Events
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…
GE Parts Ways With CFLs
GE announced earlier this month that its U.S. consumer lighting business will cease manufacturing and distribution of CFL light bulbs for the U.S. market by the end of 2016.
NEMA Publishes New SSL Document
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published NEMA SSL 7A-2015 Phase-Cut Dimming for Solid State Lighting—Basic Compatibility.
IES Progress Report Accepts 116 Submissions
The IES Progress Committee presented its report at the 2015 IES Annual Conference.
2016 Jobs Outlook
Columnist Paul Pompeo conducts his annual jobs forecast roundtable in the January issue of LD+A.