Lighting

efficiency

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Boost energy efficiency in your building

As facility and maintenance managers continue to strive for top building performance, energy efficiency remains an important factor in cutting costs, boosting efficiency, and increasing
Outdoor lighting principles hail the dark side

Canadian Property Management

Outdoor lighting principles hail the dark side

Guiding principles for responsible nighttime lighting define how light should be applied, but, first, prospective installers are advised to consider whether lighting is even necessary.
Global smart lighting market poised for bright future

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Smart lighting market poised for bright future

The global market for smart lighting is projected to reach USD $45 billion in sales by 2028, representing a compound annual growth rate of more than 20 per cent over the next five years.
curb appeal

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Why curb appeal matters (and how to create it)

Does your building have curb appeal? According to the experts, first impressions are made within the first seven seconds, so you don’t have much time
Dim future for fluorescents and metal halides

Canadian Property Management

Dim future for fluorescents and metal halides

Fluorescents and metal halides will be further marginalized in the lighting market with pending amendments to Canada’s regulations governing products containing mercury.
IES Waterloo to welcome lighting professionals

Canadian Facility Management & Design

IES Waterloo to welcome lighting professionals

Waterloo's newly formed chapter of the Illuminating Engineering Society aims to forge a network of lighting professionals in southwest Ontario.
commercial lighting rebates

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Are you missing out on commercial lighting rebates for your facility?

These days, every cent counts, and commercial lighting rebates may be a way for your facility to make the most of your lighting choices. It’s
CSA Group takes lighting services to California

Design Quarterly

CSA Group takes lighting services to California

CSA Group promises to hasten turnaround times for getting lighting products into the marketplace through centralized offering of testing, inspection and certification services,
condos

CondoBusiness

Aging condos can learn new tricks

As appealing as old buildings are, they do present some unique challenges for residents. Often, these aging developments hang on to old processes.
Stantec IES awards

Design Quarterly

Stantec honoured with IES Illumination Awards

Four projects by design firm Stantec were recently honoured with five lighting awards from the Illuminating Engineering Society.
LED

REMI Network

Scientists developing LED bulb that emits less blue light

A research team at the University of Houston is developing an LED bulb that emits most of its energy from the safer violet segment of the visible light spectrum.
Ceridian Canada

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Multi-purpose lighting aglow at Ceridian Canada office

Space intended for a grocery store became an opportunity for a human resource software company to centralize its entire Winnipeg team in one open-concept office.
LED

REMI Network

Advancements in LED illumination

Control and management of the visual experience and the extensive range of available applications have extended the possibilities of lighting performance within a built environment.
IES opens lighting design resources to students

Canadian Facility Management & Design

IES opens lighting design resources to students

Students enrolled in a lighting design program at a participating post-secondary institution will get free access to the Illuminating Engineering Society’s archived research materials.
condo sales

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Traffic intensifies on migratory songbird flight path

Advocates for bird-friendly lighting practices and building design recommend some adjustments to the special lighting displays now popping up on the urban landscape.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Natural light in workplace design

It is clear that employee performance and outlook are connected to the environmental conditions in which they work.
Humanscale Nova

Design Quarterly

Humanscale Nova Task Light wins iF Design Award

Nova, a new task light from Humanscale, was awarded the iF Design Award, recognized as a symbol of design excellence around the world.