Industry News
Construction Starts Drop 23% in January
Jim Haughey, chief economist for Reed Construction Data, writes about the January 2009 value of construction starts, excluding residential, at the Reed website here. Overall, the value of construction starts…
DOE Publishes Workshop Presentations Online for Free Download
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published the workshop presentations and materials from its sixth annual DOE Solid-State Lighting R&D Workshop in San Francisco, held February 3-5, 2009. A…
The Promise of Innovation
Using Apple’s iPod as an example, new research released by a team from UC Irvine’s Merage School of Business sheds light on the debate about globalization and its impact on…
The Devaluation Effect of Globalization
Kevin Willmorth sums up the tradeoffs of globalization in his lighting and energy conservation blog. He makes the point that the U.S. economy is currently overly focused on taking profit…
Kevin Willmorth’s Frankenstein LED PAR20 Lamp
Friend, colleague and fellow blogger Kevin Willmorth, principal of Lumenique, performed an interesting experiment recently to produce an LED PAR lamp with a light pattern somewhere between an R20 spot…
“Pixel Cloud” Light Installation
Jason Bruges Studio, a UK-based studio producing interactive light sculpture and environments, was commissioned to create a lighting art feature for a 10-story atrium in Allen & Overy’s new headquarters…
Final Stimulus Package: What’s in it for the Lighting Industry?
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009–the “stimulus package”–has been passed, which includes $311 billion in appropriations. President Obama will sign the bill into law on Tuesday, February 17,…
Day-Brite Capri Omega Lighting Institute to Host Seminar on Office Lighting March 26 and 27, 2009
Day-Brite Capri Omega (DCO) Lighting Institute will hold a specifier seminar on office lighting at its facility in Tupelo, Mississippi on March 26 and 27. The seminar will focus on…
Lessons Learned at the DOE SSL Workshop
DOE’s main solid-state lighting proponent, Jim Brodrick, recently reported in from the DOE SSL workshop, just held in San Francisco, for those who couldn’t make it with one of his…
NEMA Lighting Systems Index Falls Nearly 5%
NEMA’s Lighting Systems Index (LSI), which reflects sales of lighting equipment by NEMA members, dropped 4.8% between the third and fourth quarters of 2008. Lighting shipments fell six of the…
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