Illumination Insider - Oct 11th, 2023
 
 
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Illumination Insider

 
Some people, myself included, love autumn. For others, it’s an unwelcome prelude to harsher weather ahead. For wild creatures, it signals a perennial moment in their life cycle – a time to gather and store food or find suitable shelter before winter sets in. For birds, it’s time to migrate to wintering grounds hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles...
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On Day 2 of NECA 2023 in Philadelphia, Tom Shearer, Lutron Electronics, presented in the Technology booth on the show floor on “Understanding the Changing Landscape of Fluorescent Lighting.”
On the final day of NECA 2023 in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Jeff Beavers, executive director of network integration and services for NECA, moderated a session called “Navigating the Transition to an Energy Efficient World.”
DesignLights Consortium research finds that integrating networked lighting controls with HVAC systems provides the greatest opportunity for energy savings and incentive programs.
Open to all commercial lighting projects that benefit from the use of DALI technology, the DALI Lighting Awards 2023 is now accepting entries, with a closing date of November 30, 2023. Piscataway, NJ, USA – September 18, 2023: The DALI Alliance, the global industry organization for DALI lighting control, announces the call for entries for the DALI ...
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