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 Issue 12 of 2023 brought to you by
LIGHTING SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT

ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT 

Electrification Impacts on Lighting, Part 3:
Deeper Energy Efficiency Retrofits

[This newsletter will begin and end with David Shiller's latest articles for the Electrification Impacts on Lighting series.] This article is Part 3 of the series, about various factors that will all drive up energy costs for building owners and motivate much larger energy efficiency retrofits moving forward...
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CONSTRUCTION + ECONOMY // ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT

Electrification Impacts on Lighting, Part 4:
Material Shortages

This article is Part 4 of the series. Two of the biggest consequences of electrification will be the mass adoption of electric vehicles as well as the rapid increase in renewable energy generation...
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LEGISLATION + REGULATION

US DOE Proposes New Ceiling Fan Efficiency Standards

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) and an announcement of a public meeting about DOE’s proposed new…
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ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT // PRODUCTS + TECHNOLOGY

Product Monday: Self-Cleaning Solar Street Light

The only product at LightFair that caught my eye from over 30 yards away was a self-cleaning solar street light from a Chinese factory called Sresky. The product family is called Thermos…
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LIGHTING INDUSTRY // PRODUCTS + TECHNOLOGY

ALA Releases Consumer Guidance Document
about Socketed vs. Integrated LED Fixtures

The ALA Engineering Committee recently released a guidance document designed to assist residential consumers in understanding the differences between socketed and integrated LED light fixtures...
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EDUCATION + RESOURCES

What Lighting Manufacturers and Designers
Should Know about LERN

IALD LERN is a new continuing education program that will connect professionals involved in lighting design and specification with high-quality design education. IALD is seeking partners to become early…
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LIGHTING INDUSTRY

SKYX Hires Eric Jacobson
as Senior Product Standardization Advisor

SKYX Platform Corporation, the company producing SkyPlug, an alternative luminaire mounting system, has announced that Eric Jacobson has joined the company as Senior Product Standardization Advisor…
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RESEARCH

World’s Smallest LED Can Turn a Cellphone Camera
into a Microscope

MIT researchers have created a silicon-based LED that is less than one micron across. This is less than one thousandth of a millimeter (mm) across. Despite the tiny size …
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CONSTRUCTION + ECONOMY //  ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT 

Electrification Impacts on Lighting, Part 5:
DC Fixtures

This article is Part 5 of the series. Electrification of building heat, hot water, cooking, as well as the transportation sector will create tremendous stresses on the electrical grid and utilities...
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CONSTRUCTION + ECONOMY // CONTROLS

Electrification Impacts on Lighting, Part 6:
Advanced Lighting Controls

This article is Part 6 of the series. NLC has had very slow adoption rates to date because of competing with LED for ROI, aka diminishing returns... 
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