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Light + Art

Philips’ Susanne Seitinger Talks Liberated Pixels

Aug 17, 2017

In a recent post at Edison Awards (not to be confused with the GE lighting awards), Philips Lighting’s Susanne Seitinger talks about illuminated drones used at the 2017 Superbowl Halftime…

Education + Resources

tED Magazine Launches LightED Website

Aug 16, 2017

tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED, recently launched lightEDmag.com, a website dedicated to lighting.

Events

LightShow West Registration is Open

Aug 15, 2017

LightShow West recently announced the opening of online registration for the trade show and conference at Kentia Hall in the Los Angeles Convention Center, Oct. 11-12, 2017. The biennial event…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Linear Luminaires by Ketra

Aug 14, 2017

L3I Indirect Linear Pendant: This indirect pendant offers clean uplighting for commercial and hospitality applications, and it comes in several housing colors and customizable lengths. Changeable optics ensure fine control…

People

RPI Names Mariana Figueiro New Director of Lighting Research Center

Aug 11, 2017

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has named Professor Mariana G. Figueiro, Ph.D., as director of the Lighting Research Center (LRC), after serving as the center’s acting director over the past year. Figueiro…

Construction + Economy

Electroindustry Business Confidence Indexes Decline Sharply but Remain above 50

Aug 10, 2017

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index for current conditions slid by more than 20 points from the near-term high of 76.5 reached in March of this year. As recently as last…

Lighting Industry

Lighting’s Creative Destruction

Aug 09, 2017

Below is my contribution to the July issue of tED Magazine on the topic of change in the lighting industry. Reprinted with permission. At this year’s Strategies in Light conference…

Legislation + Regulation

Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Make 179D Tax Deduction Permanent

Aug 08, 2017

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in Congress that would make permanent a key energy efficiency tax incentive for owners and designers of energy efficient buildings while expanding its benefits to…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Self-Testing Emergency LED Driver by IOTA

Aug 07, 2017

IOTA’s ILB-CP10-HE-SD is a UL-Listed self-testing emergency LED driver for field and factory installations. IOTA’s ILB-CP10-HE-SD Emergency LED Driver combines patented Constant Power illumination with automatic self-testing technology for optimal…

Awards

IES Announces 2017 Illumination Award of Merit Winners

Aug 04, 2017

The Illuminating Engineering Society recently published a list of the 2017 Illumination Awards of Merit and International Awards. See the list of Merit Awards here. See the list of International…

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Events

DLC Summit 2026

Los Angeles, CA

October 26-27, 2026

IES Street & Area Lighting Conference

Phoenix, AZ

November 8-11, 2026

Light Expo London

London, UK

November 18 - 19, 2026

Canada Light Expo 2026

Toronto, Canada

November 18-19, 2026

Lightovation: Dallas International Lighting Show

Dallas, TX

January 6-9, 2027

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