May 1, 2023 The LightFair Innovation Awards (LIAs) highlight the industry’s top innovations introduced since the last LightFair. They celebrate the ingenuity, creativity, and resourcefulness of our industry’s manufacturers, researchers, developers, scientists, and designers. Congratulations to the winners of the LightFair Innovation Awards 2023. An independent panel of judges from the IES and IALD reviewed each…
March 27, 2023 Designing with light in mind – Connecting people to places and experiences. FOCUS ON/ Architecture offers attendees opportunities to learn and explore how architecture connects people to places and experiences that impact our daily lives. Understand how lighting design is informed by the architecture and contributes to how architecture is experienced. Participate in any…
Linda Longo March 20, 2023 What was originally conceived as a regional lighting show 17 years ago in the most densely populated city and architectural hub in the country has steadily evolved into a premier trade show destination for the architectural lighting community at large. And while the pandemic has dampened subsequent attendance at trade…
Doesn’t time fly. This weekend we turned the clocks forward which means spring is right around the corner and Q1 is almost done! With the quarter almost up, and seemingly much of the conference season, it’s time for our first Pulse of Lighting survey of 2023. The lighting season has already seen a few lighting conferences – Lightapalooza and LEDucation….
Jeff Beare March 7, 2023 Emergency lighting is a critical aspect of building design that aims to provide illumination in the event of a power outage or other emergency situations. The National Building Code of Canada prescribes specific lighting levels and requirements for emergency lighting systems that are an average of 10 lx with not less…
February 24, 2023 The Responsible Outdoor Lighting At Night (ROLAN) Manifesto sets out ten core principles for external illumination and a plan of action to implement positive change in the lighting community to lead to a more sustainable, healthier, and safer future for all. Because the UN Sustainable Development Goals (above) do not explicitly refer to external…
February 24, 2023 Join the best and the brightest in architectural and commercial lighting at LightFair. Discover the latest lighting products, solutions, and technologies at the industry’s most inclusive and immersive lighting trade show and conference. This experience offers self-paced exploration, curated tours, networking events, educational sessions and inspiration-packed programming designed by the IES and…
February 21, 2023 LMPG Inc. announced that it has acquired one hundred percent of Architectural Lighting Works (ALW), a privately-owned, innovative interior and exterior architectural LED lighting solutions provider, from Prairie Capital. Founded in 2005, ALW is renowned for their diverse selection of linear, architectural decorative, cylinder and acoustic lighting products, their unparalleled performance, and…
February 16, 2023 Lumentruss was chosen to illuminate this state of the art 28,000 square foot dental clinic. The space was designed with a minimalist perspective and incorporates a significant amount of daylight to blend natural and artificial light together. The linear profile selected for the project is the 9400 series in a white powder-coated finish with…
February 15, 2023 While the last few years have been tumultuous for the lighting industry overall, due to ramifications from the pandemic, one fledgling lighting company has been slowly and steadily building brand awareness and faithful clientele from both the high-end residential as well as the commercial lighting sectors. Since signing an agreement to become…
Guest post by C. Webster Marsh Maybe you are on a rushed project with barely enough time to finalize the drawings. Perhaps you’re being onboarded years after the project began. Maybe you just have a client who won’t respond to your requests for more information. No matter the reason, a project without an Owner Project…
January 18, 2023 Rob Nadler, Stanpro’s Executive Vice-President will be promoted and assume the role of President of Ascot’s “General & Emergency Lighting Group – Stanpro, AimLite & Beluce” effective June 1, 2023. Rob joined Stanpro in 2001 and was instrumental in its tremendous growth over the past 20 years, including the organic acceleration of the business, the…
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
By Line Goyette Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the Canadian government is proposing the Regulations amending the products containing mercury. Consultation is open until March 9, 2023. The Products Containing Mercury Regulations (the Regulations), which were published on November 19, 2014, and came into force on November 8, 2015, prohibit the manufacture and import of products containing mercury or…
By PRWEB One of the excuses the lighting industry uses to avoid addressing the harmful effects of blue-enriched LED lights at night is “circadian science is not yet mature.” Now a publication in PNAS from Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital has resolved one of the last remaining contradictions in the science – what color blue is responsible…
By Blake Marchand “The most interesting thing about the lighting industry is also the biggest challenge,” said Ligia Orlandini of LEDVANCE, on how change has been a constant in lighting as LED technology continues to evolve. “The dynamic elements of the lighting industry may bring uncertainty, but they also create an invigorating environment to work…
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
