Industry News
Connected Home Evolves From Devices To Services
Parks Associates’ 2026 State of Connected Home report says the connected home market is shifting away from selling devices and toward owning the customer relationship through data, services, and…
Data Centers Spiking Some Regions’ Electricity Rates
Surging utility rate cases, accelerating load growth, and eroding public trust are converging into a critical inflection point for the U.S. power sector. In the first quarter of 2026…
Super Cool: Photonic Radiative Cooling Coatings
A new class of photonic radiative cooling (PRC) coatings is advancing from laboratory research into viable commercial products, offering a passive pathway to reduce building heat loads without electricity.…
Philips Master LEDtube T8 EM/Mains Made Of Recycled Plastic
Signify in Europe expanded its circular lighting portfolio, last year, with the launch of the Philips MASTER LEDtube T8 EM/mains, the first LED tube in Europe to incorporate a…
3 Security Lighting Trends Shaping the Industry in 2026
By Gary Satanovsky, Product Design and Marketing Manager, NuWatt Lighting Since the earliest days of electric light, illumination has played a central role in keeping people and property safe after…
Researchers Prove New Path To NIR Emitters
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have achieved what was once considered impossible by electrically powering insulating nanoparticles to create a completely new kind of LED. Using tiny organic…
You Know Robots But What About Cobots?
Collaborative robots, or cobots, are moving from factory novelty to practical production tools, and the lighting industry is well positioned to benefit from that shift. For lighting manufacturers, the…
Creating Brand Authority In The Age Of Answer Engines
Brand authority now matters as much as or more than traditional keyword-focused SEO because search and AI answer systems increasingly reward recognizable, trusted entities over isolated pages. Authority is…
Lighting Systems Save More Energy Through HVAC Integration
By Szymon Slupik, President & CTO, Silvair Energy saving is the primary feature of lighting control systems. The concept is well known: dim the lights if there is…
A Review Of Ten Color Rendering Metrics
Here is a look at ten color rendering metrics: CRI / Ra: The most used Color Rendering Index (CRI), is based on averaging the first 8 test colors (R1–R8),…
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