Light & Health Online Courses Are Filling Fast
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Light & Health Online Courses Are Filling Fast

Proper lighting design is an important component of the health and wellness movement and the Light and Health Research Center’s (LHRC) is offering two online professional certificate courses in September that address those topics. Recent research indicates the global health and wellness market was valued at $5,243.3 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach over $8,945.3…

Use Caution When Relying on AI to Find Rebates
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Use Caution When Relying on AI to Find Rebates

These days, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used to save time and perform research in many categories, so it’s understandable that specifiers and distributors would assume AI’s vast knowledge base could make the task of discovering rebates easier. The folks at BriteSwitch, which offers a comprehensive RebatePro database and proprietary Project Management System, beg to…

Pompeo Group Marks 20th Anniversary, Offers Workshops
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Pompeo Group Marks 20th Anniversary, Offers Workshops

Lighting industry recruitment firm Pompeo Group is celebrating 20 years of delivering superior executive search services to lighting and electrical manufacturers, design firms, and distributors. “When I started Pompeo Group in 2003, I recognized the need for a higher level of executive recruitment in lighting and electrical with an ongoing commitment to confidentiality, strong ethical…

Internships & Other Incentives Hope to Fill Labor Gap
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Internships & Other Incentives Hope to Fill Labor Gap

According to a recent news report, the American construction industry continues to face an extreme labor shortage, which ultimately is slowing completion of construction projects from residential homes and infrastructure to hospitals.  According to a proprietary model developed by Associated Builders and Contractors, the construction industry will need to attract an estimated 546,000 additional workers…

Warshauer Electric Unveils Woodbury Learning Facility
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Warshauer Electric Unveils Woodbury Learning Facility

Warshauer Electric Supply, a leading provider of electrical products and solutions, has unveiled its latest training facility in Woodbury, New Jersey. This new location will serve the continuing educational needs of electrical contractors in southwest New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia. This innovative educational center is designed to empower professionals and enthusiasts in the electrical industry…

Republic Opens New HVAC, Electrical Distribution Center
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Republic Opens New HVAC, Electrical Distribution Center

Next week, on August 17, the public is invited to the grand opening of Republic’s new facility in Grimes, Iowa. Headquartered in Davenport, the electrical and mechanical distributor also operates facilities in Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Davenport, and Peoria, Illinois. The new 22,000-sq.-ft. distribution center and state-of-the-art HVAC and electrical training facility in Grimes is located…

Nemo Lighting Completes Majority Stake in Reggiani Illuminazione
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Nemo Lighting Completes Majority Stake in Reggiani Illuminazione

Nemo Lighting completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Reggiani Illuminazione, a renowned Italian architectural lighting manufacturer founded in 1957. Reggiani has had a U.S. office in the greater New York area for many years and has been a frequent exhibitor at trade events such as LEDucation. This acquisition follows Nemo’s 2020 acquisition of…

Orion Secures 3-Year LED Lighting Preventative Maintenance Contract for 2,000 Retail Locations
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Orion Secures 3-Year LED Lighting Preventative Maintenance Contract for 2,000 Retail Locations

Wisconsin-based Orion Energy Systems, Inc. (Orion Lighting) – a provider of energy-efficient LED lighting and controls, maintenance services and electric vehicle (EV) charging station solutions – has signed a 3-year LED lighting preventative maintenance contract with an existing major retail customer to handle the maintenance of LED lighting systems at approximately 2,000 locations nationwide. The…

Axolight USA Announces New Headquarters & Warehouse Location
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Axolight USA Announces New Headquarters & Warehouse Location

Axolight USA has opened its new offices in the heart of Manhattan, and a new logistics center in New Jersey.  Axolight is part of Axolight Group, a lighting company that designs and manufactures its products in Italy. “After being present in the U.S. for 15+ years, following our continuous growth and strategic plan, we felt…

Halco Welcomes United Electrical Sales and Carter York Agency
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Halco Welcomes United Electrical Sales and Carter York Agency

Halco has signed two new agents, United Electrical Sales, and Carter York Agency to its network. Founded in 1975, Carter York Agency covers both the Carolinas and Virginia, while United Electrical Sales, founded in 1946, will cover Georgia, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle. Halco officials stated, “We place trust and confidence in our agents and…

Less Is More When It Comes to Casambi Controls
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Less Is More When It Comes to Casambi Controls

When looking at the electrical in a traditional lighting controls installation, there are some non-negotiables to ensure the lights run properly. At bare minimum, there’s a switch and a room controller which branches out to a network of hard-wired fixtures. In its full glory, there are dimming panels, timer panels, hubs, data wires and more….

Shining a Light on the Burgeoning Smart City Market
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Shining a Light on the Burgeoning Smart City Market

Converting existing street lighting from legacy sources to LED has become big business all over the world for many lighting manufacturers over the past decade, but now it’s time to level up. According to a report compiled by Fortune Business Insights, the market size of “smart” street lighting on a global level is projected to…

Landscape Forms Hosts Roundtable on Women in Landscape Architecture
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Landscape Forms Hosts Roundtable on Women in Landscape Architecture

Kalamazoo, Mich.-based lighting manufacturer Landscape Forms brought together 14 female leaders and three female students in landscape architecture on June 27 and 28 to discuss critical issues and future prospects for women in the profession. Women in Landscape Architecture: Amplifying Our Voices was held at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, hosted by Landscape Forms…

Legrand Appoints Jane White as Chief Diversity & Engagement Officer
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Legrand Appoints Jane White as Chief Diversity & Engagement Officer

West Hartford, Conn.-based Legrand®, a global leader in electrical wiring devices and cable management solutions, has named Jane White as Chief Diversity & Engagement Officer for Legrand, North and Central America (LNCA). Most recently White has served as President of Finelite, a Legrand lighting company. In this newly formed role on the LNCA CEO Executive…

WAC Lighting Co-Founders Tai & Tony Wang Honored at Selfhelp Gala
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WAC Lighting Co-Founders Tai & Tony Wang Honored at Selfhelp Gala

WAC Lighting co-founders Tai and Tony Wang were honored at Selfhelp’s 2023 Gala recently at Pier Sixty in New York City. The couple are renowned for their tremendous professional accomplishments in the lighting industry as well as their philanthropic endeavors. For many decades they have shown exceptional integrity and commitment to bettering the community and…