Industry News
New Content in IES eLearning Portal: Visualizing Light Compilation
In the time of COVID-19, the Illuminating Engineering Society is stepping up its virtual content offering. The most recent is a compilation on “visualizing light.” Visualizing Light Compilation: Perception and…
Product Monday: Narrow LED Strip by LumenFocus
LumenFocus’s ECLN is an efficient narrow LED strip suitable for many applications, including retail spaces and offices. The luminaire is available in a wide array of lengths and lumen output…
Get a Grip on Lighting: How Will The Pandemic Change Society?
In this featured episode of the Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, hosts Greg Ehrich, LC, former President of NAILD and owner of Premier Lighting, and Michael Colligan, an entrepreneur…
March 2020 Architecture Billings Index Points to Major Downturn in Commercial Construction
Reflecting the deteriorating conditions in the overall economy, demand for design services from architecture firms recorded a record fall, according to a new report from The American Institute of Architects…
LEDucation Trade Show and Conference Cancels for 2020
Today, the Designers Lighting Forum of New York and the LEDucation committee announced the LEDucation 2020 Trade Show and Conference, previously rescheduled for August 18–19, 2020, will not take place…
AIA: Pandemic Will Derail Projected Strength in Residential Construction Market
The momentum building in the housing market since the Great Recession has completely reversed itself over the course of just a few weeks due to the fallout from the COVID-19…
ConstructConnect Offers Construction Reports
ConstructConnect offers access to Bidding Projects, Delayed Projects Report, and Construction Activity Reports by state. While detailed information is by subscription, some information is available free. Projects still actively bidding…
8 Effects of the Pandemic on the Lighting Industry
LUX REVIEW recently published an article identifying eight potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lighting industry. The effects include: some familiar brands may pass on, large brands perceived…
AIA Conference on Architecture 2020 Canceled
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) will not be rescheduling the AIA Conference on Architecture 2020, originally scheduled to be held in Los Angeles.…
Sunlight Is Not Proven to Kill COVID-19
The sun captured in extreme ultraviolet light. Image courtesy of NASA. Dr. Greg Murphy, a Republican Congressman from North Carolina, recently said sunlight can kill the novel coronavirus, but experts…
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