Expo Milan

Expo Milan 2015 Drives City’s LED Lighting Upgrade

The expo was the inspiration for Europe’s largest roadway lighting project to date:the installation by AEC Illuminazioneof 100,000 ITALO luminaires LUXEON M LEDs.The project is expected to reduce energy costs by 52%, and overall lighting costs by 31%. Milanstands to save 10 million euros on energyand emit 20,000 fewer tons of CO2 i in the first year alone.

Detroit Streetlights

Detroit Lights Up with LEDs

“The lights are coming back on in the city’s neighborhoods,” reports journalist Christine Ferretti in The Detroit News. According to the article, Detroit will have installed almost 40,000 LED streetlights by the end of July. This puts Detroit’s Public Lighting Authority about six months ahead of an ambitious timetable to install 65,000 streetlights that will relight all neighborhoods by the end of the year.

Smart Tech Lighting

Survey Shows Smart Lighting Technology Is On the Rise

Osram Sylvania’sseventh annual Socket Surveyhas found that 83% of respondents believe smart lighting is a good introduction to home automation technologies; 72% felt smart lighting will eventually replace traditional light bulbs.While 62% of respondents indicated they were aware of smart lighting technology, only 10% have actually purchased smart bulbs for their homes.

Greg Cuisso

RAB Design Lighting Adds New Directors, Engineering & Manufacturing & Sales

RAB Design Lighting has named Greg Guisso Director of Sales. In this role, Guisso will be responsible for driving the sales strategy for RAB Design and its broad range of lighting products in the North American market. Joe Curtojoins the company as Director of Engineering & Manufacturing. Curto will be responsible for optimizing manufacturing and warehouse operations as well as playing a lead role in new product development.