Changing Scene

Stanpro (Standard Products Inc.) announced the start of its 60th anniversary celebrations. This milestone is a major move for Stanpro on its mission to continue to develop and manufacture innovative lighting products for Canadians. For the occasion, Stanpro has revealed its anniversary edition logo.

In the current global situation, questions surrounding sanitation, germicidal properties, and UV devices are more in focus than ever before.

In 2018, UL was approached by a customer with a certification request for a PV-powered lighting system with four major subassemblies, each of which was to some extent eligible for its own independent certification.

In the EU, where lighting is estimated to be responsible for around 10% of all electricity use, findings by Signify reveal that by upgrading conventional luminaires to LED presents the union with a significant opportunity to help it achieve net zero carbon emissions in 2050.

The New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNYC) honored Daniel Reinhard, MS in Lighting, at the Lighting Research Center (LRC), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI); Hsin-Ying Huan, MFA Lighting Design from Parsons the School of Design; and Bobby Bradley, Master of Professional Studies in Lighting Design at the New York School of Interior Design (NYSID)…

Facts and Factors have published a new research report titled “Home Automation Market By Management (On-premises & Cloud-Based), By Application (Lighting Control, Security & Access Control, HVAC Control, Entertainment Control, & Others), By Software and Algorithm (Behavioral & Proactive), And By Regions – Global & Regional Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis, and Forecasts, 2021 – 2026”.

Growing a lighting manufacturing or distribution business has gotten more difficult since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

“We are beyond excited to celebrate great work coming out of the New York City lighting design community in this most difficult year. With expanded promotional content online, we bring well-deserved recognition to the winners.”

The DLC has announced that they have joined the Clean Lighting Coalition (CLiC), an organization with aligned objectives.

Founded in 2021 and led by Tom Butters, LC, an award-winning lighting educator, The Lighting Agora is a consortium of independent lighting industry experts that has come together to offer outstanding lighting education, design, marketing, and webinar services to the global lighting industry.

MaxLite has joined the Lighting Controls Association, the industry organization dedicated to promoting adoption of lighting controls in commercial buildings.   

The TALQ Consortium, which developed the Smart City Protocol, a global interface standard for smart city device networks, passes the magic number of 50 member companies.

Imagine a self-contained office space. One that is smart enough to disinfect itself ahead of anyone using it so that it is virus and bacteria-free.

LEDVANCE, the maker of SYLVANIA general lighting in the US and Canada, is excited to announce Stefano Foti as Sr Sales Rep in the Central Region for Canada and that Linda Conejo will be taking on a new role as National Accounts/Business Development Manager.