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LightFair Connect Launches Today with On-Demand Seminar Library
Education + Resources, Events

LightFair Connect Launches Today with On-Demand Seminar Library

Dec 08, 2021

LightFair Connect, the virtual, on-demand library of conference sessions from LightFair 2021, launched today, offering 27 sessions – with 32 available CEU credits – to continue the return of industry-wide…

DOE Issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comment Pertaining to General Service Lamps 
Legislation + Regulation

DOE Issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comment Pertaining to General Service Lamps 

Dec 07, 2021

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice proposing to codify in the Code of Federal Regulations the 45 lumens per watt backstop requirement for…

Product Monday: Suspended Luminaire by Ledalite
Products + Technology

Product Monday: Suspended Luminaire by Ledalite

Dec 06, 2021

Signify’s recently launched Ledalite TruGroove suspended micro features a 1.75-in. aperture and a variety of lengths, colors, and optical distributions to produce a clean, unobtrusive aesthetic. The luminaire features AccuRender…

Researchers Discover New Way to Generate Light Through Use of Preexisting Defects in Semiconductor Materials
LED + SSL

Researchers Discover New Way to Generate Light Through Use of Preexisting Defects in Semiconductor Materials

Dec 03, 2021

Researchers have discovered a new method of generating long-wavelength (red, orange, and yellow) light through the use of intrinsic defects in semiconducting materials, with potential applications as direct light emitters…

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR: Outcome-Based Energy Codes
Codes + Standards, Craig's Lighting Articles

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR: Outcome-Based Energy Codes

Dec 02, 2021

My lighting column for the November 2021 issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR tackles outcome-based energy codes. Excerpt: Codes are complex and sometimes confusing, sometimes requiring interpretation by the authority having jurisdiction.…

RAB’s Ross Barna on Field-Adjustable Lighting
Interviews + Opinion

RAB’s Ross Barna on Field-Adjustable Lighting

Dec 01, 2021

I recently had the opportunity to interview Ross Barna, CEO, RAB Lighting, Inc., for an article I’m writing for tED Magazine’s March 2022 issue. The topic: field-adjustable luminaires. Transcript follows.…

2022 ArchLIGHT Summit Announces Opening for Exhibitor Registration, Call for Speakers
Events

2022 ArchLIGHT Summit Announces Opening for Exhibitor Registration, Call for Speakers

Nov 30, 2021

ArchLIGHT Summit recently announced it has opened exhibitor registration and a call for speakers. The next event, taking place September 15-16, 2022, will welcome lighting designers, architects, interior designers, specifiers,…

Product Monday: Field-Adjustable Troffer Retrofit Kits
Products + Technology

Product Monday: Field-Adjustable Troffer Retrofit Kits

Nov 29, 2021

Espen Technology’s 3-output, 3-CCT selectable center-basket troffer retrofit kits (part of its Versa Kit family) convert 2X2 and 2X4 fluorescent troffers to LED with the flexibility of up to 9…

Get a Grip on Lighting: Mary Beth Gotti
Interviews + Opinion

Get a Grip on Lighting: Mary Beth Gotti

Nov 26, 2021

In this 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…

Horticulture Lighting and Rebates
Energy + Environment

Horticulture Lighting and Rebates

Nov 25, 2021

According to the Department of Energy, converting all horticultural lighting to LED could realize 40% energy savings, equating to roughly $240 million in annual energy cost savings. As a result,…

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