July 2020

In this International Association of Independent Lighting Designers (IALD) webinar, Edward Bartholomew, IALD, principal of Bartholomew Lighting, Nelson Jenkins, founder of Lumen Architecture, and Lisa Reed, Associate IALD, founding principal of Envision Lighting Design, share their personal perspectives and thoughts on institutional racism and its influence on the lighting industry and lighting design profession.

Scheduled for November 10-12, 2020, Greenbuild Virtual is now open for registration.

Acuity Brands, Inc. recently announced its Hyperbolic Ceiling-Reflector for directional light sources has been awarded a U.S. patent. The reflector’s innovative hyperbolic shape minimizes glare and aperture brightness generated by an LED light source, while still delivering a very high efficacy.

Built on biophilic design principles, Signify’s NatureConnect uses elements of nature in interior spaces to create “healthy, engaging, and inspiring environments.”

Researchers at the Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL) have produced a method of using light to induce high-frequency sound waves, which in turn are used to reveal the internal structure of opaque materials in very small structures such as semiconductors.

The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) has launched a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Respect (DEIR) Initiative.

Ted Konnerth, PhD recently joined Merrimack Group as Managing Director to assist electrical industry companies with mergers, acquisitions, and investment capital.

American National Standard for Electric Lamps—LED Lamp Specification Sheets for HID Replacement and Retrofit Applications offers LED Lamp specification sheets for HID replacement and retrofit applications as the means of communication of critical lamp characteristics.

Registration is now open for the Illuminating Engineering Society’s collaborative free webinar series, “Light for Life.”