Industry News
Light Painting with Drones
Reuben Wu recently photographed LED drones over Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni salt flats to produce a fascinating series of “aeroglyphs.” The glyphs are produced by piloting drones mounted with LEDs…
IALD Webinar Addresses Racism in Lighting Industry
In this International Association of Independent Lighting Designers (IALD) webinar, Edward Bartholomew, IALD, principal of Bartholomew Lighting, Nelson Jenkins, founder of Lumen Architecture, and Lisa Reed, Associate IALD, founding principal…
Greenbuild Virtual Open for Registration
Scheduled for November 10-12, 2020, Greenbuild Virtual is now open for registration. Designed in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council, the online conference will feature 300 speakers in interactive…
Acuity Brands Awarded Patent for Hyperbolic Reflector
Acuity Brands, Inc. recently announced its Hyperbolic Ceiling-Reflector for directional light sources has been awarded a U.S. patent. The reflector’s innovative hyperbolic shape minimizes glare and aperture brightness generated by…
Product Monday: NatureConnect by Signify
Built on biophilic design principles, Signify’s NatureConnect uses elements of nature in interior spaces to create “healthy, engaging, and inspiring environments.” The first implementation of NatureConnect is currently taking place…
Researchers Convert Light to Sound to Detect Concealed Nanostructures
Researchers at the Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL) have produced a method of using light to induce high-frequency sound waves, which in turn are used to reveal the internal…
IES Launches Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect Initiative
The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) has launched a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Respect (DEIR) Initiative. At the June 8, 2020 Board meeting, the IES Board of Directors unanimously approved the…
Ted Konnerth Joins Merrimack Group as Managing Director
Ted Konnerth, PhD recently joined Merrimack Group as Managing Director to assist electrical industry companies with mergers, acquisitions, and investment capital. Konnerth has more than 35 years of industry experience,…
New NEMA Standard Provides LED Specifications for HID Retrofits
American National Standard for Electric Lamps—LED Lamp Specification Sheets for HID Replacement and Retrofit Applications offers LED Lamp specification sheets for HID replacement and retrofit applications as the means of…
Light for Life Presentations Now Open to Registration, Will be Held July 27-28
Registration is now open for the Illuminating Engineering Society’s collaborative free webinar series, “Light for Life.” From IES: “Light for Life” is a global conversation about the impact of light…
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