Industry News
Efficiency Laws Are Retiring Lighting’s Workhorses
Incandescent general-service and reflector lamps, and fluorescent magnetic, mercury vapor and probe-start metal halide ballasts, are being targeted by efficiency legislation. As a result, some of lighting’s most venerable workhorses…
Boston University Explores Wireless Communication Based on Visible Light
One possible future wireless technology is interesting not because of its potential for lighting control, but its potential to use visible white light as a communication medium for control of…
Downlight Market at a Glance
Recently, I conducted a survey of about 600 lighting designers, mostly IALD members, asking them questions about their specifications of nonresidential spec-grade downlights and also their perceptions of popular brands…
LEDs Will Rule the World
Okay, maybe not. But the technology available for LED building illumination has come a long way in a surprisingly short amount of time. According to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,…
Lighting Designers Likely to Find 2009 IECC Disappointing
The International Code Council’s (ICC) 2009 version of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), a model energy code adopted by many states, contains a number of lighting-related provisions that lighting…
Are LEDs Ready to Retrofit the T8?
A recent article I wrote for Electrical Contractor talks about the push to replace linear fluorescent lamps with linear LED replacement lamps. In a nutshell, linear LED replacement lamps are…
President Obama Likely to Address U.S. Energy Demand
And that will probably include lighting, too. Calling energy efficiency America’s “cheapest, cleanest, fastest energy source,” President Obama’s energy plan targets a reduction in electricity demand of 15% from projected…
Eko Traffic Light May Help in the Fight Against Road Rage
Serbian designer Damjan Stankovic has introduced a practical idea for traffic lights: EKO, an integral visual countdown letting waiting drivers know when the signal will change from red to green.…
Economist: Proposed Infrastructure Investments Will Help Create or Support Nearly 2 Million Jobs by 2010
New proposed infrastructure and public building investments will create or support nearly 2 million jobs throughout the entire economy in part because of the economic slowdown and massive construction layoffs…
Fluorescent Emergency Ballasts
Last fall, TED Magazine published my column on fluorescent emergency ballasts, available here. A fluorescent emergency ballast is basically a ballast with a built-in battery that senses when power is…
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