2025

  Data centers have rapidly reshaped the landscape of U.S. office construction, now representing a major share of spending and signaling a long-term shift in commercial real estate investment priorities. As of 2024, data centers accounted for 32% of new office construction spending in the U.S., a dramatic increase from just 5% a decade ago. [...]

The Artika Elton 19.4 in. LED Modern Ceiling Fan blends sleek design and advanced technology to deliver a high-performing, versatile solution for home comfort and lighting. This compact, contemporary fixture + fan is ideal for small to medium-sized rooms, offering both efficient air circulation and modern illumination in a unified, space-saving design. The fan+light retails [...]

  Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary celestial object in the galaxy NGC 4945, located about 12 million light-years from Earth. This object, dubbed “Punctum” (Latin for “point”), is a highly compact radio beacon emitting a uniquely clean and stable signal, distinguished by an almost unprecedented degree of linear polarization—about 50% at millimeter wavelengths near 100 [...]

  Traditional employment models are transforming into a dynamic, flexible system now known as the blended workforce. This evolution challenges old norms, such as long-term, full-time employment at a single company and offices filled exclusively with permanent staff, by integrating a variety of talent sources and technological advancements. A blended workforce is defined by the [...]

  Here are four new lighting events: The “DeLIGHTed Talks: Good Light – How to Create it Indoors” event, scheduled for November 3rd, 2025, is part of Daylight Awareness Week, under the theme ‘Future Solar Societies’. It centers on translating the benefits of daylight—now well-documented in health and well-being research—into indoor lighting solutions. The session, [...]

  With the ever increasing power demands and power densities of AI servers and chips, thermal management is an enormous bottleneck to providing adequate compute in data centers. It’s not surprising that improved thermal management of AI chips is an area of very active R&D, with striking thermal management performance improvements. One thermal management company [...]

  Smart switches are rapidly gaining favor over smart lamps (bulbs) as the preferred technology for home lighting automation, thanks to their superior reliability, cost-effectiveness, and integration with daily routines. Unlike smart lamps—which lose their “smart” capabilities when a physical wall switch is turned off—smart switches control the entire circuit, ensuring lights remain responsive to [...]

  Facial recognition technology (FRT) is rapidly transforming the smart home landscape, integrating advanced security, convenience, and personalization into daily life, but not without risks. By leveraging sophisticated edge computing—the local processing of biometric data—modern smart home systems offer instant, hands-free access, personalized user profiles, and intelligent monitoring, all while aiming to balance privacy with [...]

  The IES has approved seven new or revised lighting standards:   BSR/IES LP-30 Lighting Practice: A Comprehensive Guide to Specifying Color Rendition – Concepts, Criteria, and Implementation This Lighting Practice document provides guidance that bridges the gap between the science and practice of specifying the color rendering ability, i.e., color rendition, of white light sources. [...]