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 without a hub.
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 than improved.
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 closer to this goal.
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 place in the industry.
By James Brodrick
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.
Illuminated Playground Offers a Winter Respite
The sixth annual Luminotherapie event in Montreal features 30 giant illuminated seesaws and nine architectural video projections.
NEMA Business Conditions Indexes Retreat in December
NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America fell to 41.2 in December as a larger share of panelists reported conditions deteriorated than reported they improved.
Lighting Companies Among the Fasting Growing on Deloitte List
Deloitte’s 2015 “Technology Fast 500” list is largely dominated by software companies, but the lighting industry is also represented.
The LED Driver Dilemma
In his December “Product Safety” column in LD+A, Jerry Plank discusses how LED driver substitution continues to be hampered by a lack of standards.
Prepare for New Job Titles in the Lighting Industry
In his November column, LD+A contributor Don Peifer takes a look how the emergence of solid-state lighting may create a new lexicon of job titles in manufacturing companies—one of which being chief technology officer (CTO).
Maintenance Just As Important for LEDs
“Install it and forget it” is no way to maintain an LED system, writes Norma Frank in her October “Maintenance” column in LD+A.
Will Hackers Cast Their Eye on Smart Lighting?
Lighting might be the platform for big data, but it may also become a tempting target for cyber criminals.
By Jerry Plank
How Designers Can Ease the Pain of Value Engineering
In this excerpt from his recent “Point of View” column in LD+A, lighting designer Stephen Hoppe offers five ideas that can soften the blow of value engineering (VE).
Will Your Résumé Make the Cut?
In a recent LD+A column, Paul Pompeo offered ideas for making a résumé rise to the top of a recruiter’s pile.
Quantifying Value is the Lighting Professional’s Extra Burden
In his May column in LD+A, the Lighting Research Center’s Daniel Frering makes the case that the knowledge and skills needed to specify equipment are not enough for today’s professional. Instead, they must provide quantifiable measures of lighting’s value to the end user and owner.
Product Testing Labs Must Follow the Same Rules
In his April “Product Safety” column in LD+A, Jerry Plank argues that trustworthy data on product performance starts with good lab procedures.
Is a Lighting Career a Journey or a Destination?
In the “Emerging Professionals” column appearing in the March issue of LD+A, Kacie Stigliano writes about the career-path decisions younger lighting professionals face once they enter the industry.
