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Color-Changing LED & Projectors Embraced By Churches
Lighting Design, Lighting Industry

Color-Changing LED & Projectors Embraced By Churches

Mar 09, 2023

Image: aclighting.com A.C. Lighting, Inc., an entertainment lighting value-added distributor, recently published an article about immersive color in houses of worship. Historically, houses of worship have used stained glass to…

Circadian Light Therapy Helps Bipolar Patients In Scandinavia
Light + Health

Circadian Light Therapy Helps Bipolar Patients In Scandinavia

Mar 08, 2023

Scandinavian countries have greater acceptance of circadian light therapy for psychological disorders. A hospital in Norway, Valen Hospital, has incorporated circadian light therapy into the emergency treatment of bipolar patients…

Sustainability Labels To Watch: Declare, EcoVadis, & Green Globes
Codes + Standards, Energy + Environment

Sustainability Labels To Watch: Declare, EcoVadis, & Green Globes

Mar 07, 2023

  There is a growing list of sustainability labels and certifications to be aware of. Some are for products, some for buildings, and some for business operations. Here are three…

Product Monday: pureLiFi Launches Light Antenae ONE
Products + Technology

Product Monday: pureLiFi Launches Light Antenae ONE

Mar 06, 2023

pureLiFi, a leading LiFi component manufacturer, launched their latest Light Antenna Module at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The cutting-edge wireless communications antenna is the first of its kind,…

Universal’s Chris Holstein Talks Distributor Opportunity Replacing LED Drivers
Craig's Lighting Articles, Interviews + Opinion

Universal’s Chris Holstein Talks Distributor Opportunity Replacing LED Drivers

Mar 03, 2023

I recently had the opportunity to interview Chris Holstein, VP Product Management, Pricing, Marketing for Universal Douglas for an article I’m developing for the May 2023 issue of tED Magazine,…

Horticultural Lighting To Fight Pests
Agriculture, Research

Horticultural Lighting To Fight Pests

Mar 02, 2023

Image: Pexels.com   An area of growing research and practice is using lighting to help control agricultural pests. This can include horticultural lighting in indoor growing facilities (aka controlled environment…

Aging Retinas Receive 86% Less Blue Light Compared To Children
Light + Health, Research

Aging Retinas Receive 86% Less Blue Light Compared To Children

Mar 01, 2023

New research from the University of Zaragoza in Spain quantifies how the aging eye restricts the amount of circadian light reaching the retina based on photopic illuminance reaching the corneal…

Innovators in Residential Healthcare: Circadian Principles & Practice
Education + Resources, Light + Health

Innovators in Residential Healthcare: Circadian Principles & Practice

Feb 28, 2023

Dr. Shelly James, Founder of Age of Light Innovations Group, is hosting a webinar, Innovators in Residential Healthcare: Circadian Lighting Principles & Practice, to share best practices in circadian lighting…

Product Monday: Generative-Designed Heat Sinks Using Topology Optimization
Products + Technology

Product Monday: Generative-Designed Heat Sinks Using Topology Optimization

Feb 27, 2023

A Belgian thermal management company named Diabatix nv is offering custom-designed heat sinks that use artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) generative design to create computer-generated shapes that can be optimized to…

DLC Report Quantifies The Non-Energy Benefits Of Networked Lighting Controls
Controls

DLC Report Quantifies The Non-Energy Benefits Of Networked Lighting Controls

Feb 24, 2023

  In January, the Design Lights Consortium (DLC) published a new report about quantifying the non-energy benefits (NEB) of networked lighting controls (NLC). The most valued non-energy benefits varied by stakeholders,…

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