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Four New Lighting Events
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Four New Lighting Events

Oct 01, 2025

  Here are four new lighting events: The “DeLIGHTed Talks: Good Light – How to Create it Indoors” event, scheduled for November 3rd, 2025, is part of Daylight Awareness Week,…

Evolving AI Chip Thermal Cooling Tech Could Impact Lighting?
Products + Technology

Evolving AI Chip Thermal Cooling Tech Could Impact Lighting?

Sep 30, 2025

  With the ever increasing power demands and power densities of AI servers and chips, thermal management is an enormous bottleneck to providing adequate compute in data centers. It’s not…

Arguments For Smart Switches Over Smart Lamps In Homes
Controls, Products + Technology

Arguments For Smart Switches Over Smart Lamps In Homes

Sep 29, 2025

  Smart switches are rapidly gaining favor over smart lamps (bulbs) as the preferred technology for home lighting automation, thanks to their superior reliability, cost-effectiveness, and integration with daily routines.…

What To Know About Smart Home Facial Recognition
Controls

What To Know About Smart Home Facial Recognition

Sep 26, 2025

  Facial recognition technology (FRT) is rapidly transforming the smart home landscape, integrating advanced security, convenience, and personalization into daily life, but not without risks. By leveraging sophisticated edge computing—the…

7 New Or Revised IES Standards
Codes + Standards, Lighting Design

7 New Or Revised IES Standards

Sep 25, 2025

  The IES has approved seven new or revised lighting standards:   BSR/IES LP-30 Lighting Practice: A Comprehensive Guide to Specifying Color Rendition – Concepts, Criteria, and Implementation This Lighting Practice…

mwConnect & Network Thermostat Simplify NLC-HVAC Integration
Controls, Products + Technology

mwConnect & Network Thermostat Simplify NLC-HVAC Integration

Sep 24, 2025

mwConnect and Network Thermostat (NetX) have announced a strategic partnership designed to streamline HVAC integration into networked lighting control (NLC) platforms, to simplify and unify building automation for commercial facilities.…

6-in-1 Dimming Protocol Drivers
Products + Technology

6-in-1 Dimming Protocol Drivers

Sep 23, 2025

Multi dimming protocol drivers have been around for a while. They started as 2-protocols, then grew to 3-, 4-, and occasionally 5-protocols. There are now 6-dimming protocol drivers available. Here…

Product Monday: Snap N’Link Modular Light Bars
Lighting Design, Products + Technology

Product Monday: Snap N’Link Modular Light Bars

Sep 22, 2025

  RAB Design is a lighting manufacturer based in Toronto, Canada (not to be confused with RAB in the US). One of their interesting products is their Snap N’Link Series…

Warehouse Real Estate Declines After 15 Years Of Growth
Construction + Economy

Warehouse Real Estate Declines After 15 Years Of Growth

Sep 19, 2025

  Demand for U.S. industrial space—especially in the warehouse sector—fell for the first time in fifteen years during the second quarter of 2025, signaling a dramatic shift in commercial real…

CA 2025 Single-Family Resi Energy Code Lighting Changes
Codes + Standards

CA 2025 Single-Family Resi Energy Code Lighting Changes

Sep 18, 2025

  The 2025 California Energy Code (Title 24) clarifies lighting and control requirements for single-family residential buildings. Here is a summary of the lighting changes: § 110.9: Lighting Controls and Components. All…

Events

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

BD|NY

New York, NY

November 9 -10, 2025

Canada Light Expo

Toronto, Canada

November 12 - 23, 2025

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