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...

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...

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...

LOS ANGELES—Acclaim Lighting introduces the Dyna Drum SO, a compact, outdoor LED flood fixture for large scale façade and area flood lighting. Available in 2700K, 3000K, 3500K, 4000K, RGB, RGBW, and RGBA the Dyna Drum SO provides up to 7,303 total lumens, while maintaining 70 percent of its lumens at 150,000 hours. Its beam angles include 6, 20, 40, 60 and 10 by 60 degree spread lens options.The compact Dyna Drum SO, only 12.5 inches wide, 10.1 inches high and 11 inches in diameter, features a DMX-512 control system, with IP66-rated, AC power cable and bare-wire ends to perform...

MUSKEGON, MICH.—EarthTronics now offers “Plug & Play” and Direct Wire linear LED tubes as an energy-efficient solution for replacing T8 fluorescent bulbs for office, retail, hospitality, restaurant and long-term care locations. These Design Light Consortium (DLC)-listed bulbs feature glass tube construction that ensure proper system cooling to support high lumen maintenance over the 50,000-hour rated life of the product. The long rated life combined with 30 percent energy savings delivers a quick return on investment with total lifetime savings that can exceed $88 per lamp at an 11¢/kwh energy cost.The “Plug & Play” LED is designed for nearly any...

PALMDALE, CALIF.—U.S. Architectural Lighting expands its Razar LED Generation product line with the introduction of three new wall mounted fixtures featuring a sleek, low profile appearance. The luminaires extend only 12” from the mounting surface and vary in width from 9” to 23”.     Available in LED wattages from 23W to 198W, the Razar LED wall mounts offer significant energy savings and replace equivalent HID luminaires ranging from 35W to 400W.Five asymmetric distribution patterns are field rotatable in 90° increments and offer individual LED house side shielding available in 3000K, 4000K and 5000K CCT.  Optical modules can also be...

LOS ANGELES—EcoSense, a fast-growing LED technology company, announced that it has acquired the assets of Journée Lighting.  Journée Lighting is a privately owned, California-based lighting company that specializes in the design and development of specification grade lighting.EcoSense and Journée both share similar product development and innovation philosophies, which led to a natural fit between the two companies. Founded in 2005 by serial entrepreneur Clayton Alexander, Journée has become known for its many innovations in LED technology, including significant patents ranging from component-level to system-level solutions. This acquisition allows EcoSense to enter the downlight and track lighting market and leverage...

WEST CALDWELL, N.J.—Designed to enhance safety and security in public places, MaxLite releases its new-generation LED Medium Flood and Area Lights as energy-efficient illumination for parking lots, roadways, pathways and perimeters.The upgraded luminaires reduce the input wattage from the previous generation by more than 20 percent while maintaining comparable light output, saving customers more energy and accelerating the time to payback. Offered in 55-, 80- and 105-watt versions, the lights are designed to replace metal halide fixtures of up to 400 watts, while reducing energy consumption by 75 to 80 percent. In addition to diminishing energy costs, the fixtures...