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Today, Chuck Swoboda, CEO of Cree, a manufacturer of LED products, joined President Obama at the White House to discuss the latest developments in energy-efficient technologies. Swoboda and seven other CEOs representing American companies were invited to meet with President Obama to discuss American innovation in areas such as clean energy and the potential benefits [...]

Dan Schwade’s strong design and communication skills have earned him a promotion from CAD Specialist to Jr. Applications Engineer at Visa Lighting’s Applications group.

“If someone really wanted to do a green household, they could use dimmers, they could use occupancy sensors to turn off the lights in case they forgot to. Control of the light is really the most energy efficient way to gain benefit.” –Howard Brandston LightNOW says: Amen, brother! Click here to read this interview with [...]

Hubbell Lighting, Inc. has promoted Bill Foley to Vice President and General Manager for both Kim Lighting and Architectural Area Lighting in a newly created combined position. Foley, who joined Kim Lighting in 2007, was previously Vice President and General Manager of Kim Lighting. Meanwhile, in other Hubbell news, M.J. Paul has been named VP, [...]

Selux Corporation has announced that John McCartney passed away on March 27 at the age of 57. He was employed at Holophane for over 31 years, where he had the position of Director of Sourcing. Since February 2008, John had been working with the Selux Corporation in Highland, New York as a plant manager. He [...]

Matthew Tanteri, IES, IALD Educator, Principal of Tanteri + Associates, LLC recently wrote to me to let me know that his consulting firm has moved to new offices at One Bridge Street, Suite 72, Irvington-On-Hudson, NY 10533, phone: 914.693.7800. His office is literally a stone’s throw from the water in a ground-level storefront in the [...]

UK lighting design practice Speirs and Major Associates has announced the promotion of Keith Bradshaw to Director. Bradshaw, formerly an Associate Director, first joined the Edinburgh office in 2002. A graduate of London’s Bartlett School of Architecture, he has a broad range of experience as a lighting designer. During his time at Speirs and Major [...]

Leviton marketing manager Bob Freshman has been a lieutenant/firefighter/EMT for Newberg, OR for the past eight years. Starting in 2008, he began competing in the Seattle Firefighter stairclimb and is participating in the 2009 event this weekend. The primary purpose of this event is to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and last [...]