Daylight saving in 2020 ends November 1 and will resume March 14, 2021. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recently issued a position statement calling for an end to daylight saving, citing health risks posed by the longstanding practice designed to reduce energy costs.
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Product Monday: Direct/Indirect by Birchwood
The BW165 direct/indirect luminaire by Birchwood Lighting, a Leviton company, offers clean straight lines, mitered corners, an integral driver with 1% dimming, and 90 CRI.
DOE Studies Accuracy of Energy Reporting
The U.S. Department of Energy has released the results of a study exploring the energy-reporting accuracy of market-available connected devices.
PNNL Reviews Test Methods for Occupancy Sensors
Toward the goal of a more accurate test method that would capture new and emerging sensor capabilities, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) conducted a literature review of test methods for characterizing occupancy sensor performance
Mark Lien on Lighting Transformations
The Illuminating Engineering Society’s Mark Lien is emerging as one of the lighting industry’s leading futurists, and his insights are always worthwhile to explore. In this column in LD+A Magazine, he describes 10 major transformations in the lighting industry, from the convergence of technologies to the end of energy efficiency as the industry’s leading market driver to smart cities.
DLC Releases Final V2.0 Horticultural Lighting Technical Requirements
The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) has released the final version of its Technical Requirements for LED-based Horticultural Lighting: Version 2.0, an update that will continue the industry transition from traditional lighting data and metrics to horticultural-specific lighting data and metrics that best represent horticultural lighting performance. The changes have an effective date of March 31, 2021.
Product Monday: UV-C Disinfection Fixtures by GE Current
Building on its UV-A 365DisInFx product line providing microbial disinfection, GE Current’s new UV-C-based LPU puck fixture utilizes patent-pending technology to target the inactivation of airborne viruses with fixtures that are always ON. The product will be available this fall.
Radulescu LLP to Host Lighting Industry Webinar on Patent Issues
Attorneys from Radulescu LLP will host a webinar on October 1, 2020 to discuss developments in IP litigation over the past year.
IES and IWBI Announce Memorandum of Understanding
The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and the International Well Building Institute (IWBI) recently announced a memorandum of understanding enabling future collaboration to improve the quality of indoor environments through improved lighting design.
Exponation Files for Bankruptcy
On September 21, Exponation, LLC announced it has filed for bankruptcy, indefinitely canceling LightShow West, LED Specifier Summit, and West Coast Lighting Insider.
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