Industry News
LD+A: Lessons Learned from Large-Scale Outdoor LED Retrofit
In this article published in a recent issue of LD+A, Northwestern Energy’s Steven Schmitt describes lessons learned from a four-year project to convert more than 40,000 street and area luminaires…
Study Measures Light Exposure and Its Effects on Sleep and Behavior in Nursing Care Center
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) recently released the results of a U.S. Department of Energy-funded study, Measuring Light Exposure and its Effects on Sleep and Behavior in Care Center…
Product Monday: LED Flat Panels by Columbia Lighting
Columbia Lighting has introduced three new flat panel solutions for the commercial indoor marketplace. These products provide customers with a full range of product options when a flat lens panel…
PNNL’s Felipe Leon Talks About The New Integrated Lighting Campaign
I recently had the opportunity to interview Felipe Leon, Integrated Lighting Campaign Lead, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, for an article I’m developing about the Integrated Lighting Campaign (which will replace…
Is Blue Light Hazardous?
My contribution to the March 2020 issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR covered what we know about the blue light hazard. The article begins: Several times per year, an article—typically based on…
New Content in IES eLearning Portal: Visualizing Light Compilation
In the time of COVID-19, the Illuminating Engineering Society is stepping up its virtual content offering. The most recent is a compilation on “visualizing light.” Visualizing Light Compilation: Perception and…
Product Monday: Narrow LED Strip by LumenFocus
LumenFocus’s ECLN is an efficient narrow LED strip suitable for many applications, including retail spaces and offices. The luminaire is available in a wide array of lengths and lumen output…
Get a Grip on Lighting: How Will The Pandemic Change Society?
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…
March 2020 Architecture Billings Index Points to Major Downturn in Commercial Construction
Reflecting the deteriorating conditions in the overall economy, demand for design services from architecture firms recorded a record fall, according to a new report from The American Institute of Architects…
LEDucation Trade Show and Conference Cancels for 2020
Today, the Designers Lighting Forum of New York and the LEDucation committee announced the LEDucation 2020 Trade Show and Conference, previously rescheduled for August 18–19, 2020, will not take place…
Contact
The LightNOW blog and newsletter are produced by Editor Suelynn Shiller
Lighting Solution Development
7889 River Hill Lane, Alexandria, PA 16611-2604