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Q4 2024 Acquisitions
Lighting Industry

Q4 2024 Acquisitions

Feb 27, 2025

Here is a quick summary of 6 acquisitions and one divestment, in the fourth quarter of 2024: PE Firm acquired Techlight. Details here. Acuity Brands acquired QSC, LLC, an audiovisual…

Lighting & Other Building Supply Commodity Prices Rise
Construction + Economy, Lighting Industry

Lighting & Other Building Supply Commodity Prices Rise

Feb 26, 2025

The Producer Price Index (PPI) report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that while plywood prices have fallen, most other key hardware and building supply commodities have increased…

DLC Finalizing Horticultural V4.0 Technical Requirements
Agriculture, Codes + Standards

DLC Finalizing Horticultural V4.0 Technical Requirements

Feb 25, 2025

  The Hort V4.0 draft was sent out for comments in November and the comment period concluded in December. With few comments received, DLC is preparing to release the final…

Product Monday: Indoor Sports Improved By Indirect Lighting
Lighting Design, Products + Technology

Product Monday: Indoor Sports Improved By Indirect Lighting

Feb 24, 2025

LED Lighting Supply has introduced a new indirect LED lighting solution for indoor sports courts and high-ceiling athletic facilities. This innovative system directs light upward to the ceiling or outward…

Updates On LEDucation & LightFair
Events

Updates On LEDucation & LightFair

Feb 21, 2025

  LEDucation 2025 LEDucation 2025 will be held March 18 & 19 at the New York Hilton Midtown, in New York City. There will be over 400 exhibitors and 45…

mwConnect HVAC & Lighting Controls Integration Case Study
Controls, Lighting Design

mwConnect HVAC & Lighting Controls Integration Case Study

Feb 20, 2025

Editor’s correction: The original version of this story listed a simple payback calculation based on the project’s cost divided by annual energy cost savings. I’ve since learned the energy savings…

11 Utilities Report Commercial Lighting Rebates’ Future
Lighting Industry

11 Utilities Report Commercial Lighting Rebates’ Future

Feb 19, 2025

  DNV, a leading utility evaluation and verification contracting firm, has published the LightingPLUS Market Characterization report. This is a joint study by 11 program administrators (PAs) from the U.S.…

Resimercial Lighting “Made In USA Directory” Launched By LNN
Lighting Industry, Women In Lighting

Resimercial Lighting “Made In USA Directory” Launched By LNN

Feb 18, 2025

At a time when many lighting trade publications are closing up shop, it was great to learn of a new lighting publication’s launch, Lighting News Now (LNN), led by industry…

2025 LED Market Growth Areas
Dark Sky, Products + Technology

2025 LED Market Growth Areas

Feb 17, 2025

By Chelsea Jones, Digital Marketing Manager at LED Lighting Supply External influences will continue shaping the commercial and industrial LED lighting market in 2025, from an AI-powered landscape to local…

Summary Of The 2024 DLC Controls Summit NLC-HVAC Session
Controls, Events

Summary Of The 2024 DLC Controls Summit NLC-HVAC Session

Feb 14, 2025

  The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) hosted the 2024 DLC Controls Summit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, focusing on the integration of networked lighting controls (NLC) with HVAC systems to unlock further energy…

Events

American Lighting Association Annual Conference

Louisville, KY

September 7 - 9, 2025

ArchLIGHT Summit

Dallas, TX

September 16 - 17, 2025

NYControlled 2025

New York, NY

October 15, 2025

Hong Kong International Light Fair

Hong Kong

October 27 -30, 2025

ALAN 2025 – Artificial Light At Night Conference 2025

Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland

October 28 - 30, 2025

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