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What To Know About RGBIC Lighting
Products + Technology

What To Know About RGBIC Lighting

Jul 01, 2025

RGBIC lighting represents a more advanced color-changing LED technology, offering enhanced versatility and creative control compared to traditional RGB lighting systems. The term RGBIC stands for Red, Green, Blue, and…

Between Land & Sea: The Seattle Ferry Terminal
Lighting Design

Between Land & Sea: The Seattle Ferry Terminal

Jun 30, 2025

Here is my latest article published in the July issue of LD+A Magazine: The Seattle Ferry Terminal at Colman Dock, a crucial hub in Washington State’s ferry system, serves approximately…

Maryland’s New Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS)
Codes + Standards

Maryland’s New Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS)

Jun 27, 2025

  The Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) are a set of statewide regulations established to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve energy efficiency in large buildings, as mandated…

Could Color E-Paper Be Integrated Into Luminaires?
Products + Technology

Could Color E-Paper Be Integrated Into Luminaires?

Jun 26, 2025

Most people have seen e-paper in devices like Kindle screens. Rapid development is occurring on full color e-paper, to create low energy displays. Some of these color e-paper displays are…

Updates On Three Lighting Trade Shows
Events

Updates On Three Lighting Trade Shows

Jun 25, 2025

ArchLIGHT Summit 2025 Dates: September 16-17, 2025 Location: Dallas Market Center, Dallas, TX Attendee registration is open. Register here. LightNOW is a media sponsor of ArchLIGHT Summit. More information on…

Is M-EDI a Reliable Predictor of Circadian Entrainment?
Light + Health, Research

Is M-EDI a Reliable Predictor of Circadian Entrainment?

Jun 24, 2025

By Bill Chan, President, LiteController Inc. Melanopic Equivalent Daylight Illuminance (M-EDI) is widely used to assess circadian-effective lighting, but is it truly optimized for human biological responses? What is M-EDI?…

Smart Lighting & Shading Maximize Natural Light & Wellbeing
Controls, Daylighting

Smart Lighting & Shading Maximize Natural Light & Wellbeing

Jun 23, 2025

  By Brent Protzman, Ph.D., Director of Product Management for Commercial Shades, Lutron Electronics The commercial real estate market today looks very different than five years ago. As the occupancy…

2024 IECC Lighting Control Requirements
Codes + Standards, Controls

2024 IECC Lighting Control Requirements

Jun 20, 2025

Lighting Controls Association (LCA) Education Director and LightNOW Founder, Craig DiLouie recently published an article, Deep Dive Into the Lighting Control Requirements of the 2024 IECC. The article provides a…

Agentic AI Moves Quickly Into Big Box Retail
Lighting Industry, Products + Technology

Agentic AI Moves Quickly Into Big Box Retail

Jun 19, 2025

“Agentic” AI in quickly gaining adoption in big box retail, including Walmart’s recent launch of its AI-powered shopping assistant, “Sparky.” Agentic AI refers to artificial intelligence systems that can act…

Ombra: A Self-Powered Smart Pergola
Products + Technology

Ombra: A Self-Powered Smart Pergola

Jun 18, 2025

Ombra “room-as-an-appliance,” is a self-powered, and relocatable smart pergola developed by SolarYard (a LetRight Brand), in China. Ombra offers high-tech, off-grid garden structures, to transform the traditional concept of a…

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