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Acuity Brands Announces 2023 First Fiscal Quarter Sales

Acuity Brands recently announced net sales of $997.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2023 ended November 30, 2022, an increase of 7.8 percent or $71.8 million, compared to the prior year. “We delivered solid results in the first quarter of fiscal 2023 as we continued to demonstrate our ability to drive sales growth through product vitality and service in both our lighting and spaces businesses.” stated Neil Ashe, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Acuity Brands, Inc.

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2023 Marks the 50^th Anniversary of the IA Awards

The IES Illumination Awards program recognizes individuals for professionalism, ingenuity, and originality in lighting design based on the individual merit of each entry. Judges are selected from a broad professional spectrum, representing knowledge of lighting and design excellence. The judging system is entirely based on how well the lighting design meets the program criteria.

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Zhaga Smart City Sensor Awards

The Zhaga Consortium is launching the global Zhaga Smart City Sensor Awards to address the needs of many cities that have installed Zhaga-D4i certified streetlights. The awards encourage and recognize excellence in smart city sensors that can be installed on streetlights using the Zhaga Book 18 standard and are suitable for Zhaga-D4i certification.

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Two New Education Partners Join the Light and Health Research Center for 2023

The Light and Health Research Center (LHRC) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is pleased to announce that BrainLit, a world leader in lighting designed to enhance human health and well-being, and Vantage Lighting, a leading manufacturer of specification-grade LED lighting products including vHealth healthcare lighting, have joined the LHRC’s Lighting Education Partnership for 2023.

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Illuminating Engineering Society Assumes Management of NCQLP

January 18, 2023 The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) recently announced it has formalized an agreement with the National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP) to assume management of their Lighting Certified (LC) examination and recertification programs, effective January 1, 2023. The two organizations share a rich history following the IES’s in-kind establishment of…

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Magic Lite & EFC Release Student Scholarship

Recently, Magic Lite was thrilled to have participated in the 2022 EFC Scholarship Program and recently present the Magic Lite Future Leaders Award of $2,500 to Anthony Faustin of Sherbrook University in Montreal. As successful applicant, Anthony demonstrated leadership amongst his peers as well as in his community, and showed true entrepreneurial spirit and drive through his course selections and achievements.

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Lighting Slows with Declining Growth Rate

January, 17, 2023 By David Gordon Highlights from our recently released 2022 Q4 Pulse of Lighting report included: And for 2023 … From a sales growth viewpoint, it appears that lighting may be reverting to the historical electrical distribution industry mean. To learn more or buy the report, click here

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A-LIGHT WINS TWO GOOD DESIGN® AWARDS

4 January 2023 A-Light (www.alights.com), an established best-in-class manufacturer of specification-grade interior lighting solutions, is pleased to announce its Absorb I and Relay luminaires have each won a GOOD DESIGN® Award from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. Each year, The Chicago Athenaeum presents the GOOD DESIGN® Awards Program for the most innovative and cutting-edge industrial, product,…

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Luminus and Current Chemicals Sign KSF Phosphor Licensing Agreement

December 19, 2022 Luminus and Current Chemicals, a division of Current, announced today that the two parties have signed a KSF phosphor licensing agreement enabling worldwide use of TriGain® PFS (commonly known as KSF) phosphor in Luminus LED products. The agreement provides Luminus with a substantial advantage over competitors who use KSF from other suppliers,…

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Leviton Joins Green Building Initiative as ‘Visionary Member’

December 19, 2022 Leviton announced today that the company joined the Green Building Initiative (GBI) as a Visionary member. Partnerships with organizations such as GBI are a core component of Leviton’s CN2030 program, the company’s refreshed and formalized sustainability commitment with the goal of achieving company-wide Carbon Neutrality by 2030. GBI is an international organization…

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Acuity Issues Notice of Data Security Incidents in 2020 and 2021

December 19, 2022 Acuity Brands identified a data security incident, immediately took steps to secure its systems, and a third-party cybersecurity firm was engaged to conduct a thorough investigation. This notice explains the incident and the measures Acuity has taken in response. The investigation determined that an unauthorized person obtained access to some of Acuity’s…

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Submissions Open Jan 4 for 50th Annual IES Illumination Awards

December 19, 2022 The IES Illumination Awards program recognizes individuals for professionalism, ingenuity, and originality in lighting design based on the individual merit of each entry. Judges are selected from a broad professional spectrum, representing knowledge of lighting and design excellence. The judging system is entirely based on how well the lighting design meets the…

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Z-Wave Alliance Announces Z-Wave Source Code Project Is Complete

December 19, 2022 The Z-Wave Alliance, the Standards Development Organization (SDO) dedicated to advancing the smart home and Z-Wave® technology, has announced the completion of the Z-Wave Source Code project, which has been published and made available on GitHub to Alliance members. The Z-Wave Source Code Project opens development of Z-Wave and enables members to contribute…

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MBS GmbH Accredited as a DALI test house

December 19, 2022 MBS GmbH has joined the growing list of companies that have been accredited by the DALI Alliance as a test house for DALI-2 and D4i testing. The company’s testing facility is located in Krefeld, Germany. The DALI Alliance has accredited a total of twelve test facilities to date, in different regions around…

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Request for Proposals: Light Pollution and Energy Efficiency

December 19, 2022 The DLC has released a request for proposals for a consultant to conduct an exploratory analysis using application examples and retrofit scenarios to analyze the impacts on annual energy costs and savings for LUNA qualified luminaires compared to non-LUNA luminaires. Proposals will be accepted until January 27, 2023. Respondents may submit questions about this…

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Acuity Brands Fiscal 2022 Fourth-Quarter And Full-Year Results

December 6, 2022 Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) (the “Company”) a market-leading industrial technology company announced net sales of $1.11 billion for the fiscal fourth quarter ended August 31, 2022, an increase of 11.8 percent, or $117.6 million compared to the same period in 2021. Diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) was $3.48 in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, an increase of 27.9…

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