Michael Siminovitch on The History and Future of Fluorescent Lighting

Lighting Research Center Announces LED Lighting Institute September 21-23, 2010

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lighting Research Center has announced the LED Lighting Institute, a three-day hands-on seminar where participants learn the basics of LED technology and build an understanding of LED…

FMI: Construction Outlook Remains Bleak for 2010

FMI’s Construction Outlook: Second Quarter 2010 Report indicates that while there has been some encouraging signs in the general economy, the outlook for put-in-place construction 2010 remains bleak. According to…

FRAGMENTATION

Guest post by Ted Konnerth, President/CEO of Egret Consulting Group Ted KonnerthLife was simple when electrical meant 120 volts or higher. High voltage was high voltage, and low voltage belonged…

New Whitepaper Evaluates Impact of Outdoor Lighting on Human Circadian System

The Alliance for Solid-State Illumination and Technologies (ASSIST) recently published a technical paper that quantitatively evaluates the impact that outdoor lighting has on the human circadian system. A growing interest…

TED Magazine Publishes Article on Fluorescent Linear Amalgam Lamps

New application of a 15-year-old technology is creating a minor revolution in fluorescent lighting, enabling linear fluorescent lamps to be installed in applications once reserved to HID lighting and expanding…

People: OSRAM Announces Management Changes in North American LED Business

Tom ShottesTom Shottes has assumed responsibility for the new Professional Lighting Solid State Lighting and Light Management System groups as Senior Vice President. He has been succeeded as CEO of…

Product Monday: Hubbell Industrial Announces New ECOBAY E-HID High-Bay Luminaires

Designed for “one-for-one” replacement of less efficient 400W metal halide fixtures, Hubbell Industrial Lighting’s new 200W E-HID ECOBAY provides up to 54% energy savings (247W for every 400W fixture replaced),…

DOE Publishes Recommendations for Rating LED Product Life

The Department of Energy has published a new guide, LED Luminaire Lifetime: Recommendations for Testing and Reporting, which provides an important first step toward consistent, industry-wide understanding of LED fixture…

Controls Friday: Lighting Controls Association Publishes Whitepaper on Fluorescent Magnetic Ballast Phaseout

Between 2005 and 2010, Federal efficiency standards became phased into effect, covering fluorescent magnetic ballasts designed to operate full-wattage F40T12, F96T12 and F96T12HO lamps. Subsequent standards expanded this scope to…