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New Design Select Service Program Ships Commonly Specified Lighting and Controls Products in 15 Days or Less
Design Select™, a new portfolio segmentation and service program from Acuity Brands, provides customers with a broad selection of the most popular, readily available, and configurable lighting and controls products…
DALI Lighting Awards Now Accepting 2023 Entries
The DALI Alliance has announced the call for the annual DALI Lighting Awards; the program will accept international entries for projects linked with DALI technology until November 30. Recognizing the…
Connected Network Headed to Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MI, is upping its lighting infrastructure game with the installation of over 18,000 smart lighting nodes and a new connected network. Part of a push to increase energy…
Submit Your Outstanding Lighting Designs for the 2024 Lumen Awards
The IES’ New York City Section has opened its 2024 program for entries through January 12, 2024. Recognizing outstanding lighting design completed in the last two years by New York-based…
Careers: The Job Description Is Broken: Here are Four Reasons Why
It’s been said that the road to undesirable locations is paved with good intentions, and it’s time to put the tired “job description” (JD) into the Trash folder. Part of…
Healthy Choices: A Medical Center Leverages Lighting to Let Kids be Kids
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, the only dedicated children’s hospital in Nebraska, had outgrown its facility in Omaha and was on the verge of turning away patients in need. The…
Last Look: Urban Immersion
AT&T’s Discovery District surrounding the company’s Dallas HQ closes two cross-streets and fills the urban area with colorful light. While the plaza has a fountain with light shows, architectural trellises…
180-Deg Cut-off: An Exercise In Poor Engineering Thinking
Where to begin? The lighting industry has revealed itself to be blinded by its own sales pitch, to question its own “knowledge,” and to evolve our standards in the interests…
Life After Dark
Thoughtful lighting design in outdoor gathering spaces can help us conquer one of the most basic human fears. Three project scenarios demonstrate different techniques. Lighting designers often work to dispel…
The Good Neighbor
When you show up after everything is already in place, there’s usually one simple rule: “be a good neighbor.” That was “our number one goal,” says Steve Farrington, partner at…
Illuminating the Night: A Journey Through the History and Technology of Facade Lighting
The enchanting glow of city skylines at night owes much of its allure to the artistry and science of facade lighting. From ancient civilizations to modern metropolises, the practice of…
Study Finds Integrated NLCs And HVACs Make For Big Savings
A new DesignLights Consortium study, Economic Potential of Networked Lighting Controls in Commercial Buildings: Tapping the Added Value of HVAC Connections supports the savings potential of NLCs and encourages pairing…
DOE Recognizes 14 Partners in 2023 ILC
Part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Buildings Initiative, the 2023 Integrated Lighting Campaign (ILC) recognized 14 total organizations at the IES’s Annual Conference in August. Eleven organizations…
Online Sustainability Program for Professionals
The Stuart Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania has launched the online Executive Program in Design for Sustainability; the seven-month program offers emerging and established design professionals…
Around The Track
The “Formula 1® Exhibition” tells the past, present and future stories of international single-seat, open-wheel, open-cockpit racecar driving. After five years in the making, the multimedia installation opened at IFEMA…