ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT // LIGHTING INDUSTRY

It's Time for Recycled Textiles in the Lighting Industry

The textile industry appears to be well ahead of the lighting industry in terms of circularity, recycling old textiles into new textiles. Textiles are most commonly used within commercial and residential …
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CONTROLS // EVENTS

Two Control Shows Scheduled This Fall

There are two lighting control trade shows now scheduled for this Fall. The first will be DLC Controls Summit ’23, held September 26 & 27 in Detroit, MI. This year’s Summit theme …
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DARK SKY // LIGHTING INDUSTRY

Declining Fireflies, Another Sign of Bugpocolypse

CONSTRUCTION + ECONOMY // LIGHTING INDUSTRY

GaN Device Makers Confirm Chinese Gallium Restrictions Won’t Disrupt Supply

In April, 2023, [David] wrote about the evolving and escalating trade war between the U.S. & China. One of the developments was the U.S. and some of its allies banning the sale of advanced AI computer chips …
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INTERVIEWS + OPINION

Signify’s Keith Eagle Talks Commercial Lighting Upgrade Opportunities

By Guest Writer, Craig DiLouie. For an upcoming article for tED Magazine, I recently had the opportunity to interview Keith Eagle, Vice President & General Manager, US Professional Channel, Signify, …
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LIGHTING INDUSTRY // PRODUCTS + TECHNOLOGY

Lighting and Innovation Part 4 - Present-Proofing

By Guest Writer, Clifton Stanley Lemon. We humans are both cursed and blessed with an obsession with the future. It’s constantly amazing to me how much we crave narratives that predict the future and …
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CONSTRUCTION + ECONOMY // LIGHTING INDUSTRY

Amazon in Retail & B2B Ecommerce

Amazon dominates retail e-commerce but not B2B e-commerce. Here is a closer look …
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LIGHTING INDUSTRY

Apartment & Condo Dwellers Embrace Smart Home Devices More Than Single-Family Homeowners

A new white paper by Parks Associates and Cox Communities sheds insights into the greater adoption and desire for smart home devices among apartment and condo residents ...
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EDUCATION + RESOURCES

Inspiring Brilliance - The Besal Fund

The Robert J. Besal Memorial Education Fund, which provides scholarships to students in the illuminating engineering disciplines, is celebrating its 40th anniversary …
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LIGHTING INDUSTRY

Rhode Island & Maine Become 5th & 6th States
to Ban Fluorescent Lamps

The Rhode Island fluorescent ban was signed by the governor on June 22, 2023. After January 1, 2024, it will be illegal to sell most compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) in Rhode Island .…
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