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Light + Health

NASA-Inspired Red Light Sleep Devices Gain In Popularity

  One of the latest crazes in sleep gadgets is red light sleep devices. The trend was inspired by NASA red light sleep devices for astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS system turns on blue lights to simulate morning and help astronauts wake up, white light to create daytime, and red light [...]

Electrification

AI, Electrification, Reshoring Driving Electricity Inflation

LightNOW has published a good deal about AI, Electrification, and Reshoring, but all three are now major drivers of electricity inflation. The Bank of America Institute published a report on July 2nd, 2024, titled Powering the Revolution, that looks at how these economic forces are impacting electricity rates. Some key takeaways follow. The year-over-year U.S. [...]

Products + Technology, Research

New Metamaterial More Transparent Than Glass & Cools Rooms

  A group of German researchers have created a new metamaterial that is more transparent than glass, diffuses sunlight, adds privacy, is anti-reflective, self-cleaning, reduces glare, and increases radiative cooling. The new thin film is a polymer-based micro-photonic multi-functional metamaterial or PMMM, that can be applied onto a pane of glass. The impressive collection of [...]

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Aqua Creations’ Iris Pendant

Aqua Creations has unveiled its Iris Pendant Light. Inspired by the human eye, the Iris Pendant Light creates diffuse lighting for the home. The Iris Pendant is only 15mm thick and produces significant up light and down light from the double-sided silk panels. The Iris Pendants are available in 3 sizes: Petite 24”, Medium 35”, [...]

Interviews + Opinion

Interview: Randy Reid Retiring…Really!

  Randy Reid is planning to retire from his many roles in the lighting industry. He is best known as the editor (& owner) of EdisonReport.com. His EdisonReport Media Network includes seven lighting industry media properties listed in the interview that follows. He is also a past president of the IES. I’m honored that he [...]

Codes + Standards, Light + Health

Lighting Changes In The Fitwel Healthy Building Standard v3

On June 4, 2024, Fitwel, a leading global healthy building certification, released Version 3 (“v3”) of its standard. This update strives to incorporate the latest public health research to optimize real estate assets for health and quality of life, future-proof them for climate adaptation, and maximize real estate value. Overall, the Fitwel standard is guided [...]

Construction + Economy, Lighting Industry

Japan’s Autonomous Freight Conveyor To Replace 25,000 Trucks

The Plan The Japanese government has a plan to create an autonomous freight hauling system connecting its major cities. The new system is expected to remove 25,000 freight trucks from the roads, and rely on conveyor belts or small, autonomous carts to move the freight. An initial link between Tokyo and Osaka is expected to [...]

Research

Two Rare Non-Aurora Sky Glows Discovered: STEVE & Anti-STEVE

The first of two new rare sky glow phenomena was videoed in 2017, over Southwest Canada. It appeared closer to the equator than where auroras normally occur, and was a different color……purple! Auroras are red, blue, and green. This first new sky glow was dubbed STEVE, for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement. After deeper investigation [...]

Lighting Industry

Q2 2024 Acquisitions

  Here is a quick summary of 11 acquisitions and one shut down, in the second quarter of 2024: Ameron Pole Products acquired by Arcosa, Inc. Details here LSI acquired EMI Industries. Details here. Armstrong (ceilings) acquired LightArt. Details here. ams OSRAM sold passive optical components assets to Focuslight. Details here. Illumination FL acquired Niteworx [...]

Codes + Standards, Controls

DLC Releases Final NLC5.1 Technical Requirements

The Design Lights Consortium (DLC) has released their final version of v5.1 Networked Lighting Control technical requirements (NLC5.1). NLC5.1 is a minor revision that contains updates to the policy’s energy monitoring and cybersecurity requirements. There will not be a delisting associated with the policy. Existing listed v5.0 NLC will continue to be DLC listed. Cybersecurity Updates: Now [...]

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