Craig DiLouie

The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute recently released a series of short videos on the science of lighting for human health.

BriteSwitch recently sent out an email identifying key lighting rebate trends. LED rebates are leveling off after years of declining average rebate amounts. The DLC Premium category is making inroads into programs, while DLC is currently adding additional lamps and color-tuning luminaires. Control rebates, meanwhile, are going strong.

Philips Lighting recently announced announced its intention to change its name from Philips Lighting to Signify. In a press release, the company stated, “The choice of our new company name originates from the fact that light becomes an intelligent language, which connects and conveys meaning.”

Eaton’s Lumière Lanterra Architectural LED Series, a line voltage family of landscape luminaires, provides solutions for accent and flood, pathway, wall-mount, and sign lighting applications. Available in various sizes, mountings, beam distributions and correlated color temperatures (CCT), the family is suited for high-end exterior and interior applications for landscaping, hospitality, architectural landmarks and residential spaces.

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Mariana Figueiro, PhD, Professor and Director of the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. The topic: healthy lighting for healthcare buildings. The responses informed an article I wrote for the May 2018 issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR.

Stacks+Joules is a career training program for urban youth that aims to create a strong new labor force of technicians and engineers needed to implement tomorrow’s building automation.

The Commercial Buildings Tax Deduction expired at the end of 2016. On February 9, President Trump signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 into law, which contained a number of provisions including extending the CBTD to the end of 2017. This means lighting upgrade projects completed in 2017 may qualification for the deduction.

ARCHITECTURAL SSL recently announced its eighth annual Product Innovation Awards competition, recognizing outstanding products and product developments relating to solid-state lighting. The magazine welcomes products to be submitted for consideration. The deadline is March 23, 2018.

Hubbell Lighting’s Captivate is an illuminated mirror solution suitable for a wide range of applications including healthcare, hospitality, commercial and residential. It is available in four standard sizes and three light color temperatures, all with a CRI>80). It is ADA-compliant with a low-profile housing and can be dimmed with 0-10V controls.