The new LEED certified Omni Hotel in Dallas, Texas can be seen from miles away due to its innovative lighting design. When trying to decide what approach to take in illuminating the building, Omni wanted to open up the hotel using proper lighting levels to make the hotel’s activity centers...
Greening of Greenvil...
posted by kbanks
The Initiative As part of the local initiative Greening of Greenville, our parent company Hubbell Lighting has partnered with GE, Duke Energy and the City of Greenville to implement an LED lighting pilot program in the city’s downtown. On the 200 block of North Main Street, the streetlights...
AIA stalled projects...
posted by kbanks
Following in the path of Match.com and other online dating services, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) thinks it has found a way to attract investors to the thousands of industry projects put on hold — by sending the potential suitors to a database of the good-lookers. That is, the...
Lighting upgrade ben...
posted by kbanks
Predicted energy savings is today’s best method for negotiating a lighting upgrade project. But did you know energy savings only represents part of the return that a customer can expect? To start, a well-designed and executed lighting system can offer the following benefits: Improved...
Making a case for pr...
posted by kbanks
In the November 2011 issue of LD+A magazine, we read about one school project where 33% is a good grade. According to a study by Philips and the University of Mississippi, elementary school students performed better in reading comprehension when exposed to a higher quality of classroom...
World Trade Center C...
posted by kbanks
Prescolite’s D2LED downlight was recently installed in the World Trade Center Convention Center to illuminate the building. Check out this testimonial from Adam of Collaborative Lighting, who designed the lighting infrastructure and carefully chose the lighting applications for the...
