April 2021

The University of Colorado Boulder has established a new professional graduate certificate in architectural lighting.

Continuing the positive momentum of a nearly three-point bump in January, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reached its first positive mark since February 2020, according to The American Institute of Architects (AIA).

The Illuminating Engineering Society is looking for significant new advancements in lighting products, research, publications, and design tools from the past year for its next annual Progress Report.

Hydrel’s Specialty Architectural Flood (SAF) family delivers powerful lumen output and precise distributions in two small luminaires.

The Illuminating Engineering Society recently published, Beyond 2030: What Do You See? This collection imagines what the state of the lighting industry will be in 2030, what our biggest challenges might be during this next decade, and how we should focus our energy in order to continue to move forward as an industry.

Clarion Events, owner of Revo, the organizer of LuxLive, the Lux Awards, and Lighting Design Awards, has announced that all its events are postponed indefinitely.

In this featured episode of the Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, hosts Greg Ehrich, LC, former President of NAILD and owner of Premier Lighting, and Michael Colligan, an entrepreneur and inventor, interview David Shiller, President of Lighting Solution Development and inventor of the GU24, about policy, socketed versus fixed luminaires, DC wiring, and where standards need to change.

The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) recently announced formation of a Light Usage for Night Applications (LUNA) Advisory Group as a first step toward development of a new program to recognize and promote luminaires that are both energy efficient and protect the night sky from light pollution.

Color Kinetics’ Color Kinetics OneSpace lighting panels are a modular system that can transform a ceiling of any size into a seamless, cohesive space. OneSpace gen2 arrives with all the building blocks required for simple on-site assembly, installation, and maintenance, including the light engine, controller, frames, and fabric.