The Illuminating Engineering Society has extended the deadline to submit papers for The IES Visionary Challenge: Beyond 2030: What Do You See? to March 15, 2020.

Legrand, North and Central America recently announced the acquisition, subject to closing, of Focal Point, a Chicago-based privately held manufacturer of architectural lighting products.

My contribution to the February issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR summarizes the major lighting changes in ANSI/ASHRAE/IES 90.1, which is now the official national energy reference standard.

Eureka’s Celeste is a decorative lighting disc formed from artisanal casted glass. It features integrated connectors that allow individual Celeste heads to be connected vertically, providing the opportunity to create large impactful installation as well as smaller clusters.

Brad Koerner of Koerner Design took on the Illuminating Engineering Society’s challenge to define the future of light in 2030, and identified six trends that would disrupt and innovate architectural lighting over the next decade.

In a recent “Forces of Change” podcast, the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Mark Lien talked to Dr. Robert Karlicek of LESA at RPI to discuss how intelligent lighting systems can transform how people live and work.

In this featured episode of the Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, hosts Greg Ehrich, LC, former President of NAILD and owner of Premier Lighting, and Michael Colligan, an entrepreneur and inventor, talk about the importance of “integrity” in selecting a supply chain partner and the ways in which integrity is defined.

LD+A magazine and the Illuminating Engineering Society recently announced the debut of a new digital magazine, LightFair 360.

Messe Frankfurt has decided to postpone the Frankfurt-based Light + Building trade show to an undetermined date between the middle and end of September 2020, due to public health concerns related to the unexpected appearance of the coronavirus Covid-19 in Italy over the weekend.