Shared with permission from Designing Lighting magazine By Vilma Barr Photo Credit: Heywood Chan, courtesy of Gensler The post-pandemic era is witness to the most momentous change in office design since open office came on the scene more than a half-century ago. Working from home, which was an option particularly appealing to working mothers and…
Montreal, Canada-based Verozza Lighting has tapped lighting industry veteran John Sena as Sales Manager. Sena has 30+ years of experience in the electrical and lighting industry. A former military engineer, he began in the electrical industry with General Electric’s Industrial Systems as a Sales Manager. He later joined Sea Gull Lighting as a Sales Manager…
Pine Brook, N.J.-based MaxLite is marking its third decade in business. The company has been committed to manufacturing and marketing energy-efficient products since 1993. Under the leadership of company founder Yon Sung, MaxLite became one of the first adopters of LED lighting technology. The company has since grown to become a leading innovator of LED…
In an effort to enhance the visitor experience at Federation Square in Melbourne (Victoria) Australia at nighttime, the Square’s lighting was recently renovated as part of a $20M investment into capital works projects by the Victorian government. Federation Square is an arts, culture, and public events venue located on the edge of the city’s central…
Creating an “open” format for offices, lobbies, and restaurants has been considered a “modern” and “fresh” approach in aesthetics — and the hybrid office model many companies have adapted post-pandemic to accommodate a flexible flow of workers has heightened its popularity. The open space concept does, in fact, magnify the perception of spaciousness, but there…
According to David Gordon, founder of Electrical Trends, Channel Marketing Group, and principal of US Lighting Trends, the latest lighting statistics point to a gradual slowdown in what has been a super-robust market for some years. Gordon states, “Late last month Channel Marketing Group conducted its Q1 Pulse of Lighting study. Over 225 individuals…
Back in 2012, it may have been hard to believe that a small lighting maintenance and retrofit contractor in Raleigh, N.C. could become a comprehensive resource in the commercial lighting industry, but Lightserve Corporation has had a meteoritic rise over the past decade due to strategic acquisitions. By acquiring companies with various strengths such as…
American film producer (most notably the award-winning movie Ali, profiling the legendary boxer) and restaurateur (the chain of Pauli Moto’s Asian Bistro restaurants, among others) Paul Ardaji teamed up with Upstate New York-based domestic manufacturer Meyda Lighting to create a series of fixtures for the interior of the Cherokee Chophouse in Marietta, Georgia. The Cherokee…
The luxury cars inside a dealership are always shown in the best light — and the same could be said about another expensive purchase: saltwater and freshwater aquariums and their inhabitants. Louisiana-based CoralVue Inc., a manufacturer and exclusive distributor of the finest freshwater and reef aquarium product categories, needed a large indoor aquarium filled with…
Who doesn’t like to save money? If you register for Lightfair International right now, you can save up to $500 on a conference package. One of the unique benefits of LightFair is the ability to meet 70% of LC credit requirements (26 CEUs) in just five days and one location. The LightFair conference program offers…
With all of the publicity surrounding ChatGPT in the news media, David Gordon, founder of our sister resource Electrical Trends, decided to “chat” about lighting and find out just how much a machine could accurately determine about the industry. A Lighting Chat With Chat By David Gordon ChatGPT is all the rage lately. People are…
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 events in nearly every category…
Just when you think you’ve memorized all of the rebate programs for the states where you do business, a new year begins — and with that calendar change, some rebate programs end and others are tweaked. BriteSwitch – which offers a comprehensive RebatePro database that maximizes available rebates for its customers – breaks down the…
The American Association of Independent Lighting Agents (AAILA) held its second annual membership event prior to LEDucation 2023 in New York City last week. Officially launched in December 2021 by lighting industry veterans Billy Hodges and Jay Andrews, who each operate their own agencies – Hodges’ Digital Filaments in Pennsylvania and Andrews’ Next Generation Lighting…
Netherlands-based Signify has acquired Intelligent Lighting Controls, Inc. (ILC), a U.S. domestic manufacturer of wired control systems. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Minnesota, ILC manufactures energy-saving control systems for applications such as healthcare, education, offices, and sporting venues. Going forward, ILC will sell its brand of wired control systems as part of Cooper Lighting…
The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY) is ready to launch the 2023 edition of the LEDucation Trade Show and Conference on March 7-8 at the New York Hilton Midtown. Thousands of lighting professionals will be attending two days of networking, education, and discovering new opportunities, and viewing products. More than 380 exhibitors will…