New Posting for the Lighting Positions Network!

1. Senior Executive Opportunities from Jan Furste jan@netshare.com of NETSHARE - The following is a sample of open positions that have been posted with NETSHARE over the past week. This list changes every day…with some dropping off and some added. View the job listings here. Email your interest and resumes, reference the EnergyWatchBlog, directly to Jan Furste…

• President, Orlando, $180,000-$200,000 plus 25% bonus and equity
• General Manager, Nashville, Tennessee, Highly Competitive
• Chief Operating Officer, Denver, Colorado, $175,000-$200,000 plus $50K potential bonus
• Chief Operating Officer, Ohio, Commensurate with Experience
• President, Elkhart, Indiana, $275,000-$300,000 plus 50% target annual bonus

 

 

 

News Updates for the Week of February 25

1.      Webcast: “Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking” Campaign - On Thursday, February 28, from 1:00-2:00 p.m. EST, Building Owners and Managers Association International (BOMA) will hold a webcast on the Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking (LEEP) campaign. Intended for parking lot owners and managers, utilities, and other organizations committed to promoting high-efficiency parking lighting solutions, the webcast will highlight successes and lessons learned by innovative parking garage and lot owners in implementing high-efficiency lighting, and may be of interest to those considering solid-state lighting for those applications. To register: visit the BOMA website

2.      Cree Announces a New Laboratory LED Efficacy Milestone - The 276 lm/W LED Cree has tested in the lab eclipses their previously announced high of 254 lm/W announced last April. The lab demo did use the epitaxial technology that underlies the third-generation silicon-carbide-based manufacturing platform that Cree calls SC3 (SC cubed). Back in April, Cree had said that elements of the SC3 technology enabled the 254-lm/W demonstration. Back in December, Cree announced the 186-lm/W XM-L2 single-die LED and the 200-lm/W four-die MK-R LED that were based on technology used in lab demonstrations announced in December 2009 and February 2010 respectively. http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/2/16

3.      World Demand for Lighting to Surpass $78 Billion in 2016 - World demand for lighting is projected to climb more than 12% annually through 2016 to $78.3 billion, according to “World Lighting: Lamps & LEDs,” http://www.freedoniagroup.com/DocumentDetails.aspx?DocumentId=602974 a new study from The Freedonia Group. Sales will be driven by an increase in economic activity, personal income, global motor vehicle output and construction spending. Even more significant will be the ongoing shift to higher value, more efficient lighting technologies, especially as incandescent lamps are phased out. This shift is being propelled by the rising availability of LEDs and other high efficiency light sources at more affordable prices. Prices for CFLs and LEDs are expected to fall significantly. 2/21 HCN

4.      $200 Million in Energy Efficiency Funding - President Obama will propose $200 million in his next budget for a "Race to the Top" program rewarding states that pursue energy efficiency, asking Congress to put teeth on an initiative to help the US use less electricity. The proposed energy-efficiency funding would "support state governments that implement effective policies to cut energy waste," specifically measures such as modernizing utility rules and building codes to encourage efficiency and standardizing financing for energy-efficiency upgrades. Congress would have to vote to fund the initiative, but the administration believes it can work with lawmakers to implement the new effort under existing law, without authorizing any new programs. http://www.mondaq.com

5.      2013 ENERGY STAR Products Partner Meeting - To be held in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 7-9, 2013. The three day meeting will include sessions with policy and program updates at the national, regional, and local levels; topical sessions to expand on certain plenary topics and address a range of product-specific issues; campaign and communications sessions; an ENERGY STAR product expo; and the opportunity to organize and conduct one-on-one networking meetings and interact with other ENERGY STAR stakeholders. https://www.energystar.gov/partnermeeting

6.      LIGHTFAIR International April 21 – 25, 2013 Pennsylvania Convention Center - As the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, LIGHTFAIR® International blends continuing education courses with innovative products ranging from high-end design to cutting-edge technology. Experience LIGHTFAIR 2012 with these short videos:

• LFI 2012 Breaks All Records' 
• LFI 2012 Excitement Continues... 
• LFI 2012 Welcomes Huge Crowds in Las Vegas LFI 2012 Prepares to Open Trade Show Floor

http://www.lightfair.com/lightfair/V40/

 

7.      Efficiency Sales Professional Certification - 3 Chances to Attend - Turbocharge your success at one of the following, 6-day action-packed boot camps. http://www.eefg.com/esp-cert

• March 4-9 Sacramento, CA. Sponsored by SMUD. (SMUD’s generous support reduces the tuition for 50 qualified attendees.)
• March 18-23 Efficiency Sales Professional Institute in San Francisco, CA (Special early bird pricing going on now.)
• April 8-13 San Diego, CA. Sponsored by SDG&E. (SDG&E’s generous support reduces the tuition for 50 qualified attendees.)

The program is taught by Mark Jewell, a nationally recognized subject matter expert, author, coach, and speaker focused on applying energy efficiency to create value.

