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IES and IWBI Announce Memorandum of Understanding
The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and the International Well Building Institute (IWBI) recently announced a memorandum of understanding enabling future collaboration to improve the quality of indoor environments through improved…
Exponation Files for Bankruptcy
On September 21, Exponation, LLC announced it has filed for bankruptcy, indefinitely canceling LightShow West, LED Specifier Summit, and West Coast Lighting Insider. According to a Tweet from Exponation, the…
Archived IALD Webinar: Lighting Design and GUV Technology
In this webinar produced by the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), LESA Center Director Robert Karlicek joins Darcie Chinnis and David Pfund as they explore germicidal UV technologies and…
Product Monday: Nora LED Downlights with Lutron EcoSystem Drivers
Lutron Hi-lume EcoSystem Drivers are now available for Nora Lighting’s small aperture 2” and 4” Iolite LED Downlights. The specified drivers include Soft-on and Fade-to-Black features that allow smooth, flicker-free…
Signify Announces Carbon Neutrality
Signify has announced that it has achieved carbon neutrality for all its operations across the world as well as using 100% renewable electricity. While the company progresses towards its remaining…
Sign of the Times: Our Yoga Place Chooses Visible Light Disinfection
Hubbell Lighting recently published an interesting case study for its SpectraClean solution, general lighting that emits a portion of its spectrum in the narrow-band 405 nm for microbial disinfection. The…
Lighting Research Center Releases Results of Online UV Disinfection Survey
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is currently examining a range of UV disinfection technologies. The goal of this work is to provide information that will help…
Acuity’s Gary Trott on Filtered Far UV-C Disinfection
I had the pleasure of interviewing Gary Trott, Vice President – Technology Commercialization, Acuity Brands Lighting, about filtered far UV-C disinfection for an article I wrote for the December issue…
Product Monday: Visible Light Disinfection Luminaires by Hubbell
Hubbell Lighting’s SpectraClean luminaires combine white and narrowband 405nm visible light to meet ambient and task lighting requirements while providing a continuous, unobtrusive disinfection option for commercial applications. Antimicrobial disinfection…
In Vitro Study Shows Filtered Far UV-C Effectively Inactivates COVID Virus
Dr. Hiroki Ohge, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University Hospital, and a group of researchers led by Dr. Takemasa Sakaguchi, Professor, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health…
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