It’s no secret that lighting designers must wear many hats, but according to the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), the actual number of those hats might surprise you. A review ...

Electrical professionals have long observed the “underloading” of customer-owned transformers, which, in part, is brought about by National Electrical Code (NEC) Chapter 2 design demand rules. This ...

In the past, using lighting-calculation software has been frustrating - programs were time-consuming, keystroke-dependent and hard to master. Users were often restricted to designing simple, ...

Facility and building lighting design is a technically complex and fundamental component of building construction requiring mastery of varied and rapidly evolving product technologies. A knowledgeable ...

Joel Spahn is a Software Developer for Lighting Analysts, Inc. and Lead Developer of ElumTools, a lighting calculation add-in for Autodesk® Revit®. He is also author of Lighting Analysts’ Flash-based ...

Balancing public and private interests for nighttime lighting has been a difficult undertaking, as too little lighting may increase safety and security issues, while too much lighting may cause ...

Troy, N.Y. – The emergence of electric lighting at night nearly a century ago has positively affected countless aspects of human life, ranging from improved safety and security to stronger economic ...