 
Progress Lighting
won two awards and an honorable mention in the 2006 Lighting For Tomorrow
awards. In the first ever solid-state lighting category, Progress
Lighting won with the Lakeland outdoor collection from their EVERLUME™
LED (light-emitting diodes) series. Progress Lighting’s Fairview
collection won in the energy-efficient category for outdoor lighting,
and Progress also received an honorable mention for the International
collection (Thomasville Lighting™ licensed brand) in the energy-efficient
category for interior lighting. Along with being featured in the Lighting
For Tomorrow yearbook, Progress Lighting received a commemorative inscription
and monetary reward. Winning fixtures will be displayed at the U. S. Department
of Energy’s annual Solid-State Lighting (SSL) workshop on January
31-February 2 in Phoenix, AZ, among other events.
Established in 2002,
Lighting For Tomorrow is organized by the American Lighting Association
(ALA), the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) and the US Department
of Energy (DOE), which is represented by the Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory. A panel of six lighting experts judged the fixtures based
on application efficiency, overall lighting quality, aesthetic appearance,
innovation and thermal design.
“Progress Lighting
is honored to be recognized in this year’s Lighting for Tomorrow
competition and especially pleased to be awarded in the inaugural solid-state
lighting competition. LED sources used in general illumination represent
the future of energy-efficient lighting and the most promising sources
for efficient lighting product design,” said Chris Primous, product
manager for Progress Lighting. “With further expansions to our EVERLUME™
line of true warm-white residential LED lighting products and our continued
commitment as an ENERGY STAR lighting manufacturing partner, Progress
Lighting looks forward to sustaining our efforts in energy-efficient lighting
product design.”
Fulfilling an environmental
need, we at Progress Lighting maintain our commitment to create, improve
and promote our energy-efficient and environmentally conscious product
lines. Going beyond product, our vision is to foster a company culture
committed to a clean, safe and healthy environment for our employees,
families, customers and communities. Striving to eliminate or minimize
the impact of our processes and products, we will work together to reduce
consumption, recycle and reuse materials. In addition to complying with
all relevant regulatory requirements regarding the environment, we will
continually seek to improve our performance. Avoiding environmentally
sensitive materials, we will incorporate environmentally friendly materials
and energy-efficient equipment where possible. By acting in an environmentally
responsible way, we will demonstrate leadership in every country from
which we conduct business and be recognized as environmentally focused
leaders by our partners and shareholders.
Energy Star www.energystar.gov
Noisette www.noisettesc.com
American Lighting Association www.americanlightingassociation.com
 Sustainability
Institute www.sustainabilityinstitutesc.org
International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) www.darksky.org
Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.gov
 U.S.
Department of Energy www.energy.gov
California Title 24 www.energy.ca.gov/title24
• Biax
- A longer (9 to 22” long) version of the twin tube compact fluorescent
lamp.
• Bulb - Another term for lamp or tube.
• Circleline - A lamp bent into a full circle with
a single socket. Requires a starter.
• Compact fluorescent lamp - Lasting about 10
times longer than incandescent bulbs, it uses less energy yet produces
the equivalent amount of lumens. Small (4” to 9” long) single
base fluorescent lamps come in twin, triple or quad tube variations.
• Electronic Ballast -An electronic version of
the traditional magnetic ballast. It consumes approximately 25% less energy,
is always High Power Factor (HPF), and usually requires special lamps.
Operating at 20,000 cycles per second, lamp flicker and hum are completely
eliminated.
• Footcandles - A way to measure the reflective
quality of light using the distance from the center of the bulb to any
particular spot in the room.
• Fluorescent - Filled with mercury vapor that
emits ultraviolet light when electricity is applied, these lamps have
a coating inside that turns the ultraviolet rays into visible light.
• High Intensity Discharge (HID) - A generic name
for any “High Intensity Discharge” lamp with a screw base
using metallic materials to create light. Most are energy-efficient.
• High Power Factor (HPF) - Starting and operating
cycles are very close.
• High Pressure Sodium (HPS) - An HID lamp using
a High Pressure Sodium light generator. Creates a slightly yellow light
but can have very high energy-efficiency.
• Incandescent -These lamps/bulbs have a filament
that's heated to the point of glowing. The glowing filament produces the
bulb's light. In a 100w bulb, approximately 10 watts are light output
with the remaining 90 watts being heat output.
• Kilowatt hours (KWH) - A measurement of electrical
energy. Watts used multiplied by hours multiplied by 1,000.
• Lamp - Another term for bulb or tube.
• Life - The average number of hours the lamp will
last with a prescribed number of starts (on and off) during its life.
• Linear Electronic - A maximized energy-saving
twist-in lamp that only operates on an electronic ballast. 24”,
36” and 48” lengths.
• Linear Preheat - Requiring starters, these lamps
have bases on both ends and twists into sockets. They’re usually
shorter lamps (under 24”).
• Linear Rapid Start Energy Saving - Twist-in lamps
requiring no starters. Used with magnetic ballasts. 36” and 48”
lengths.
• Lumens – A measure of light output.
• Lumens Per Watt (LPW) - Light output per watt
of energy consumed by the ballast and lamp combination.
• Magnetic Ballast - A magnetic transformer that
starts and effectively operates fluorescent lamps. It can be high (HPF)
or normal (NPF) factor.
• Mercury Vapor - An older HID lamp that uses Mercury
for its light output. Gives off a blue-green light. Not as efficient as
the HPS or Metal Halide lamps.
• Metal Halide - This HID lamp uses a special mix
of metals to create an energy-efficient white light output.
• Motion Sensors - For both indoor and outdoor
use, these come on when they detect movement and turn off automatically.
• Normal Power Factor - The starting current is
much higher than the operating current. In large installations this will
affect the size and wiring to the incoming panel board.
• Tube - A term for a long fluorescent lamp or
bulb.
• “U” Lamp - A four-foot rapid start
lamp bent into a U-shape, usually 6” spaced.
• Watt - A standard unit measuring electricity
with one equaling 1/746 horsepower.
The energy saved from one recycled aluminum
can is enough to operate a television set for three hours.
For every recycled glass bottle, enough energy is saved to light a 100-watt
bulb for four hours.
30% to 40% of landfill material in the U.S. is construction waste, much
of which is reusable and recyclable.
REDUCE – We can help reduce the amount of trash
we create by choosing products that have recyclable packaging.
REUSE – Find ways to give old objects new life.
RECYCLE – Recycling takes materials that would
normally be thrown away and transforms them into new products. Almost
everything is recyclable, and when you recycle you:
- Save earth's natural resources.
- Save landfill space
- Create jobs for people who separate, process
and transport recycled materials, and who make new products from your
recycled materials.
- Reduce pollution.
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