Issue 9 of 2024 brought to you by
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LIGHTING DESIGN 

10 Trends in Landscape Lighting

The following 10 trends in landscape lighting have been compiled from multiple sources. All of these lighting trends can be applied to commercial as well as residential landscapes.
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EVENTS

ArchLIGHT Summit Opens Attendee Registration

The 4th annual ArchLIGHT Summit has opened attendee registration. The conference and trade show event will be held September 17-18, 2024, at the Dallas Market Center.
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EVENTS  //  LIGHTING INDUSTRY

Two EV Charger Trade Shows ...
Where Are Lighting Manufacturers?

CODES + STANDARDS // CONTROLS

What to Know about the Bluetooth NLC Standard

LightNOW previously wrote about the Design Lights Consortium DRAFT Networked Lighting Control v5.1 standard (DLC NLC5.1). This post is about another NLC industry standard, the Bluetooth NLC standard.
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PRODUCTS + TECHNOLOGY

Product Monday: DMF’s Expanded 2-inch X Series Downlights

DMF Lighting, an architectural lighting manufacturer of modular LED downlighting systems, has expanded its 2-inch X Series modular downlighting collection.
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ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT  //  PRODUCTS + TECHNOLOGY

Biomimetic Propellers & Turbines Could Inform Ceiling Fans

Three recent announcements involve biomimicry to improve propeller and wind turbine designs. They all raise the question of whether these types of innovations could make their way to ceiling fan blade designs. Judge for yourself.
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LEGISLATION + REGULATION

Updates on Overtime & Corporate Transparency Regulations

By Guest Author Michael Weems, VP of Public Policy, American Lighting Association

The Department of Labor (DOL) issued the long overdue rule on overtime pay, amending the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide protection to over 4 million American workers.
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CODES + STANDARDS  //  CONTROLS

DLC Releases Draft of NLC v5.1 Technical Requirements

The Design Lights Consortium (DLC) has released their draft of v5.1 Networked Lighting Control technical requirements (NLC5.1). NLC5.1 is a minor revision that contains …
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CODES + STANDARDS

IES Publishes Three New Standards

The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) has published three new lighting standards.
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LIGHTING INDUSTRY

Q1 2024 Acquisitions

Here is a quick summary of 11 acquisitions and one manufacturer closure in the first quarter of 2024
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