5 Reasons to Rethink Workspaces and Lighting

Work is now “what we do,” not “a place where we go.” This is how authors of a Deloitte report, “Advanced Workspace Strategies: Enabling Today’s Mobile Workforce” described modern work environments and they couldn’t have said it better…

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Study Shows Value of Sensor-controlled, Bi-Level Lighting

Considerable energy savings can be achieved with sensor-controlled, bi-level corridor lighting, according to results of a field demonstration led by the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute…

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The New Age of Contractor Sales

The stigma behind dealing with contractors has forever been “they are a tough group to build a relationship with” and figuring out the best approach to growing business with them…

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Research Reveals Connected Tech Is A Bright Way to Recruit and Retain Talent for SMEs

Over half of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) struggle to recruit talent and two in five have issues retaining employees, according to new research from Signify…

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The “Non-Energy Benefits” of Connected Lighting

Lighting controls save energy, don’t they? Yes, they do…

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The Intelligent Building — A Reality or Just an IoT Dream?

The last couple of years have seen a plethora of lighting innovations in a quest to “control” the ceiling and eventually a building, a network of buildings and then cities…

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Energy Savings Potential of DLC Commercial Lighting and Networked Lighting Controls

Energy saving opportunities for residential utility lighting programs will soon be largely exhausted due to growing market saturation, according to a report written by Dan Mellinger, Senior Consultant with Vermont-based Energy Futures Group, for DesignLights Consortium…

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Networking Basics for Lighting Professionals

As lighting becomes more connected, facility managers, agents, architects and designers need to learn networking basics and terminology…

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Distributed Low Voltage Infrastructures and Their Impact on Controls

While the majority of installations today are distributed high voltage (between 110V and 347V), the emergence of solid-state lighting technology has brought into question whether this is the most practical and efficient way to feed future lighting systems…

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Slashed OLED Production Costs Herald New Era For Lighting

A new generation of lighting products could soon be illuminating our homes and businesses after a high-profile group of researchers demonstrated that the cost of producing flexible OLED panels can be reduced by over 90%…

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Talking to IT Departments About Connected Lighting

Networked lighting control systems (NLCs) are really computer networks — they just happen to control luminaires, occupancy sensors, photosensors and light switches…

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Q3 Lighting Market Continues Growth

The Channel Marketing Group / William Blair Q3 2018 Pulse of Lighting Report shows that the lighting market continued its strong growth during the summer…

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The Lumen Maintenance Gap

Test results of lumen maintenance in conventional and LED light sources differ considerably. This is known as the lumen maintenance gap…

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Part 2: The Path Behind Was Lit with a Different Light, and the Path Ahead May Be Too

We left off Part 1 of this article in the 1950s with the complete adoption of the incandescent bulb…

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Robert Karlicek Talks Internet of Things

I recently had the opportunity to interview Robert Karlicek, Jr., Ph.D., professor and director, Center for Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The topic? The future for lighting and the Internet of Things…

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IEEE Task Force Works on Standard for Light Communications

Soon enough, experts say, we’ll be getting secure, high-speed Internet access from our LED bulbs: in desk lamps, ceiling fixtures, streetlights, and vehicle taillights…

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5 Reasons to Rethink Workspaces and Lighting

Study Shows Value of Sensor-controlled, Bi-Level Lighting

The New Age of Contractor Sales

Research Reveals Connected Tech Is A Bright Way to Recruit and Retain Talent for SMEs

The “Non-Energy Benefits” of Connected Lighting

The Intelligent Building — A Reality or Just an IoT Dream?

Energy Savings Potential of DLC Commercial Lighting and Networked Lighting Controls

Networking Basics for Lighting Professionals

Distributed Low Voltage Infrastructures and Their Impact on Controls

Slashed OLED Production Costs Herald New Era For Lighting

Talking to IT Departments About Connected Lighting

Q3 Lighting Market Continues Growth

The Lumen Maintenance Gap

Part 2: The Path Behind Was Lit with a Different Light, and the Path Ahead May Be Too

Robert Karlicek Talks Internet of Things

IEEE Task Force Works on Standard for Light Communications

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