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Emergency Lighting | Mackwell | Trends in Lighting | May 30, 2025
Emergency Lighting: A Key Priority Amid Building Remediation
Emergency Lighting: A Key Priority Amid Building Remediation Recent developments to the Building Safety Act 2022, alongside the introduction of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, have outlined significant changes to the UK’s approach to building safety and accountability. These changes have introduced a more stringent framework for ensuring that buildings, particularly those deemed high-risk, undergo appropriate and often overlooked due to funding, remediation. The introduction of remediation orders and a sharper focus on interim fire safety measures ensures that residents are protected while longer-term works are undertaken. Read more »
Signify | Appointments | May 28, 2025
Signify names As Tempelman as Chief Executive Officer
Signify names As Tempelman as Chief Executive Officer Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, today announced that As Tempelman will become the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Signify from September 1, subject to his appointment to the Board of Management, with Željko Kosanović continuing as interim CEO until then. Read more »
ams OSRAM | Horticulture | May 28, 2025
Redefining Horticulture with Light, Intelligence, and Innovation
Redefining Horticulture with Light, Intelligence, and Innovation What does the future of horticulture look like? For ams OSRAM, it centers on customized light, intelligent technology, and sustainable systems. At GreenTech 2025, the company will showcase its role as a global innovation leader in professional horticulture lighting, sensing and plant treatment—presenting a portfolio that sets new benchmarks for efficiency, sustainability, and crop optimization. Read more »
Awards | Organic Lighting | May 19, 2025
FortaCast: ‘Best in Show’ Win at 2025 Lightfair Innovation Awards
FortaCast: ‘Best in Show’ Win at 2025 Lightfair Innovation Awards Organic Lighting is proud to announce that its patented FortaCast solution has been awarded the Overall Most Innovative Product and Best Outdoor Luminaire at the 2025 LFI Innovation Awards – one of the world’s most prestigious honors in the architectural and commercial lighting. The judging panel were highly impressed, highlighting the solution was truly innovative and “original, unique and application specific.” Read more »
Legrand | Wattstopper | Smart Lighting | May 13, 2025
Legrand Unveils Wattstopper i3 Platform
Legrand Unveils Wattstopper i3 Platform Legrand®, a global leader in electrical and digital building infrastructures, today announced the launch of the Wattstopper i3 Platform, a next-generation lighting and building intelligence solution powered by KODE Labs, a global leader of advanced smart building technology. Read more »
Awards | LightFair | May 13, 2025
Congratulations to all the LightFair 2025 Innovation Awards Winners
Congratulations to all the LightFair 2025 Innovation Awards Winners The 2025 LightFair Innovation Awards celebrated cutting-edge design, performance, and technology in lighting. Top honors went to Organic Lighting Systems’ FortaCast, BIOS Lighting’s SkyView Tile, DALI Alliance’s DALI+, and ams OSRAM’s EVIYOS Shape—each recognized for pushing the boundaries in outdoor, indoor, control, and chip-level innovation. Read more »
IES | DALI Alliance | Smart Lighting | May 13, 2025
DALI Alliance and IES Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Lighting Industry Standardization and Education
DALI Alliance and IES Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Lighting Industry Standardization and Education The DALI Alliance and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) are pleased to announce a strategic collaboration aimed at advancing the development, adoption, and harmonization of educational initiatives around global lighting standards. This partnership brings together two of the industry’s most respected organizations, uniting their efforts to promote innovation and best practices across the lighting ecosystem. Read more »
Business | Seaborough | Luminus | May 08, 2025
Seaborough and Luminus Devices Announce Phosphor Partnership
Seaborough and Luminus Devices Announce Phosphor Partnership Seaborough B.V. (Seaborough), a pioneer in nanoscience and luminescent technology, and Luminus Devices, an established innovator in advanced lighting technologies, announce a partnership which aims to bring the world’s first LED with nano-engineered Eu3+-based phosphor to market on a commercial scale. Read more »
Cree LED | XLamp | XP-LR | XP-GR | SSL | Featured | May 01, 2025
XLamp® XP-LR and XP-GR White LEDs Feature Round LES
XLamp® XP-LR and XP-GR White LEDs Feature Round LES XLamp® XP-LR and XP-GR White LEDs expand the XP product family with a round, circular light-emitting surface (LES) that improves the quality of projected light through optics, compared to traditional LEDs with a square LES. These LEDs are ideal for premium flashlights, torches, bike lights and headlamps. Read more »
Horticulture | Cree LED | Featured | May 01, 2025
Lighting that grows with you.
