Amerlux Announces 10-Year Warranty for LED Luminaires

Amerlux has announced a new 10-year warranty that began applying to the company’s LED luminaires starting February 1, 2011, demonstrating strong confidence. Click here to contact your Amerlux sales representative…

Architecture Billings Index in Holding Pattern

The first quarter of 2011 has seen the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) remain virtually unchanged and right at, or slightly above, the break-even level. As a leading economic indicator of…

Clanton & Associates Reveals Results of Comprehensive Study on Lighting Controls

Design firm Clanton & Associates has announced the results of a six-month study analyzing the value and energy savings of a variety of lighting control systems and technologies in typical…

American Lighting Launches New Blog

American Lighting has launched the American Lighting Blog at www.americanlightingblog.com. Through the new American Lighting Blogsite resellers, architects, designers, builders, electricians and customers can learn more about LED lighting, see…

CIE/USA Sponsors Seminars on Solid-State Lighting Photometry, Colorimetry and Application

The U.S. chapter of the International Commission on Illumination (Commission International de l’Eclarage) – CIE/USA is hosting a series of seminars on solid-state lighting. The seminars begin at 7:00AM, May…

The Fairmont Press Publishes Lighting Redesign for Existing Buildings by LightNOW Editor Craig DiLouie

I’m pleased to announce that I have finally completed the long awaited (by my publisher) update to The Lighting Management Handbook, which came out in 1994, with this 300-page book…

Corning’s “Day of Glass”

Product Monday: CMH Wall Wash by Con-Tech Lighting

Con-Tech Lighting has expanded its line of “recessed stealth” products with a 3-in. adjustable (40º) ceramic metal halide wall wash unit. This small-aperture recessed luminaire utilizes the 22W or 39W…

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NEMA HID Lamp Indexes Decline During Fourth Quarter

NEMA’s shipment indexes for high intensity discharge (HID) lamps declined by 11.7%, 17.1% and 0.9% on a year-over-year basis for sodium vapor, mercury vapor and metal halide lamps, respectively. For…