Industrial Lighting Will Grow Due to IRA Funding
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Industrial Lighting Will Grow Due to IRA Funding

While some areas in construction have slowed, one area that is going strong is the Industrial sector — especially with the funds available for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which provides billions of dollars in incentives, grants, and loans to support new infrastructure investments in the areas of clean energy, transportation, and the environment. For…

Lightserve Provides Full Service & Intends to Keep Growing
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Lightserve Provides Full Service & Intends to Keep Growing

Back in 2012, it may have been hard to believe that a small lighting maintenance and retrofit contractor in Raleigh, N.C. could become a comprehensive resource in the commercial lighting industry, but Lightserve Corporation has had a meteoritic rise over the past decade due to strategic acquisitions. By acquiring companies with various strengths such as…

MaxLite’s New HQ Officially Opens
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MaxLite’s New HQ Officially Opens

As previously noted by US Lighting Trends, MaxLite has relocated its corporate headquarters to a new facility in Pine Brook, N.J., which includes a first for the company: a state-of-the-art training center and showroom featuring MaxLite’s energy-efficient luminaires and c-Max Network lighting controls system. The new facility is located at 340 Changebridge Road in the…

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How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes When Calculating Lumen Depreciation

Of course lighting professionals know what lumen depreciation is and how it works, but there are some subtle factors affecting those calculations that aren’t often top of mind. A new article by CREE details the critical considerations to take into account when specifying a job. We are sharing the insights below. WHY LUMEN DEPRECIATION IS…

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Feds Offer States $1.2 Billion to Adopt More Stringent Energy Codes

The Biden Administration launched several federal initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the energy efficiency of buildings, with two specifically designed to encourage state and local governments to update their building energy codes. According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), embedded in two recent pieces of massive legislation was some $1.2…