Industry News
Product Monday: Optique Lighting’s Diminutive Velino.0
One of the trends that was still evident at LEDucation, earlier this month, was continued miniaturization of luminiaires. A good example that I saw was the new release of…
IES Now Accepting 2026 Progress Report Submissions
The IES is now accepting submissions for the 2026 IES Industry Progress Report. The IES is seeking significant new advancements in lighting products, research, publications, and design tools from…
CA’s Recycling Symbol Law Impacts Products & Packaging
California’s SB 343 law creates a new “accurate recycling labels” framework meant to reduce misleading recycling claims and make packaging labels better reflect what is actually recycled in the…
Observations on the Lighting Industry Labor Market — Q1 2026
By Eric Pollack, President, ESP Prosearch & David Shiller, Executive Recruiter, ESP Prosearch The following article was originally published in US Lighting Trends. Special thanks to David Gordon and…
New York State’s Proposed Dark Sky Bill
LightNOW has already written about Maine’s new strict dark sky law, and Hawaii’s proposed dark sky bill. Here is a look at New York State’s proposed dark sky law.…
Does Sitting By A Window Provide Real Daylight Benefits?
By Bill Chan, President at LiteController Inc. During talks I’ve given over the years, I often encourage people to take a morning walk outside for at least half an…
Recent Trends In Horticultural Lighting
Recent horticultural lighting trends are centered on smarter LED systems, more precise spectral control, and tighter integration with greenhouse automation. The biggest shift is away from static lighting toward…
2025 Smart Building Trends & Technology Adoption
The Association for Smarter Homes & Buildings (ASHB) surveyed 308 building owners, operators, IT leaders, and facility managers, in the US and Canada, about trends in smart buildings. The…
What 2025 Lighting Imports & Exports Tell Us About Tariffs
On April 1st, I published an article about the furniture industry’s declining imports and exports in 2025 relative to 2024. This likely indicated an overall decline in the furniture…
Zumtobel Launches First Manufacturer Remanufacturing Service
Zumtobel, in Europe, has launched the first remanufacturing service by a luminaire manufacturer. The new standardized remanufacturing service extends the life of lighting systems to at least two product…
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