Events
Alliance to Pursue Healthy, Smart Buildings
Two major players in the built environment sector announced a strategic alliance late last year to “deploy integrated, smart lighting solutions for commercial buildings.” The joint venture between Honeywell and…
Safety: Who’s Got This?
PoE systems’ low energy use doesn’t exempt them from standards. By Jerry Plank
Study Finds Circadian Solutions Can Increase Energy Use
A Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) study, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy evaluated the potential energy impacts of circadian lighting design recommendations detailed in WELL v2 Q2 2019,…
BIOS and Lumileds Partner on Human Centric Lighting
BIOS and Lumileds have joined forces to create a new LUXEON LED with SkyBlue circadian technology.
Standards: The Quality Quandary (Redux)
Flipping the script to focus on end-user outcomes. By Brian Liebel
Golden Ticket
A hierarchy of light-filled destinations define the Chase Center arena in San Francisco. By Samantha Schwirck
A New Sales Pitch
By shifting marketing tactics, the industry can help customers look beyond the ‘energy story’ of networked lighting controls to some of the softer benefits. By Liesel Whitney-Schulte and Dan Mellinger
Wildlife: From Tracks to Trails
Careful design using both light and darkness can ease the path. By Jane Slade
2020 IES Progress Report
The 2020 IES Progress Report is here. There were 171 submittals in 2020; 82 were accepted into the report.
LEDucation 2021 Call for Speakers
The 2021 LEDucation Tradeshow and Conference, organized by the Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY), seeks dynamic, lighting-industry presentations for the 2021 event. The deadline for topics in November…
Survey: Hospital Nurses Want More Control Over Lighting
A U.S. Department of Energy-funded Pacific Northwest National Laboratory study was designed to investigate how patient-room lighting systems could be improved from the nurses’ perspectives.
COVID A Business Factor Well Into 2021, Survey Finds
Some 90% of AEC industry firms say COVID-19 will affect overall business development activities in the next 12 months.
New Study Shows Benefits of 1:1 Replacement
A new study concluded that retrofitting outdated commercial lighting individually with LEDs equipped with luminaire level lighting controls (LLLC) has the potential to save just as much energy as investing…