Lighting Industry

Kenall Manufacturing recently announced it has licensed visible light disinfection patents to Pinnacle Architectural Lighting of Denver, Colorado. Both lighting companies are part of Legrand North and Central America.

Kenall Manufacturing and Visa Lighting mutually agreed to settle their pending litigation concerning visible light disinfection technology. According to Kenall, Visa Lighting has ceased its relationship with Vital Vio, Inc., will cease selling its current disinfecting products, and will discontinue the use of technology from Vital Vio, Inc.

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 to sociobioligist, futurist, and author Rebecca Costa about the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on our jobs and on society as a whole.

LUX REVIEW recently published an article identifying eight potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lighting industry.

ARCHITECT Magazine recently published an article describing volunteering opportunities in the time of COVID.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to suppress face-to-face communications, manufacturers, service firms, and conferences are increasing their online presence and communication. Today, as an example, I received a nice, simple email from Calgary, AB-based lighting manufacturer Nemalux, which at a glance offers access to all forms of the company’s online presence, plus a link to schedule a webinar meeting at various lengths.

Today, Mark Lien at the IES held an excellent webinar about transformation in the lighting industry and of course covered the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. He asked me and several others to contribute our thoughts on long-term impacts of the pandemic on our industry. Here are my thoughts.

Ecosense recently announced it has acquired assets from Soraa. Under the terms of the deal, Ecosense acquires the Soraa name, intellectual property and lamps, including the company’s signature VIVID, BRILLIANT HL and HEALTHY product lines. This move is the first foray into the professional lamp category for Ecosense.

Starting early in the year, WAC Lighting ordered 500,000 Level-3 Surgical Masks with the intent of donating them to COVID-19 healthcare relief efforts abroad. As conditions dramatically worsened in the U.S., WAC is now shipping these 500,000 surgical masks to U.S. hospitals, primarily in the New York metropolitan area, where healthcare workers are being overrun by caseloads and are in desperate need of supplies.