Industry News
AIA: Demand for Design Services Continues to Increase in September
Architecture firms continue to report increasing demand for design services in September, according to The American Institute of Architects (AIA). The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score for September was 56.6,…
NLB Program Identifies Trustworthy Warranties
My most recent contribution to ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR talks about the Trusted Warranty Evaluation Program, a program recently introduced by the National Lighting Bureau to provide greater confidence and transparency with…
Product Monday: Lay-In Luminaire with Far-UVC Disinfection
Acuity Brands’ BLT Series with Care222 technology from Lithonia Lighting incorporates UV disinfection technology into the company’s most specified lay-in luminaire. When installed and used in accordance with safety guidelines,…
DOE Releases Initial 2018 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey Results
Newly released data tables from the Energy Information Administration’s 2018 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) provide building characteristics information for the estimated 5.9 million U.S. commercial buildings in 2018.…
Here Comes LightFair
The LightFair Conference and Trade Show returns as a live event October 25 – 29 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. LightFair’s five-day educational conference…
DOE Passes on New Energy Standards for Metal Halide Luminaires
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice of a final determination pertaining to energy conservation standards for metal halide lamp fixtures (MHLFs). The Energy…
RPI’s Bob Karlicek on Spatially Tunable Lighting
For an upcoming article in Electrical Contractor Magazine, I recently had the opportunity to interview Bob Karlicek, Ph.D., Professor of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Director…
Product Monday: Dark Sky-Friendly Luminaire by Crossroads LED
Crossroads LED’s Astrophile Series luminaires are specifically designed to dramatically reduce light pollution, light trespass, and glare, the first and only dark-sky certified street lights to be listed on the…
IR LEDs Can Detect Gaseous Signatures, Opening New Applications
The University of Melbourne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, and Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) have collaborated on the development of…
Whitepaper: How Zhaga Addresses Sustainability and the Circular Economy
The Zhaga Consortium has published a whitepaper, “How Zhaga addresses Sustainability and the Circular Economy.” The publication points out that durable, repairable, and upgradeable LED luminaires are key elements to…
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