Light + Building Industry Trends for 2024/25: Of Magical Effects, Quiet Design and Uniqueness
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Light + Building Industry Trends for 2024/25: Of Magical Effects, Quiet Design and Uniqueness

November 3, 2023 Light + Building shows the most important products and solutions in the field of light and lighting. A valuable orientation aid in the large range of products at the world’s leading trade fair is the trend presentation by the trend bureau bora.herke.palmisano. The style experts have identified three relevant trends for 2024/25,…

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Illuminations Welcomes Back Billy Hodges as Vice President of Marketing and Specifications and a New Role for Johnny Hasson

Illuminations, Inc., a full-service agency and regional leader in lighting, controls, shading, and acoustic solutions for the construction industry, is pleased to announce the return of Billy Hodges as the new Vice President of Marketing and Specifications. Hodges will oversee specification sales teams in the New York City and Philadelphia metro areas, along with company-wide marketing efforts….

Targetti Illuminates Collin College Technical Campus
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Targetti Illuminates Collin College Technical Campus

Recognizing the increasing demand for robust technical education, trade programs, and workforce training, Collin College in Allen, Texas, recently expanded to include a Technical Campus illuminated with the help of Targetti USA‘s JEDI RECESSED linear ingrate luminaires. The campus is comprised of four new buildings featuring 151,000 square feet of academic space, 177,646 square feet…

Appropriate Planning and Support for a Global Transition to LED Lighting: Position Paper by the GLA
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Appropriate Planning and Support for a Global Transition to LED Lighting: Position Paper by the GLA

November 2, 2023 The Global Lighting Association (GLA) is committed to the reduction of mercury (Hg) in the world’s-built environment through a successful worldwide transition to LED light sources and phasing-out the use of fluorescent lamps.   The fluorescent lamp was introduced as an improvement over incandescent and halogen lamps. The mercury vapor in the…

TALQ Certification Process has Improved Security
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TALQ Certification Process has Improved Security

November 2, 2023 The TALQ Consortium, which developed the Smart City Protocol, a global interface standard for smart city applications, recently added more security to its certification procedures. For several years, a rigorous certification process has enabled TALQ-compliant products to be interoperable with one another. Only official listing on the consortium’s website proves that the…

Hossley Lighting Opens New Warehouse With Enhanced Capabilities
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Hossley Lighting Opens New Warehouse With Enhanced Capabilities

Dallas-based Hossley Lighting and Power Solutions (HLPS) has opened a new 42,000-sq.-ft. facility in Coppell, Texas. Situated in the Coppell Business Center II, the combined warehouse and office space is strategically located just north of the Dallas-Fort Worth airport and will serve the North DFW submarket and beyond. Currently stocking SKUs from manufacturers including Superflex,…

Barron Appoints Gaurav Arora to Exitronix Brand Manager
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Barron Appoints Gaurav Arora to Exitronix Brand Manager

Arizona-based Barron Lighting Group has appointed Gaurav Arora as its new Exitronix Brand Manager. A lighting industry veteran of over 10 years, Arora will be responsible for organizing and facilitating the planning, production, marketing, and other tasks related to the creation and distribution of the Exitronix product family. This includes developing products through market research…

Outage Master Emergency Lighting Brand Announced by Espen Technology
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Outage Master Emergency Lighting Brand Announced by Espen Technology

November 1, 2023 Espen Technology, a leading manufacturer of indoor LED lighting and electric vehicle (EV) chargers, recently announced the launch of a new emergency lighting brand, named Outage Master TM. The new brand offers emergency lighting, exit signs, and emergency inverters. There are also plans to add smoke alarms to the product offering, in the…

Winners Announced: L-Prize Prototype Phase
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Winners Announced: L-Prize Prototype Phase

November 1, 2023 The U.S. Department of Energy has selected six winners in Phase Two — the Prototype Phase — of the L-Prize competition. The six teams share the L-Prize prize pool of $2 million for demonstrating exceptional energy efficiency, connectivity and control, visual quality, environmental sustainability, and attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)…

Build America Buy America (BABA) Requirements: Federal Government Funded Projects
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Build America Buy America (BABA) Requirements: Federal Government Funded Projects

October 27, 2023 By Dwight Kitchen VP of Sales & Marketing, Energy Solutions International, Inc. PHOTO CREDIT: Credit: SpaceX Details about the transition from BAA to BABA Laws “Made in the USA” has been a tag line used for centuries. For almost 100 years, procurement managers on federal projects have been requiring the supply chain…

Hartranft Lighting Design Acquires Gilmore Lighting Design
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Hartranft Lighting Design Acquires Gilmore Lighting Design

October 27, 2023 Hartranft Lighting Design is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Gilmore Lighting Design, a firm that will help expand our client reach, capabilities, and resources. Additionally, Gilmore Lighting Design founder, Debra Gilmore joins our team as Design and Business Development Collaborator. Robert Smith assumes his role as Senior Lighting Designer with Hartranft. Debra Gilmore is an award-winning lighting design…

Signify Wins 2023 Prototype Phase of L-Prize Competition from the U.S. Department of Energy
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Signify Wins 2023 Prototype Phase of L-Prize Competition from the U.S. Department of Energy

October 27, 2023 Signify recently announced that it is a winner of the Prototype Phase of the U.S. Department of Energy’s L-Prize competition. Signify’s winning prototypes – the Generation Flex modular luminaire and Interact Next Gen scalable connected lighting system – were chosen for their exceptional performance across six areas: efficacy; quality of light; connectivity; product…

TD Garden Project Receives 2023 IES Lighting Control Innovation Award of Merit
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TD Garden Project Receives 2023 IES Lighting Control Innovation Award of Merit

October 27, 2023 This month, Lighting Controls Association (LCA) explore a high-impact networked lighting control solution installed at TD Garden in Boston. Lighting control design by HLB Lighting Design. Photography by Andy Caulfield and Bret Osswald. TD Garden, Boston’s legendary sports and concert venue, lacked a physical connection with fans and the surrounding neighborhood. This…

CLTC Secures Funding to Expand Effects of Color on Mood Lab Research
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CLTC Secures Funding to Expand Effects of Color on Mood Lab Research

October 27, 2023 The California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) is excited to announce a joint $200,000 contribution from Toyota Boshoku America and Seoul Semiconductor to support the continued investigation into the effects of discrete color in light on human mood and stress as part of The Color Lab project. Led by the CLTC and the Center…

Maxlite is Pleased to Announce Mark Dundon as Regional Vice President of Sales- West
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Maxlite is Pleased to Announce Mark Dundon as Regional Vice President of Sales- West

October 27, 2023 Mark Dundon comes to MaxLite with over 30 years of industry experience, including a very strong lighting and distribution background. Most recently, Mark Dundon worked as Pacific Region Manager – Western US for LEDVance (formerly Osram Sylvania) over the past 23 years. He had a strong focus on managing their distribution, energy, strategic…