Building upon the progress made during a recent workshop, the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has formally established the Additive Manufacturing for Lighting Consortium. The consortium will help bridge the knowledge gap between the lighting and 3D printing industries and build a collaboration for successful adoption of additive manufacturing for high-quality, value-addedRead more

This week your humble editor attended the National Association for Innovative Lighting Distributors Conference in Reno, NV.  NAILD is a growing organization and they do a lot right. In the past 12 months they have added nine new distributors and eight new manufacturers including big names such as Deco, H.E Williams, Hubbell Lighting, Saylite andRead more

Numerous studies have found that humans don’t eat enough healthy foods including whole grains, nuts, seeds, fruits and vegetables. However, a recent study published in the journal PLOS One found that if everyone around the globe began to eat a healthy, plant-based diet, there would simply not be enough fruits and vegetables to feed the world. In other words,Read more

Eindhoven, the Netherlands – Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, has agreed to acquire WiZ Connected, developers of the WiZ Wi-Fi-based connected lighting ecosystem. The addition of WiZ enables Signify to extend its leadership by stepping into the Wi-Fi-based smart lighting market. “We are very pleased to join forces with the teams ofRead more

Our phone was blowing up yesterday with news of a Signify layoff in the U.S.  We received the following statement from the company:  “As the industry continues to transition, we are investing in high growth areas while aligning our organization to best serve our customers across the US – an important hub of economic growthRead more

UL has created a Recommended Practice and Design Guideline for those wanting to support circadian entrainment in buildings.  The design guide went out for public comment last week.   The Task Group was chaired by Dr. Mark Rea, of the Lighting Research Center. The document is intended for use by those who design and specify lightingRead more

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Montreal, Quebec, April 9, 2019 – Lumenpulse, a leading manufacturer of high-performance, specification-grade LED lighting solutions, has filed a multi-patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, against Insight Lighting, Inc on April 8, 2019. Lumenpulse asserts infringement of United States Patents 9,291,334 and 9,638,381 by Insight’s “MedleyRead more