On November 30 – December 2 the Hubbell Lighting Solutions Center is offering a Fundamentals of Lighting Workshop. This three-day workshop focuses on the fundamental principles of lighting, with specific attention on lamps and ballasts, terminology, light, sight and color, optical control, lighting calculations, and application principles. These basic topics are covered through hands-on training [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 4, 2011
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The landscape is ever-changing when it comes to lighting neighborhoods, parking lots, city streetscapes, and other areas where municipalities are providing lighting necessary for public safety and convenience. This two-day workshop will focus on the ideal solutions for these challenges. Participants will learn how to apply technology to existing infrastructure, explore available tools, learn best [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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Anyone who has worked in the lighting industry for a time will tell you that there is so much more to the business than light and dark. There is temperature, color, watts, lumens and a multitude of different terms that one needs to be familiar with. In addition, although many people specialize in one aspect [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 16, 2011
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An A+CLASS® control template is a series of control commissioning settings ready for upload to the A+CLASS® CCM using the A+CLASS® SD Card. Control Templates are exported from the A+CLASS® Template Builder or downloaded from the web as pre-configured Templates. All A+CLASS® Control Templates use a configuration file with the extension .cfg. There are three [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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Their reaction was instant and looked unanimous to me. “How many of you feel that the lighting industry is experiencing an accelerated pace of change” was my question. It was preceded by qualifying the experience level of this large group of lighting professionals. Almost all had been baptized into the lighting industry for over 10 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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Read Part One. Too often companies teach employees to perform tasks without conveying how their role interacts with others and impacts the final product. The first time that I sensed how important lighting is to everyone and how much recent generations take it for granted was years ago at Lightfair. David DiLaura was presenting his [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 7, 2011
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Alan Schoenfeld filmed one of his math students trying to solve a problem. She was a nurse who was never very interested in math until she got hooked on a software program. One of the calculations she was using the program to perform was establishing a slope. If you recall this from high school it [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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The Colorado river is narrow and deep. It carved the Grand Canyon out of stone. Knowledge can be narrow or broad, more like a lake with varying depths. A narrow focus can be powerful like a laser but its impact is confined and selective. Is your lighting knowledge deep and narrow or wide with varying [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 18, 2010
Let’s face it: Much of the information floating around out there on the advantages of LED and CFL lighting can be daunting and dry. This is especially true when it is being presented to someone who doesn’t have a clue why they should even consider making the switch in the first place. Well, enter Unscrew [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 1, 2010
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The USGBC is searching for applicants for their Education Events Working Groups. This is a great opportunity to be an active developer for several USGBC programs. To see if you might qualify, visit their website today. The application site closes on Thursday September 30th, 2010 at 11:59 pm PDT.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
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