NEW YORK—With hotels filled to capacity as families celebrate the holiday season and new year in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that 16 major hotels are joining the NYC Carbon Challenge, another significant expansion of the partnership between the City and private and institutional sector leaders who have committed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from their buildings by 30 percent or more in the next 10 years.This expansion marks a major commitment by the city’s hotels to help New York City reach its goal of dramatically reducing emissions from buildings (which make up nearly three-quarters...

NEWBURGH, N.Y.—Hudson Valley Lighting, manufacturer of art-inspired classic, contemporary and transitional lighting fixtures for more than 20 years, has purchased a site that will serve as the company’s new world headquarters in Hudson Valley’s Wappingers Falls, New York in Dutchess County. This was announced by David Littman, Founder and President of Hudson Valley Lighting and Chairman of Littman Brands, a family of decorative and architectural lighting brands that include Hudson Valley Lighting, Corbett Lighting, Troy Lighting and CSL (Creative Systems Lighting).The new location, 151 Airport Drive, sits on 67 acres of land and occupies more than 261,916 square feet...

LAS VEGAS—The city of Las Vegas and NV Energy announced a new partnership that has potential to take the city to a new level of environmental sustainability by becoming a leader in renewable energy. Upon approval of a filing to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada and ratification by the Las Vegas City Council, this partnership will dedicate to city operations a portion of energy produced by a local solar facility that is currently in development. The energy dedicated from this solar facility, coupled with the power the city receives from NV Energy that already satisfies Nevada’s renewable portfolio...

COMMERCE, CALIF.—Nora Lighting, a manufacturer of products for residential and commercial installations, has released a comprehensive Work Book with nearly 500 pages showcasing the company’s entire line of fixtures and accessories. With installation and product photos, detailed illustrations and descriptions, the Work Book itemizes nearly 10,000 SKUs of lighting fixtures and installation accessories. It is available free to industry professionals. The Work Book also spotlights architectural and commercial LED products from NSpec, the architectural lighting division of Nora.“With a clean, simplified format, the Work Book is a new concept in reference tools,” says Jilla Farzan, Vice President of Sales...

MCLEAN, VA.—Hilton Worldwide announced that it is the first hospitality company to achieve Superior Energy Performance (SEP) certification from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for leadership and improvement in energy management and productivity at three landmark hotels. This recognition follows Hilton’s system-wide ISO 50001 Energy Management certification across its entire hotel portfolio in 2014.Washington Hilton, Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort and Hilton Union Square San Francisco are the first commercial buildings to achieve the SEP certification, which adds third-party verified energy performance requirements to those under ISO 50001. This achievement marks a major milestone in the company’s...

WEST HARTFORD, CONN.—Legrand, North America announced that it has acquired QMotion, an award-winning leader in advanced shading systems. QMotion will become part of Legrand’s North American Building Control Systems (BCS) business.QMotion’s window shading systems will integrate easily with the intelligent lighting control and automation solutions offered by Legrand BCS. This creates a more comprehensive portfolio of advanced solutions that provide energy efficiency and lighting control for residential and light-commercial applications. Homes to high-performance buildings will have shading solutions run by quiet, low-power consumption motors that allow manual and automated control of artificial and natural light.“I’ve very much enjoyed working...

TORRANCE, CALIF.—LEDtronics announces its new series of LED T5 High Output Tube Light Kits. The LED kits are available in a choice of 2, 3, 4 or 6-tube kits. They fit into almost any fixture, and feature ease of installation, requiring only a single driver for up to 4 tubes and only two drivers for 6 tubes. The UL-Recognized external drivers are included.The T5 Tube Light Kits can be directly retrofitted into virtually any 4-ft 2-pin, in-line fluorescent tube fixture. Each tube in the LEDtronics LED48T5HO low cost/high value kits uses only 21 watts and replaces fluorescent counterparts up...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Energy announced historic new efficiency standards for commercial air conditioners and furnaces. Developed with industry, utilities, and environmental groups, these standards will save more energy than any other standard issued by the Department to date. Over the lifetime of the products, businesses will save $167 billion on their utility bills and carbon pollution will be reduced by 885 million metric tons.“Just days after the Paris agreement to cut global emissions and create a new era of affordable energy, today’s announcement marks the largest energy-saving standard in history and demonstrates that America is leading the...

MELBOURNE, FLA.—Lighting Science Group Corp. officially unveiled its new LSPro series of commercial LED solutions. Created with the commercial market in mind, these new lamps feature higher attributes than general industry standards, such as color-rendering indexes (CRI) of 90+, better lumen output and Energy Star ratings.LSPro LED Products are engineered to exceed commercial industry standards. They are designed for high CRI of 90 or greater and increased lumen output. In addition, the LSPro product lineup is Energy Star rated. The LSPro line of products was developed to serve the commercial marketplace and has been expanded to include both a...

NEW YORK—New York Convention Center Operating Corp. President and CEO Alan Steel announced that the Javits Center has achieved LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, the developers of the LEED building rating system. This certification follows the completion of a comprehensive renovation and revitalization. Located on Manhattan’s West Side, the Javits Center is considered the busiest convention center in the United States, supporting more than 17,000 jobs and generating up to $1.8 billion in economic activity for the Empire State. Led by the New York Convention Center Development Corporation, FXFOWLE, Epstein and Tishman Construction, an AECOM...