Industry News
What Is Long-Day Lighting For Dairy Farms?
Long-Day Lighting (LDL) is an established strategy in the dairy farming industry, but not universally implemented. LDL uses lighting to boost both productivity and animal welfare. This lighting strategy seeks…
Lighting+HVAC Integration Also Occurring In Greenhouses
To improve greenhouse management, Sollum Technologies announced a new strategic partnership with Damatex climate control systems. This collaboration combines the greenhouse lighting control features of Sollum’s proprietary SUN as a Service® cloud platform…
Interesting Street & Area Light Innovations
FIELD ADJUSTABLE LIGHTING DISTRIBUTIONS LEDVANCE has just announced the release of their OPTISELECT area light, with field adjustable light distributions. No lens change is needed. Simply turn a switch…
USTR Releases Four-year Review of Section 301 Tariffs
By Michael Weems, VP of Public Policy, American Lighting Association What You Need to Know: Increased prices, as a result of the Section 301 tariffs on product coming from…
Project Spotlight: Ling Ling Dubai
By Georgia Christley, Office & Marketing Manager, FPOV Project Basics Ling Ling Dubai, a high-end dining and nightlife venue, is located within the luxurious Atlantis The Royal Resort in Dubai,…
Deep & Narrow Targeting of Workflows is AI’s Next Frontier
Some experts are predicting that AI will evolve away from a general prompt bot exemplified by OpenAI’s ChatGBT or Google’s Gemini, and take over highly specialized corporate workflows as the…
Will The Most Expensive Spices Save Vertical Farming?
Vertical farming has been struggling, due to high capital costs and high energy costs. Some vertical farms are now setting their sights on the most valuable crops in the…
UL 924 Emergency TLEDs Available From Multiple Manufacturers
In January of this year, LightNOW wrote about the first UL 924 emergency TLED from NaturaLED. The NaturaLED TLED is 3-CCT selectable. This introduction was greatly welcomed as it…
PoE Lighting Leader Pursues The IoD…..Internet Of Desks
MHT Technologies, a leader in Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) lighting, has released Inspextor Smart Desk, a PoE connected, adjustable-height desk that monitors its surroundings, and communicates through the Inspextor cloud-based software /…
2023 NEC Amendment Allows Some Battery-Only Light Switches
The 2023 National Electric Code (NEC) language initially banned battery-only wall light switches. However, the NFPA published a Temporary Interim Amendment to the 2023 NEC that now allows some…
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