The alliance comprising top brands in lighting has endorsed the use of the ZigBee Light Link standard to ensure interoperability between connected lighting fixtures and controls in residential applications. The Connected Lighting Alliance ...
Tags: ZigBee Light Link, Connected Lighting Alliance, Residential Controls
Rhode Island has become the second state to enact a mattress recycling program. The state's governor, Lincoln Chafee, signed the bill into law this week. Neighboring Connecticut recently became the first state to adopt mattress recycling ...
Tags: Mattress, Light Industry, Daily Use
A 52-inch sleeper variant of Kenworth’s new-generation T680 was available to drive at a mid-July Kenworth customer event at its Chillicothe, Ohio plant. T680 Kenworth’s “new-generation” bowed in with the T680 at ...
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On the issue of global competitiveness, it's between the U.S. and China. India may have most of the IT services and development work, but China has tech manufacturing and its R&D investments are rapidly expanding. Indeed, China is on ...
Tags: Computer Products, IT services
On July 15, The Connected Lighting Alliance, founded by GE Lighting, Lutron, OSRAM, Panasonic, Philips, and TOSHIBA in August 2012 as the primary advocate of wireless connectivity in lighting applications, announced that it endorsed ZigBee ...
Tags: Philips, OSRAM, The Connected Lighting Alliance, ZigBee Light Link
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) has selected the recipients of the AIA National Healthcare Design Awards program. The AIA Healthcare Awards program showcases the best of healthcare ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Construction
Minister for Ports David Hodgett has announced four appointments to the Port of Melbourne Corporation Board, as the Port Capacity Project progresses. Mr Hodgett said he was pleased to renew appointments for deputy chair James Cain and ...
A new report suggests the agriculture and food industries should adopt automotive-style, just-in-time cross-border shipping practices to improve the flow of food products across the border. The report, An Economic Analysis of Agriculture ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto, shipping
In the ice-cold cargo hold of a pirate tuna vessel in the Pacific, I have somehow lost my shoe. Frozen tuna fins slice my unshod foot as I fumble around on all fours, reaching into the gigantic, frigid pile. I had boarded the pirate ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, fish
The Department for Education's (DfE) new English National Curriculum framework is "too focused on the development side of computing", Joanna Poplawska of The Corporate IT Forum's Education and Skills Commission has told Computing. While ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
The Trellis Bed, part of Universal's new Bellamy girl's bedroom, has a pierced laser-cut overlay in Daisy White with an Antique Rose panel that reverses to French Grey peeking through. HIGH POINT - Universal Furniture is launching ...
Tags: Universal Furniture, Furniture, Furnishing, Bedroom
The US Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC) - an industry-led collaboration headquartered at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the State University of New York (SUNY) in Albany, NY - has released the first ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
The Steering Committee of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh announces its plan to implement the Accord programme, which it delivered within the 45 days deadline. This pioneering Accord is a binding contract between 70 ...
Tags: Fire Safety, Apparel
Non-manufacturing activity took a dip in June but remained in growth territory, according to the June edition of the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) Non-Manufacturing Report on Business. ISM said that the index used to measure ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
IFCO Systems, a global leader in reusable plastic containers (RPCs) for fresh products, recently released a study confirming RPCs as a sustainable packaging option. The report shows the IFCO solution generates 82% less solid waste, consumes ...
Tags: Reusable Plastic Containers, Containers, Industrial Equipment, Components