NRG Energy Enters IoT Market via Vivint Smart Home
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NRG Energy Enters IoT Market via Vivint Smart Home

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…

WWE Headquarters Becomes Smarter
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WWE Headquarters Becomes Smarter

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…

TALQ Consortium Releases New Version of Smart City Protocol
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TALQ Consortium Releases New Version of Smart City Protocol

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…

Toggled Charts It Own Course in Controls
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Toggled Charts It Own Course in Controls

Toggled® has participated in lighting trade events such as Lightfair and LEDucation – as well as non-lighting events such as NMFT for facility managers, and other verticals – but it still flies under the radar when it comes to brand recognition. Chief Operating Officer Daniel Hollenkamp would like to see that change. Spun off from…

Silence Is Golden: The Rise of Acoustic Lighting
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Silence Is Golden: The Rise of Acoustic Lighting

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…

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…

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Circadian Lighting Reaches Wider Acceptance, Paving the Way for More Installations

Clients are increasingly interested in wellness attributes for their commercial, hospitality and residential properties, but investors – and even specifiers – are reluctant to go all-in, citing a lack of definitive proof regarding health benefits. With the global wellness market worth an estimated $4.4 trillion as of 2022 (and the U.S. market alone valued at…

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CLTC Shares Research on Circadian Lighting via Webinar

The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) is hosting a webinar on Thursday, February 23 at 12pm EST, that will focus on circadian lighting based on research from the California Lighting Technology Center at University of California (CLTC). CLTC Research Update – Circadian Lighting Design Strategies will include project outcomes published in CLTC’s LD+A Research article Next…

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SKYX Technologies to Acquire Lighting E-Commerce Group

Fresh from winning an Innovation Award at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and its official debut at Lightovation-the International Lighting Show in Dallas last month, publicly traded SKYX Platforms Corp. has just signed a definitive acquisition agreement to acquire Belami Ecommerce, a lighting and home décor e-commerce conglomerate with $86 million in revenues and…