Industry News
2023 Commercial Lighting Rebate Trends
Image: BrightSwitch.com 2023 is generally looking to be a good year for commercial lighting rebates, according to BrightSwitch. Here are the top trends that they see for 2023: Over 3/4…
Color-Changing LED & Projectors Embraced By Churches
Image: aclighting.com A.C. Lighting, Inc., an entertainment lighting value-added distributor, recently published an article about immersive color in houses of worship. Historically, houses of worship have used stained glass to…
Circadian Light Therapy Helps Bipolar Patients In Scandinavia
Scandinavian countries have greater acceptance of circadian light therapy for psychological disorders. A hospital in Norway, Valen Hospital, has incorporated circadian light therapy into the emergency treatment of bipolar patients…
Sustainability Labels To Watch: Declare, EcoVadis, & Green Globes
There is a growing list of sustainability labels and certifications to be aware of. Some are for products, some for buildings, and some for business operations. Here are three…
Product Monday: pureLiFi Launches Light Antenae ONE
pureLiFi, a leading LiFi component manufacturer, launched their latest Light Antenna Module at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The cutting-edge wireless communications antenna is the first of its kind,…
Universal’s Chris Holstein Talks Distributor Opportunity Replacing LED Drivers
I recently had the opportunity to interview Chris Holstein, VP Product Management, Pricing, Marketing for Universal Douglas for an article I’m developing for the May 2023 issue of tED Magazine,…
Horticultural Lighting To Fight Pests
Image: Pexels.com An area of growing research and practice is using lighting to help control agricultural pests. This can include horticultural lighting in indoor growing facilities (aka controlled environment…
Aging Retinas Receive 86% Less Blue Light Compared To Children
New research from the University of Zaragoza in Spain quantifies how the aging eye restricts the amount of circadian light reaching the retina based on photopic illuminance reaching the corneal…
Innovators in Residential Healthcare: Circadian Principles & Practice
Dr. Shelly James, Founder of Age of Light Innovations Group, is hosting a webinar, Innovators in Residential Healthcare: Circadian Lighting Principles & Practice, to share best practices in circadian lighting…
Product Monday: Generative-Designed Heat Sinks Using Topology Optimization
A Belgian thermal management company named Diabatix nv is offering custom-designed heat sinks that use artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) generative design to create computer-generated shapes that can be optimized to…
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