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Outdoor Lighting Turns Over a Green Leaf
by
Pat Woods
| December 2009
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  • Lighting

This year brought sparse positive economic news, as soaring energy costs drove steep price increases and the mortgage meltdown stalled residential construction and later commercial construction with the credit crunch.

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Finding the Right Template: Lighting
by
Craig DiLouie
| November 2009
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  • Lighting

Earlier this year, the US Department of Energy (DOE) launched Commercial Lighting Solutions, an interactive Web tool that provides lighting templates, supported by construction documents, that can help commercial building owners achieve desirable lighting quality while improving lighting efficiency

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DTE Discounts Give Green Light to Energy-Efficient Bulbs
October 2009
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  • Lighting

DTE Energy is helping Detroit Edison customers make their homes more energy efficient with discounts of up to 50 percent on compact-fluorescent lamps (CFLs). The specially priced bulbs are available now through DTE Energy at several area retailers for as little as 99 cents apiece.

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Coming in for a Landing
by
Claire Swedberg
| October 2009
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  • Your Business

Chicago O'Hare International Airport has been expanding its runway system and installing a new airfield lighting system, a new electric lighting vault and a lighting control sys-tem that provides and regulates power for runway and taxiway lighting throughout the airport. Divane Bros.

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Bilevel Switching
by
Craig DiLouie
| October 2009
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  • Lighting

Bilevel switching, in which alternate rows, fixtures or lamps are separately circuited and independently controlled, has been demonstrated in one study to produce 22 percent energy savings in private offices.

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ASU Installs LED Lighting in Parking Structures
September 2009
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  • Your Business

Arizona State University (ASU) retrofitted six parking structures on the Tempe campus with new light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures.

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White LED Control
by
Craig DiLouie
| September 2009
| under
  • Lighting

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) predicts that solid-state lighting will achieve efficacies as high as 160 lumens per watt and provide most of our general lighting needs within the next 20 years, thereby reducing the nation’s energy costs by 6–7 percent.

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A Good Energy Story
by
Craig DiLouie
| August 2009
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  • Lighting

Between 1984 and 2003, the percentage of people directly using a computer at work more than doubled to nearly 57 percent. The widespread adoption of computers not only changed office environments but also best practices in lighting and, by extension, office lighting technology.

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Lighting Designers in Texas Experience Near-Miss
July 2009
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  • Lighting

Texas almost passed legislation at the end of May that, according to the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), would have made the lighting design field in Texas extinct.

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Peace Bridge Crosses Efficiency Gap
July 2009
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  • Lighting

Proving that city landmarks and structures don’t need to go dark to be energy conscious, the Peace Bridge in Buffalo, N.Y./Fort Erie, Ontario, has undergone an energy-conscious transformation made possible by light-emitting diode (LED) technology.

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The LEED View: Sustainable Lighting
by
Craig DiLouie
| July 2009
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  • Lighting

In Turner Construction's 2008 Green Building Market Barometer survey of 754 commercial real estate executives, a significant percentage of respondents view green buildings as having lower operating costs and higher building values, rent requirements, occupancy rates and overall return on investment

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Incandescent Lamps Optimized With Lasers
July 2009
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  • Lighting

A powerful laser can turn incandescent lamps into power-sippers, said optics researchers at the University of Rochester.

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NEMA's Research Confirms Need to Raise Awareness About Lighting
July 2009
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  • Lighting

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has released market research results that illuminate America’s need for information about energy and cost saving through modern lighting systems.

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Guiding Light
by
Craig DiLouie
| July 2009
| under
  • Lighting

The International Code Council (ICC) develops model codes regulating construction of residential and commercial buildings, one of which is the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). Most states have a commercial or residential energy code that is based on some version of the IECC.

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Waiting for the Green Light
by
Edward Brown
| July 2009
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  • Lighting

While the dominant theme at ISC West was going digital and networking, the 2009 Lightfair International was all about going green—how smart use of lighting can make big reductions in energy consumption.

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Study Documents Mercury Vapor Emission
June 2009
| under
  • Lighting

Results of a recent study conducted by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, suggest that most containers used for storage and transportation of used fluorescent lamps to recycling centers do not provide necessary levels of protection against

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Lutron Opens Fourth Experience Showroom in Manhattan
June 2009
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  • Lighting

Lighting control manufacturer Lutron Electronics opened its Experience Showroom in the heart of midtown Manhattan. The new, 1,800 square-foot Experience Showroom is located on the ground floor of the Decoration & Design (D&D) Building.

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Weighing In
by
Craig DiLouie
| June 2009
| under
  • Lighting

After the Energy Independence and Security Act became law in late 2007, threatening an end to 40–100 watt general-service incandescent lamps, a consumer backlash began building against compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs).

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LED Lighting Helps Kroger Slash Costs
May 2009
| under
  • Lighting

The Ameren Illinios utilities announced the successful completion of Act On Energy, a pilot high-efficiency lighting project that sharply cut energy consumption in the frozen-food reach-in cases and refrigerated dairy and beverage cases at a Kroger store in Peoria, Ill.

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Nearly There: Screw-In LEDs
by
Craig DiLouie
| May 2009
| under
  • Lighting

The stakes are high. According to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates, nearly 1 billion 60W A19 lamps will be installed in the United States by 2010. America is calling for a super-efficient lamp and has pinned its hopes on solid-state lighting.

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