Detroit-based DTE Energy invested $2.2 billion with Michigan businesses in 2021, reportedly creating and sustaining more than 10,000 jobs across the state. In fact, the company invests five times more with local businesses than it did one decade ago. In […]
Daintree® Networked wireless lighting controls from GE Current, a Daintree company, are now a DesignLights Consortium® (DLC®) Qualified Networked Lighting Controls Product, giving lighting designers and building owners a tested and certified full-featured lighting controls option for commercial and industrial environments. […]
Located on the same campus as GE Current’s lighting fixture manufacturing plant in Henderson, N.C., the 8,500-sq.-ft. Institute has been fully renovated to include a central teaching auditorium, expanded classrooms, and a collaboration area for networking. Each interior space is […]
Electrical distributors who offer smart home products such as light bulbs, video doorbells, door locks, garage door openers, and thermostats might want to promote and expand their offering in order to take advantage of the growing demand for this category […]
The Smart Home category – which includes smart light bulbs – is among the top three areas expected to see continued growth in 2022 and beyond, according to Steve Koenig, VP/Research for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which produces the […]
Power management company Eaton has completed its acquisition of Royal Power Solutions, a U.S.-based manufacturer of high-precision electrical connectivity components used in electric vehicle, energy management, industrial, and mobility markets. Under the terms of the agreement, Eaton paid US$600 million […]
On the to-do list for the Department of Environmental Conservation in Vermont in 2022 is deciding whether or not to ban light bulbs that contain mercury (i.e. compact fluorescent, fluorescent, HID, non-LED UV). What makes the decision significant is, if […]
The saying, “Great minds think alike” could easily apply to two veteran commercial lighting reps who recently joined forces to create an organization serving their segment of the industry. The American Association of Independent Lighting Agents (AAIILA) officially launched last […]
LightFair organizers have released a virtual, on-demand library of the conference sessions from LightFair 2021 under the name LightFair Connect. It will launch December 8 offering 27 sessions – with 32 available CEU credits – to continue the return of […]
The growth of the electric vehicle (EV) market is impacting many sectors of the economy. While it will drive the automotive industry as well as electrical generation, niche market such as lithium processing, battery generation and silicon carbide will also […]
