Modern Lighting for a Better Quality of Life

THE SPANISH CITY OF TERRASSA, located around 30 kilometres outside Barcelona, is devoted to climate protection and wants to offer its citizens clean air, a better quality of life and a healthy environment. By modernising more than 29,000 light points, it has now reached an important milestone towards becoming an energy-efficient, eco-friendly city. Tridonic’s dimmableRead More

Quality Matters: Awareness of the Basic Issues of Power Quality and How To Tackle Them

ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCEElectrical interference is more formally known as either electromagnetic interference (EMI) or radio frequency interference (RFI). EMI is the more general term, RFI applies only to interference over the band of frequencies used for radio transmissions. However, for this article, the two terms are interchangeable and will be referred to as EMI. EMI isRead More

MaxLite joins the Lighting Controls Association

MaxLite, a leading manufacturer of energy-efficient lighting solutions, has joined the Lighting Controls Association, the industry organization dedicated to promoting adoption of lighting controls in commercial buildings. MaxLite recently launched c-Max Lighting Controls (www.maxlite.com/cmax), a patent pending design that makes it easy to add luminaire-level lighting controls to indoor and outdoor applications. By purchasing c-MaxRead More

Megger Donates $10,000 to Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation

Donation helps hospital support patients through cutting-edge technology and top-notch medical care Megger recently donated $10,000 to Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation. This foundation is dedicated to providing the philanthropic funding for vital, life-saving care to children in Arizona and across the country. Each year, since 2001, Megger holds its Annual Distributor Golf Outing in supportRead More

Universal Douglas Lighting Americas Appoints New Vice President of Sales Projects

Industrial lighting industry veteran Todd Smith, formerly of WESCO and Sylvania, joins the team to strengthen sales support for intelligent lighting control systems Universal Douglas Lighting Americas (UDLA), a leading manufacturer of end-to-end lighting fixtures and intelligent lighting control systems, has appointed Todd Smith as its new Vice President of Sales Projects for North America.Read More

Emerson LED Industrial Luminaire Delivers 250% More Output to Safely Light Facilities with High Ceilings

Engineered for High Ambient Temperature Areas, Appleton IHC Luminaires are Ideal for Steel Mills, Pulp & Paper Plants and Heavy Industry Emerson recently launched its Appleton® IHC Series of high-lumen output LED luminaires designed to support heavy industrial facilities requiring lighting fixtures capable of withstanding maximum ambient temperatures of 167° F (75° C) to helpRead More

Triplett 3-in-1 Circuit Breaker Finder

Circuit Breaker Finder, GFCI Receptacle Tester and Non-Contact Voltage (NCV) Detector Triplett Test Equipment, a leading maker of test equipment tools, highlights the CBF200 Circuit Breaker Finder, which features a compar- ison mode that helps to identify the correct breaker when signal strengths are close. The CBF200 is a useful, one person operation tool forRead More