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Design Firm’s Whitepaper Describes The Lighting Design Process
Lighting Design

Design Firm’s Whitepaper Describes The Lighting Design Process

Sep 30, 2021

Design firm Light Plan Design, Inc. recently published a whitepaper on its website describing its perspective of the the lighting design process. The process spans programming to post-occupancy and is…

Study: Nocturnal Moth Populations Affected by Street Lighting
Energy + Environment

Study: Nocturnal Moth Populations Affected by Street Lighting

Sep 29, 2021

Insect populations are declining at an alarming rate, with potentially deep, harmful impacts on ecosystems, due to a range of factors including climate change and pesticides. Scientists have also postulated…

Ten Years of LED Rebates
LED + SSL

Ten Years of LED Rebates

Sep 28, 2021

A big factor in getting LEDs to gain traction so quickly was the availability of rebates to help offset initial cost. While rebates for commercial lighting have been around since…

Product Monday: Solar Luminaires by SOLTECH
Products + Technology

Product Monday: Solar Luminaires by SOLTECH

Sep 27, 2021

SOLTECH’s SUNLIKE solar luminaires offer fully integrated outdoor area lighting with lumen packages up to 9,000 lumens. The integrated solar array, battery, and LED luminaire simplifies mounting and eliminate trenching,…

Visual Delight in Architecture
Daylighting

Visual Delight in Architecture

Sep 24, 2021

Visual Delight in Architecture by Lisa Heschong (‎Routledge, April 2021, 398 pp.) examines the many ways in which the time we spend indoors is enriched by daylight and window views.…

LightFair Announces 2021 Pilot Mentorship Program Class
Lighting Industry

LightFair Announces 2021 Pilot Mentorship Program Class

Sep 23, 2021

LightFair recently announced the 11 mentees in its first annual mentorship program, a six-month program which enables emerging lighting professionals to connect with experts in the industry to learn about…

Sapphire Awards Recognizes Product and Design Excellence
Awards, Products + Technology

Sapphire Awards Recognizes Product and Design Excellence

Sep 22, 2021

At the end of day one of the recent online Strategies in Light conference, LEDs Magazine announced the seventh annual Sapphire Awards, which recognized a wide range of LED and…

DesignLights Consortium Releases Draft 2 of LUNA Technical Requirements
Codes + Standards

DesignLights Consortium Releases Draft 2 of LUNA Technical Requirements

Sep 21, 2021

The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) has released for comment the second draft of technical requirements for outdoor LED luminaires that not only save energy and meet the DLC’s Solid-State Lighting (SSL)…

Product Monday: Track Downlights by ERCO
Products + Technology

Product Monday: Track Downlights by ERCO

Sep 20, 2021

Jilly track-mounted downlights by ERCO are designed to enable flexible lighting solutions that can satisfy the diverse needs of multiple users in shared workspaces. The luminaires, available in oval wide…

2021 Street and Area Lighting Conference Will be Virtual
Events

2021 Street and Area Lighting Conference Will be Virtual

Sep 17, 2021

Amid the escalating COVID-19 positivity rate and increased travel restrictions, the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Street and Area Lighting Conference Committee recently announced that the 2021 Street and Area Lighting Conference…

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