Industry News
GE Lighting Lauches Decorative Smart Lamps
Cync, powered by Savant Systems, Inc. (previously called C by GE), recently announced 11 new smart lamps at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Cync has committed to the new…
Cities Getting Serious About Light Pollution
New York City enacted two new laws aimed at curbing light pollution for City-owned properties. The proposed legislation allows for exemptions for landmark buildings – enabling the Empire State Building’s color-changing…
Endeavor Business Media Announces Launch of LightSPEC Regional Lighting Events in 2022
Endeavor Business Media announces the launch of LightSPEC West and LightSPEC Midwest, two highly-targeted regional events providing lighting education and solutions for buyers and specifiers of commercial, architectural, industrial, and high-end…
Product Monday: Focal Point Launches Acoustic Ceiling & Luminaire System
Acoustic luminaires have become a common offering for architectural lighting manufacturers, however, Focal Point, a brand of Legrand, has launched a complete acoustic ceiling system with integrated lighting. The Mora™…
National Building Stock Study Reveals Ongoing Lighting Upgrade Opportunity
Below is my contribution to the December 2021 issue of tED Magazine, offering another take on the new Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey recently published by the Department of Energy.…
DLC Releases LUNA Technical Requirements Version 1.0 To Reduce Light Pollution
The Design Lights Consortium (DLC) released LUNA Versions 1.0 Technical Requirements for outdoor LED luminaires. The requirements limit sky glow, light trespass and mitigate light pollution. LUNA products will appear…
NEMA Publishes The First LED Driver Robustness Test Methods Standard
NEMA announced it has published American National Standard for Lighting Equipment—LED Drivers Robustness (ANSI C82.15-2021). This is the first standard defining test procedures for LED driver robustness, and applies to hardware…
New Research Proposes A Framework For Window View Quality Within Buildings
A team of researchers have recently published new research on window views from within buildings and have proposed a new framework for designing “view quality” for window views. The team…
New Year – New Content
Happy New Year! It is that time of year again. Time for making resolutions, setting intentions and business planning. As the new team at LightNOW, we are excited about our plans…
New Publisher Message from Suelynn and David Shiller
Hello fellow LightNOW readers! We are so excited to be the new editor & publisher of this very well respected and highly valued industry resource. We are committed to continuing…
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