Starting early in the year, WAC Lighting ordered 500,000 Level-3 Surgical Masks with the intent of donating them to COVID-19 healthcare relief efforts abroad. As conditions dramatically worsened in the U.S., WAC is now shipping these 500,000 surgical masks to U.S. hospitals, primarily in the New York metropolitan area, where healthcare workers are being overrun by caseloads and are in desperate need of supplies.
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LRC Evaluates Hybrid UV Lighting System to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is investigating light-based disinfection using short-wavelength light, ranging from ultraviolet (UV) to blue light (200 nm to 410 nm).
LEDucation 2020 Cancels March Event and Reschedules to August 18–19, 2020
Today, the Designers Lighting Forum of New York and the LEDucation committee announced the LEDucation 2020 Trade Show and Conference will be cancelled based on the growing concerns of COVID-19 in the lighting industry and the New York community.
Light + Building Show Postponed to September 2020
Messe Frankfurt has decided to postpone the Frankfurt-based Light + Building trade show to an undetermined date between the middle and end of September 2020, due to public health concerns related to the unexpected appearance of the coronavirus Covid-19 in Italy over the weekend.
Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy Announces Summer Lighting Courses
The Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy (RMLA) recently announced its 2020 lighting courses. The RMLA Technical Course and the RMLA Design Course are offered concurrently from June 4 – 7.
Light + Health, Lighting Design
UL’s Adam Lilien Talks The New UL Design Guideline for Circadian Lighting
In December 2019, UL published Design Guide 24480, which provides guidance on how to design lighting systems that support circadian entrainment. To learn more, I talked to Adam Lilien, Global Business Development Manager, Lighting, UL, LLC. The resulting interview informed an article I wrote for the May issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR.
LRC: Tailored Light Improves Sleep Quality, Depression, Agitation in Older Adults With Alzheimer’s Disease
In a research project funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), Dr. Mariana Figueiro, Professor and Director at the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is investigating whether a tailored lighting intervention can lessen the impact of these symptoms in older adults living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) and has published her latest findings in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
UL Publishes Design Guide for Circadian Lighting
UL has published Design Guide 24480, Design Guideline for Promoting Circadian Entrainment with Light for Day-Active People. The goal of the 60-page guide is to encourage lighting practitioners to provide daytime light levels in buildings that promote a more natural pattern of bright days and dim nights, which is conducive to circadian health.
Experts Discuss Circadian Lighting at NLB Forum
While some lighting designers are taking a wait and see attitude about circadian lighting, others are taking a proactive stance. The industry may not agree on the same numbers, but there is consensus that more light in the day is positive for circadian stimulus. A panel of three experts at the National Lighting Bureau’s Annual Lighting Forum discussed these issues, focusing on the question whether the industry should wait for more research or begin implementing what we know today.
December 19 Webinar to Address the Blue Light Hazard
The International Commission on Illumination (CIE) will host a free webinar about the blue light hazard, sponsored by the Optical Society of America, at noon ET on December 19, 2019.
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