The Dallas Market Center recently issued a call for speakers for the ArchLIGHT Summit, a new lighting trade event and educational platform for architectural, specification, and design communities. The deadline for speaker proposals is December 31, 2020.

Due to continuing disruption to operations for both DesignLights Consortium (DLC) members and stakeholders as a result of COVID-19, the DLC is extending the deadline to update and the delisting date for products qualified under SSL V4.4 by two months.

Peerless Venue is a new family of suspended luminaires specifically for open ceilings.

I recently had the opportunity to interview Randy Reid, Executive Director, National Lighting Bureau (NLB) on the topic of the NLB’s new Trusted Warranty Evaluation Program for an article for tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED. Here’s the transcript.

The U.S. Department of Energy recently released preliminary results of the 2018 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS). Conducted every five (approximately) years, the CBECS estimates characteristics for the national building stock.

Due to the continuing uncertainty of the pandemic along with New York State and City restrictions on assembly, the LEDucation committee has made the decision to reschedule the in-person 2021 LEDucation Trade Show and Conference to August 17-18, 2021.

I recently had the opportunity to interview Rahul Shira, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Signify US, for an article about tunable-white lighting I developed for tED Magazine. This is the transcript.

Spring Lighting Group, an OEM luminaire manufacturer that has been producing specification-grade LED luminaires under the SLG brand for several years, recently introduced its new Slim Architectural Linear Pendant (SALP) Mount, a sleek and customizable LED luminaire.

In February 2020, the Design Lights Consortium finalized the technical specifications for the next generation of LED products. These new requirements, versions 5.0 and 5.1, are designed to help usher in new levels of energy efficiency, light quality, and controllability. The DLC started certifying products under the new v5 spec earlier this year, and they will remove older products that don’t meet this certification on December 31, 2020. This change can have a significant impact on the potential rebates a project may receive.