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Product Monday: Integrated Ceiling and Lighting System by GE and USG

Jan 21, 2013

GE Lighting has teamed up with USG Corporation to bring architects and designers a new monolithic, integrated ceiling and lighting system using cutting-edge products from two leading brands. USG’s Logix…

LED + SSL

Final ENERGY STAR Luminaires Spec V.1.2 Posted

Jan 18, 2013

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has posted the final ENERGY STAR Luminaires Specification Version 1.2 criteria. You can view the specification at the Light Fixtures web page here.

Events, LED + SSL

LEDucation 7 Returns to New York March 20, 2013

Jan 17, 2013

The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY) has announced an expanded show floor for its seventh annual LEDucation program on LED technology. LEDucation 7 will take place on Wednesday,…

Products + Technology

Wake Forest Researchers Develop New EL Lamp

Jan 17, 2013

Researchers at Wake Forest University have produced what they say is a new light bulb–shatterproof, flicker-free, highly efficient, long lasting, and with a color quality that matches daylight. The technology…

Awards

IES Illumination Awards Open to Submissions Through February 7

Jan 16, 2013

The IES today announced that submissions for the 2013 Illumination Awards program are now being accepted online. The deadline for submissions is Thursday, February 7, 2013. The IES Illumination Awards…

Lighting Industry

Lighting Services Inc and Lumenpulse Sign Licensing Agreement

Jan 16, 2013

LSI President & CEO: Daniel Gelman and Lumenpulse President & CEO: François-Xavier SouvayLighting Services Inc and Lumenpulse recently announced signing a licensing agreement for “Lumentalk” technology. Lumentalk technology enables digital…

Construction + Economy

Architecture Billings Index Signaling Gains for Fourth Straight Month

Jan 15, 2013

Billings at architecture firms across the country continue to increase. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reflects the approximate 9- to 12-month lag…

Daylighting, Products + Technology

Product Monday: LightFlex Prismatic Daylighting System by Sunoptics

Jan 14, 2013

Sunoptics’ LightFlex system is a high performance prismatic daylighting solution for suspended-ceiling applications. The LightFlex toplighting system uses the Sunoptics Signature Series prismatic skylight, which allows the system to efficiently…

LED + SSL, Research

DOE Releases CALiPER Application Summary Report on LED PAR38 Lamps

Jan 11, 2013

The U.S. Department of Energy has completed Series 20 of testing through the DOE Solid-State Lighting CALiPER program, available here. Report 20 evaluates the independently tested photometric performance of 38…

Lighting Industry

T12 Fluorescent Lamp Index Tumbles During Third Quarter of 2012

Jan 10, 2013

NEMA’s T12 lamp shipment index tumbled to 37.5, a decline of nearly 40% on a year-over-year (y/y) basis during Q3 – the first quarter following the implementation of the new…

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Events

IES Street & Area Lighting Conference

Phoenix, AZ

November 8-11, 2026

Light Expo London

London, UK

November 18 - 19, 2026

Canada Light Expo 2026

Toronto, Canada

November 18-19, 2026

Lightovation: Dallas International Lighting Show

Dallas, TX

January 6-9, 2027

Light + Intelligent Building North America (replaced LightFair)

Las Vegas, NV

March 15-18, 2027

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