News Updates for the Week of February 18, 2013

1.     DOE Plans to Alter Lighting Facts Program - At the Strategies in Light conference, a US DOE said that later this year manufacturers can get Lighting Facts Label recognition for all members of a product family, while only fully testing one product in the family to the LM-79 standard. The manufacturer will then calculate or extrapolate performance figures for other products in the family for submission to the Lighting Facts program.  For now, only lighting manufacturers with at least a year of history in the program, ten or more products submitted previously, and a clean track record will be allowed to participate. Each manufacturer will define its own related products grouping and the method by which they will calculate results for the products that don’t go through testing. The Lighting Facts program will review and approve that work before manufacturers can get the Lighting Facts listing.  http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/2/13

 

2.     Tax Break for Energy-Saving Improvements Is Back - The fiscal cliff legislation, which Congress passed on New Year’s Day, revived the tax credit for energy-efficiency improvements for both 2012 and 2013. If you made any eligible improvements in 2012 -- after the credit expired -- dig up the receipts before you file your taxes for the year because you may get a tax break after all. These new rules should also be kept in mind when planning home improvements for 2013. http://money.msn.com/tax-tips/post.aspx?post=8cd88651-dc7f-485d-b8cf-a071239aa8dd

3.     Sharp Announces 100W COB LED Delivering 14,000 Lm - Sharp is apparently adding a 100W chip-on-board (COB) LED to its Zenigata family. The GW7GAL50SGC LED will output 14,000 lm, and achieve efficacy of 143 lm/W while targeting solid-state lighting applications such as street lights and high-bay lighting. The 50W Mega Zenigata LEDs measure 20×24 mm. The new 100W device is 86.8 mm measured from one point of the hexagon to the opposite point, and 75 mm measured from flat side to flat side.  http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/2/10

4.     Next Generation Luminaires Design Competition Announces 2012 Outdoor Winners - Winners in the Outdoor category of the fifth annual Next Generation Luminaires™ Solid-State Lighting Design Competition were announced at the Strategies in Light conference in Santa Clara, CA. They came from four different manufacturers and covered four different areas of outdoor lighting:

• The Lighting Quotient for its for its fraqtir™ Outdoor – Style S170 facade lighting fixture
• Relume Technologies, Inc. for its Oxford decorative acorn streetscape and walkway fixture
• GE Lighting for its Evolve™ LED Scalable Cobrahead roadway lighting fixture
• Edge Lighting for its TV and Dial LED decorative wall sconces

More information on all the winning entries is available at www.ngldc.org

5.     2013 Lighting for Tomorrow Competition Launched - Lighting for Tomorrow launched its 11th consecutive annual competition at the Dallas Market, January 17-20, 2013. The competition is widening its scope in 2013 with the inclusion of OLED fixtures, and continuing with a broad range of residential LED products such as fixtures, retrofit kits, and replacement lamps. Entries in this competition will be judged on the basis of lighting performance, marketability, and energy efficiency. The first deadline for entries is April 5, 2013. Winners will be announced during an award ceremony at the ALA Conference, September 24, 2013 in Austin, TX. For complete guidelines and rules for the 2013 competition: http://www.lightingfortomorrow.com/

6.     NAED NATIONAL MEETING, May 4-7, 2013 | Boston Marriott Copley Place | Boston, MA -Early Bird Registration Deadline: March 27.  The National provides a venue for a vigorous exchange of ideas complete with networking, visionary keynotes, educational speakers and some of the industry's best distributors and suppliers. You'll find all the ideas, strategies and information you need to be successful in one place.  http://www.naed.org/national/#tabs-5

7.     Indoor Positioning Systems: We Know Where You Are - Studies have found that people spend 80-90% of their time   indoors. So it's no surprise that one of the most promising technologies for buildings is Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS). An IPS simply locates objects and people in a building and provides location dependent information. Such data could be used optimize the building operations, correlating the occupant data to building systems, energy consumption, space utilization,  and even using the data for renovations of existing buildings or design of new buildings. So we track and locate people and objects outdoors in real-time via GPS; IPS provides for similar tracking indoors. http://www.smart-buildings.com/uploads/1/1/4/3/11439474/2013febindoor.pdf

New Postings for the Lighting Positions Network!

      1.  Executive Positions from Jan Furste jan@netshare.com of NETSHARE - The following is a sample of open positions that have been posted with NETSHARE over the past week. This list changes every day…with some dropping off and some added. View the job listings below and many more on the website. Email your interest and resumes, reference the EnergyWatchBlog, directly to Jan Furste.

• President, Elkhart, Indiana, $275,000-$300,000 plus 50% target annual bonus
• Chief Operating Officer, Miami, Florida, $225,000-$275,000 plus 50% bonus + equity
• President, Midwest, $300,000-$325,000 plus 50% target bonus
• Chief Operating Officer, Denver, Colorado, $175,000-$200,000 plus $50K potential bonus
• Chief Executive Officer, Northeast, Competitive 

2. Senior Technical Writer, from Kelly Cunningham, Outreach Director, California Lighting Technology Center, UC Davis - Need is for a technical writer who can work in that narrow and complicated zone between engineering and communication materials development for translating research results for the "outside world." Click here to access the UC Davis jobsite: The job posting number is: 03009140. Applicants must apply through the UC Davis website, following all HR rules.

3. Regional Sales Manager – Lighting from Robert Leary Executive Vice President Sales, American Green Technology (AGT) - Fast growing Induction Lighting manufacturer looking to hire Regional Sales Managers for the following two territories: 1. Texas and surrounding states; 2. Southeast US – Florida to Virginia. Job Objective: Responsible for development and performance of assigned sales territory. Develop a business and sales strategy, in line with company objectives that ensure attainment of sales and profitability goals. Lighting sales experience preferred. For more information send resume to bleary@agtus.org. 

4. Lighting Design Engineer, Atlantic Energy Concepts, to Work Out of Fredericksburg, VA or at Headquarter Office in Reading, PA - This vital position will be responsible for analyzing existing lighting systems for energy performance and developing new designs that will out-perform the existing systems. A strong commitment to customer excellence and strength in customer communication is critical for success in this position. This position requires routine travel, and the employee can reasonably expect 25% + travel time in order to meet the demands of the position. For immediate consideration, submit resume to Kelly Haines at khaines@atlanticenergyconcepts.com.