Industry News
IES Publishes Recommended Practice For Tunnel Lighting
The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America recently published RP-22-11 Tunnel Lighting, an ANSI approved standard. The purpose of the document is to provide recommended practices for designing new tunnel…
NEMA’s CFL Index Continues Retreat at the Start of 2011
NEMA’s compact fluorescent (CFL) lamps index retreated for the fourth consecutive quarter in Q1 of 2011, registering a reading of 180.8, a decline of 16.8% on a year-over-year basis. Incandescent…
Cree Acquires Ruud Lighting
Cree, Inc. has announced the acquisition of Ruud Lighting, Inc. at an estimated net cost of approximately $525 million. Combining two highly complementary LED innovators, the acquisition allows Cree to…
June And July 2011 Issues Of LightNOW Published
Check out these back issues of LightNOW if you missed them earlier! June 2011, #1 June 2011, #2 July 2011, #1 July 2011, #2 Click here to join the 16,000+…
IES Publishes Guide To Commissioning Lighting And Control Systems
IES DG-29, The Commissioning Process Applied to Lighting and Control Systems 2011 – 40 pages 8 ½ X 11 Softcover ISBN: 978-0-87995-255-6 List Price: $60 IES Member Price: $42.00 Over…
Acuity Brands Receives Expanded NVLAP Accreditations
Acuity Brands, Inc. recently announced that it has received expanded accreditation from the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) for testing of LED products for conformance to the Illuminating Engineering…
Product Monday: Hi-lume Dimming Driver by Lutron Electronics
Lutron’s Hi-lume A Series provides continuous, smooth 100-1% dimming for virtually any LED luminaire—whether it requires constant current or constant voltage—making it one of the most versatile LED drivers on…
DOE Releases Special CALiPER Summary Report on Retail Replacement Lamp Testing
The Department of Energy has completed Retail Replacement Lamp product testing through the Solid-State Lighting (SSL) CALiPER program. A Summary Report containing the results is now available for download. This…
California Public Utilities Commission Unveils New Lighting Action Plan
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recently unveiled a new Lighting Action Plan, which outlines four policy goals for lighting: market transformation, best practices, end user demand, and research, development…
DesignLights Consortium Expands SSL Qualified Products List
Launched in October 2009 and managed by Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) QPL provides a central place for manufacturers to submit products for qualification and for utilities…
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