Lighting that grows with you. Horticulture and other forms of agricultural lighting require application-tuned ratios of spectral content, high efficacy and long lifetimes. Read more »
Trends in Lighting | Lumileds | Cree Lighting | Apr 24, 2025
Lighting That Respects Life at Night: Cree Lighting and Lumileds Collaborate on 1900K/50CRI Low-Blue Outdoor Lighting Solution
Lighting That Respects Life at Night: Cree Lighting and Lumileds Collaborate on 1900K/50CRI Low-Blue Outdoor Lighting Solution Cree Lighting, a leader in innovative LED lighting solutions, is pleased to announce an expansion in its available correlated color temperature options to include a new 1900K/50CRI (19K5) offering across a broad range of its popular outdoor lighting solutions. The 19K5 option was specifically developed to significantly reduce blue light emissions of outdoor lighting applications while still maintaining illumination and energy performance goals. Read more »
Automotive | Edison Opto | Apr 21, 2025
EDISON OPTO Launches SMART RGB LED Series
EDISON OPTO Launches SMART RGB LED Series EDISON OPTO’s SMART RGB LED provides a more friendly color control solution. 16-bit PWM and 6-bit GBC can present a smoother color change mode. At the same time, the built-in temperature compensation mode is more convenient for color management. The integrated low EMI architecture driver IC solution solves the EMI design certification problem! Read more »
Trends in Lighting | Streetlighting | Apr 17, 2025
Sansi Unveils Groundbreaking 100,000-Hour Lifespan COC Ceramic Streetlights
Sansi Unveils Groundbreaking 100,000-Hour Lifespan COC Ceramic Streetlights Shanghai, China – In a major leap forward for sustainable urban lighting, Shanghai Sansi Electronic Engineering Co., Ltd. ("Sansi"), a global leader in professional LED lighting and integrated solutions, has launched its next-generation C0820-QR (CC01) and C0820-QR (CC02) COC ceramic streetlight series – certified by China’s National Lighting Quality Inspection Center to deliver an extraordinary 100,000-hour lifespan while maintaining 85% luminous flux retention. With 10-11 hours of daily operation, these fixtures can serve cities for over 24 years, setting a new global benchmark for LED roadway lighting longevity. Read more »
Trends in Lighting | Streetlighting | Apr 17, 2025
EXC Ultra-High Efficiency Module Streetlights: Illuminating the Smart Roads of the Future
EXC Ultra-High Efficiency Module Streetlights: Illuminating the Smart Roads of the Future In the context of global efforts to achieve carbon neutrality and peak carbon emissions, road lighting has emerged as a key sector for energy conservation and emissions reduction. Currently, China has over 32 million road lighting fixtures, accounting for approximately 30% of total lighting power consumption and about 3% of national electricity consumption. However, the national replacement rate of traditional road lighting with energy-saving LED streetlights remains between 40% and 60%, highlighting significant opportunities for improvement. As countries worldwide strive to meet stringent environmental and energy efficiency goals, the demand for advanced, sustainable lighting technology continues to grow. Read more »
LUAN-UV | UV | Apr 17, 2025
Advanced UV Optoelectronics: Revolutionizing Large-Scale Water Disinfection with Deep Ultraviolet LED Technology
Advanced UV Optoelectronics: Revolutionizing Large-Scale Water Disinfection with Deep Ultraviolet LED Technology As the world grapples with escalating pressures on water resource management and public health security, traditional water treatment technologies are facing significant hurdles—including inefficiencies, high energy consumption, and risks of chemical residue. Data highlights the stakes: waterborne illnesses cost the global economy billions of dollars annually, underscoring the urgency for safer, more effective solutions. Conventional mercury-based UV lamps, long relied upon for disinfection, compound these issues with drawbacks like excessive energy use, short operational lifespans, and environmental hazards from mercury contamination—failings that increasingly clash with modern sustainability goals. Read more »
Lightfair | Events | Apr 15, 2025
LightFair 2025: Where Innovation, Education & Celebration Come to Light
LightFair 2025: Where Innovation, Education & Celebration Come to Light LightFair 2025 is your all-access pass to the future of lighting—and it's shaping up to be the most dynamic and inclusive edition yet. Taking place May 4–8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, this is North America’s most comprehensive lighting event, bringing together top minds, technologies, and trailblazers in lighting design and innovation. Read more »
CIE | Webinar | Events | Apr 07, 2025
Webinar: How does Light Affect Human Health? From Biology to Application.
Webinar: How does Light Affect Human Health? From Biology to Application. Join this exclusive CIE webinar exploring the vital connections between light and human health. Titled “How does light affect human health? From biology to application”, the webinar will be presented by Prof. Dr. Manuel Spitschan, Professor of Chronobiology & Health at the Technical University of Munich & Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. Read more »
LightingEurope | Business | Apr 03, 2025
LightingEurope Confirms Executive Board and President
LightingEurope Confirms Executive Board and President The LightingEurope General Assembly re-elected on 28 March the outgoing Executive Board for a two-year mandate. The role of the LightingEurope Executive Board is to implement LightingEurope’s strategy and work programme. It is composed of 16 members, equally divided between representatives of member national lighting associations and member companies. Read more »
Smart Lighting | Synapse | Apr 01, 2025
New Combo Sensor Controller from Synapse
New Combo Sensor Controller from Synapse Synapse Wireless, a leading provider of innovative wireless lighting solutions, has introduced the Combo Sensor Controller (CSEN1-H), a new lighting control device designed to meet the diverse needs of both indoor and outdoor lighting environments. The all-in-one device integrates advanced sensors and wireless capabilities into a compact, durable design, providing a streamlined solution for lighting control in complex and challenging settings. Read more »
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