The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) recently announced it is rescheduling the Enlighten Americas 2021 conference to November 2-4, 2023, in the same scenic mountain destination of Banff, AB Canada. IALD’s decision comes as a result of the continued uncertainty in Canada around the pandemic, including Canadian travel restrictions and the country’s rules about in-person events.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) recently published NEMA LL 10-2020 Replacing HID Lamps with LED Lamps: Light Output Equivalency Claims. This new Standard assists manufacturers in preparing HID equivalency claims for LED products replacing HID lamps.

I recently had the opportunity to interview Michael McCoy, Director, Architectural Systems, Focal Point for an article about sound-absorbing luminaires for an upcoming issue of tED Magazine, official publication of the NAED. Transcript follows.

Isamu Akasaki, Shuji Nakamura, Nick Holonyak Jr, M. George Craford and Russell Dupuis were awarded one of the world’s most prestigious engineering accolades.

Signify has combined Lightolier Calculite LED downlights with Color Kinetics’ IntelliHue Powercore technology to create an adaptable light source.

The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) recently released the second draft of updated Technical Requirements for Horticultural Lighting (Version 2.1). Scheduled to take effect on July 1, the proposed changes would establish Qualified Products List (QPL) eligibility for three additional product types. Comments on the proposal are due by April 9.

The LIT Design Awards invites all lighting designers and lighting product designers to share their work. The Awards were created to recognize the efforts of talented international lighting product designers and lighting implementers.

The Illuminating Engineering Society invites you to submit your presentation ideas for the 2021 IES Annual Conference. This year’s theme is “Brighter. Together.”

LIGHTFAIR recently announced its 2022 dates: the trade show is June 21-23, 2022 and conference is June 19-23, 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) in Las Vegas, NV.