Regardless of Eyjafjallajökull—the Icelandic volcano that erupted and impacted everyone's travel departure from Frankfurt—Light+Building did not disappoint.
An intelligent, green faade based on organic concrete and a research project that lays out a map for New York City's sustainable future are the two winning design recipients of the 2010 Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment.
With general awareness about climate change increasing, consumers have sought to educate themselves further about energy-efficient practices.
Students at the University of California, Davis's California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) will get to see their design ideas made real, from initial concept to a realized prototype, thanks to participating in their winter 2010 lighting design studio, taught by director of the CLTC and professor at UC Davis, Michael Siminovitch.
With a shared interest in developing green building guidelines, a group of like-minded building professionals, energy and lighting engineers, sustainability advocates, architects, and standards writers have come together to develop a comprehensive model green building code designed to advance green building practices across the United States. The organizations involved are the International Code Council (ICC); the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE); the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC); the American Institute of Architects (AIA); and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES). These groups have launched the International Green Construction Code (IGCC), representing the merger of two national efforts to develop adoptable and enforceable green building codes.
The latest offering on the solid-state lighting (SSL) product documentation front is the National Electrical Manufacturers Association's (NEMA) white paper: LSD 49-2010 Solid State Lighting for Incandescent Replacement—Best Practices for Dimming.
The Solar Decathlon—the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) biennial student competition for the design and construction of energy-efficient homes—has made significant strides in reaching a wide audience and spreading the sustainability message the past five years.
To tax or not to tax? The question of whether a lighting designer must charge New York state sales tax has been the subject of much discussion recently among lighting designers in New York.
On March 3, the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section (IESNYC) announced the winners of its 10th annual student lighting competition during an award exhibit and reception in New York City.
As part of the celebration for its 75th anniversary in 2009–10, Erco Lighting has written a new lighting reference book, <i>Light Perspectives</i>.
