Industry News
T5 Fluorescent Lamp Shipments Increase for the Second Consecutive Quarter
NEMA’s shipment indexes for linear fluorescent T5, T8, and T12 lamps increased during the third quarter of 2010. T5 lamps showed the largest rate of growth, advancing 6.6 percent, while…
NALMCO Recognizes Jim Frank
The interNational Association of Lighting Management Companies (NALMCO) recently announced that Jim Frank, CLMC, CSLC, is the 2010 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award. Frank is the Division Manager for…
Cree and Habitat for Humanity Complete World’s First All-LED Habitat Home
Cree, Inc. and Habitat for Humanity of Durham recently completed the first Habitat for Humanity house lighted entirely with LED fixtures and bulbs. Cree sponsored the construction of the Habitat…
ARCHITECT Becomes Official Magazine of the AIA
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Hanley Wood, LLC have unveiled the first issue of the recently revamped Architect magazine. Now the new official publication of the AIA, Architect…
Product Monday: Litecontrol’s Mainstream Wins Green Good Design Award
Litecontrol has announced that its Mainstream product has won a 2010 Green GOOD DESIGN Award. Mainstream by Litecontrol is a micro-scaled pendant LED luminaire that features uniform and controlled illumination,…
LIGHTFAIR 2012 to Offer World’s Largest Lighting Conference
LIGHTFAIR International (LFI) will again cover a broad range of today’s most relevant topics, presented by the industry’s leading experts. Set to take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center,…
Nora Lighting Adds Sites & Sites and Isaac Trujillo as Showroom Sales Reps in Western USA
Nora Lighting is expanding its showroom representation in the western U.S. with the addition of two new sales firms. Sites and Sites, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, will handle showroom sales…
DOE Releases GATEWAY Report on LED Retrofit Lamps
The U.S. Department of Energy has published a report covering a demonstration project involving LED retrofit lamps installed at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco, CA. The report, developed under…
Jim Brodrick on LM79
Guest post by Jim Brodrick, Department of Energy Some of you may have come across references to IES LM-79 that imply that the test procedure is flawed or unnecessary or…
DOE Suspends PAR38 L Prize Competition
The Department of Energy has announced that it will modify the competition requirements for the L Prize PAR 38 category. Effective today, DOE has temporarily closed the PAR 38 competition,…
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