Craig DiLouie

Manufacturers may market their connected lighting products as IoT-enabled, which means it features connectivity, intelligence, sensors, and bi-level data communication. This enabling has led to claims that installing a connected lighting system proofs a facility for future IoT enactment, which is true in theory but requires diligence in specification, addressing issues such as interoperability, scalability, security, and more.

The Illuminating Engineering Society is now accepting registrations for its 2019 annual conference, which will be held August 8-10, 2019 in Louisville, KY.

The DLC recently released the final version of SSL Technical Requirements Version 4.4. This Technical Requirements update consists of new policies that will allow high performance, energy-efficient horticultural lighting products, DC and PoE products, and field-adjustable light output products to be qualified and listed on the DLC Qualified Products Lists.

Acuity Brands, Inc.’s updated Slot pendant, surface, and wall mount LED family by Mark Architectural Lighting was designed to offer flexible design options.

The 2nd Trends in Lighting (TiL), co-hosted with the LED Professional Symposium +Expo (LpS), saw lighting designers, innovators, architects and planners come together with technologists, engineers and researchers in Bregenz, Austria. At a press conference during the event, five industry leaders spoke about the future of lighting.

Eaton recently announced the call for entries for the 42nd Annual SOURCE Awards, Eaton’s lighting design competition dedicated to celebrating the next generation of lighting professionals and building the pipeline of industry talent. University students studying architecture, design, engineering or related disciplines are invited to enter this conceptual design competition focused on furthering the understanding, knowledge and function of lighting as a primary element in design. The deadline to submit entries is February 25, 2019.

Following the completion of a recent investigation of LED street lighting’s impact on sky glow, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed a simplified method for comparing contributions to sky glow among lighting products. On November 8, PNNL’s Bruce Kinzey will describe and demonstrate use of the comparison tool in an hour-long webinar.

The Illuminating Engineering Society has published DG-31-18, Design Guide on Active Core Sunlighting for Buildings, which provides an introduction to active core sunlighting systems and their implementation in buildings.

Espen Technology’s hybrid Type A+B TLED replacement lamps, an expansion of the company’s UniFlex lamp family, can be powered by an existing fluorescent ballast (plug & play, Type A), as well as be directly wired to line voltage (ballast bypass, Type B).