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Product Monday: DMF’s Expanded 2-Inch X Series Downlights
DMF Lighting, an architectural lighting manufacturer of modular LED downlighting systems, has expanded its 2-inch X Series modular downlighting collection to include Cross Beam Total Internal Reflection (TIR) Optics; a 500-lumen…
What To Know About The Bluetooth NLC Standard
Yesterday’s LightNOW post was about the Design Lights Consortium DRAFT Networked Lighting Control v5.1 standard (DLC NLC5.1). This post is about another NLC industry standard, the Bluetooth NLC standard.…
DLC Releases Draft of NLC v5.1 Technical Requirements
The Design Lights Consortium (DLC) has released their draft of v5.1 Networked Lighting Control technical requirements (NLC5.1). NLC5.1 is a minor revision that contains updates to the policy’s energy…
Biomimetic Propellers & Turbines Could Inform Ceiling Fans
Three recent announcements involve biomimicry to improve propeller and wind turbine designs. They all raise the question of whether these types of innovations could make their way to ceiling fan…
ArchLIGHT Summit Opens Attendee Registration
The 4th annual ArchLIGHT Summit has opened attendee registration. The conference and trade show event will be held September 17-18, 2024, at the Dallas Market Center. It is a specifier-centric…
IES Publishes Three New Standards
The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) has published three new lighting standards: ANSI/IES TM-40-24 IES Technical Memorandum: IES Method for Determining Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) and Distance from the Planckian…
DOE’s GSL Final Rule Raises Lamp Efficacy Up To 83-195 LPW
On April 12th, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a final rule for General Service Lamp (GSL) standards. The new standards will raise GSL efficacy requirements from the…
5 Upcoming IES Events
IES & DOE Research Symposium May 15-16, 2024 Held in Portland, OR, topics will include: research trends for next-generation lighting tools, new recommendations & methods to evaluate health impacts,…
FCC Finalized IoT Cybersecurity Labeling Program
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for wireless consumer Internet of Things (IoT) products, including lighting, on March 14, 2024. The program is called…
Trouble Arrives In The Multifamily Real Estate Market
In late January, LightNOW posted about signs of trouble ahead for the Multifamily real estate market. There are now indications that trouble has arrived. Apartment loans at least 30 days…
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