Fagerhult Acquires Seneco
To strengthen connectivity offering for outdoor environments, the Fagerhult Group has acquired the remaining 80% shares in Seneco A/S. Seneco is a Danish lighting connectivity company founded in 2010. The system consists of a full wireless product range for outdoor luminaires, connected to the system is also an online... Read more
Recommendations For Melanopic Lighting Design
The second International Workshop on Circadian and Neurophysical Photometry in 2019 brought together experts in the fields of lighting, neurophysical photometry and sleep and circadian research. The primary focus was to develop expert-consensus recommendations for healthy daytime and evening/night-time light environment. This workshop resulted in the the publication of,... Read more
Daylight Calculator
Kumux have developed software that allows you to take into account your geolocation, time of the year, and sleep-wake cycles to determine the best light settings based on experimental data, data science, and sun position, getting results that are adapted to your needs. This benefits your design process by... Read more
Lighting Event Schedule Clash
Light + Building 2022 and LEDucation NYC 2022 are set to take place at the same time.  Light + Building is planned for 13-18 March 2022 and promises to cover, “Intelligent. Future-proof. Trend-predicting”  themes, linked by the subjects of dynamic digitalisation and sustainability. LEDucation is planning to go ahead... Read more
Retrolux And Maxlite Partner
MaxLite, a leading global manufacturer of energy-efficient lighting solutions, and Retrolux, the fastest-growing lighting project development and implementation software platform, have announced a new partnership that will introduce the MaxLite product portfolio to ESCOs, electrical contractors, and other clients using the Retrolux platform. Retrolux’s award-winning smart energy software makes it... Read more
Energy Performance Of Buildings
LightingEurope participated in the first stakeholder meeting on the targeted revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, organised by the European Commission. LightingEurope strongly supports the call for scaling up renovation rates across Europe. With 97% of EU buildings in need of renovation, this represents a unique opportunity... Read more
UK And EU Divergence Signals Appear Already
Under forthcoming EU and UK legislation, lighting manufacturers will have to incorporate replaceable light sources and control gear in their products. But how will this work in practice? Where’s the incentive to use standard connectors? Who decides what a ‘commonly available tool’ is? Who decides what a ‘qualified person’... Read more
Sustainable Lighting Design Podcast
In the latest episode of the podcast on Sustainable Lighting Design, Sebastian Knoche, leader of the TRILUX lighting research team and an active member of the European Repro-Light research project, discusses the topic of circularity in lighting design and the possible strategies available to minimise the environmental impact of... Read more
How To Be Brilliant – Liz West
The lighting community can register to attend Liz West’s event as the ILP How To Brilliant series continues. How To Be Brilliant, is the lighting industry’s only event series designed to attract students, interns, apprentices, and new entrants to the lighting profession. Known for creating immersive environments that mix... Read more
LED Lighting And Strawberry Production
Fluence by OSRAM , a leading global provider of energy-efficient LED lighting solutions for commercial cannabis and food production, announced today its ongoing research at Delphy Improvement Centre, an independent institute and expert in food and flowers located in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands, studying how Fluence’s LED lighting solutions impact... Read more
AFRY To Advise On Sustainable Energy
AFRY to advise on sustainable energy projects for European Bank for Reconstruction and Development AFRY has been selected as one of the framework consultants to provide the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) with advisory services on project preparation stages for the coming three years. In 2019, the... Read more
Women In Lighting Italy
BRILLIANT+ is another brilliant idea of the Italian Ambassador Giorgia Brusemini, who is organising a series of monthly empowerment meetings curated by her blog Ogni casa è Illuminata and designed to help Italian women working in lighting to grow their own business. Together with the designer Martina Frattura (and R.A.W blogger), they... Read more
Edge Partners With Signify
A new generation of smart offices drives sustainability, wellness, and people productivity.  What is the impact of an optimal workspace – or a suboptimal one? In the past year, workers across the globe have learned to improvise offices where they can, perhaps for the first time, and give real... Read more