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Two New IES Standards For BIM And Lighting Maintenance

  The IES has published two new standards: ANSI/IES TM-32-24 Lighting Practice: Lighting Parameters for Building Information Modeling This is the IES-recommended standardization of parameters attached to objects, object libraries, or…

Product Monday: Apprime Lighting Designs For Circularity

  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…

Hong Kong Trade Development Council Plans Two Major Events for Autumn 2024

    In 2023, 62,000 people from 145 countries and regions attended three lighting industry events organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC):  Hong Kong International Lighting Fair…

Edison Lighting Group Reinvents Gridded Ceiling Lighting

  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…

Electric Ford F-150 Trucks Help Power Homes In Baltimore

Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) is the first utility in the country using EV batteries to help power homes. The utility is paying Ford F-150 Lightning owners to run their…

Fungus Mycelium Lamp Shades Look Like Concrete

  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…

Utilizing NLC For Demand Response

Networked lighting controls (NLC) enable many useful functions, including dimming, high-end trim, occupancy/vacancy sensing, scheduling, and daylight harvesting. A recent article by Levin Nock of the Design Lights Consortium (DLC)…

Experiences & Educational Sessions Announced for ArchLIGHT Summit

  ArchLIGHT Summit, the two day lighting industry event held each fall at Dallas Market Center, has developed a reputation for curating quality educational sessions and offering unique, experiential displays…

Olympic Cauldron’s “Fire” Created With LEDs & Water Vapor

  If you watched the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, earlier this month, you likely saw the spectacular Olympic cauldron carried aloft by a large hot air balloon. This cauldron…

What Is The Science Of Optogenetics & What Can It Do?

  Optogenetics is a scientific field and set of tools that shines light on genetically modified cells to activate channels within the cells to make them more or less active.…

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