Industry News
Four Schuler Shook Designers Receive LEED Accreditation
Four more designers at Schuler Shook are now LEED Accredited Professionals. Michael White, Senior Designer in the Minneapolis office; Paul Whitaker, Lighting Designer and Theatre Planner also in Minneapolis; Giulio…
LED Drivers and Lighting Control
I got my hands on a very informative graphic from Lutron describing how LED drivers–electronic devices that conditioning incoming power to match the circuit design and configuration of the LED…
Ron Arad at MoMA
Ron Arad: “No Discipline” August 2, 2009–October 19, 2009 Museum of Modern Art New York City Some architectural materials and structures just seem to lend themselves very naturally to lighting.…
June 2009 Construction Holds at $965.7 Billion Annual Rate
Construction spending during June 2009 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $965.7 billion, 0.3% above the revised May estimate of $963.2 billion and 10.2% below the June…
NextGen Forecasts LED Lighting Market to Exceed $33 Billion by 2013
The LED market will experience robust growth over the next five years, fueled by increasingly more powerful and energy-efficient offerings that will help municipalities, businesses and consumers, according to NextGen…
Kim Lighting Enhances Its KimNOW! Quick Ship Program
Kim Lighting has announced the launch of its newly expanded KimNOW! 5-Day quick ship program. The KimNOW! program was created for when project deadlines require roadway, site, pathway/landscape, signage and…
100+ Buildings, Product Designs from 23 Nations Win Green Good Design 2009
The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies have announced the winning buildings and product designs from a special…
FMI’s Q209 Construction Outlook Forecasts Nonresidential Construction to Fall 14% in 2009 and 17% in 2010
FMI, management consultants and investment bankers for the construction industry, recently released its Construction Outlook: Second Quarter 2009 Report. FMI’s Construction Outlook, a quarterly, construction-market forecast and supplement to the…
Cooper Controls and Electronics Diversified Sign Technology and Marketing Agreement
Cooper Controls and Electronics Diversified, LLC (EDI), a manufacturer of theatrical lighting and control products, have entered into a technology and marketing agreement. Cooper Controls has acquired various IP and…
Flash Poll: Should Energy Codes Regulate Existing Buildings?
WordPress is a great blogging tool, but it doesn’t allow you to create polls. So I found a little gadget at another website that lets you create coding for a…
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