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Lighting Industry

Round Table: The Future of Lighting

Dec 16, 2016

Below is my contribution to the December issue of tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED. Reprinted with permission. The lighting industry is undergoing a dramatic transformation driven by…

Construction + Economy

Architecture Billings Index Rebounds After Two Down Months

Dec 15, 2016

After seeing consecutive months of contracting demand for the first time in four years, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) saw a modest increase demand for design services. As a leading…

Legislation + Regulation

House Bill Seeks to Extend 179D Tax Deduction

Dec 14, 2016

Created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Commercial Buildings Tax Deduction (Section 179D of the tax code) provides an accelerated tax deduction of up to $1.80/sq.ft. as an…

Light + Art

Calgary Zoo Lights 2016

Dec 13, 2016

Taking the kids on our annual lighting pilgrimage to Zoo Lights at the Calgary Zoo tonight. Hope you’re finding your holiday season filled with light. Here’s a video a Calgary…

Products + Technology

Product Monday: Purelight LED by Selux

Dec 12, 2016

Selux’s Purelight LED is a stylish interior luminaire that provides 360 degrees of diffused direct and indirect light using an interior perforated reflector and secondary diffuser. A choice of square…

Awards

IESNYC Announces the 49th Annual Lumen Awards

Dec 09, 2016

Submissions are being accepted now through January 17, 2017 for the IESNYC’s 49th annual Lumen Awards. The Lumen Awards recognize and celebrate excellence in lighting design. The Lumen Awards are…

Light + Health

LRC Releases Free, Open Access Circadian Stimulus Calculator

Dec 08, 2016

The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has recently released a free open-access circadian stimulus (CS) calculator to help lighting professionals select light sources and light levels that…

Codes + Standards

Universities Propose Standardized Horticultural Lamp Label

Dec 07, 2016

Researchers at several universities have proposed a standard lamp label specifically geared to horticultural applications. From Urban AG News, which has the story: The label includes the efficacy (output of…

Codes + Standards

Public Comment Invited for ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.2-2007R, Energy Efficient Design of Low-Rise Residential Buildings

Dec 06, 2016

Recognizing the amount of energy used by the residential building sector, ASHRAE and IES are revising their residential energy standard with a goal of making it 50% more efficient than…

Light + Art

Changing a Lamp with a Drone

Dec 06, 2016

Funny effort to change a household light bulb with a drone. Thank you, Internet.

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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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Launched in 2001, LightNOW covers the rapidly changing lighting world for lighting people. Check-in daily to see new posts by Editor David Shiller, Craig DiLouie, and other experts in the lighting field including consultants and lighting designers. Posts include news items to keep you up to date, short opinion pieces to invite you to consider another point of view, new products every Monday, and links to new research and tools to help you design with light. Also be sure to subscribe to the LightNOW newsletter (free), which is published every two weeks as a digest of articles on the site. We always welcome your feedback, so feel free to comment on any of the stories that appear here at LightNOW. If you are a manufacturer, LightNOW offers a low-cost ad vehicle to reach thousands of specifiers, contractors, reps, distributors, consultants, owners, and other stakeholders in the sales channel. For advertising inquiries, contact Suelynn Shiller. Thank you for visiting, and we hope you find LightNOW useful for your career in lighting

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