Lighting Industry

  It’s that time of year to complete business planning for 2026. There are so many changes occurring in the lighting industry, how can you stay on top of them all? LightNOW is here to help. We’ve published our white paper, Lighting Industry Trends For 2026, sponsored by the good people at naturaLED. This white paper [...]

  One of the most critical technologies to enable widespread electrification of homes is battery energy storage systems (BESS). LightNOW frequently writes about how the lighting industry is adopting electrification products in the face of LED ubiquity, market contraction, and commoditization. Many lighting manufacturers now offer EV chargers, and some have moved on to offering [...]

  In 2025, the humanoid robot industry transitioned from experimental prototypes to early-stage industrial deployment. The adoption timeline is expected to follow a three-stage trajectory: moving from structured industrial environments to business services and eventually to private households. In industrial and logistics applications, there are currently less than 1,000 humanoid robots active in automotive factories and [...]

By Adam Reeder, President at LightArt and Vice President at 3form For years, the lighting industry has pursued two parallel paths: advancing technical and wellness-focused performance and exploring expressive, sculptural forms. What was once treated as a choice between aesthetics and function has increasingly become an integrated conversation fueled by curiosity and experimentation. Now more [...]

  Electric lighting equipment Producer Price Index (PPI) trends show a steady, inflation-linked trajectory with ongoing cost increases due to tariffs, other input costs, and supply chain shifts. The PPI for lighting has increased almost 30% since the pandemic, and continues to rise quickly. This corresponds to an annual industry inflation rate of nearly 6% [...]

  Gen Z renters are reshaping multifamily marketing and operations around digital-first, authentic, and experience-driven approaches. Gen Z is tech-native, expectations are high for online transactions, and amenities must support social and connected living. Their priorities include online tours and applications, transparent pricing, targeted digital communications, and a lifestyle narrative over mere apartment features. Gen [...]

  Cannabis Business Times in partnership with Fluence have released the 2025 State Of The Cannabis Lighting Market Report. The report describes a decade-long shift toward LED dominance in cannabis cultivation lighting, alongside growing sophistication in controls and a persistent focus on managing energy costs and crop quality. It positions LED-based, controllable systems as the [...]

  Horticulture lighting has rapidly evolved from a niche application to one of the fastest-growing sectors in the lighting industry, driven by falling technology costs, improved efficiency, and broader use in greenhouses, vertical farms, floriculture, and even facilities producing plant-based vaccines. The global horticulture lighting market is growing at about 12% per year and could [...]

  AI is rapidly becoming the new default interface for internet search, shifting discovery away from short keyword strings toward rich, conversational exchanges that feel more like dialogue than database queries. From strings to sentences For two decades, traditional search has trained users to think in fragments: “best LED office lights low glare” or “Atlanta [...]