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What 2025 Lighting Imports & Exports Tell Us About Tariffs

  On April 1st, I published an article about the furniture industry’s declining imports and exports in 2025 relative to 2024. This likely indicated an overall decline in the furniture…

Zumtobel Launches First Manufacturer Remanufacturing Service

  Zumtobel, in Europe, has launched the first remanufacturing service by a luminaire manufacturer. The new standardized remanufacturing service extends the life of lighting systems to at least two product…

DLC Summit 2026 In Los Angeles In October

  Design Lights Consortium (DLC) has announced the DLC Summit 2026. It will be held October 26-27, 2026, in Los Angeles, CA. The conference is co-hosted by the Los Angeles…

The Beauty And Disruption Of Rayleigh Scattering

  A recent dark sky project has had me thinking and researching light pollution, sky glow, and by extension an optical phenomenon that we can experience on most clear days…

Japanese Home Builders Acquiring U.S. Home Builders

  Japanese home builders are rapidly expanding their footprint in the United States, reshaping the landscape of the American housing market through a wave of acquisitions. Since 2020, Japanese firms…

Canada Adopts 45 LPW GSL Regulations

  Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has adopted new General Service Lamp (GSL) regulations that will largely harmonize with the current US GSL requirement of 45 lumens per watt minimum. Timing…

Q1 2026 Acquisitions

  Lighting Manufacturer M&A Transactions in the United States, Canada, and Europe Announcement Seller Country Description Buyer Details January Good Earth Lighting USA Environmental outdoor lighting Feit Electric Press Release…

DLC Releases Networked Lighting Controls Spec V5.2 Draft 1

  Design Lights Consortium (DLC) has released the Networked Lighting Controls (NLC) Requirements V5.2 Draft 1. DLC laid out four goals for Version 5.2: Highlighting emerging capabilities in networked lighting…

Visible Light Disinfection Now Inside Garbage Disposals!

  InSinkErator, one of the leading manufacturers of garbage disposals, has released its LEDefense line, with antimicrobial light technology added to garbage disposals to fight the odor-causing bacteria that builds…

Talq Consortium Releases V2.7.0 Smart City Protocol

  The TALQ Consortium’s latest release, version 2.7.0 of the Smart City Protocol, isn’t about any flashy new features, but rather making smart outdoor lighting systems easier to integrate, certify,…

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