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Construction + Economy

Architecture Billings Index in Holding Pattern

Apr 28, 2011

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…

Controls, Research

Clanton & Associates Reveals Results of Comprehensive Study on Lighting Controls

Apr 27, 2011

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…

Education + Resources

American Lighting Launches New Blog

Apr 27, 2011

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…

Education + Resources, Events, LED + SSL

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

Apr 27, 2011

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…

Codes + Standards, Controls, Education + Resources, Energy + Environment, LED + SSL, Legislation + Regulation, Lighting Design, Lighting Industry, Products + Technology, Research

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

Apr 26, 2011

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…

Products + Technology

Corning’s “Day of Glass”

Apr 26, 2011

Products + Technology

Product Monday: CMH Wall Wash by Con-Tech Lighting

Apr 25, 2011

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…

Energy + Environment

Happy Earth Day!

Apr 22, 2011

Today is Earth Day.

Products + Technology

NEMA HID Lamp Indexes Decline During Fourth Quarter

Apr 21, 2011

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…

LED + SSL

Jim Brodrick on Study Finding Hazardous Materials in LED Products

Apr 20, 2011

Guest post by Jim Brodrick, Department of Energy A number of … readers have written regarding a recent study by researchers at the University of California campuses in Irvine and…

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Events

CEDIA Expo / Commercial Integrator Expo

Denver, CO

September 1-4, 2026

ArchLIGHT Summit

Dallas, TX

September 15 -16, 2026

DALI Alliance North America Summit + Technical Training 2026 (co-located with ArchLIGHT Summit)

Dallas, TX

September 16-17, 2026

ALA Conference 2026

Tucson, AZ

September 27-29, 2026

NEMRA Lighting Summit 2026

Dallas, TX

TBD - Being rescheduled

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