By David Gordon SUMMARY Channel Marketing Group‘s Q2 Pulse of Lighting Report highlights ongoing challenges in the US lighting market, with insights indicating flat to nominal growth across distributors and manufacturers. Despite some sectors reporting modest increases, overall market competitiveness remains high, particularly in project-based pricing. Large-scale projects are identified as a key driver for…
Acuity Brands, Inc. announced its expansion into the re-fueling vertical, including service stations, convenience stores, and quick-service restaurants. The company is reimagining the customer experience with solutions specifically developed for these applications, alongside existing products from its lighting and controls portfolio. Acuity Brands has entered into a sales agency agreement with Red Leonard Associates, Inc….
Italian Lighting Brand Panzeri Merges with Luxxbox to Drive Market Expansion and Innovation Luxxbox, a leading international designer of acoustic lighting solutions based in California, is excited to announce its merger with Panzeri, the renowned Italian lighting brand with over 70 years of experience in crafting exquisite lighting for exclusive global markets. This strategic merger…
The 2nd Annual Awards Program Recognizes Excellence in Lighting Retrofit Projects The National Lighting Bureau is excited to announce the Call for Entries for the second annual Lighting Transformation Awards. This program celebrates excellence in lighting retrofit projects—defined as those involving minimal alteration of existing building materials. Through the creative use of lighting systems and…
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Energy regulations are crucial for reducing consumption and setting mandatory requirements for new buildings and renovations. Major U.S. standards like Title 24 of California’s regulations, the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), and ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 serve as the basis for state codes. While the IECC covers both residential and commercial buildings, ASHRAE focuses solely on…
Overview A DesignLights Consortium (DLC) study advocates incentivizing LUNA-qualified outdoor products that reduce light pollution and save energy. These luminaires meet DLC’s standards for efficacy and quality. The study shows that using LUNA products in outdoor retrofits, like a high school parking lot and a main street in Fort Collins, Colorado, results in greater energy…
Summary DLC Educational Series Remember the old jokes about how many (insert stereotype here) does it take to screw in a light bulb? The premise was that lights were so easy to install, that anyone could do it. Fast forward to today after an explosion of LED technology and market transformation. There are many reasons…
Lighting is always the first place energy experts point to when it comes to reducing electricity usage, but as the DOE’s recently released 2020 U.S. Lighting Market Characterization (LMC) of its Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Program indicates, lighting only accounts for 14% of the nation’s total electricity consumption. (Air conditioning/heating, water heaters, appliances, washers/dryers, refrigerators, and…
Sterling Lighting Unites Three Legends of Outdoor Lighting Design at the 4th Annual Sterling Summit Sterling Lighting is excited to announce this year’s Sterling Summit, the premier event of the year for outdoor lighting designers, taking place from July 16-19, 2024, at the Danville Institute for Advanced Learning and Research. This event will bring together…
Lighting control specialist Pharos Architectural Controls and Lutron Electronics have expanded their joint integration capabilities. Pharos has been working with Lutron to provide integration of Pharos Designer systems with Lutron commercial systems, using Pharos flexible IO modules. The Pharos systems now support integration with Athena; Lutron’s flagship control offering for commercial installations. The Designer range…
In an industry-first move, Casambi’s Salvador Series, a compact yet powerful matchbox-sized module, transcends traditional lighting control by enabling seamless integration of DALI, EnOcean, and Casambi Bluetooth Low Energy-based devices. This breakthrough allows for the creation of hybrid networks that blend the reliability of wired DALI systems with the flexibility and innovation of Casambi’s wireless,…
Eglo North America is Merging As Eglo North America merges, Kevin Wallace has returned to EGLO North America as Executive Vice President, Chief Sales Officer. Kevin has 32 years of experience in the lighting industry, previously spending ten of those years with EGLO Canada. Since the recent merger of United States and Canada, as EGLO NA, the team…
Following the integration of architectural landscape lighting manufacturer Auroralight into the Kuzco Group family at the beginning of this year, Kuzco has unveiled a new logo for the recently acquired brand ahead of the Lightovation show in Dallas next week. California-based Auroralight has been renowned for its excellence in outdoor lighting design and manufacturing for…
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) recently released its four-year review of the Section 301 tariffs on products coming from China — and it’s not necessarily great news for the lighting industry. Those hoping that President Biden would reverse the tariffs that were put into place during the Trump Administration were disappointed…
Based in New Jersey with offices in Chicago, Authentic Design Collection is the brainchild of lighting veteran Blair Hutkin, who utilizes his expertise, industry knowledge, and relationships with premium European lighting manufacturers to make a curated selection of lighting and furniture accessible to designers and specifiers in North America. Among the brands exclusively distributed by…