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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT // LIGHTING DESIGN |
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The Urgent Need For Resilient Lighting |
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| A scan of recent news headlines reveals the need for lighting that can operate in dire environmental conditions. Last month’s wildfires in New Mexico and Arizona and last week’s “tornado outbreak sequence” that devastated parts of Texas and Oklahoma are just recent examples of why resilient lighting has become an important topic. Read more... |
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CONTROLS // INTERVIEWS & OPINIONS |
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John Arthur Wilson Interview:
Better Bricks Wireless Lighting Controls Guide |
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| Recently David interviewed John Arthur Wilson, a lighting control and utility rebate consultant, about his 2021 market research into wireless lighting controls. That research resulted in a learning guide that can be used to support basic education around wireless trends in lighting. Read the interview at LightNOW. |
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CONSTRUCTION & ECONOMY // LIGHTING INDUSTRY |
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‘Big Plumbing’ Muscling Into Lighting |
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| For the past two decades, thought leaders in the lighting industry have been publicly lamenting that the lighting industry will be gobbled up by the electronics industry, Silicon Valley tech giants, and the big telecoms. 20 years into the LED era for general lighting, and this still has not come to pass. Read more... |
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Innovative Outdoor Lighting Design Nominated For Award |
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| A bat ‘superhighway’ with specially tuned lighting has been nominated for a Build Back Better Award., a London-based awards program. The streetlights along a stretch of road in Frederiksborgvej, Denmark, have been designed to have a minimal impact on the local bat population while providing the required lux and uniformity levels for Danish road and cycle path standards. Learn more... |
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CONTROLS // PRODUCTS & TECHNOLOGY |
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Product Monday: Toggled iQ
Networked Lighting Controls With Sophisticated Simplicity |
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| At LightFair, David enjoyed a product demonstration from Dan Hollenkamp, COO of Toggled. The company is probably best known for its LED tubes (TLEDs) at Home Depot and other retailers. It was very interesting to learn about their advanced, yet simple, wireless networked lighting control system, Toggled iQ. Check it out at LightNOW. |
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CONSTRUCTION & ECONOMY // LIGHTING INDUSTRY |
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Product Monday: Award-Winning PC Amber &
Narrow Band Amber Street Lights |
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| We've written before about the mounting scientific evidence of a dramatic global collapse in insect and bird populations due to white LED streetlights. We predict, over time, a return to amber streetlighting, but this time instead of HPS & LPS, it will be amber LED sources. This trend has already begun with several different manufacturers now offering amber streetlights. Read more... |
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LIGHT & HEALTH // PRODUCTS & TECHNOLOGY |
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Signify’s NatureConnect Generated Excitement At LFI |
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| One of the products that we heard a lot of people talking about at LightFair, was Ledalite by Signify’s NatureConnect. The NatureConnect natural lighting system mimics the natural patterns of daylight indoors to create a unique daylight experience. The intensity and shadows change throughout the day. It creates interesting lighting scenes designed to reconnect people with daylight cycles, and bring the outdoors in. Get details at LightNOW. |
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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT // LEGISLATION & REGULATION |
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Vermont First State To Ban 4’ Fluorescent Tubes
But Probably Not The Last |
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| On May 19, 2022, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed H.500 into law, making Vermont the first state in the US to ban all four-foot linear fluorescent lamps. The bill will go into effect on January 1, 2024, complemented by an existing law to phase out all screw-based compact linear fluorescents beginning February 17, 2023. Read more... |
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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT // LIGHTING INDUSTRY |
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NAILD & Its Sustainable Lighting Committee Issue
Open Letter About Integrated LED Luminaires |
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| The National Association of Innovative Lighting Distributors (NAILD) and its sustainable lighting committee recently published an open letter, detailing a list of concerns with integrated LED luminaires and a set of recommendations for the industry. Read more... |
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CRAIG'S LIGHTING ARTICLES // LEGISLATION & REGULATION |
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| In April 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued two final rules regulating general-service incandescent lamps, the subject of Craig's most recent contribution to ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. Read more... |
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DARK SKY // ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT |
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Lights Out Programs Continue To Spread
Across North America |
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| The FLAP program in Toronto was the first to raise awareness of the problem lights pose for birds in an urban center, starting in 1993. In 1999, Audubon and partners established the first Lights Out program in Chicago. Since then, groups in many other cities have organized programs to make a difference for birds. Read more.. |
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