Changing Scene

To be environmentally responsible, the Vancouver Section does not provide the IES FOL-15 course material.

A new edition of UL 8802, the Outline of Investigation for Germicidal Systems, titled UV Germicidal Equipment and Systems, is expected to be published in Q1 2021.

EcoGrid Technologies is contributing to a brighter tomorrow, reporting performance in 2020 unlike any other company in the LED lighting efficiency space for the IESO SaveOnEnergy Program. 

LightFair is expanding networking and relationship building opportunities beyond its yearly trade show and conference with a new lighting professional mentorship program launching this spring.

Heliospectra AB, an intelligent lighting technology company for greenhouse and controlled plant growth environments, has partnered with Carleton College, a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, to upgrade the campus greenhouse facilities. 

LEDVANCE is excited to welcome Lori Bagazzoli as Sales Manager, Central Region for Canada.

Cree, Inc. announced it has completed the previously announced sale of its LED Products business unit to SMART Global Holdings, Inc. effective March 1.

The Ethernet Alliance, a global consortium dedicated to the advancement of Ethernet technologies, and UL announced the availability of Ethernet Alliance Power over Ethernet (PoE) Certification testing in UL’s laboratory in Taipei, Taiwan.

As the pandemic extends into 2021, lighting design firms continue to experience ongoing challenges as the economy continues to react to the global reach of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) is rescheduling the Enlighten Americas 2021 conference to 2-4 November 2023,

Continuing a push to maximize the efficacy of commercial lighting while promoting advances in quality of light, the DLC announced that products that have not been updated to comply with the V5.0 Technical Requirements have been delisted from the Solid-State Lighting Qualified Products List (QPL).

GM lighting is excited to announce new agency partnership with Ricard Agency of Montreal, CA. The new partnerships will streamline product support and provide skilled local sales presence.

At its February 23 meeting, the Osram Supervisory Board appointed Ingo Bank as CEO until the end of April 2023.

Dimonoff and Amotus are proud to announce the merger of their entities under the same banner with the objective of offering a new range of tailor-made IoT products and services.

CSC LED has announced that Ian Hegi has joined their team as Product Engineer at CSC LED’s Ontario head office location.

Signify has published its 2020 Annual Report. Signify filed the 2020 Annual Report with the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets in European single electronic reporting format (the ESEF package).