THE APRIL 2022 ISSUE 1/2 OF LIGHTNOW
IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY SPECTRUM LIGHTING

INTERVIEWS + OPINION // LIGHTING DESIGN

NEMA Luminaire Section UGR Task Force Chair
Jeremy Yon Talks Glare Metrics

Craig recently had the opportunity to interview Jeremy Yon, Industry Relations Leader, GE Current, a Daintree company, and Chair of the NEMA Luminaire Section UGR Task Force, on the topic of application of the Unified Glare Rating (UGR) metric. This interview was conducted to inform an article that will be published in the September 2022 issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, the official publication of NECA. Transcript follows. Read More...>>

LEGISLATION + REGULATION  // LIGHTING INDUSTRY

Section 301 Tariffs Could Expire & 
USTR Reinstates Some Exclusions

According to the American Lighting Association, the first $34 billion of Section 301 tariffs on products coming from China have been in place for almost 4 years. READ MORE...>>

LIGHT + HEALTH // RESEARCH

Circadian Lighting Pioneer Says The Science Isn’t Ready Yet

Russell Foster, the scientist who predicted the non-visual receptors in the eye that are involved in the circadian response to light (pRGCs / ipRGCs), says circadian lighting science isn’t ready yet, and there are too many unknowns. READ MORE...>>

PRODUCTS + TECHNOLOGY

Product Monday: Evluma Launches
Low-Glare LED Roadway Lumiaire 
 

Evluma announced the launch of a new LED roadway luminaire, RoadMax. The RoadMax series includes three sizes: small, medium, and large, in a range of wattages designed to replace legacy HID 100W, 250W, and 400W cobraheads. Read more…>>

PRODUCTS + TECHNOLOGY

Product Monday: The Spire Leaf Pendant 9 From Boyd Lighting
 

The Spire Leaf Pendant 9 from Boyd Lighting is a beautiful focal piece and can be used to create large systems in grand spaces. It was designed by Jake Oliveira. Read more…>>>

PRODUCTS + TECHNOLOGY

Acuity Enters The LED Horticultural Lighting Market

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) announced the launch of Verjure, a professional-grade horticultural LED fixture series, for indoor applications. Read more…>>>

CONTROLS // CRAIG’S LIGHTING ARTICLES

Lighting The Sentient Building
 

Craig's contribution to the March issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR describes cutting-edge research RPI is conducting to explore lighting systems that use artificial intelligence to act autonomously in providing optimal light distribution, light level, and color. Read more...>>>

CODES + STANDARDS

NEMA Publishes ANSI Standard For Standby Power Measurement In Lighting

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) published American National Standard for Lighting Systems—Non-Active Mode Power Measurement ANSI C137.63103-2021.  Read more...>>>

RESEARCH

US EIA Releases 2020 RECS Housing Characteristics
With Some Lighting Use Data

The US EIA that releases the data is part of the US DOE. The 2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) provides household characteristics and energy usage indicators for the estimated 123.5 million homes in the United States in 2020. Read more...>>

RESEARCH

Light-Operated Computer Chip Implements
All Five Basic Logic Operations Without Electricity 

The demand for next-generation computers that can quickly calculate and process a lot of information is rapidly increasing. A logic device is a circuit that obtains an output value by applying one or more logic inputs to certain logic operation (AND, OR, etc.). A logic circuit can be made by combining a plurality of electronic transistors.  Read more…>>

AWARDS

Three Award Programs Currently Accepting Submissions

Three major lighting industry award programs are currently accepting nominations and submissions. Read more...>>