Industry News
Recent ANSI Standards Address Sky Glow, UV-LED Performance, Expanded Digital Lighting Control, and Tunable-White SSL
A variety of new and updated ANSI standards address topics as diverse as sky glow, UV-LED Performance, expanded digital lighting control, and tunable-white SSL products. Below are quick summaries of…
“Build-Your-Own Acorn” Gives Lots Of Options For Decorative Post Top Retrofits
Evluma offers a Build-Your-Own Acorn, a full-fixture, decorative streetlight replacement solution that includes the customer’s choice of acorn globe, finial, and capital fitter. Utilizing the OmniMax LED replacement for HID…
NEMA Published Recommendations For Replacing HID Lamps With LED Lamps
In February, 2022, NEMA published NEMA LL-10, Replacing HID Lamps with LED Lamps: Light Output Equivalency Claims. This document describes a method for claiming equivalency of LED lamps to the HID…
The Value Of Sensors, IoT, & Smart Lighting Data
EC&M Magazine recently ran an article about the value of sensors, IoT, and Smart Lighting Data. Energy ROI is an obvious benefit of advanced controls, but is often insufficient to…
Product Monday: It’s Not A Window, It’s LightGlass
LIGHTGLASS is a windowlight, an architectural element that brings the experience of a daylit window into any space. Through the integration of the latest LED lighting technology into the form…
Trends In Flexible Lighting Design
Howard Yaphe, CEO of Axis Lighting, authored an interesting article in EC&M Magazine, recently, about trends in flexible lighting design. Conventional drop ceilings are being used less, in favor of…
An Interview with Christina Halfpenny – Diversity, Inclusion & Culture at DLC
I had the pleasure of interviewing Christina Halfpenny about her approach to women in leadership positions, at the Design Lights Consortium (DLC), and on the subject more broadly. There are…
Lighting Industry Supply Chain Continues to Change
A recent LEDs Magazine article laid out ways that the lighting industry supply chain problems are not only changing constantly, but likely getting worse: Shanghai lockdowns for roughly 6 weeks…
Five Lighting Designers Discuss The Latest Trends In Lighting Retail Spaces
A recent IES LD+A article interviews five lighting designers about the trends that they see in lighting retail spaces. Some trends include: Explosion of e-commerce during the pandemic and the…
Product Monday: WAC Smart Track System Provides All The Bells & Whistles
WAC’s STRUT is a smart lighting, power, and control system, with lighting elements designed for high performance. STRUT is intended for retail, restaurant, commercial office, or residential lighting, without custom…
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