David Shiller

  The Oregon Outback Dark Sky Network (ODSN) has completed the first phase of a multi-phased project to establish a landscape-level International Dark Sky Sanctuary within the largest, contiguous dark sky zone in the lower 48 United States. Phase 1 (Lake County) of the proposed Oregon Outback International Dark Sky Sanctuary (OOIDSS) was certified as an International [...]

  You’re likely familiar with DarkSky Approved luminaires for commercial applications. However, DarkSky also approves residential luminaries. In both cases, the program approves outdoor luminaires that minimize light pollution as well as negative impacts on people and wildlife. DarkSky requirements for residential luminaires include: Uplight allowance: Not to exceed 50 lumens from source reflection or [...]

    NaturaLED’s Millwright Industrial Round High Bay was recognized with inclusion in the 2023 IES Progress Report, an annual publication dedicated to recognizing significant contributions to the lighting industry. The Millwright High Bay was selected because it is an innovative solution to high heat, dirty industrial environments such as steel mills, paper plants, glass [...]

  Guidehouse has published their assessment of strategy and execution for 10 nonresidential lighting controls manufacturers. Guidehouse excluded residential / consumer (only) companies, and also excluded manufacturers primarily focused on smart streetlights or building automation systems (BAS) that don’t focus on lighting controls. Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard profiled, rated, and ranked the following Top 10 lighting control [...]

While building automation systems (BAS) have been around for a while, their capabilities are expanding. Here are 10 trends in building automation systems: 1  Growth The global building automation market size is expected to more than double over the next 9 years. It’s expected to hit USD $205 billion by 2032, up from USD $93 billion [...]

  Lamps Plus, the largest lighting showroom chain in North America has announced it will close down Pacific Coast Lighting, its 45-year-old wholesale brand of primarily portable luminaires / lamps, later this Spring. Pacific Coast Lighting primarily sold to department stores, furniture stores, and hotels. Pacific Coast Lighting and Lamps Plus both have a Kathy [...]

    The Dallas Market Center is launching a new international expo and support initiative to promote nearshoring production services for the gift, home furnishings, and fashion accessories industries. December 9-11, 2024, the expo will take place at Dallas Market Center, to connect brands, vetted factories, and supply chain providers from Mexico & Latin America. [...]

Evluma recently announced the release of their most powerful streetlight model, the RoadMax RX3. I dug into the features and found some of them very interesting: Photocontrol Failsafe: Evluma created a redundancy in their fixtures’ time of day operation that eliminates the problem of a failed photosensor requiring a costly bucket truck repair. Photocontrol Failsafe [...]

    Soon California will be banning most petroleum-based plastic packaging from being shipped with products into the state. Five other states have EPR or packaging laws. More information here and here. This will require alternatives to most plastic packaging and foams. I’ve begun covering some bio-based plastic alternatives. See here. In this context, meet [...]