Craig DiLouie

The DesignLights Consortium recently simplified its policy and reduced the amount of testing required of manufacturers with its revised Testing and Reporting Requirements for DC and power over Ethernet (PoE) Products.

Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire all of the equity interests of spec-grade luminaire manufacturer The Luminaires Group, home to five niche lighting brands: a-light, Cyclone, Eureka, Luminaire LED and Luminis.

In Q119, TLED lamps accounted for 30.4 percent of linear lamp shipments. T8 lamps accounted for 50.9 percent of shipments while T5 and T12 lamps claimed 8.2 and 10.4 percent, respectively.

Louis Poulsen recently announced LED upgrades to more of its most popular luminaires. LED technology has recently also been integrated into PH Snowball, VL45, and Patera, among other pendants in the same size category.

Demand for design services in July remained essentially flat in comparison to the previous month, according to a new report recently released by The American Institute of Architects (AIA).

The University of Oregon recently published a new white paper, “The Impact of Lighting and Views in the Workplace of the Future.” The paper concludes that daylighted spaces with controlled lighting and views can improve occupant well-being, workplace productivity, and satisfaction by positively influencing various physiological and psychological processes. Lighting and views also impact property value and employee recruitment and retention.

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently issued two new regulatory rules related to general-service lamps (incandescent/halogen, compact fluorescent, LED) and general service incandescent lamps.

Spending on nonresidential building construction is expected to increase almost 4% this year and more than 2% in 2020, according to a new consensus forecast from The American Institute of Architects (AIA).

The Managing Board and Supervisory Board of OSRAM have waived the existing standstill agreement with AMS and signed a cooperation agreement. This clears the way for a voluntary public takeover offer by AMS AG. The offer, which is expected to be valid until the beginning of October, amounts to EUR 38.50 in cash per share, with a minimum acceptance level of 70%.