June 2019

I recently had the opportunity to interview Nishad Chikhliker, Segment and Commercialization Marketing Manager, Connected Buildings, Eaton’s Lighting Division, on the topic of quality lighting.

During a recent Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group meeting representatives from the Department of Defense (DOD), International Society of Automation (ISA), and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) outlined a new program to address the growing risk of unprotected and under-protected building control systems in the U.S. and abroad.

Several states are responding to the Trump Administration’s proposed revision to general-service lamp energy standards by enacting their own.

Juniper’s THIN offers a system of solid brass connectors and LED light segments configured as three-dimensional tetrahedron, cube, and diamond shapes.

LiFi is a revolutionary, emerging wireless communication technology that embeds data in visible light, specifically light produced by LEDs. To get an idea of how LiFi will impact the industry, I talked to four industry thought leaders to ask the question: “How do you see LiFi impacting the lighting industry and, in terms of opportunities and challenges, specifically electrical distributors?”

IESNYC recently honored Aldo Jacques Espina, Master of Fine Arts in Lighting Design, Parsons School of Design at the New School; Dinusha Thotagamamuwa, Ph.D. candidate at the Lighting Research Center (LRC) of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), and Ying Zhong, Master of Professional Studies in Lighting Design at the New York School of Interior Design (NYSID), on May 17, 2019 when they presented their theses to an audience of New York City lighting professionals. The Section will award each student $2,000.

The LIT Design Awards was created to recognize the efforts of talented international lighting product designers and lighting practitioners. The program recently announced it is now accepting submissions for the 2019 awards. The submission deadline is October 31, 2019.

Hospital-acquired infections are one of the top preventable illnesses in medical facilities, and a special type of LED lighting can act as a continuous disinfectant and reduce the opportunity for these infections. This new National Lighting Bureau video features a discussion between the NLB’s Randy Reid and Colleen Costello of Vital Vio and Deb Zawodny of New Star Lighting about how a portion of the white-light spectrum is being used as a disinfection tool in hospitals.

Tivoli Lighting’s Urban Series Extrusion line recently expanded with six new products to offer a variety of contemporary ceiling and wall lighting selections.