Archive for August, 2010
by Jim Lucy August 31st, 2010
Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc (Melville, N.Y.): The company recently announced two appointments: Chris Carrella is now director of technology for distribution marketing and sales and Jeffrey Weinberg is Southwest Regional Sales Manager for the company’s Lighting Management Systems. In his new role, Carrella will lead the implementation of cost-effective technology solutions to support Leviton’s customer-centric marketing and sales initiatives. In He has held various previous IT positions at at the company. Before joining Leviton, he held a variety of positions in the information technology field with Cablevision, Publishers Clearing House and Chase Auto Finance. He holds a BA in business administration from C.W. Post College.
In his new post, Jeffrey Weinberg will lead the expansion of the company’s energy-management systems throughout the Pacific Southwest. He began his career with the company in 1997 as a sales representative for American Insulated Wire (AIW), a Leviton subsidiary, and later went on to represent Leviton’s OEM solutions business where he grew lampholder revenue in the hydroponic industry and increase sales of the company’s GFCI devices and wireless lighting and appliance control products. Weinberg holds a BS in communications from the University of Arizona.
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by Jim Lucy August 31st, 2010
EIS, Atlanta, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Co. (GPC), announced today that it has acquired the assets of Seacoast Electric Co. Inc., Hawthorne, N.Y., effective August 31. Seacoast has distribution locations in Virginia, Texas and California and serves the marine and oil and gas markets with shipboard and offshore cables and electrical equipment.
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by Jim Lucy August 31st, 2010
Exelon announced plans to buy buy John Deere Renewables and its 735 million MW of wind energy projects from Deere & Co. MarketWatch
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by Jim Lucy August 31st, 2010
Andrew Wilhelm, founder of LED North America, Knoxville, Tenn., believes a a graphite foam developed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory will help LED streetlights dissipate heat more effectively and prolong their life. A posting at www.knoxvillebiz.com says LED North America “licensed the exclusive patent rights to use the graphite foam in LED lighting products.”
Related Topics: Green News
by Jim Lucy August 31st, 2010
T5 lamp shipments index registered a reading of 152.0 during the second quarter of 2010, a 41.1 percent increase from a year ago, according to the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), Rosslyn, Va. The index reclaimed lost ground from the previous quarter, rebounding by 19.8 percent. T8 lamp shipments also showed robust growth, increasing 12.7 on a year-over-year basis. Conversely, shipments of T12 lamps declined 2.6 and 7.9 percent for the quarterly and year-over-year comparisons, respectively.
The share of T12 lamps in the linear fluorescent market also declined. T12 lamps accounted for 26.3 percent of sales, 5.1 percentage points below the 2009 average of 31.4 percent. T8 lamps increased to a 65.0 percent, a half point below its all-time high. The portion of the market held by T12 lamps grew to a new high of 8.7 percent. These market share trends are likely to continue due to the July 1, 2010 completion of the phase-out of T12 magnetic ballasts.
Related Topics: Green News
by Jim Lucy August 30th, 2010
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that 37 rural utilities and cooperatives in 20 states have been selected to receive guaranteed loans that will benefit more than 60,000 rural electric cooperative consumers by financing the construction and repair of almost 7,000 miles of distribution and transmissions lines. The $1.2 billion in funding is being awarded through USDA Rural Development’s Electric Program.
Click here and see if any rural electric utility cooperatives in your market area are receiving any of this loan money.
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by Jim Lucy August 30th, 2010
It comes as no surprise that the City of San Francisco would want to purchase products that can make its facilities and projects as green as possible. Here’s a link to the lighting products included in the “SF Approved List,” a directory of green products the city recently posted online. The SF Approved List is the result of legislation passed in 2005 rthat requires city staff to buy from an approved list of “environmentally preferable” or green products.
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by Jim Lucy August 27th, 2010
Lighting Supply Co. (Ferndale, Mich.): Matt McIntosh was recently appointed sales manager and will be responsible for driving the company’s strategic sales growth through value-added services, product expansion and alignment with energy-saving programs that offer incentives for lighting upgrades. Prior to joining Lighting Supply Company, McIntosh spent five years in Branch Sales and Management with Consolidated Electrical Distributors (CED). He has a BA degree in sales and business marketing from Western Michigan University.
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by Jim Lucy August 27th, 2010
Because radar systems sometimes confuse clusters of wind turbines with aircraft, concerns over national security are shelving a surprising number of wind farm projects. The New York Times
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by Jim Lucy August 27th, 2010
Reed Construction Data’s Jim Haughey sees a few glimmers of hope in some recent construction data. Details
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