The smart home market continues to expand, and now a large utility has gotten into the category. Houston-based NRG Energy (once part of Northern States Power Company) has centered on energy generation and the retail electricity space for years, with growth coming from nearly one dozen acquisitions of other energy companies. In March, NRG entered…
By William Blackley, LC This is the second in a two-part series examining the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act, and how, as building owners or facility managers, you can take advantage of these laws to upgrade your existing or new construction lighting. The laws also offer lighting agents the opportunity to…
Glendale, Ariz.-based Barron Lighting Group, a manufacturer of commercial and industrial lighting solutions, is proud to celebrate its 50-year anniversary. Founded in Gurnee, Illinois in 1973, Barron has enjoyed five decades of growth built on its core values of integrity and innovation. From the beginning and through the early 1980s, the Barron Manufacturing Corporation established…
Chatsworth, Calif.-based Regency Lighting (now rebranded as Regency Supply) has acquired AllSale Electric – the largest wholesale electrical distributor in the San Fernando Valley – in a strategic move to grow the company and expand the product line. A statement from Regency Lighting read, “As the lighting world has grown more complex, we have taken…
When World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) employees returned to the company’s Stamford, Connecticut headquarters full-time last month, there were impressive changes in their working environment. California-based Enlighted, a leading proptech company owned by Siemens, was tapped by the WWE to support its vision of a smart, energy-efficient headquarters by implementing an intelligent lighting control system…
Montreal-based LMPG Inc. (formerly known as Lumenpulse Group), a leading specification-grade LED lighting solutions group, has acquired a majority stake in privately held, U.S.-based Vode Lighting, LLC, an LED lighting solution provider focused on interior architectural lighting. Headquartered in Sonoma, Calif., Vode is renowned for its adaptive architectural lighting systems that are easily scaled to…
The TALQ Consortium has published version 2.5.0 of its Smart City protocol. The continuous evolution of the protocol guarantees the adaptation of the interface standard on a global level to meet changing market needs. Version 2.5.0 introduces a new Lighting Asset Management profile, which addresses a long-standing demand from cities to be able to manage…
Stony Point, N.Y.-based manufacturer Lighting Services, Inc. (LSI), has promoted Brian Keilt to VP/Sales; most recently, he was serving as Director of Sales. Keilt joined LSI in 2013, as a regional sales manager. Keilt brings more than 30 years of experience in the lighting design community and possesses an understanding of the intricacies of the…
ArchLIGHT Summit, the growing lighting trade event and educational platform for the architectural, specification and design communities, has partnered with the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Education Trust, a not-for-profit charitable educational organization that provides direct support to educators and students for the purpose of promoting the study of architectural lighting design. The participation…
New Jersey-based Billows Electric Supply, a renowned family-owned supplier of electrical products and services to electrical contractors within the Philadelphia, South Jersey, and Wilmington metropolitan market, has entered into an agreement to become a part of Cooper Electric, a subsidiary of Sonepar USA. Billows will continue to operate under the Billows name. Billows was founded…
Commerce, Calif.-based Nora Lighting has opened its new Learning and Experience Center (LEC) in Los Angeles. The Nora LEC, located at 6505 Gayhart Street, Commerce, CA 90040, showcases Nora Lighting’s full line of products and services, plus provides a space to train sales reps and customers. “We are excited to open this new space in…
AD (Affiliated Distributors) and The Baron Group, the premier buying group serving independent groundwater systems distributors, have announced an intent to merge the two organizations. The merger is expected to close on June 30, 2023. The Baron Group has supported independent distributors and wholesalers in the groundwater, well, and pump industries for over 30 years….
Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Landscape Forms – a leading designer and manufacturer of high-design LED lighting, site furniture, structure, and accessories – has expanded its lighting partnership with SESCO Lighting. SESCO Lighting, which is headquartered in the Greater Orlando area, represents Landscape Forms in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi, and now has added SESCO offices in…
The success of Lightfair 2023 is a little more complicated to gauge than in years past. For example, the past two editions were softer in attendance (both from manufacturers and visitors) due to repercussions from the pandemic that included travel restrictions and health concerns. This year, those challenges were no longer in play, but a…
Montreal-based Verozza Lighting has appointed Charles-Antoine Poirier as Product Manager. Poirier brings more than 17 years of experience in industrial design for lighting companies such as Cyclone, Lumenworx, Axis, and Schonbek, among others. His industrial design experience coupled with market knowledge brings a multi-dimensional approach to product management. Eric Borden, President/CEO of Verozza states, “Charles’…
LightFair has announced 14 mentor and mentee participants in its third-annual LightFair Mentorship Program, a six-month program which facilitates and fosters meaningful, personalized professional connections between industry veterans and emergent professionals. Students and emergent professionals also can prepare for a successful career in lighting at the LightFair Career Fair 2023, on Wednesday, May 24, at…