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Lighting and controls is a huge, constantly changing, dynamic market. The ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR lighting editorial listed below keeps current on technological innovations from LEDs, controls, and design to innovations in efficiency by traditional lighting formats. 

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LEDs' New Standard: Zhaga Consortium
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Craig Dilouie

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April 2013

Specifiers enjoy a choice of brands and components to provide optimal solutions for their applications. Owners can replace components for maintenance or upgrade purposes while retaining the hardware.

LEDs
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Growing Pains: LEDs
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Susan Bloom
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April 2013

Among other matters with light-emitting diodes (LEDs), reliability has been an issue, according to Nate Conant, president of W.B. Walton Electric in Beaumont, Calif.

LEDs
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LED Downlights Looking Up
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Rick Laezman
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April 2013

We live in an age of rapid innovation, so it should come as little surprise that even the technology for something as simple as a common lamp is in a state of flux.

LEDs, Industry Trends
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Sylvania Socket Survey Shows Greater Understanding and Awareness
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Staff  
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April 2013

The fifth annual Sylvania Socket Survey from Osram Sylvania finds that consumers are adjusting to new legislation and energy-efficient lighting options, with about half saying that they plan to switch to new lighting technologies.

Energy Efficiency, Legislation, Industry Watch, Industry Trends

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Pros Embrace Design Challenges of Lighting an Ancient Building
April 2001
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Having lit a large stuffed elephant in Wisconsin, and a three-story high wooden one in New Jersey, CLI was then called upon to light a resident goat in a full-scale reproduction of an 1100 B.C. Iron Age house in Canaan.

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Components of the Glass Fiber Optics
April 2001
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Glass fiber optics lighting is composed of three compatible parts. First-time users should consult with a qualified supplier to create a bill of materials. A light source: (called an illuminator or projector) is conveniently located in a readily accessible place for relamping.

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Cleaning Fixtures Can Save 10 Percent in Lighting
April 2001
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Final results of a four-year landmark building lighting study by the National Association of Lighting Management Companies (NALMCO) provides a roadmap for achieving potential savings of 10 percent of the lighting costs or more––or from $2.7 billion to $3.6 billion in savings annually––for many build

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Sportslighting—A Simple Approach
March 2001
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The next time you drive by an outdoor sports field, notice that each floodlight has a unique combination of rotation and tilt angles.

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Emergency Lighting Technology Evolves to Save Lives
February 2001
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Fires take the lives of thousands of people each year. In 1998 and 1999 alone, 4,035 and 3,570 civilian fire deaths occurred in the United States.

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Dramatizing New Warehouse Lighting Technology’s Benefits
January 2001
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Here’s something lots of good salespeople know: In order to be truly persuasive, you’ve got to put the benefits out front, and forcefully show your prospects what your proposal can do for them.

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Halogen Made Softer—Finally
December 2000
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For decades, lighting designers, specifiers, contractors, and distributors regarded halogen lamps as best-suited for outdoor applications or as accent and display lighting. Their bright, striated light caused “sparkle,” but was far too harsh for general lighting purposes.

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