David Shiller

  At its inaugural Unify conference in Austin, the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) made a clear strategic statement: it is no longer just a smart home standards body. While Matter remains the Alliance’s flagship technology, the event made plain that the organization is actively broadening its focus to commercial buildings, industrial IoT, energy management, cybersecurity, [...]

  Sleepal AI Lamp is a smart bedside luminaire designed to combine circadian-aware lighting, environmental sensing and contactless sleep analysis in a single consumer product. Positioned at the intersection of connected lighting, wellness technology and smart-home control, the Kickstarter-backed product seeks to replace wearable sleep trackers with a fixed, camera-free bedside device. Rather than relying [...]

  LEDucation 2027 has been expanded to give the lighting industry more education, more connection, and a more focused experience for the specification community. A call for speakers is now open, and a full third day reserved exclusively for designers has been added. LEDucation Call For Speakers LEDucation is accepting proposals for its 2027 educational [...]

  As EV charging programs mature, the industry is placing greater emphasis on equipment that is not just available, but proven to meet utility, interoperability, and program requirements. That is a role now being played by the Electric Power Research Institute’s Vetted Product List, or VPL, which has become an important reference point for utilities, [...]

  July 24th, the American Lighting Association (ALA) published a Tariff Alert summarizing the latest Section 301 Tariffs put in place by the Trump Administration. The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has finalized a new tariff framework under Section 301 targeting 60 trading partners over forced labor enforcement. These new duties take effect immediately and [...]

  New research suggests that light’s effects on sleep and circadian timing depend on the full 24-hour light environment, not just “morning light good, evening light bad.” Using a mathematical model, researchers showed that brighter daytime exposure can make the body more resilient to disruptive evening light, and they generated testable predictions about when light [...]

  The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest commentary argues that lighting is entering a second major transition after the global shift to LEDs. The first wave was defined by rapid efficiency gains, falling costs, and long lifetimes that helped LEDs dominate global markets and curb electricity demand, energy bills, and emissions. Now, the IEA says [...]

  Parks Associates’ recent whitepaper, From Smart Home to Building Intelligence argues that multifamily properties are moving beyond standalone smart-home features toward integrated building-intelligence platforms that unify connectivity, access, automation, security, and energy management. The report’s most important message for the lighting industry is that lighting is no longer just a fixture-level upgrade; it is increasingly part [...]

  The specialty lighting sector is moving from a seasonal add-on to a year-round service category, driven by professional holiday displays, permanent roofline systems, landscape accents, and event lighting for homes and businesses. For years, holiday lighting was viewed as a short-lived seasonal service, driven mainly by homeowners who wanted a festive display for a [...]