Organized by Royal Philips and the Lighting Urban Community International Association (LUCI), this annual international award recognizes urban lighting projects that best demonstrate creative efforts to integrate sustainable lighting infrastructure into city redevelopment initiatives. This year the competition had entries coming from all five continents, making the award contest truly global.
The German city of Leipzig has been awarded first prize for its urban regeneration of Richard-Wagner-Platz in the 12th annual city.people.light awards ceremony in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Eaton’s new V-SpringTM Telescoping Light Pole increases safety and reduces labour costs associated with installing and maintaining lights at industrial facilities.
Torbram Electric Supply has appointed Brian Horton to the Projects Department Team in the capacity of a Senior Lighting Quotations Specialist. Horton is an IES graduate with 30 years plus industry experience in several capacities, with specialization in quoting lighting projects. In his new position, Brian will cover the Ontario region, spending quality time providing expertise in the quotation sector of the business.
Eaton’s Cooper Lighting Division has introduced its LumaWatt Outdoor Wireless Control and Monitoring System, which, the company says, minimizes power consumption and energy costs by providing lighting only where and when it’s needed. It’s specifically designed for area, roadway and parking garage/canopy applications.
Calgary is going with GE LED lighting for the first phase of a possible city-wide streetlight retrofit. The City of Calgary’s Department of Transportation is going with GE Lighting’s LED technology to replace and upgrade existing street light fixtures as part of a proposed city-wide retrofit that will see 80,000 street fixtures upgraded, dropping electricity consumption by 55 percent.
Mercor Lighting announces that Laura Chapman has joined their organization effective May 1. Laura brings with her years of experience, professionalism and education that she looks forward to sharing with her clients. Mercor Lighting looks forward to enhancing Laura’s ability to add value to her property management clients on a regular basis.
Liteline Corporation’s Jarrod Stewart has been appointed Regional Sales Manager — Ontario. Stewart joined the company two years ago as a sales rep for the Greater Toronto Area, and will now focus on growing Liteline’s reach and brand visibility in the province. Liteline has also hired A.M. Agencies as its sales agent in Alberta, effective immediately. Headed by Doug Prusky, the agency has been in the business for more than 25 years and has offices in Calgary and Edmonton.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
