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Litecontrol is a Massachusetts based company that provides commercial and educational lighting products. In over 75 years the Company evolved from the early innovations in wall/slot lighting, to today's advanced LED fixtures. As the biggest environmental impact of lighting is the energy used during operation, Litecontrol designs their fixtures with the latest optical and thermal techniques to achieve 85-95% efficiency ratings that allow saving energy. LiteCycle wiring, developed exclusively for Litecontrol , eliminates the PVC-based wiring material used by other manufacturers.  A broad view of what constitutes a quality product and a quality lighting manufacturer brought Litecontrol to earn the lighting industry's first Cradle to Cradle Silver Certification for all products manufactured in Plympton, MA factories in 2008. Cradle to Cradle is the leading "green" certification program using a multi-criteria approach to address product design and ma...

Later this decade, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will host the two largest sporting events in the world, the World Cup and the Olympics. This year the city was the venue of another event of major international proportions but instead of sports the focus was sustainability. The Rio +20 event was arguably the largest single event related to sustainable development. This UN Conference gathered delegations from 188 member states, including heads of state of over 130 countries. There were also over 40,000 credential passes issued for the massive event. Some of the conference results were also record breaking. There were over 700 voluntary commitments by governments, businesses, NGOs, and other institutions reaching a total of over $500 billion. This included a pledge of $175 billion by eight multilateral development banks to support sustainable transport in developing countries . The predominant conclusion of the Rio+20 event was a document approved by 193 countries entitled “The Future We...