Industry News
First Town In The World Adopts Red Street Lights
A small town in the Netherlands, Zuidhoek-Nieuwkoop, has become the first town in the world to install red street lights. The primary motivation was to protect local, rare…
Two Most Important Global Shipping Canals Are In Crisis, Stressing Supply Chains…Again
Simultaneous and separate crises are occurring at the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal simultaneously. These are the two most important global shipping canals. The Panama Canal is suffering…
New Theory Of Poultry Lighting Displayed At IPPE Show
Last week, I attended the annual IPPE poultry show in Atlanta, GA. Poultry lighting is one of many interesting niches within the lighting industry. Most of the show…
US FTC Proposes Changes To Ceiling Fan Labels And Decides Against Changing Lamp Labels
On January 16, 2024, The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to amend the content of the Energy Guide Label for ceiling fans.…
PACE Helps Finance Lighting Retrofits & Other Energy Projects
Facility managers are increasingly seeking sustainability solutions for buildings, emphasizing energy efficiency to enhance value. Green financing programs, such as power purchasing agreements (PPA), efficiency service agreements (EaaS and…
New Vertical Farming BioTech Grows Plants In The Dark
Square Roots, a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) startup, recently introduced a groundbreaking program supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The program aims to demonstrate the feasibility of…
PoE Lighting Market Is Down But Not Out
By Scott Sherwood and David Shiller Power over Ethernet (PoE) lighting emerged from the IT industry, which built upon technology from the 48VDC telecom industry. More on PoE lighting origins…
Researchers Demonstrate RGB OLED LiFi
South Korean researchers have demonstrated a new approach to LiFi using a red, green, and blue (RGB) OLED array. The Pohang University of Science and Technology team utilized an organic…
Nichia Launches CSP Emitters & Modules With Increased Side Emissions
Nichia has announced the release of a new line of products designed to enable different light distribution than conventional LEDs. The product line is based on new LED emitters…
Is The Multifamily Real Estate Market In Trouble?
It’s widely known that the office real estate market has been severely hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic, and in fact, continues to get worse even after the pandemic is over.…
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