Industry News
Light as Architectural Material
Furniture designer SAAZS has collaborated with Saint-Gobain Innovations to produce Planilum technology, which enables light to be incorporated as a material into stylish objects and furniture. Planilum, a complex multi-layered…
People: Bradshow Promoted at Speirs and Major, Zumtobel Lighting and WAC Welcome New Presidents
UK lighting design practice Speirs and Major Associates has announced the promotion of Keith Bradshaw to Director. Keith Bradshaw. Bradshaw, formerly an Associate Director, first joined the Edinburgh office in…
Leviton’s Bob Freshman Climbs for Charity, Asks Your Help
Leviton marketing manager Bob Freshman has been a lieutenant/firefighter/EMT for Newberg, OR for the past eight years. Starting in 2008, he began competing in the Seattle Firefighter stairclimb and is…
ASHRAE to launch building energy labeling program
More than 2,800 people attended ASHRAE‘s 2009 Winter Conference, held Jan. 24-28, Chicago. Also taking place in conjunction with the meeting was the Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition, which attracted 54,000…
New Lighting Products in 2009
Since the launch of the blog I’ve been having to weed out comments for some of the posts where manufacturers or manufacturer sales reps are trying to promote their new…
NCQLP Recognizes Lighting Controls Handbook
I hope you’ll excuse some blatant self promotion, but I received some good news about one of my books, The Lighting Controls Handbook. The book has been selected by NCQLP…
New Survey Suggests Typical Lighting Control Energy Savings in Office Buildings
The Lighting Controls Association authorized ZING Communications, Inc. to conduct a survey of a group of nearly 900 lighting designers, more than 730 electrical engineers and more than 530 lighting/energy…
Neo by Se’lux
Neo by Se’lux, designed by Jan Kleiheus and a winner of the Good Design Award from the Athenaeum Museum in Chicago, is a system of luminaires available in 3- and…
Philips Helps LED Manufacturers Comply with ENERGY STAR
Philips Lumileds has launched a free online tool that makes it easier for LED manufacturers to show compliance with ENERGY STAR standards. The tool addresses the requirements of the “Chromaticity…
Post Digital
Royal Philips Electronics’ “Transitions” 2008 road show throughout Europe, featuring exhibits designed by eight leading European architects and lighting designers and installed in containers, was staged to showcase the exciting…
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