Products + Technology

  Candiac, Quebec, Canada now boasts the first “smart” crosswalk in North America with lights embedded into the road surface, to improve pedestrian safety. Before pedestrians enter the crosswalk, sensors are triggered that turn on the lights to increase visibility for drivers to stop. The Candiac crosswalk is outside an elementary school to increase the [...]

  AUTHOR’S NOTE, 10/8/24: It has been brought to my attention that there are IP claims and ongoing legal actions occurring around CCT selectability switches. Before adding CCT selectability switches, fully review the IP landscape, claims, and ongoing litigation around this feature.  One of the strongest trends in commercial lighting has been the onslaught of [...]

While basic ERP and CRM systems have been around a long time, there are more and more software programs designed specifically for the lighting and electrical markets. Here’s a look at some that I’ve been hearing about and some that I’ve researched online. This is not intended as endorsements for any of them, but rather [...]

LED Video Walls are typically a combination of modular LED display panels that integrate to create a single, large wall digital display. They can be used in retail, entertainment, hospitality, corporate buildings, transportation centers, sports arenas, education, museums, and other applications seeking dramatic visual experiences, in a seamless design. Some of the recent trends in [...]

  EmeryAllen is best known as a manufacturer of higher performing LED specialty lamps for the decorative lighting industry. Think JA8 lamps for CA Title 24, dim-to-warm lamps, multicolored MR16s, E12 base, E17 base, G9 base, GU10 base, etc. So it is notable that their latest two products are professional-grade landscape luminaires, the Ranger Pro [...]

  APPRIME Lighting launched its business in early 2024, and has focused on creating more sustainable luminaires designed for circularity at end of life. Their first two products are an LED troffer and an LED troffer retrofit. Installed, they look similar to most troffers, but inside, both products are designed with a tool-less, replaceable light [...]

  Edison Lighting Group’s ED LINE 2+, 3+, and 4+ are a new line of architectural dark optic recessed luminaires for non-insulated gridded ceilings or drywall. 11” modular board with dark optics create a low-glare light source, each with a 7-cell, LEDiL reflector. The luminaires are offered with regular 50o/16UGR or flood 80o/19UGR internal optic. [...]

  MushLume Lighting biofabricates sustainable lamp shades from hemp and fungus mycelium (the root structure of fungi). The mycelium shades give the appearance of concrete. They even have begun adding colors (see second image below). MushLume describes the process this way, “In just a few days, the mycelium grows, cultivating a thick network of hyphae [...]

iLamp is a self-powered, feature-packed, smart streetlight and pole, manufactured by Conflow Power Group. Functions include: Solar self-powered, off-grid or on-grid. Lights stay on when the grid goes down. Wi-Fi hotspot built in, and 4 & 5G towers optional. iLamp can become a communications hub for the community. 360 degree camera produces a live feed [...]