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  • D4i: Standardizing Luminaire-Level Control
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    D4i: Standardizing Luminaire-Level Control

    November 23, 2022 By Craig DiLouie The DALI Alliance recently extended DALI-2, which standardizes interoperability and control of LED drivers and sensors, with a version that more finely addresses the needs of the Internet of Things, which calls for individual device addressability, connectivity, and two-way data exchange. Called D4i, the standard enables real-time data acquisition for measuring…

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  • LDS NLB logo 400
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    NLB: Safety First, Making Driving Less Lethal

    Randy Reid of the NLB interviews John Bullough of Mt. Sinai’s Light & Health Research Center. John gives the audience a deep dive on the latest lighting technologies – and regulations – to making driving less lethal.

     

     

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  • LDS DALI Alliance Lightfair
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    D4i and Zhaga-D4i Seminars at Lightfair: Presentations Now Available

    The DALI Alliance presented two seminars at the recent Lightfair tradeshow in Las Vegas, NV. Materials from both seminars are now available.

     

     

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    Best Practices for Lighting Control Narratives

    As lighting controls become more sophisticated in application and capabilities, properly documenting the system’s intent and settings becomes critical.

     

     

     

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  • EIN Get a Grip 400
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    0-10V Versus Digital: The Great Debate – Get a Grip on Lighting

    Moderated by Michael Colligan, this episode of Get a Grip on Lighting pits two lighting thinkers in a spirited debate over whether 0-10V or digital lighting control has the edge in projects subject to value engineering.

     

     

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  • LDS LRC logo 400
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    Comparing Tunable LED Systems to Conventional Lighting in Senior Care Centers

    In senior care centers, tunable LED lighting system retrofits can save energy, reduce operating costs, and improve quality of life for occupants when compared to outdated fluorescent systems that are still used in many facilities nationwide.

     

     

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  • EIN IES SL 400
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    Updated IES Roadway Standard Hits the Street

    Intended as a basis for the design and installation of roadway lighting and associated systems, the newly updated ANSI/IES RP-8-21: Lighting Roadway and Parking Facilities is a compilation of numerous previously distinct IES American National Standards. 

     

     

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  • LDS CS NAILD Standard 400
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    NAILD Publishes Open Letter on the Findings of their Distributor Committee for Sustainable Lighting

    To the Manufacturers, Vendors, Accreditation Agencies, Regulators, Distributors and Contractors of the Lighting Industry…

     

     

     

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  • David Gordon New 400
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    Introducing New Lighting Products – Exclusive Research

    New products are the oxygen of manufacturers, and the industry. While most sales come from products that have been introduced more than three years ago, progressive companies focus on a key metric – revenue from products introduced in the past three years.

     

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  • LDS IALD logo 400
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    Designer x Designer: CJ Brockway, IALD + Chayot Kiranantawat, Associate IALD, CLD

    In their eighth episode of Designer by Designer features an interview with Chayot Kiranantawat, Associate IALD, CLD from the IALD Southeast Asia chapter by CJ Brockway, IALD from the IALD Pacific Northwest chapter.

     

     

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  • LDS LIT Awards 400
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    Awards Ceremony of the LIT Lighting Design Awards at the Museum of the Acropolis, Athens

    The international lighting design community celebrated on May 30th, honoring the winners of the LIT Lighting Design Awards at a distinguished awards ceremony.

     

     

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  • LDS DLC Logo
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    DLC QPLs: The Foolproof Way to Validate Listings

    The DLC now provides improved DLC product listing logos with simplified and distinctive designs that make it even easier to identify products that meet the DLC technical requirements. 

     

     

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  • LDS DLC Logo
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    Whitepaper: Non-White Light Sources for Nighttime Environments

    The lighting industry needs an integrated approach to solving the unintended negative consequences of light pollution on the natural environment. In response to this need, the DLC has published a whitepaper that seeks to describe the landscape for a small but promising part of the solution: non-white light (NWL) LED light sources.

     

     

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  • LDS DLC Logo 2022
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    What You Need to Know About the SSL V5.1 Transition

    SSL Technical Requirements V5.1 requires listed products to include advances in lighting quality and control functionality. With the transition to SSL Technical Requirements V5.1 quickly approaching, the DLC wants to highlight some important information and dates to remember.

     

     

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  • LDS IES Logo 2022
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    IES Introduces ANSI/IES RP-45-21 Recommended Practice: Horticultural Lighting

    The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) recently introduced ANSI/IES RP-45-21 Recommended Practice: Horticultural Lighting. This standard describes the differences between architectural and horticultural lighting design.

     

     

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  • Gene Biben
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    Learning from the Lighting Model of Sales to End Users

    Having spent many years in the electrical industry as a 4th generation rep agency, my grandfather told everyone that my first words as an infant were “thank you, but we choose not to get into lighting.”

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