Industry News
Architectural Billings Show No Signs of Improvement in August
Business conditions remained stalled at architecture firms during August as demand for design services continued to decline, according to the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The pace of decline during…
Cree’s Jeff Hungarter on Tunable White
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Jeff Hungarter, Commercial Indoor Director, Cree Lighting, on the topic of tunable-white lighting, focusing on its potential intersection with circadian health. The interview…
The Health Case Against Daylight Saving
Daylight saving in 2020 ends November 1 and will resume March 14, 2021. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recently issued a position statement calling for an end to daylight…
Product Monday: Direct/Indirect by Birchwood
The BW165 direct/indirect luminaire by Birchwood Lighting, a Leviton company, offers clean straight lines, mitered corners, an integral driver with 1% dimming, and 90 CRI, all standard. A continuous run…
DOE Studies Accuracy of Energy Reporting
The U.S. Department of Energy has released the results of a study exploring the energy-reporting accuracy of market-available connected devices. Advanced building systems such as connected lighting increasingly have greater…
PNNL Reviews Test Methods for Occupancy Sensors
Occupancy and vacancy sensors have been widely adopted in buildings to save energy. However, the lack of a fully described, technology-agnostic occupancy-sensor test method that yields reproducible results across different…
Mark Lien on Lighting Transformations
The Illuminating Engineering Society’s Mark Lien is emerging as one of the lighting industry’s leading futurists, and his insights are always worthwhile to explore. In this column in LD+A Magazine,…
DLC Releases Final V2.0 Horticultural Lighting Technical Requirements
The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) has released the final version of its Technical Requirements for LED-based Horticultural Lighting: Version 2.0, an update that will continue the industry transition from traditional lighting…
Product Monday: UV-C Disinfection Fixtures by GE Current
Building on its UV-A 365DisInFx product line providing microbial disinfection, GE Current’s new UV-C-based LPU puck fixture utilizes patent-pending technology to target the inactivation of airborne viruses with fixtures that…
Radulescu LLP to Host Lighting Industry Webinar on Patent Issues
Attorneys from Radulescu LLP will host a webinar on October 1, 2020 to discuss developments in IP litigation over the past year. The webinar will cover: Recent trends in U.S.…
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