Energy Savings Calculator
Universal Lighting Technologies, a manufacturer of electronic and magnetic ballasts, announced its new Energy Savings Calculator available on its Web site at www.universalballast.com. Universal Lighting Technologies’ Energy Savings Calculator computes savings for fluorescent and HID (High Intensity Discharge) lighting systems. The user inputs their current system configuration including the fixture type, ballast system, number of fixtures, watts and local electricity costs. The Energy Savings Calculator determines an appropriate lighting system configuration and explains the energy savings.

Universal Lighting Technologies’ Ballast Navigator
Universal Lighting Technologies, a leading manufacturer of electronic and magnetic ballasts, has updated its Ballast Navigator, which includes all Universal Lighting Technologies product lines with catalog numbers, wiring diagrams and reference dimension drawings on one page. The Ballast Navigator is available in print or on the Universal Lighting Technologies Web site (www.universalballast.com) in downloadable PDF formats. The product lines included in the updated Ballast Navigator are electromagnetic, electronic, dimming, compact fluorescent, high-intensity discharge (HID) and sign.

NEMA Advisory Forum
EMSI’s Executive Vice-president, Sulaiman Mohammed, has joined the NEMA International Sales & Marketing Executive Advisory Forum. The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) is the largest trade association in North America specifically representing the interests of manufacturers of products used in generation, transmission, distribution and use of electrical energy.

Most current NEMA programs is the development of a new initiative to combat counterfeit electrical products. NEMA will host a meeting on March 13, 2002 to discuss combatting counterfeit electrical products, and the centerpiece of the program’s discussion will be a proposal to organize a program involving NEMA, electrical products certifiers, and perhaps other trade associations involved in distributing electrical products. The goal of this proposal is to facilitate communications with the federal government and product certifiers about counterfeit electrical products, including the importance of training customs inspectors, communicating with U.S. and foreign government embassies and agencies, and sharing information about the detection of counterfeit electrical products.

As an International Sales & Marketing Executive Advisoy Forum member, EMSI can contribute and help guide NEMA as it continues its program of serving members and serving the industry in the years ahead.