from the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Economic Opportunity. This positions the firm to network with and do business with companies [...]

Nora Lighting has finished a major update of its website at www.noralighting.com that spotlights more than 100 new products, including LED and CFL luminaires and decorative accent lighting, while also providing a wider range of customer service features. Improvements include: * Easier to navigate * New homepage quickly links users directly to specific product lines [...]