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The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Board of Directors recently announced that the 2020 IES Annual Conference, originally scheduled for August 6-8 in New Orleans, has been canceled and will be moved to a virtual setting.

The Lighting Controls Association (LCA) now offers EE202: Automatic Plug Load Control as a new course in its popular Education Express program. This was a very interesting course for me to write for them.

Kenall Manufacturing recently announced it has licensed visible light disinfection patents to Pinnacle Architectural Lighting of Denver, Colorado. Both lighting companies are part of Legrand North and Central America.

My contribution to the April issue of tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED, included a roundtable by experts on the future of lighting.

The growing understanding of the relationship between light and health has fueled a new lighting trend in circadian-supportive lighting. Some lighting professionals are embracing it while others are taking a wait-and-see approach. While there may be debate about implementation, there is widespread agreement that sufficient light falling on the eye for an adequate amount of time during the day is supportive of circadian health. The question now is should practitioners wait for more research, or should they begin implementing circadian-supportive lighting strategies based on what is known today?

ALVA Lighting’s Eva, Priscilla, Lidea, and Slim shades are completely sealed and constructed from a proprietary vandal-resistant resin that can be wiped or sprayed down daily with disinfectants or diluted bleach. All shades are ADA compliant, making them suitable for both hallways and interior rooms.

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) recently released the results of a U.S. Department of Energy-funded study, Measuring Light Exposure and its Effects on Sleep and Behavior in Care Center Residents.

The Lighting Research Center (LRC) has released a new video on how to maintain good sleep while working from home or quarantining indoors.

Today, Mark Lien at the IES held an excellent webinar about transformation in the lighting industry and of course covered the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. He asked me and several others to contribute our thoughts on long-term impacts of the pandemic on our industry. Here are my thoughts.