| | | | THE MAY 2022 ISSUE 2/2 OF LIGHTNOW
IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY EVLUMA |
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ENERGY & ENVIORONMENT // INTERVIEWS & OPINION |
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Interview: The Circular Economy For Lighting |
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| The GreenLight Alliance (GLA) is a non-profit organization with leadership across Europe and North America, dedicated to applying circular economy principles to the lighting industry, targeting specifiers to drive change. I interviewed Emilio Hernandez, Chair of the GreenLight Alliance about the GLA’s goals and strategies. Read the interview here. |
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LIGHTING & HEALTH // RESEARCH |
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New Research Establishes UV Wavelength, Dose, & Duration To Deactivate COVID Virus |
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| In a newly published study, researchers from Binghamton University’s Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science answer many of the questions about UV disinfection of the virus that causes COVID-19, and lay the foundation for health standards about what offers true disinfection. Read more... |
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LIGHTING INDUSTRY // PRODUCTS & TECHNOLOGY |
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3D Printing Evolves With Many New Technologies |
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| As 3D printing begins to influence the lighting industry (beyond prototyping), a dizzying new array of approaches have been commercialized. A recent article in Laser Focus World lays out the many approaches. Read more... |
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INTERVIEWS & OPINION // LIGHTING INDUSTRY |
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Interview: Korrus’s CEO
On The Recent Acquisition Of Circadian ZircLight |
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| Korrus, the company that owns Ecosense, Soraa, Scuva, Tempo Industries, recently purchased Circadian ZircLight. Korrus' focus is on “Human Light Interaction (HLI),” which they define as seeking to understand human interactions with light, and creating technologies that better serve the needs of those humans. David interviewed Mark Reynosa, CEO of Korrus, about their recent acquisition of Circadian ZircLight, and where Korrus is going from here. Read more.... |
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Product Monday: New Category
Of LED Filament Lamps For HID Replacement |
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| A new category of HID replacement lamps has arrived that are definitely not “corn cobs.” They are high lumen output LED filament lamps in traditional HID lamp form factors. Read more... |
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Product Monday: LumenPulse Launches
Mix-At-Source Color-Changing Technology |
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| Lumenpulse has introduced a new proprietary technology, Opticolor, to its color-changing projector products portfolio. The patent-pending Opticolor technology mixes color at the source, at the LED package level, within the LED optic, allowing for ultra near-field color blending, exceptional quality of light, as well as unrivaled color consistency and uniformity. Read more... |
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Product Monday: Glowee’s Bioluminescent
Sea Bacteria Lights |
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| Many articles have written about the potential of using bioluminescence to light cities, but a French start-up, Glowee, is actually producing lights using bioluminescence and installing them. Glowee’s lights emit a turquoise blue light utilizing a marine bacterium gathered off the coast of France called Aliivibrio fischeri. Read more... |
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EDUCATION & RESOURCES // ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT |
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New DLC Whitepaper On
Non-White Light Sources For Outdoors |
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| There is growing scientific evidence that LED outdoor white light at night is devastating global insect and bird populations, in addition to potential negative human health impacts. A possible solution is to move back to non-white lighting, such as phosphor-converted amber and direct emission amber LED sources, outdoors. Read more... |
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CONSTRUCTION & ECONOMY // LIGHT & HEALTH |
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Hospital Lighting Market Projected To Surge |
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| A recent LD+A article discusses the significant growth projected in the hospital lighting market. Research and Markets unveiled in their Hospital Lighting-Global Market Trajectory and Analytics report that the global market is expected to reach $8.5 billion by 2027. Read more... |
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CONTROLS // CRAIG'S LIGHTING ARTICLES |
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ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Publishes
Controls Design Guidance |
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| My contribution to the April issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR tackles the subject of designing lighting control systems. Read more... |
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CONSTRUCTION & ECONOMY // LIGHTING INDUSTRY |
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ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
Covers Field-Adjustable Luminaires |
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| Another of my contributions to the April issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR describes the field-adjustable luminaire trend. Read more... |
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ENERGY // ENVIRONMENT // RESEARCH |
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Health and Wellness Strategies
Complement Resilience & Sustainability |
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| The COVID-19 pandemic showed just how important focusing on health and wellness is (and will be) for facility managers and construction professionals. A new report from the Urban Land Institute titled “Greening Buildings for Healthier People” examines all the ways resilience, health and wellness, and sustainability match up. Read more... |
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