Industry News
Willmorth: Is the Pursuit of Perfection Killing SSL?
SSL blogger Kevin Willmorth argues in this post at Architectural SSL Interactive that we are holding solid-state lighting to an unrealistic standard, while ignoring the real issue: the cost of…
150 Red Robin Restaurants Replace 12,000 Incandescent/Halogen Lamps with GE LED Lamps
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., has replaced approximately 12,000 standard incandescent and halogen lights in more than 150 Red Robin restaurant locations in the U.S. with new 7W GE LED…
Benya and Vogen Horn to Present Daylighting Design Workshop at 2009 Greenbuild
Jim Benya, PE, FIES, FIALD, LC of Benya Lighting Design and Abby Vogen Horn, daylighting champion for the Energy Center of Wisconsin, are teaming up to present a full-day workshop:…
Philips Lightolier Launches Lighting Audit and Upgrade Program
Philips recently announced a commercial energy audit and lighting upgrade program aimed at replacing inefficient lighting systems currently found in 85% of existing buildings. A key element to the program,…
DOE Announces Plans for Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium
In September 2009, the Department of Energy is planning to form a Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium to collect, share and analyze technical information and experience related to LED streetlighting…
Keeping It Simple: Lighting Design Integrity
Lighting designer and blogger James Bedell recently published an interesting post about design integrity–what happens after that perfect design is installed and subsequently is used and maintained over time. Check…
GE Unveils 23W CMH PAR38 Lamp
At 55.4 lumens/W, GE’s new 23W ConstantColor CMH Integral PAR38 lamp leads the industry in efficacy among integrally ballasted ceramic metal halide lamps, compared with competitive offerings that produce 51…
OSRAM SYLVANIA Files Suit to Enforce and Protect Induction Lighting Patents
OSRAM SYLVANIA has commenced a lawsuit in Canada against Canadian lighting distributors Lakefront Lighting Inc. of Cobourg, Ontario and Luxlite Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario for selling and offering to sell…
LED Journal: “Creating Tunable White Light with High Color Rendering Index Using Color Mixing”
An interesting potential advantage of LED lighting for buildings is the ability to add a new dimension of control–color–enabling adjustment of color temperature based on different uses of a space…
NLB: Upcoming Ballast Phaseout to Create Major Lighting Upgrade Opportunity
Despite strong, on-going sales of 4-ft. T12 fluorescent lamps, the magnetic ballasts commonly used for the lamps’ operation will start becoming relics of the past on July 1, 2010, when…
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