The Nuckolls Fund Announces Recipients of Its 2023 Grants & Awards

The Nuckolls Fund Announces Recipients of Its 2023 Grants & Awards

This year, four grants of $30,000 each and four awards of $5,000 have been distributed by The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education, totaling $140,000 and bringing the Fund’s total distribution to more than $1.85 million. Founded in 1988 to recognize the achievements of the late lighting designer and pioneer lighting educator, James L. Nuckolls, The…

Mark Rorrison Tapped as Sales Director at Tivoli Lighting
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Mark Rorrison Tapped as Sales Director at Tivoli Lighting

Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., architectural and theater-based LED linear lighting manufacturer Tivoli Lighting has appointed industry veteran Mark Rorrison as Director of Sales. In his new role, he will be responsible for planning, implementing, managing, and overseeing the company’s overall sales strategy. Rorrison brings extensive experience and skills in interior design, lighting and outdoor architectural…

How Much Does ChatGPT Know About Lighting?
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How Much Does ChatGPT Know About Lighting?

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…

Could Natural Light be the Most-Valued Office Perk?
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Could Natural Light be the Most-Valued Office Perk?

According to The Employee Experience, a newly released study by HR Advisory & Research firm Future Workplace, more than 50% of the 1,614 North American employees surveyed said natural light and views of the outdoors were their most important office perks, edging out benefits such as on-site childcare, cafeterias, medical care, and fitness centers. Key…

New Industry Partners for Fall ArchLIGHT Summit
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New Industry Partners for Fall ArchLIGHT Summit

Approaching its third year, the ArchLIGHT Summit has announced several new partners for its upcoming September 19-20 edition held at the Dallas Market Center (DMC), including the Dallas chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Illumination Engineering Society (IES), along with lighting advocacy group Light Justice, which focuses on under-served communities. New sponsors…

LHRC Launches Online Education Sessions for 2023
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LHRC Launches Online Education Sessions for 2023

The Light and Health Research Center (LHRC) is offering a series of webinars and two online professional certificate courses in 2023. These interactive educational offerings will be led by LHRC faculty and staff, who are the foremost experts in their fields. Dan Frering, the LHRC’s Education Program Director noted, “We have designed these online courses…

AAILA Celebrates 2nd Anniversary at LEDucation
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AAILA Celebrates 2nd Anniversary at LEDucation

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…

Cyber Crooks Are Targeting Lighting Companies, Too
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Cyber Crooks Are Targeting Lighting Companies, Too

Think data breaches only happen to national banks, mega corporations, and large retailers? Several lighting manufacturers in the commercial sector (Acuity Brands, Cooledge Lighting) as well as the residential side (Quorum and Eglo) were hit last year with either data breaches or ransomware attacks. In the cases of ransomware, the lighting companies I spoke with…

Casambi Launches Long Range BLE-based Mesh at LEDucation 2023
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Casambi Launches Long Range BLE-based Mesh at LEDucation 2023

Attendees at LEDucation 2023 in New York City this week can seize the opportunity to learn about Casambi’s latest developments, which include new feature-rich SoC, software upgrades, and new hardware components that create a fourfold increase in node-to-node communication range, which will enable more robust indoor, outdoor, and hybrid indoor/outdoor networks. Casambi’s feature-rich SoC, CBM-003,…