Changing Scene

Since 2002, the Luminale festival in the German cities of Frankfurt and Offenbach has accompanied Light + Building, the world’s leading trade fair for light and building services technology, which takes place every two years in Frankfurt am Main.

LEDucation is currently accepting proposals for the March 2022 educational program.

The Light and Health Research Center (LHRC) at Mount Sinai has released an extensively revised version of its free, openaccess circadian stimulus (CS) calculator based on recent advances in the understanding of light’s effects on the human circadian system.

Bringing the lighting community together to share ideas and innovations that move our industry forward is central to LightFair’s vision.

Nick Foster, Leviton Canada, has been appointed 2^nd Vice Chair on EFC’s Atlantic Region Executive Committee.

Komal Kingrani has been appointed as a Senior Product Manager – Residential & Light Commercial Products, Electrical Sector – Electrical Americas – Canada, effective September 1st, 2021.

Legrand’s Building Control Systems (BCS) division today announced that its Vantage brand has formed a strategic alliance with Proluxe by American Lighting. The alliance pairs Vantage’s industry-leading, customizable lighting controls with Proluxe by American Lighting’s innovative lighting fixtures to create a dynamic end-to-end solution.

The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) has released for comment the second draft of technical requirements for outdoor LED luminaires that not only save energy and meet the DLC’s Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Technical Requirements, but also include attributes that limit light pollution, sky glow and light trespass.

As it seeks to quantify the non-energy benefits of networked lighting and advanced building controls, the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) is seeking the input of facility managers for a short online survey. Results of this research will yield monetized estimates useful for product marketing, efficiency program incentive promotion, and facility management decision making.

More ultraviolet (UV) radiation-emitting and ozone-generating devices such as lights and wands have become available for sale in Canada since the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of these devices are marketed to kill bacteria and viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Leviton Lighting Canada has announced David Janowski as their new Eastern Regional Sales Manager.

EdisonReport has announced their 5th Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards.  These Awards will be presented the Tuesday evening, 26 OCT before LightFair begins on Wednesday, 27 OCT.

Illumisoft’s SaniLume UVC light fixture has been honored by an international technical society as an innovative and significant addition to the commercial lighting industry.

The 2021 Sapphire Awards, one of the lighting industry’s top honors, announced that eLumigen was a Sapphire Award Finalist in the “Industrial SSL Luminaire Design” category, for their High CRI Class 1, Division 2 (C1D2) LED Fixture. 

Jean-Francois has been in the electrical industry for the entirety of his career. Over the years, he has had many roles, starting with a summer job as a warehouse employee, followed by various roles including, counter sales, inside sales, buyer, branch manager and sales representative.