Lighting Industry

I was very happy to gain the LC certification six years ago and would encourage any lighting practitioner to consider it. For those of you doing so, the Illuminating Engineering Society is offering an LC Study Group, an online, web-based support program. It’s not required to take the LC exam but may be helpful. Run [...]

The 34th Annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards recognized 22 projects from eight countries and including interiors, monuments, façades, museums and a residence. This year’s winners represent some of the most innovative and inspiring work found anywhere in the world of architectural lighting design. The highest point score winner across [...]

Following months of rumors, it is now confirmed that GE Lighting is up for sale, based on an internal memo by GE President and CEO Bill Lacey. This does not include Current by GE, which focuses on IoT, networked lighting, and wireless lighting control in buildings. tED Magazine has the story here. This post updated [...]

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Dan Ryan, VP Product, IoT Solutions, Acuity Brands Lighting. The topic: disruption in lighting, notably the current trend of “bundling,” which was the subject of his presentation I caught at Strategies in Light. I’m happy to share his responses with you here. The interview informed an article I [...]

The Illuminating Engineering Society recently announced it is accepting submissions for the next IES Progress Report. The deadline is May 29, 2017. Learn more and submit your product here.

tED Magazine recently published a lighting supplement that featured a 2017 Lighting Outlook, based on surveys conducted by the magazine and LightNOW of lighting manufacturers, electrical distributors and electrical contractors. The results show a positive outlook for the year among all three market segments (example manufacturer results shown below). Click here to check it out.

In an interesting blog post at Applicoinc.com, Nicholas Johnson states: Amazon Business head Prentis Wilson has openly identified Industrial Supply as a target for Amazon’s growing B2B marketplace. But one industry segment in particular stands out as ripe for disruption: the $160 billion electrical distribution industry. The reason: While other industry segments like electronics distribution [...]

In a recent column for LD+A, Mark Lien, LC, LEED-AP, Industry Relations Manager, Illuminating Engineering Society, talks about a meeting with several lighting futurists. Together, they evaluated a list of 10 propositions and were asked to agree or disagree with them. I believe the group was spot on in their agreement regarding one statement, “The [...]

LightingEurope and the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) have issued a joint statement on humancentric lighting. The statement seeks to define humancentric lighting and its benefits and elements. Humancentric lighting is viewed within the context of delivering certain benefits of light to specific applications and users. The elements are broken down into technical and [...]