Industry News
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…
Neo-Ray VERSYS Series 1B Seamlessly Integrates Building Equipment And Lighting
Cooper Lighting’s Neo-Ray VERSYS Series 1B introduces a lighting system that seamlessly integrates building equipment while providing high-performance lighting. The fixture’s modular design features a single-lamp floating lensed microlouver on…
Litetronics Introduces New Efficiency and Safety Program for Cinemas and Movie Theaters
Litetronics International, Inc., a specialty lighting manufacturer, has announced the Litetronics Energy Efficiency, Sustainability, and Safety Program for Cinemas and Movie Theaters. The custom fit cinema lighting solution includes dimmable,…
Cooley Monato Studio Moves to New Manhattan Home
Cooley Monato Studio, a New York-based lighting design firm operated by two of my favorite lighting designers, Renee Cooley and Emily Monato, has moved to a new location: 137 East…
NEMA: CFLs, Now at Record 26.6% of Residential Lamp Sales, Gaining Ground Against Incandescents
NEMA’s index for incandescent lamps registered a reading of 59.4 for the second quarter of 2009, which is essentially unchanged compared to the first three months of this year. However,…
Next Generation Luminaires Competition “Intent to Submit” Deadline Looms (9/15)
AZARA LED fixture by Journee Lighting, one of three Best in Class award winners in last year's competition.The 2009 Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) SSL Design Competition will accept “Intents to…
Are There Incandescent Lamps That Comply with The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007?
Starting January 1, 2012, 100W bulbs will be regulated, followed by 75W bulbs in 2013 and 40W and 60W bulbs in 2014. I have been writing for some time that…
Cree to Raise New Capital
Today’s News & Observer includes a story on Cree’s intent to raise hundreds of millions of dollars by issuing 11 million shares of stock, according to a filing made Tuesday…
IES Webinar, “Using Daylight as a Light Source,” to be Held October 14, 2009
On October 14, 2009, at 7:00 PM EST, Lisa Heschong, principal of Heschong Mahone Group and a licensed architect, will be conducting a 70-minute (+ Q&A) webcast through IES that…
Lightfair Announces Call for Speakers for Lightfair 2010; Submissions Due September 30, 2009
Lightfair International, the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, is preparing its next educational program in 2010 with the official Call for Speakers. Lightfair 2010…
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