David Shiller

  Here are three newly published IES standards: ANSI/IES RP-27-26 Recommended Practice: Photobiological Safety for Lighting Systems Normative & informative references added, change to the 500-lux distance calculation, UV radiation Risk Group duration, NEI setting, optical system notes, average of subtended angles, changes to the lumen-to-radiant power conversion, revisions to Table A-2 Spectral Weighting Function, [...]

  There is a new trend in high output, recessed, flat panel high bay fixtures, but it is a selective application trend, not a wholesale replacement for conventional suspended linear or round high bays. The product concept—high-lumen, recessed, nominally flat-panel luminaires in a ceiling grid—has real momentum where building owners want industrial/high-bay illumination without the visual [...]

  UL Solutions’ new vehicle-to-grid certification program gives manufacturers a formal pathway to validate bidirectional EV charging equipment for safe, reliable utility interaction—an important development as transportation electrification becomes part of the distributed-energy landscape. For the lighting and electrical industry, it signals that EV infrastructure will increasingly be evaluated not simply as a load, but [...]

  SOB LED strip lights stand for SMD On Board (or sometimes Silicone On Board), and it is a hybrid next-generation technology designed to bridge the gap between traditional SMD (Surface Mounted Device) and COB (Chip on Board) strips. How SOB Differs from COB Construction: While COB strips mount bare LED chips directly under a single continuous layer of phosphor [...]

  The ENERGY STAR program is entering a new chapter: primary federal leadership is moving from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the U.S. Department of Energy. Although ENERGY STAR eliminated its fixtures and bulbs/lamps programs, it still runs programs for downlights and ceiling fans. For lighting manufacturers, retailers, utilities and specification stakeholders, the immediate [...]

  Korrus has introduced a comprehensive ecosystem of circadian lighting solutions designed to minimize circadian disruption across multiple environments. Historically, companies only provided piecemeal options—like a single bulb or an isolated fixture—making it difficult to fully equip a space. Because circadian lighting is essentially an “all-or-nothing” proposition for biological health, Korrus has launched an end-to-end line under [...]

  Artificial intelligence infrastructure is moving into a new constraint: communication. As GPU clusters grow to tens of thousands of accelerators, optical interconnects (photonic light-based communications) are becoming a system-level requirement rather than a supporting data-center component, according to Yole Group’s latest photonics analysis. Yole’s white paper, Photonics at the Speed of AI, argues that [...]

  Philips Hue Expands Connected-Lighting Platform With AI, Entertainment and Design Launches Signify is broadening the Philips Hue ecosystem with artificial-intelligence-enabled automations, expanded entertainment synchronization, a Nanoleaf integration and a new generation of decorative indoor and outdoor luminaires. The launches, announced September 3, are scheduled to begin reaching markets this month, with availability varying by [...]

  The American Lighting Association’s (ALA’s) Government Affairs team recently put out an update covering the US-Canada tariff fight escalation and a recent Oregon extended producer responsibility (EPR) court decision. US-Canada Tariff Fight Escalation The US/Canada trade situation has taken another turn, with the U.S. imposing additional 50% tariffs on specified Canadian-origin products under Section [...]