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Controls Friday: Advanced Lighting Control
In January, the RealComm Advisory newsletter published a short article, “Advanced Lighting Control Can Reduce Operating Costs and Improve Worker Satisfaction,” by Terry Mocherniak and Howard Berger, available here. The…
Kara Walker’s Silhouettes
Artist Kara Walker meditates on the nature of her works of art, which frequently render subtly disturbing images rendered in silhouette.
IESNYC to Announce 2010 Student Lighting Competition Winners at March 2, 2010 Event
The New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNYC) is preparing to announce the long-awaited results for the 10th Annual NYC Student Lighting Competition at the Exhibition Opening…
Hiroshi Sugimoto Creates Art from Electricity
Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto uses a camera to capture the expression of electric charge. The technique, which involves passing hundreds of thousands of volts through a film to a metal…
DOE Issues Recovery Act Buy American Waiver for CFLs
The Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has issued waivers for several lighting products from the Buy American requirements that apply to manufactured goods to…
Associated Press: Bailout Panel Cites Commercial Real Estate Danger
The Congressional Oversight Panel put together to manage the progress of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) has released a new report that articulates fears of defaults of billions of…
Leviton Offers Plug-and-Play LED Modules for Luminaire Manufacturers
Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. has announced the availability of the Transcend lighting series, a line of plug-and-play LED modules offering luminaire manufacturers a solution for integrating LED lighting into their…
DOE to Allocate $37 Million in Stimulus Funds to 17 Solid-State Lighting Projects
More than $37 million of funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) have been awarded by Energy Secretary Steven Chu for 17 SSL projects in three categories: core…
EnOcean Sponsors Four-time Olympic Speed Skater Catherine Raney-Norman
EnOcean, the developer of self-powered wireless sensor networks, is sponsoring four-time Olympian, Catherine Raney-Norman. The sponsorship celebrates the achievements of a US speed skating record holder and contributes to her…
Winners Announced in Next Generation Luminaires Design Competition
Winners of the second annual Next Generation Luminaires awards were announced at the Strategies in Light Conference in Santa Clara, CA. Sponsored by the Department of Energy, the Illuminating Engineering…
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