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LED A-Line Lamp Shipments Surge; CFLs, Incandescents Lag
LED A-line lamps posted another strong showing to start 2016, surging 375.9 percent during the first quarter of 2016 on a year-over-year basis.
Tips to Keep Industrial LED Fixtures from Overheating
In a column in the May issue of LD+A, Kellie Koedel of Holophane offers five suggestions for making sure LED luminaires can withstand the heat often associated with industrial environments.
Denver to Join the Ranks of Smart Cities
At LIGHTFAIR 2016, Panasonic Enterprise Solutions, a division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, and Sensity Systems Inc. announced an alliance related to Panasonic’s CityNow initiative.
Texas Rangers’ Ballpark the Latest to Go LED
The Texas Rangers have installed an LED system from Eaton at Globe Life Park in Arlington, TX.
Legrand Acquires Pinnacle Architectural Lighting
Legrand North America announced in April the acquisition of U.S. manufacturer Pinnacle Architectural Lighting, a company specializing in commercial, education and healthcare applications.
Downsizing the Lumen
In the April edition of LD+A, contributor Don Peifer argues that the most-used metric in lighting industry—the lumen is hopelessly flawed.
Dark-Sky Advocates Seek to Quantify Light Pollution
One man’s light pollution is another man’s feeling of security.
GE Lighting’s Bulb/App Combination Aims to Improve Sleep Cycles
As Daylight Savings Time took effect last month, GE Lighting unveiled its C by GE line, its first connected LED light bulbs that can be controlled directly from a smartphone…
Lumenpulse Acquires Fluxwerx Illumination
Lumenpulse Inc., announced that it has acquired Fluxwerx Illumination Inc., a privately owned, specification-grade LED lighting solutions provider based in British Columbia, Canada.
The Hoverboard Fiasco is A Cautionary Tale for Lighting
In his “Product Safety” column in March LD+A, Jerry Plank reaches beyond the lighting industry to discuss the ramifications of the hoverboard fires that have dominated the news.
Parsons Students to Install Public Lighting in Haiti
Graduate students from Parsons School of Design will travel to Haiti in late May 2016 to install solar lighting on the island of La Gonave.
NEMA Business Conditions Indexes Lose Ground in February
NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America fell back in February, dropping to 44.4 from 50 the previous month, as more panelists reported conditions eroded…
CALiPER Publishes New Snapshot on MR16 Lamps
DOE's CALiPER program has published a new Snapshot Report on LED MR16 lamps, which updates a similar Snapshot Report published in January 2014.
Looking for ‘Just Right’ in Roadway Lighting
Like Goldilocks, designers of roadway lighting systems are looking for the system that is “just right.” New technology and a new approach to selecting roadway lighting requirements might just get us…
A DOE ‘Super Panel’ Discusses The State of the Industry
A “super panel” of eight experts at the U.S. Department of Energy’s 10th annual Solid-State Lighting Technology Development Workshop, held last November in Portland, OR, discussed the seismic shift taking…