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Cove lighting is widely used in different ways throughout the built environment. From early festoon creations through neon and linear fluorescent to today’s ever shrinking LED products there are some…

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Light for Life® Virtual Symposium: Commissioning (Registration)

Beyond the Checklist Overview Join us on Thursday, October 8, 2026 for Light For Life®: Commissioning, a one-day virtual symposium dedicated to the formal quality process which begins at pre-design…

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October 8, 2026 12:00 pm 4:00 pm

Light for Life® Virtual Symposium: Commissioning

Beyond the Checklist Overview Join us on Thursday, October 8, 2026 for Light For Life®: Commissioning, a one-day virtual symposium dedicated to the formal quality process which begins at pre-design…

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IES Light for Life Virtual Symposium Series | Lighting Commissioning Symposium | October 8, 2026 | 12 PM - 4 PM ET | Register today at ies.org/lightforlife
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September 24, 2026 12:00 pm 1:00 pm

Coves Coves Coves

Cove lighting is widely used in different ways throughout the built environment. From early festoon creations through neon and linear fluorescent to today’s ever shrinking LED products there are some…

Upcoming
October 8, 2026 12:00 pm 4:00 pm

Light for Life® Virtual Symposium: Commissioning

Beyond the Checklist Overview Join us on Thursday, October 8, 2026 for Light For Life®: Commissioning, a one-day virtual symposium dedicated to the formal quality process which begins at pre-design…

Featured Event

IES Light for Life Virtual Symposium Series | Lighting Commissioning Symposium | October 8, 2026 | 12 PM - 4 PM ET | Register today at ies.org/lightforlife

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Education: The Skills that Make Better Lighting Advocates | Colorful illustration of 5 people with different appearances talking about different ideas or concepts
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Education: The Skills that Make Better Lighting Advocates

Advocacy has become one of the defining conversations in the lighting industry. As those conversations continue, I’ve found myself wondering what we’re missing in our collective mindset. Advocacy depends on…
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Controls: Energy Codes Are Just the Beginning | Safety Graph | Common use cases (left) and the system capabilities (right) that functionally support organizational objectives. | Two columns, to the left is Use Cases, to the right is System Capabilities. Each use case is connected to several System Capabilities. From top to bottom: Energy code compliance contains switching/local control, time scheduling, occupancy sensing, daylight-responsive control, dimming and plug load control; Enhanced lighting performance contains dimming, scene control, tunable white task tuning, lumen maintenance nd motorized system control; Enhanced Energy Mangement contains task tuning, lumen maintenance, motorized system control, plug load control, demand response, external system integration, energy measurement and reporting and system diagnostics and monitoring; and Enhanced Facility Productivity contains: Motorized system contro, external system integration, energy measurement and reporting, system diagnostics and monitoring, indoor positioning, asset tracking and occupant counting
Common use cases (left) and the system capabilities (right) that functionally support organizational objectives. | Image: Courtesy of the US Department of Energy

Controls: Energy Codes Are Just the Beginning

When lighting practitioners think of lighting controls, they often think of commercial building energy codes and the mandatory minimum requirements. As these requirements have evolved over the years, so has…
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Project in Pictures: Entering Cougar Territory | Encapsulated IP67-rated luminaires by QTL are implemented in the plunge pool area and other wet environments.
Encapsulated IP67-rated luminaires by QTL are implemented in the plunge pool area and other wet environments.

Project in Pictures: Entering Cougar Territory

DLR Group | Photos: Alistair Tutton The University of Houston welcomed its Cougars NCAA Division I football players home with a new 120,000-sq-ft Football Operations Center in fall 2025. Featuring…
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