You might have noticed that some luminaries now carry what looks like a Nutrition Facts label on the packaging. This is an additional piece of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 – also known as the “incandescent phase out.” The Federal Trade Commission has been...

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...

As a lighting manufacturer, we understand that there is more to clean energy than electric cars and solar panels. The need to reduce emissions from buildings, for example, has been well established. We recently read in the December issue of Electrical Contractor magazine that, according to a...

A growing number of cities are evaluating LED street lighting products – even our hometown of Greenville, S.C. Now, a common set of parameters is available to help inform these decisions. The DOE’s Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium recently published guidelines for...