December 2018

Rick Meyer, VP Sales & Marketing, SPI Lighting, contributed an article in a recent issue of LD+A Magazine, in which he called for lighting manufacturers to renew the traditional emphasis on visual comfort.

The National Association of Innovative Lighting Distributors (NAILD) recently announced that it will keep the memory of the late industry icon Paul Hafner alive with a memorial scholarship.

The LEDucation 2019 Trade Show and Conference is marking its 13th year and will be held March 12-13, 2019 in New York City at the NY Hilton Midtown Hotel.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from LightNOW!

Architects and engineers participating in the 2030 Commitment program are making strides in reducing carbon in designs, according to a report released by the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Prudential Lighting’s Bolt is Snap’s streamlined, sleeker new sibling designed for any number of configurations. No longer constrained to 1-ft increments, Bolt is offered in any row length (to the 1/16˝) with fully lit 2-, 3-, and 4-way corners, allowing for a wide range of shapes, from intersecting triangles, squares, pentagons and hexagons to asymmetric “chop stock” creations.

My contribution to the November issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR provides a basic summary of major changes in the commercial lighting section of the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). IECC 2018 reduces lighting power allowances, expands mandatory control requirements, and includes clarifications.

Greenbuild 2019, the conference and expo dedicated to green building, has issued a call for session proposals and peer reviewers.

Speaker proposals are now being accepted by the Illuminating Engineering Society for the 2019 IES Street and Area Lighting Conference, which will be held September 22-25, 2019 in San Diego.