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NEMA’s shipment indexes for linear fluorescent T5, T8, and T12 lamps decreased during the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period last year...More

A new Energy Department report finds that LED lamps have a significantly lower environmental impact than incandescent lighting and a slight environmental edge over compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs)...More

Thomas Lighting voluntarily recalls ceiling flush-mount light fixtures...More

The widespread adoption of retrofit LED lamps will create global energy savings worth $100 billion over the next five years, according to a recent report from IMS Research...More

In 1865 as the Civil War neared its end — in an era of candlelight and gaslight — President Lincoln signed an act of Congress creating a series of regional hospitals and “work camps” throughout the eastern United States for disabled veterans specifically. One of the first of those regional centers was originally a summer resort near the city of Augusta, Maine, known as Togus Springs. By the end of WWII, Togus had become a full-service medical center that continued to grow over the years....More

Over the last few years, Henry County Hospital in Indiana, which services patients from a four-county region, was experiencing a growing need for expanded wound care services because of the diabetes epidemic as well as the aging population....More

Responding to three individually filed exception requests, the U.S. Department of Energy has postponed by two years — until July 14, 2014 — the phase-out date for 700-series T8 general service fluorescent lamps (GSFLs)...More

Electrical contractors can gain confidence and experience with photovoltaic (PV) systems by performing basic troubleshooting practices on string inverter-based equipment...More

Held on March 21 at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, the Sixth Annual LEDucation conference, presented by The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY) with the support of the New York Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNA), helped more than 2,000 lighting industry professionals learn more about solid-state light sources, standards, and controls....More

What lighting technologies/products are being phased out and which ones are poised to take their place...More