Craig’s Lighting Articles

My contribution to the April 2019 issue of tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED, provides some interesting what-ifs concerning the potential of 3D printing in lighting.

My contribution to the Lighting Controls Association’s website in January takes aim at cybersecurity concerns when specifying networked lighting systems, and provides eight tips on things to look at and address for enhanced security.

My lighting column for the January issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR talked about why and how electrical contractors should talk to IT departments when working on projects involving installation of networked lighting controls.

In the late nineteenth century, scientists experimenting with sunlight and filters discovered that a narrow portion of the visible light spectrum (400-405 nanometers) could be used to kill bacteria. Recently, advances in LED technology made this concept practical, resulting in commercialization.

The Lighting Controls Association has published an article summarizing key construction economic indicators and presenting the AIA Consensus Construction Forecast for 2019, which predicts solid growth in an atmosphere of “cautious positivity.”

For this roundtable, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR talked to six leading manufacturers and experts to measure the pulse of lighting technological change and what this change has in store for electrical contractors.

I recently had the opportunity to interview Brian Vedder, Product Marketing Manager, Signify. The topic? Quality lighting.

Valuing the residential smart lighting market at $1.5 billion in 2017, market research firm IHS Markit predicted growth to over $4.5 billion in 2021, making it one of the fastest-growing areas of smart lighting. This article, which I wrote for the January 2019 issue of tED Magazine, describes trends in residential smart lighting.

Another contribution to the December 2018 issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR is a snapshot of LiFi, an innovative application of light for wireless communication that is now being commercialized.