Industry News
Amazon Releases 27 Private Label Luminaires
In 2017, Amazon launched two private label furniture and home goods brands called Stone & Beam and Rivet. This placed Amazon in the home lighting market. Amazon recently launched 27…
Is Light Pollution Contributing to Insect Decline?
A 2017 German study found an alarming reduction in flying insect populations, attributing it partially to changes of climate and habitat. More recently, scientists from the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology…
Product Monday: Healthcare Luminaires by Waldmann
Waldmann recently introduced STELLAR recessed ceiling luminaires, available in 2×2-foot and 2×4-foot configurations, STELLAR DUO dual recessed luminaires, designed specifically for hospital bed lighting, and the low- profile CRESCENT night…
IES Publishes Technical Memorandum on Light and Health
The Illuminating Engineering Society recently published TM-18-18, which describes the mechanisms involved when optical radiation signals are converted into neural signals for vision and other body functions. Click here to…
Startup Promises to Bridge Gap Between Lighting and IoT
LEDs Magazine recently reported on Ingy, a startup tech firm aiming to support lighting manufacturers in positioning themselves for the IoT world. Smart lighting promises a platform for Internet of…
Is Future Industry Profitability in IoT and Service?
A recent editorial at SolidStateLightingDesign.com issued a gloomy outlook for today’s lighting industry: With the beginning of September comes the start of the new fiscal year for the LED business.…
IoT-Ready Alliance Standard
Below is a new item I wrote for the September issue of tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED. Reprinted with permission. One year after its founding, in May…
Product Monday: Dimmable Type B TLED Lamps by Espen
Espen Technology recently added 0-10V dimmable, ballast-bypass LED tubes to its Flex family of Type B TLED lamps. These lamps feature a single-ended bypass connection and an internal driver for…
Get A Grip On Lighting: Rebates
In this week’s featured episode of NAILD’s Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, Joe Pater, CEO of Rebate Bus, discusses the importance of utility rebates to the lighting industry.
Trends in Outdoor Lighting
Below is my contribution to the September 2018 issue of tED Magazine, published by the National Association of Electrical Distributors. Reprinted with permission. The major technological shift to the LED…
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