Industry News
Will Biomimicry Impact The Lighting Industry?
A recent article in Buildings Magazine examines the application of Biomimicry to sustainable products and building interiors. The Biomimicry Institute—a non-profit cofounded by Janine Benyus and Bryony Schwan—defines biomimicry as: “a…
Wireless Power Transfer Has Potential For Lighting
A 2020 CABA White Paper, Application of Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) in Smart Homes and Buildings provides an overview of WPT technology, as well as a market evaluation for the technology,…
Product Monday: Pharos Architectural Controls Transform Ely Cathedral
Ely Cathedral is located in the city of Ely, in East Cambridgeshire, England The site can be dated back to AD 763, when it began as an abbey church built…
CLTC Launches New Color Lab
The California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) at UC Davis has established “The Color Lab” in collaboration with the Center for Mind and Brain. The new color lab will explore the…
New Zhaga Books Address In-Field Programming Of Smart Lighting
In February, 2022, Zhaga approved Book 25 “NFC Readers with Bluetooth Interface for In-Field Programming”. This new Zhaga specification defines a Bluetooth Low Energy communication protocol for the communication between…
Could Sustainable Lighting Product Regulations Be Coming to North America?
Industry discussions about sustainable lighting are increasing for a variety of reasons: NAILD’s recent open letter calling for more sustainable LED lighting products. Details here. Vermont’s first-in-the-nation ban on all…
Big Activity With U.S. Computer Chip Manufacturing
Many LED drivers, luminaire controllers, and lighting control systems rely on computer chips. The COVID-19 pandemic created major disruptions to the global computer chip supply, affecting everything from cars to…
Product Monday: Reinventing The Candelabra
In June, Alva Lighting, based in Berkeley, CA, released its Helen wall sconce. A contemporary reinvention of the classic candelabra wall sconse. Designed to be flush to the wall to…
DLC’s LUNA QPL Identifies Environmentally Responsible Lighting
Skyglow, light trespass, glare and color remain issues in outdoor lighting design. For the first time, the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) addressed them in technical requirements released December 2021, resulting in…
Four New ANSI/IES Standards Released
The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) recently introduced four new standards documents addressing current challenges that face the lighting industry – navigating near-field photometry, standardizing iterations of lighting controls intent, the…
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