NEMA Leads Coalition Pushing for Action from Biden Administration on Build America Buy America Requirements
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NEMA Leads Coalition Pushing for Action from Biden Administration on Build America Buy America Requirements

Unclear domestic content rules are stalling implementation of clean energy projects funded by Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Inflation Reduction Act, and CHIPS Act The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) today, led a coalition of trade associations, including the American Public Power Association (APPA), Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED),…

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…

Lighting Game Show at ArchLIGHT Summit Will Benefit IALD Education Trust
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Lighting Game Show at ArchLIGHT Summit Will Benefit IALD Education Trust

ArchLIGHT Summit, the lighting trade event and educational platform held at the Dallas Market Center in September, has announced event details for the Lovers of Light interactive game show being held on the event’s Light Bites stage at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, September 19. Lovers of Light, a popular team game show comprised of some…

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…

WAC Lighting Announces the Skylar Wald Let’s Beat Cancer Fundraiser
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WAC Lighting Announces the Skylar Wald Let’s Beat Cancer Fundraiser

Created by 9-year-old cancer survivor Skylar Wald, whose parents are the co-CEOs of Port Washington, N.Y.-based WAC Lighting, the Skylar Wald Let’s Beat Cancer Fundraiser is asking for the lighting and design community’s support of this philanthropic effort to benefit The H Foundation’s goal to funding cancer research. Diagnosed with cancer when she was three…

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…

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…

IESNYC Names 3 Recipients of the Thesis Awards
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IESNYC Names 3 Recipients of the Thesis Awards

The New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNYC) has announced the recipients of the 2023 IESNYC Thesis Awards, recognizing exceptional achievements in the realm of lighting design and research. This year, the IESNYC acknowledges three outstanding individuals for their exemplary work: Nirali Prajapati from the New York School of Interior Design, Lydia…

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…