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Electrification Impacts On Lighting, Part 4: Material Shortages
At LightFair, I was part of a panel presenting the impacts of electrification on the lighting industry. This article is Part 4 of the series. Two of the biggest consequences…
ALA Releases Consumer Guidance Document About Socketed Vs. Integrated LED Fixtures
The ALA Engineering Committee recently released a guidance document designed to assist residential consumers in understanding the differences between socketed and integrated LED light fixtures. The document, created by members of the ALA…
World’s Smallest LED Can Turn A Cellphone Camera Into A Microscope
MIT researchers have created a silicon-based LED that is less than one micron across. This is less than one thousandth of a millimeter (mm) across. Despite the tiny size,…
Electrification Impacts On Lighting, Part 3: Deeper Energy Efficiency Retrofits
At LightFair, I was part of a panel presenting the impacts of electrification on the lighting industry. This article is Part 3, about various factors that will all drive…
Product Monday: Self-Cleaning Solar Street Light
The only product at LightFair that caught my eye from over 30 yards away was a self-cleaning solar street light from a Chinese factory called Sresky. The product family…
PNNL’s Gabe Arnold Talks Upper-Air GUV
For an upcoming article for ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, I recently had the opportunity to interview Gabe Arnold, PE, Senior Systems Engineer for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). The topic: a new…
Electrification Impacts On Lighting, Part 2: EVCs & New Products
At LightFair, last week, I was part of a panel presenting the impacts of electrification on the lighting industry. This article is Part 2 about EV chargers and other…
Electrification Impacts On Lighting, Part 1: Building & Energy Codes
At LightFair, last week, I was part of a panel presenting the impacts of electrification on the lighting industry. I had the pleasure of co-presenting with Chris Brown and…
WAC-STRUT Adds A Framing Projector
An interesting find at LightFair, last week, was the new Stealth Framing Projector added to the WAC-STRUT power, light, and control uninterrupted busway system. LightNOW first wrote about the WAC-STRUT…
What To Know About Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries
Battery technology is evolving from Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium to a variety of Lithium-Ion battery chemistries. One of the most promising lithium-ion-derived chemistries is the Lithium Iron…
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