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INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

Consumers are getting into conservation.

Since Thomas Edison.s invention of the carbon-filament lamp and a direct-current generator for incandescent electric lighting in 1879, technology in the lighting industry has evolved slowly. In fact, besides changes to filaments over the past 120-plus years, Edison.s original incandescent design has remained intact. As a result, current energy-hungry, heat-producing incandescent light bulbs continue to waste unnecessary energy at exorbitant costs.

This factor, coupled with recent domestic and international energy shortages, has resulted in a heightened focus on the need for energy-efficient lighting options. Consumers are slowly beginning to realize that improving lighting efficiency is one of the fastest ways to decrease energy bills and preserve our environment. Today, consumers face a myriad of alternative energy-efficient lighting, including fluorescent, compact fluorescent lighting (CFL.s), high-intensity discharge and low-pressure sodium lamps.

Industry Links

Lighting Organizations

American Lighting Association
California Energy Commission
Association of Energy Engineers
Association of Energy Services Professionals
The Energy Studies In Buildings Laboratory
National Association of the Remodeling Industry
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. DOE Energy Efficient and Renewable Energy Network
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology
Lighting Research Center
Lighting Resource
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Lighting Standards

American National Standards Institute
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Underwriters Laboratories Inc
Building Energy Training Videos
California Building Standards Commission

Lighting Publications

Home Lighting and Accessories Magazine

Lighting Calculations

APP-TECH
Energy Federation, Inc
Iowa Energy Center
LBL Radiance homepage
University of Oregon Energy and Environment homepage
U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology

Lighting Pollution Information

The Central Florida Astronomical Society
International Dark-Sky Association
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA)
Light Pollution in Italy
Michigan Dark Skies Association
New England Light Pollution Advisory Group
Virginia Outdoor Lighting Task Force

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