News and Announcements
Date	Description	Type
09.06.11	Good-bye T12. Hello Opportunity. John Philip Bachner has written a 600-word article providing some basic guidance on selecting a lighting system to replace an existing T12 fluorescent lighting system.	News
06.17.08	Higher Lighting Levels Found To Defend against Dementia Do higher lighting levels have the ability to counteract dementia? Yes, seems to be the answer, according to the results of a five-year Dutch study reported in the June 11, 2008 issue JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association...	Announcements
08.01.11	Higher Prices for Fluorescent Lamps. Rare-Earth Shortages to Blame, National Lighting Bureau Says. Terbium. Erbium. Yttrium. They're hardly household names, but they and 14 other rare-earth elements (REEs) are essential to the operation of a variety of household products (flat-panel displays and color TVs), as well as medical devices, the...	News
11.29.05	Home Building Continues to Spur Shipments of Lighting Products. July-Sept '05 is Best Third Quarter "Extremely encouraging" is how the National Lighting Bureau (NLB) characterizes third-quarter 2005 performance of the NEMA Lighting Systems Index, a composite measure of lighting products shipped from the U.S. by companies that are members of the National	Announcements
06.09.08	House Passes Extension to High-Efficiency LIghting Tax Savings. Senate Is Next...But When? The National Lighting Bureau reports that the U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R. 6049, the "Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008." Introduced by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY), the bill contains about $20	Announcements
08.28.07	Incandescent Lighting: Will "Ban the Bulb" Take Hold? Four-billion U.S. light sockets are fitted with "general-service" incandescent lamps (light bulbs), direct descendants of the lamp invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879. By today's standards, incandescent lamps waste resources. They generate light ineffi	Announcements
07.01.08	Incandescent vs. CFL Maintenance Costs Too Often Overlooked, National Lighting Bureau Says The cost of replacing incandescent bulbs can easily exceed the cost of the energy they consume in commercial and other buildings where maintenance personnel perform relamping...	News
06.26.06	IRS Publishes Certification Guidance For "Energy-Efficient Commercial Building" Tax Incentives The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced certification requirements an owner must satisfy to take advantage of "energy-efficient commercial building property" tax incentives. The requirements are included in IRS Notice 2006-52, an "interim guidanc	Announcements
01.21.10	Lewis Elected Chair of National Lighting Bureau Howard P. Lewis, representing the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES), has been elected chair of the National Lighting Bureau. The Bureau is an independent, not-for-profit, lighting-education organization sponsored by professional soci	News
02.02.11	Lewis Re-Elected Chair of National Lighting Bureau Howard P. Lewis, representing the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES), has been re-elected chair of the National Lighting Bureau. The Bureau is an independent, not-for-profit, lighting-education organization sponsored by professional..	News
12.16.11	Lewis Re-Elected Chair of National Lighting Bureau Howard P. Lewis, representing the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES), has again been elected to his third consecutive term as chair of the National Lighting Bureau. The Bureau is an independent, not-for-profit...	News
01.11.13	Lewis Re-Elected to Fourth Term as Chair of National Lighting Bureau Howard P. Lewis, the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America’s (IES’) representative to the National Lighting Bureau, has been elected to an unprecedented fourth consecutive term as Bureau chair. The National Lighting...	News
09.26.11	Lighting Focus at World Energy Engineering Congress, NLB Says Lighting will be an important topic of discussion and education at the World Energy Engineering Congress (WEEC), in Chicago, October 12-14, 2011, at the Navy Pier Convention Center, the National Lighting Bureau reports. Topics include...	News
01.19.06	Lighting Industry Seeks Simple Metric To Communicate Color Quality Why do people perceive color? Most people cannot answer that question, and even those who can may not know how a given source of light affects people’s color perceptions. Although three dimensions of color quality exist, they are not well-known outs	Announcements
02.19.10	Lighting Influences the Taste of Wine, New Study Shows Lighting influences how wine tastes and how much consumers are willing to pay for it, the National Lighting Bureau reports, citing conclusions drawn from a series of three German experiments in which more than 500 people tasted white Riesling wines....	News
08.16.07	Lighting Questions Answered Free at www.nlb.org Do you have questions about lighting? Have them answered by experts, free of charge, at the website of the National Lighting Bureau: www.nlb.org, a “one-stop” resource for lighting information. By clicking on the Bureau’s new “Information Desk” featur	Announcements
08.29.06	Lighting System Designers, Certifiers Urged to Register for Free National Lighting Bureau Referral S A nationwide search for lighting system designers and what the Internal Revenue Service calls “qualified individuals” has been launched by the National Lighting Bureau, to expand its free referral service for those seeking a lighting system designer and t	Announcements
08.28.07	Lighting Systems Index Performance "Encouraging," NLB Says. "Encouraging" is the word used by the National Lighting Bureau (NLB) to characterize second-quarter-2007 performance of the NEMA Lighting Systems Index. The Index is a composite measure of lamps, luminaires, ballasts, emergency lighting, exit signs, and o	Announcements
06.06.07	Lighting Systems Index Rebounds From Dismal Fourth Quarter. Nonresidential Markets Remain Strong, NL “Still showing the effects of a sluggish residential market, but far better than the prior quarter” is how the National Lighting Bureau (NLB) characterized first-quarter-2007 performance of the NEMA Lighting Systems Index. The Index is a composite measure	Announcements
01.25.07	Lighting Systems Index Records Another Drop, But Still Remains Strong, NLB Says. "Still strong, but showing the impact of a slowed residential market" is how the National Lighting Bureau (NLB) characterized third-quarter 2006 performance of the NEMA Lighting Systems Index. The Index is a composite measure of lighting products shipped	Announcements
09.07.05	Lighting Systems Index Sets Four-Year High The NEMA Lighting Systems Index set a four-year high during the second quarter of 2005, reports the National Lighting Bureau, an independent, not-for-profit lighting education organization established in 1976.	Announcements
09.01.10	Lighting Systems Index Stalls, Slumps, National Lighting Bureau Reports The modest but encouraging, steady growth exhibited by the NEMA Lighting Systems Index (LSI) since the third quarter of 2009 has come to an end, the National Lighting Bureau (NLB) reports: Second-quarter 2010 LSI performance was 0.3% below...	News
05.07.13	Lighting-System Designers on NLB Website “Those who own and use lighting systems benefit tremendously when they rely on qualified lighting-system consultants to design a new system or an upgrade to an existing system.” So says John Bachner, executive director...	News
08.18.09	MAGNARAY BECOMES NEWEST SPONSOR OF THE NATIONAL LIGHTING BUREAU Silver Spring, MD—The Magnaray International Division of the World Institute of Lighting and Development Corporation (Magnaray) has become the newest sponsor of the National Lighting Bureau.	News
12.12.02	Mendelsohn Presents 2002 NLB Annual Report Annual Report of Cary S. Mendelsohn, Chairman, to the Board of Directors of the National Lighting Bureau, assembled at the Bureau's Annual Meeting, December 5, 2002, at the Headquarters of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, Arlington, VA.	Announcements