I’m pleased to announce that I have finally completed the long awaited (by my publisher) update to The Lighting Management Handbook, which came out in 1994, with this 300-page book about redesigning existing lighting systems: Lighting Redesign for Existing Buildings. Because light is used to see but cannot be seen, it is often overlooked by [...]

Con-Tech Lighting has expanded its line of “recessed stealth” products with a 3-in. adjustable (40º) ceramic metal halide wall wash unit. This small-aperture recessed luminaire utilizes the 22W or 39W PGJ5 ceramic metal halide lamp.

NEMA’s shipment indexes for high intensity discharge (HID) lamps declined by 11.7%, 17.1% and 0.9% on a year-over-year basis for sodium vapor, mercury vapor and metal halide lamps, respectively. For the year as a whole, shipments of mercury vapor lamps also declined for the fourth consecutive year, dipping 2.7% compared to 2009. Conversely, sodium vapor [...]

Cooper Lighting’s Ridgeview LED area/roadway luminaire blends a low-profile traditional form with LED efficiency. The luminaire is offered in four LightBAR configurations with a choice of 15 high-efficiency optical systems including spill light eliminate optics.

NEMA’s T5 lamp index increased for the third consecutive quarter, registering a reading of 164.5 during 4Q 2010. Shipments of T5 lamps showed robust growth for the calendar year by advancing nearly 31% over 2009. T8 lamp shipments posted an annual increase of 6.7% despite a 2.2% dip during the fourth quarter. The T12 lamp [...]

Finelite has introduced a complement to its High Performance Recessed collection of products with a High Performance Wall (HPW) asymmetric wall wash luminaire that features 89% efficiency with T8 lamps, 94% efficiency with T5/T5HO lamps, labor-saving quick-connect harnesses for wiring and fingerprint-resistant reflector finish.

Nora Lighting’s compact fluorescent GU24 family of housings are designed to accept interchangeable self-ballasted GU24 CFLs in 13W, 18W and 26W. The completely family includes six downlight models with 4-, 5- and 6-in. apertures, all designed for new construction and remodeling. Click here to visit the company’s website.

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