Events
British Lighting Manufacturer Unveils Sustainable Initiative
DW Winsdor, a British exterior lighting solutions designer and manufacturer, announced its Light Responsibility initiative at LiGHT Expo in London. The initiative aims to support and promote responsible lighting practices…
The GSA and PNNL Release LED and Controls Guide
In support of the BRIGHT Act, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) in collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Library (PNNL) has released LED Lighting and Controls Guidance for Federal Buildings.…
Safety: Lithium Battery Risks: “You can’t handle the truth!”
There’s an iconic scene in the 1992 movie A Few Good Men where Jack Nicholson’s character, Colonel Nathan Jessup, screams at his courtroom interrogator, “You want the truth? You can’t…
Editor’s Note: Who’s Your Pop-Pop?
To say that I’m not adept at renovations and home improvements is a courteous understatement. Tell me it’s demolition time, and I’m right up there with Chip Gaines, but when…
2024 Lighting Jobs Outlook
A panel of lighting professionals agrees that strategic hiring is moving full-steam ahead in the New Year I think most of us would agree that the last three to four years have…
Last Look: A New Kind of Celebration
Part of the DreamScapes series, the traveling exhibit “SPARK” is changing how communities across the globe can celebrate sustainably. Inspired by fireflies and stars, thousands of organically floating biodegradable lights…
Ask an EP: Itzel Ayvet Rivera López
A lighting design specialist and architect with Mono Studio shares her passion for the duality of practices within lighting design, and advocates for increased international awareness of thoughtful lighting. Why…
Achieving Equitable Indoor Lighting
Redesigning and rebalancing current approaches to lighting Everyone deserves good lighting, particularly indoors, where many of us spend most of our time. This may be a simple declaration, but in…
A False Skylight — Oh là là!
Complex lighting in a French restaurant provides old-world charm with a modern twist Fancy a frite? Restaurant-goers need not fly to Paris—just to the Windy City’s Le Select, a French…
Editor’s Note: Feels Like Home
I would like to begin my first column for LD+A by thanking the IES leadership team for the opportunity to serve such an accomplished and innovative membership Society. I previously spent more than 14 years…
Carving Out the Christmas Classics
Gaylord Hotels’ ICE! brings a sparkle to the holiday season For more than 70 years, good ol’ Charlie Brown has suffered indignities such as Lucy repeatedly pulling a football away…
Careers: If I Only Knew Eleven Things I Would Tell my 22-Year-Old Self
In talking with our esteemed Editor Paul Tarricone about this month’s column, he suggested writing a column about “building your brand,” and I thought it would be fun to put a bit of a spin…
Hossley Lighting Opens New Warehouse
Hossley Lighting and Power Solutions, a Texas-based manufacturer representative agency for commercial and industrial lighting brands across much of the southern U.S., has announced the opening of a new 42,000-sq…
Vantage Announces Keypad Alliance
Legrand’s lighting control brand, Vantage, has announced a strategic Keypad Alliance with luxury keypad manufacturers Meljac, Forbes & Lommax and Basalte to enhance interface flexibility for lighting designers. With this…
L-Prize Winners, Phase Two
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced six winners of the Prototype Phase, the second phase, in the rigorous DOE Lighting Prize (L-Prize) competition in October. The competition is meant…