Interviews + Opinion

In a recent “Forces of Change” podcast, the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Mark Lien talked to Dr. Robert Karlicek of LESA at RPI to discuss how intelligent lighting systems can transform how people live and work.

In a recent issue of LD+A, Mark Lien talks about a potentially alarming disconnect between innovation in lighting occurring inside and outside the lighting industry.

I recently interviewed Paul Lewis, Vice President – Brand Marketing / Hubbell Lighting on the topic of what’s new in LED outdoor area lighting for an article I developed for the February 2020 issue of tED Magazine. Here’s the transcript.

I recently had the opportunity to interview Teresa Bair, Product General Manager, Outdoor, Current powered by GE, on the topic of trends in outdoor area lighting.

I recently interviewed Jay Sachetti, Director, Eaton Lighting on the topic of what’s new in LED outdoor area lighting for an article I developed for the February 2020 issue of tED Magazine.

The lighting industry is going through drastic changes. In this week’s featured episode of the Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, hosts Greg Ehrich, LC, former President of NAILD and owner of Premier Lighting, and Michael Colligan, an entrepreneur and inventor, talk to Peter Brown about where the lighting industry is at and what’s most likely coming in the future.

To better understand the trend toward luminaire-level lighting controls, Anne Curran, Senior Program Manager for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s Luminaire Level Lighting Controls initiative, interviewed Damon Bosetti, Technical Manager at DesignLights Consortium.

This year’s Strategies in Light featured a lively debate between noted experts in the field, tackling subjects ranging from controls to color tuning.

Harald Haas coined the phrase “LiFi” in 2011, and now he’s telling us it’s ready to enter version 2.0. He recently joined the Get a Grip on Lighting Podcast from the floor of the second Global LiFi Congress to catch us up on the history and development of light-based data transmission and its current applications in the fields of autonomous automobiles, privacy and security, and defense.