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March 20, 2025 12:00 pm 1:00 pm

ANSI/IES RP-47 | Landscape Lighting Synopsis

Join us for an overview of the new ANSI/IES RP-47-23 Recommended Practice: Landscape Lighting.  We will review exterior lighting overall and discuss recommendations for responsible DarkSky friendly landscape lighting, along with…

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April 3, 2025 12:00 pm 1:00 pm

Computer Vision-based Machine Learning for Lighting Infrastructure

Learn how computer vision-based machine learning is incorporated into lighting infrastructure. This webinar will address collecting and curating data, training and optimizing models, and inferring a model in common applications.…

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A Sea of Change

Seacrest Studios broadcast a message of hope American Idol, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, Live with Kelly and Ryan, Wheel of Fortune: it seems that Ryan Seacrest has been…
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March 1 Deadline for IESNYC Student Lighting Competition

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Jet-Setters: Designers Discuss the Adventure of International Projects

Lighting design is an international art and science, so it’s only natural that many lighting designers become travelers by profession.
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Message: We Care

Effective wayfinding, heavy use of color and human-centric lighting helped create a soothing environment at a Montreal-area school dedicated exclusively to special-needs
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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...
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Photo: Ryan Seacrest Foundation | Brightline Flex-T in-ceiling architectural lights and SeriesONE L1.2 LED studio fixtures illuminate Seacrest Studio at the Arthur M. Blank Hospital.

A Sea of Change

Seacrest Studios broadcast a message of hope American Idol, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, Live with Kelly and Ryan, Wheel of Fortune: it seems that Ryan Seacrest has been…
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Education: Clearing the Traffic Jam

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New Lighting Design in At-Turaif, Saudi Arabia, Celebrates Culture
Photo Credit: Allen Toft/Martin Professional

New Lighting Design in At-Turaif, Saudi Arabia, Celebrates Culture

A 15th-century UNESCO World Heritage site has been illuminated thanks to design by Speirs Major Light Architecture, controls and fixtures from Pharos Architectural Controls, and more than 3,000 linear RGBW…
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