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NEMA’s Current Conditions Index Reaches Pre-Recession Level
In moving from 72.2 in February to 76.5 in March, the NEMA Electroindustry Business Confidence current conditions index reached its highest level since September 2005.
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Lighting Teams Sought for Harvey Milk Plaza Competition In San Francisco
When San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk took his bullhorn and rallied crowds at the intersection of Market and Castro Streets in San Francisco, he inspired a generation and helped forge…
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Sunshine State of Mind
From a backlit installation at reception to a dramatic poolside oasis, the Hilton in West Palm Beach, FL, will have you seeing stars. By Leonora Desar
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2017 Jobs Report
The “2017 Jobs Report & Survey” is the first of what we hope will be an annual snapshot of the state of hiring in the profession. By Paul Pompeo
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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
How lighting fits into a holistic, collaborative approach to site safety. By Greg Ortt
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Ship Shape
In Vancouver, a contemporary boating facility recalls the history of dragon racing. By Samantha Schwirck
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Forces of Change: Do You Agree with These 10 Statements?
Imagine a group of lighting futurists meeting in a small room for a day discussing their vision of where our industry is headed. By Mark Lien
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Product Safety: The Risk Still Exists
The noted novelist and teacher Pearl S. Buck was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for literature and also earned the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The…
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LRC Announces M.S. in Lighting Externship
Upon graduation, students in the Lighting Research Center’s M.S. in Lighting program now have the opportunity to participate in a paid externship for three months or more at a leading…
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LCA Publishes Lighting Controls Guide for Open Offices
The Lighting Controls Association has published a basic guide to applying lighting controls to open office spaces.
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Weather-Adaptive Street Lighting Tested in Minnesota
Echelon Corp. is expanding its deployment of white tunable connected street lighting in White Bear Lake, MN, to include weather-adaptive capabilities powered by its collaboration with IBM Watson Internet of…
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Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice
In the March issue of LD+A, Rajaram Bhagavathula of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and an IES Emerging Professional discussed ways that the new generation of researchers can influence lighting…
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Lighting, Automation and Robotics
In his “Forward Thinking” column in the February issue of LD+A, Don Peifer, vice president of innovation at Acuity Brands Lighting, explains why automation may not be such a bad…
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LRC Releases Free, Open Access Circadian Stimulus Calculator
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has released a free, open-access circadian stimulus (CS) calculator.
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With a Little Help from a Friend (Eaton), Actor Ed Begley Nails LEED Platinum
Actor and environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr.’s new home, completed in late 2016, has attained Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.