| | | | Issue 21 of 2023 brought to you by Verozza |
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ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT // LIGHTING DESIGN |
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Trends Impacting Residential Lighting |
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| By Guest Writer Jeffrey R. Dross, Principal, Lighting by Jeffrey. Change occurs in every industry. Social and aesthetic trends drive much of it. Consumers are always looking for something “different;” the architecture…
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CONTROLS // LIGHTING INDUSTRY |
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10 Trends in Lighting-HVAC Integration |
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| Two weeks ago, [David Shiller] wrote about the coming lighting-HVAC control integration tsunami, here. The following are 10 trends in lighting-HVAC control integration: IoT Integration: The Internet of Things (IoT)…
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ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT // LEGISLATION + REGULATION |
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New USDA Program Can Pay 50% of Rural
Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Upgrades |
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Rural Energy for America is a new program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The program provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small…
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ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT // RESEARCH |
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New Glass Could Cut Embodied Carbon by Half
and Is 10x Stronger |
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| LightNOW has recently covered advances in green aluminum, copper, and textiles. There has now been a large advancement in creating more environmentally friendly glass. Researchers at Penn State University…
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CODES + STANDARDS // CONTROLS |
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NEMA, Zhaga, and Wire Connectors
in Street Lighting Control Systems |
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| By Guest Author Maria Bragina, General Manager, Sundrax Electronics. In the rapidly evolving lighting industry, the demand for efficient and reliable connection options has led to the standardization of specialized connectors like…
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CODES + STANDARDS // CONTROLS |
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Bluetooth SIG Releases New Standard for Bluetooth NLC |
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| The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) recently announced its full-stack standard for wireless lighting control, Bluetooth Networked Lighting Control (NLC). It is designed to meet the scale, reliability, and security demands…
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Product Monday: World’s First Light-Producing
Window Shutters |
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| Radiant Blinds LLC, a Texas-based manufacturer of window treatments, recently announced the launch of Lumina Shutters, the world’s first light-producing window shutters, designed to enhance the ambiance of any work or…
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AGRICULTURE // ELECTRIFICATION |
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Electrification Impacts on Indoor Farming
and Controlled Environments |
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| In August, Greenhouse Product News published an article [David Shiller] wrote about electrification impacts on controlled environment agriculture (CEA). The primary strategy of local, state and national governments to address climate…
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Chile Adopts New National Dark Sky Regulations |
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| On October 18, 2023, a new lighting standard was issued in Chile that will reduce light pollution by placing stricter regulations on light-emitting sources. Chile has previously had regional…
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CONSTRUCTION + ECONOMY // LIGHTING INDUSTRY |
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Big Box Retailers Getting Smaller |
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| Big box retailers are increasingly opening smaller format stores. Historically, the largest retailers have been continually increasing the size of stores, in some cases as large as 500,000 square…
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