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	(Los Angeles, CA – January 5, 2009) Acuity Brands Announces Acquisition of Lighting Control & Design Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) today announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed certain liabilities of California based Lighting Control & Design, Inc. (LC&D), a manufacturer of comprehensive digital lighting controls and software. LC&D offers a wide-breadth of products and services, ranging from lighting controls to dimming and building interfaces to digital thermostats, all within a single, scalable system for numerous applications, including commercial and institutional buildings. [ Press Release ]
	(Los Angeles, CA – April 1, 2008) National Small Retailers Specify Centralized Control of Lighting & HVAC Systems Both J. Jill and Charlotte Russe had a single priority for lighting control: centralized management of lighting and HVAC systems from national headquarters. LC&D provided both retailers with a scalable, networked lighting control system offering lighting and HVAC controls accessible from one national location. This enabled centralized control of programming and monitoring of the lighting and HVAC controls in local retail outlets. [ Press Release ]
	(Los Angeles, CA - 1 Mar 08) Santa Monica Public Library Showcases Daylight Harvesting Capabilities with Lighting Control & Design’s MicroPanel™ and Receives LEED Gold Rating LC&D’s MicroPanel™ helped the Santa Monica Public Library (a 50 million dollar project) achieve a proper balance between natural daylight and electrical lighting, ensuring that the library received a LEED Gold Rating from the US Green Building Council and meet the Santa Monica City Council's Sustainable City Plan. The plan’s aim is “to highlight local natural resources while protecting the environment and well-being.” [ Press Release ]
	(Los Angeles, CA, 25 Feb 08 National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the First Federal Lab to Achieve LEED Platinum Rating LC&D’s state-of-the-art daylight harvesting control strategies and products, including the MicroPanel™, enabled the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to become the first federal laboratory building to receive a platinum rating, the highest in the LEED Green Building rating system. Based in Golden, CO, NREL is the nation’s leading research facility on solar power. [ Press Release ]
	(Magazine: Consulting Specifying Engineer, February 1, 2005) Ice Cream Retailer Combines The Blue Box™ with California’s Title 24 for Speedy City Planning Commission Approval West Los Angeles Carvel Ice Cream retailer Steve Winick discovered that combining LC&D’s The Blue Box™ lighting control system with Title 24 not only expedited his planning approval process from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission approval, but paid for itself by the store’s opening day. “The Blue Box™ / Title 24 combination helped me obtain planning commission approval so quickly, my head was spinning!” reflects Winick. [ Press Release ]