Industry News
LED Linear GmbH Announces Creation of LED Linear North America
LED-Linear North America, Toronto – LED-Linear GmbH has announced the creation of LED Linear North America. LED-Linear North America will operate as an independent entity with representatives available in every…
Grainger Acquires Alliance Energy Solutions
Grainger, the $6.9 billion broad line distributor of facilities maintenance products, recently announced it signed and closed an all-cash acquisition of Alliance Energy Solutions. Grainger anticipates the transaction should accrete…
Acuity Brands Controls Launches LightingforLearning.com Website
Peerless Lighting and Acuity Brands Controls, both of whom I’m proud to call clients, have joined forces to launch Lighting for Learning, an online tool that helps school designers design…
Leucos USA Announces New Website
Italian lighting company Leucos USA has announced the launch of its new website at leucosusa.com. This site serves as a portal to the individual websites for the company’s three brands:…
Your Moment of Zen: Christmas Time is Here
Don’t know about you, but this song from my childhood always gets me in the mood for Christmas.
Recent 2009 IES Conference Explored the Future of Lighting
More than 400 lighting professionals met November 15-17 in Seattle, WA for the 2009 Annual Conference of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES). The theme of the three…
Japanese Railway Spends $170,000 on Blue Light to Reduce Suicides
On Business Week Magazine’s website, this interesting item: East Japan Rail spent $170,000 in October to install special LED lighting on 29 station platforms along one of its busiest routes.…
AIA Report: Green Building Programs Increase 50% Since 2007
In the wake of an extended global economic slump, local communities are pushing ahead and expanding their green building programs. More than one in five U.S. cities with populations greater…
November Issue of LightNOW Published
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Philips and Acuity Brands Sign LED Fixture License Agreement
Philips and Acuity Brands, Inc. recently announced that they have entered into a license agreement allowing Acuity Brands to access Philips’ LED-based patent portfolio. Philips makes its patent portfolio for…
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