Craig DiLouie

To mitigate the risks posed by mercury, the Clean Lighting Coalition is calling on the Biden Administration to support the global phase-out of fluorescent lighting by 2025 at the upcoming meeting of the United Nation’s Minamata Convention on Mercury in March 2022.

LightFair recently announced the winners of the LightFair Innovation Awards 2021, selected by an independent panel of IES and IALD judges at last week’s show. Congratulations to PureEdge lighting, whose Lazer Line was recognized as the Most Innovative Product of 2021.

Lucifer Lighting’s ATOMOS is a series of compact downlights with 1” and 2” apertures available in round and square, in trimless and flanged profiles for plaster and wood ceilings, and suitable for use with residential, hospitality, and commercial interiors.

GE Current, a Daintree company (Current) has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Hubbell Incorporated to acquire Hubbell’s commercial and industrial (C&I) lighting business.

After yesterday’s post about rechargeable light-emitting plants, I was reminded of this fun crystal ball piece I wrote for a 2004 issue of Rexel’s POWER OUTLET. Written as a firmly tongue-in-cheek future history, it predicts LED eliminating traditional lighting, botanescent lighting eliminating LED, and then yet another future technology coming along. I hope you have fun with it.

Using specialized nanoparticles embedded in plant leaves, MIT engineers have created a light-emitting plant that can be charged by an LED. After 10 seconds of charging, plants glow brightly for several minutes, and they can be recharged repeatedly.

Architecture firms continue to report increasing demand for design services in September, according to The American Institute of Architects (AIA).

My most recent contribution to ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR talks about the Trusted Warranty Evaluation Program, a program recently introduced by the National Lighting Bureau to provide greater confidence and transparency with LED product warranties.

Acuity Brands’ BLT Series with Care222 technology from Lithonia Lighting incorporates UV disinfection technology into the company’s most specified lay-in luminaire.