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Agriculture

Ontario Offering New LED Grow Light Incentives To SW Ontario Greenhouses

Agriculture, Energy + Environment

Ontario Offering New LED Grow Light Incentives To SW Ontario Greenhouses

David Shiller November 30, 2022

The Ontario provincial government announced new funding to help greenhouses switch from traditional lighting sources to LEDs. 

DLC Horticultural Lighting Technical Requirements V3.0 Final Will Be Released November 30, 2022

Agriculture, Codes + Standards

DLC Horticultural Lighting Technical Requirements V3.0 Final Will Be Released November 30, 2022

David Shiller November 23, 2022

On Wednesday, November 30, the DLC will release the final version of the horticultural lighting Technical Requirements V3.0 to support the acceleration of energy efficient lighting in controlled environment agriculture (CEA).

2022 State of the Cannabis Lighting Market Finds Record LED Usage

Agriculture, Research

2022 State of the Cannabis Lighting Market Finds Record LED Usage

David Shiller October 28, 2022

Cannabis Business Times released the seventh-annual “State of the Cannabis Lighting Market” report. Results from the 2022 report demonstrate the increasing usage of LED lighting technology across all growth stages of cannabis cultivation. For the first time ever, at least 70% of study participants from commercial indoor or greenhouse operations with supplemental lighting used LEDs in cannabis propagation, vegetation and/or flowering stages.

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Denver, CO

September 1-4, 2026

ArchLIGHT Summit

Dallas, TX

September 15 -16, 2026

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Dallas, TX

September 16-17, 2026

ALA Conference 2026

Tucson, AZ

September 27-29, 2026

NEMRA Lighting Summit 2026

Dallas, TX

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