Industry News
Research Indicates Individual Lighting Controls Can Improve Worker Productivity
Research conducted in 2020 indicates that the control of light impacts indoor environmental quality (IEQ)-productivity belief more than other IEQ control. Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) plays a key role in…
DOE’s New GSL Definition Final Rule Now Regulates Many LED Lamps
While many in the lighting industry are aware that US DOE recently issued a Final Rule for a definition change of general service lamps (GSL) as well as General Service…
Six Colliding Paradigms Converging on the Built Environment
An interesting article in Realcomm.com argues that there are six large paradigm shifts changing the built environment. The six major drivers of change are: Technological Financial Biological Climate Globalization Demographics…
Top 10 Trends In High Bay Retrofits For Warehouses & Production Facilities
A new white paper is titled The Top 10 Trends In High Bay Retrofits For Warehouses & Production Sites. The white paper was published by Lighting Expertise & Design Services…
Product Monday: LEDVANCE Superior Class Area Flood Offers Interesting Features
LEDVANCE Superior Class Area Flood luminaires provide quality photometrics with full cutoff, standard 10kV surge protection, TAA compliance, and a 10-year warranty. These luminaires are wattage selectable, offering 3 wattages.…
LLLC Shows Promise
Originally published in tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED. Reprinted with permission. Luminaire-level lighting control (LLLC) combines the energy code-mandated functions of occupancy and light sensing in an…
Verdantix 2022 Report, Green Quadrant: IoT Platforms for Smart Buildings
Enlighted, A Siemens Company has publicly released a partial version of Verdantix’s new whitepaper, Green Quadrant: IoT Platforms for Smart Buildings 2022. This report provides a detailed, fact-based comparison of…
How Dim-To-Warm Lighting Works
An article in Lighting Exchange breaks down how Dim-To-Warm lighting works. Warm dimming can also be referred to as dim-to-warm or black-body dimming. Dim-to-warm simulates an incandescent ambiance by adjusting…
New Research Establishes UV Wavelength, Dose, & Duration To Deactivate COVID Virus
A recent EC&M article discusses new research into the wavelength, dose, and duration of UV disinfection to deactivate the virus that causes COVID-19. In a newly published study, researchers from…
Product Monday: Glowee’s Bioluminescent Sea Bacteria Lights
Many articles have written about the potential of using bioluminescence to light cities, but a French start-up, Glowee, is actually producing lights using bioluminescence and installing them. Glowee’s lights emit…
Contact
The LightNOW blog and newsletter are produced by Editor Suelynn Shiller
Lighting Solution Development
7889 River Hill Lane, Alexandria, PA 16611-2604