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…

Graybar Acquires Shepherd Electric Supply
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Graybar Acquires Shepherd Electric Supply

St. Louis-based Graybar, a leading distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products and provider of related supply chain management and logistics services, has completed the acquisition of Shepherd Electric Supply, based in Baltimore, Maryland. Shepherd Electric Supply is an electrical distributor that serves construction, commercial, industrial, and government customers. Founded in 1892, Shepherd Electric…

Dynalectric Arizona Opens New Electrical Services & Fabrication Facility in Mesa
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Dynalectric Arizona Opens New Electrical Services & Fabrication Facility in Mesa

The Arizona division of Dynalectric Company (Dynalectric Arizona) opened a new turnkey electrical services and off-site fabrication facility at 9029 East Peterson Avenue in Mesa, AZ. Dynalectric Arizona is a part of EMCOR Group, Inc. Located in Mesa’s Gateway Area, the new location will play an important role in expanding Dynalectric Arizona’s capabilities throughout the…

GM Energy Offers 3 Bundle Options for Ultium Home
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GM Energy Offers 3 Bundle Options for Ultium Home

GM Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors, has rolled out its initial retail offerings to enable customers to leverage vehicle-to-home (V2H) bidirectional charging technology, stationary storage, and additional energy management products. The Ultium Home product offerings will be the first solutions to be made available to residential customers through GM Energy, and are…

Lucent Lighting Outlines Steps for Sustainable Solutions
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Lucent Lighting Outlines Steps for Sustainable Solutions

With offices in London and New York City, architectural lighting manufacturer Lucent Lighting has taken steps to cut its environmental impact and encourages other lighting manufacturers to follow suit in embracing sustainable solutions for the industry. Lucie Sidwell, Global Operations Director of Lucent Lighting, notes that one of the ways to reduce this impact is…

Utah’s Master Electrical Service Joins Wrench Group
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Utah’s Master Electrical Service Joins Wrench Group

Sarasota, Fla.-based Wrench Group, LLC – a nationwide provider of home services – has announced that Master Electrical Service of Ogden, Utah, has joined the Wrench Group family of brands. Master Electrical Service’s electricians offer a range of services to Salt Lake City area’s homeowners and businesses, including installation of arc fault breakers and circuits,…

NRG Energy Enters IoT Market via Vivint Smart Home
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NRG Energy Enters IoT Market via Vivint Smart Home

The smart home market continues to expand, and now a large utility has gotten into the category. Houston-based NRG Energy (once part of Northern States Power Company) has centered on energy generation and the retail electricity space for years, with growth coming from nearly one dozen acquisitions of other energy companies. In March, NRG entered…