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Electrification Impacts On Lighting, Part 2: EVCs & New Products

Electrification Impacts On Lighting, Part 2: EVCs & New Products - pictured, Espen Technology EV Charger

 

At LightFair, last week, I was part of a panel presenting the impacts of electrification on the lighting industry. This article is Part 2 about EV chargers and other electrification products being sold by the lighting industry.

One of the widely seen impacts of electrification on the lighting industry has been the selling of EV chargers and other electrification products by the lighting industry. Some lighting manufacturers selling EV chargers include: LEDVANCE, Leviton, Espen Technology, Light Efficient Design, Stresscrete, National LED, and more.

Some lighting manufacturers have been selling other electrification products including: e-bikes, e-scooters, solar panels, and battery energy storage systems. One example is Deep Roof Lighting selling e-bikes (see image below). Another example is eLEDing selling solar panels to power cameras and other off-grid devices (see image below).

Combined, the federal infrastructure law and the Inflation Reduction Act have $100 Billion eligible for EV charging infrastructure. That’s 3 times larger than the entire US lighting industry, annually.

This is impacting the business of lighting E-tailers, electrical contractors, and of course electrical distributors. In one Electrical Wholesaling survey, 57% of electrical contractors are already installing EVCs in commercial locations (see graph below). NALMCO is also rapidly evolving from historically being a re-lamping organization into an EV charging and electrification support organization.

The first article in this series:Electrification Impacts On Lighting, Part 1: Building & Energy Codes, can be found here.

Top image: EspenEV.com

Image: Deep Roof Lighting e-bikes

 

Image: Electrical Wholesaling

 

Image: eLEDing.com

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David Shiller
David Shiller is the Publisher of LightNOW, and President of Lighting Solution Development, a North American consulting firm providing business development services to advanced lighting manufacturers. The ALA awarded David the Pillar of the Industry Award. David has co-chaired ALA’s Engineering Committee since 2010. David established MaxLite’s OEM component sales into a multi-million dollar division. He invented GU24 lamps while leading ENERGY STAR lighting programs for the US EPA. David has been published in leading lighting publications, including LD+A, enLIGHTenment Magazine, LEDs Magazine, and more.

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