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BriteSwitch, a utility rebate management company, just published this interesting infographic on the value of the average outdoor lighting rebate by fixture type and light source. The infographic, embedded below, lists the average dollar value for rebates on pole lighting, wall packs, canopy lighting and bollard lighting fixtures based on BriteSwitch's North American Rebate and Incentive Database.  It's interesting to see that LED lighting is the clear winner in terms of rebate dollars offered. …

The whole world has gone mobile. It’s estimated that two-thirds of the more than six billion people on planet earth own a mobile communication device. In America, the proportion is ever higher, and those in the lighting industry can benefit greatly from having lighting audit software at their fingertips. There’s nothing like having a lighting audit worksheet along with a calculator in the palm of your hand. Mobile devices armed with a lighting audit app or energy audit app will have many benefi …

Growth. It’s what powers an industry to profitability. Precision-Paragon [P2], one of the country’s leading lighting manufacturers for commercial and industrial buildings, recently completed its annual “State of the Lighting Industry” survey on lighting industry trends. Industry growth was robust, as expected. One of the most exciting lighting industry updates reported was that 67 percent of lighting industry experts experienced either moderate or substantial growth in 2012. While this lightin …