Products + Technology

  Signify in Europe expanded its circular lighting portfolio, last year, with the launch of the Philips MASTER LEDtube T8 EM/mains, the first LED tube in Europe to incorporate a significant proportion of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic into a mainstream, specification-grade lamp. Engineered for retrofit applications, the product integrates approximately 40% PCR plastic while maintaining [...]

  By Gary Satanovsky, Product Design and Marketing Manager, NuWatt Lighting Since the earliest days of electric light, illumination has played a central role in keeping people and property safe after dark. Along the way, security lighting became governed by a simple, seemingly intuitive principle: brighter spaces are safer spaces. And while that assumption – higher [...]

  Collaborative robots, or cobots, are moving from factory novelty to practical production tools, and the lighting industry is well positioned to benefit from that shift. For lighting manufacturers, the biggest implication is not replacement of people, but a rebalancing of labor: cobots can take on repetitive, precise, or ergonomically difficult tasks while skilled workers [...]

  The National Lighting Bureau held an AI Think Tank on April 13, 2026. It brought together a cross-section of industry leaders to examine a question rapidly shifting from theoretical to operational: how artificial intelligence will reshape the lighting sector. The consensus was unequivocal—AI is no longer a future consideration but an immediate strategic priority. [...]

  A strong trend at LEDucation in April was an emphasis on “dark light,” “dark optics,” and low-UGR performance, especially in specification-grade architectural fixtures. What began as a design preference for black finishes has evolved into a more technical conversation about visual comfort, source concealment, and controlled luminance. In these performance architectural fixtures, the finish [...]

  Motorized architectural lighting is undergoing a meaningful shift, driven by a factor that has historically constrained its adoption: fixture size. For decades, remote-controlled luminaires delivering full pan, tilt, and beam adjustment required large apertures—often exceeding 150 mm—along with substantial ceiling depth and access. As a result, the category remained largely confined to large-scale hospitality, [...]

  By Heesu Chung, Brand Lead, Warm by Design The consumer backlash against the “big light” is easy to dismiss as social-media shorthand, but the underlying issue is familiar to anyone in lighting: a single high source is being asked to handle every job in the room. For years, the residential lighting conversation was dominated [...]

  By C. Webster Marsh, Lighting Controls Designer, Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting Changing White Lighting: What is the End-User’s Experience? I have learned that one of the fastest ways to lose someone outside the lighting industry is to ask, ‘Do you want 2700K or 3500K?’ It is a perfectly normal question for us inside the [...]

  I find it hard to keep track of all the different ways that controls are evolving. Lately, I’ve noticed smart wall controls are getting significantly more feature-rich. A few examples are below. The Keilton+autani IWS102 & DWS102 by LiteTrace Brands Keilton+autani by LiteTrace Brands has transformed standard wall switches into intelligent control hubs that [...]