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 Issue 11 of 2023 brought to you by
LIGHTING SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT

CONSTRUCTION + ECONOMY // LEGISLATION & REGULATION

Electrification Impacts On Lighting, Part 1:
Building & Energy Codes

At LightFair, last week, [David Shiller] was part of a panel presenting the impacts of electrification on the lighting industry. [He] had the pleasure of co-presenting with Chris Brown and…
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ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT // PRODUCTS + TECHNOLOGY

Electrification Impacts On Lighting, Part 2:
EVCs & New Products

This article is Part 2 about EV chargers and other electrification products being sold by the lighting industry. One of the widely seen impacts of electrification on the lighting industry has been the selling ...
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ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT

Streetlight Housings Made With
Recycled & Recyclable Polymer

An Italian manufacturer named Lorelux has developed durable street and area lights with housings that are both recycled and recyclable. The housings are made of a polyethylene-based polymer that…
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CODES + STANDARDS

NEMA Publishes Controlled Emergency Lighting
Technical Clarification Bulletin

In December 2022, NEMA published NEMA LS 20009-2022 Controlled Emergency Lighting, a Technical Clarification Bulletin, which is a revised version of the bulletin previously titled NEMA LSD 81-2019, in order…
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ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT // LEGISLATION + REGULATION

Hawaii And Colorado Are About To Ban Fluorescent Lamps

Two more states are joining Vermont and California in banning fluorescent lamps. Hawaii’s legislature passed HB 192 / SB 690, and sent it to the governor’s desk for signing, which…
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PRODUCTS + TECHNOLOGY 

WAC-STRUT Adds A Framing Projector

An interesting find at LightFair last week was the new Stealth Framing Projector added to the WAC-STRUT power, light, and control uninterrupted busway system. LightNOW first wrote about the WAC-STRUT…
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PRODUCTS + TECHNOLOGY

Product Monday: MetroSpec Technology’s FlexRad BoardOnCoil (BOC) Minnie Wins BrightStar Award

MetroSpec Technology has won a BrightStar Award from LEDs Magazine for its spot light module, FlexRad BoardOnCoil Minnie. Its innovative thermal management consists of direct bonding of a copper…
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AGRICULTURE + LIGHTING INDUSTRY

VC Funding Plummets For Indoor Farming

Venture capital funding of indoor farming companies dropped 91% in Q1 of 2023 compared with Q1 of 2022 (deal value). The deal count in the same time period dropped 70%,…
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DARK SKY // LEGISLATION + REGULATION 

Bill Aims To Reduce 230,000 Bird Deaths Annually
From NYC Building Collisions

A new “Lights-Out” bill has been proposed in NYC’s City Council to reduce migratory bird deaths. The bill would require many privately-owned commercial buildings to reduce light at night.…
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CODES + STANDARDS

Zhaga Book 7 Published As IEC Standard

Zhaga Book 7 defines linear and square LED modules for indoor lighting applications and has been published as IEC standard 63356-2. This is the first Zhaga industry specification to be transferred to…
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INTERVIEWS + OPINION

PNNL's Gabe Arnold Talks Upper-Air GUV

For an upcoming article for ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, [Craig DiLouie recently had the opportunity to interview Gabe Arnold, PE, Senior Systems Engineer for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). The topic: a new…
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