Trends & Technology Collection

CSA | Unify | Smart Lighting | Connectivity | IoT | Matter | Jul 24, 2026
Connectivity Standards Alliance Kicks Off Unify, Where the IoT Industry Decides What Comes Next
Connectivity Standards Alliance Kicks Off Unify, Where the IoT Industry Decides What Comes Next The Connectivity Standards Alliance (Alliance) officially welcomed attendees to Unify, its premier public event created to accelerate the adoption of open standards across the Internet of Things (IoT). Taking place in Austin, Texas, Unify brings together the companies, innovators, and Alliance Members from around the world to explore the future of secure, interoperable connectivity. As Alliance technologies continue to define the future of open standards and connected experiences, Unify puts them to work, accelerating the next era of the IoT across homes, buildings, energy, and emerging smart environments. At a time of rapid transformation, the event creates a dedicated space to combine the technologies, partnerships, and shared vision shaping the future in connected living. Read more »
Sunlurio | Trends in Lighting | Jul 10, 2026
Photometric Design for Solar Street Lighting: From Wattage to Road Performance
Photometric Design for Solar Street Lighting: From Wattage to Road Performance In many solar street lighting tenders, luminaires are still compared by wattage. A buyer may request a 40 W, 60 W or 100 W solar street light, assuming that a higher wattage automatically means better road lighting. Yet wattage only describes electrical input. It does not define road visibility, useful optical distribution, uniformity, glare control, pole spacing capability or the ability of an off-grid system to maintain the required lighting profile through the night. Read more »
CIE Workshop | Road Lighting | Events | Apr 14, 2026
CIE Workshop on Future Topics in Road Lighting
CIE Workshop on Future Topics in Road Lighting The International Commission on Illumination (CIE) will hold the workshop “Future Topics in Road Lighting” on 13–14 October 2026 in Torino, Italy, in conjunction with the annual meeting of CIE Division 4: Transportation and Exterior Applications (14–15 October 2026). The event is organised in collaboration with the Italian National Committee of the CIE, the Italian Association of Lighting Manufacturers (ASSIL), and the Italian Lighting Association (AIDI), and is hosted by the National Metrology Institute of Italy (INRiM) in Torino. Read more »
Sansi | mmWave Sensing | HCL | Feb 06, 2026
How mmWave Sensing is Reshaping the Standards of Sleep Health Monitoring
How mmWave Sensing is Reshaping the Standards of Sleep Health Monitoring At the intersection of rising global health awareness and the evolution of smart homes, a distinct trend is emerging: consumers are no longer satisfied with simple device control. Instead, they seek solutions that offer deep health insights and integrate seamlessly into daily life. The limitations of traditional contact-based monitoring devices have spurred a pressing market demand for unobtrusive, continuous, and precise health data collection technologies. In December 2025, Shanghai Sansi Electronic Engineering Co., Ltd. launched a bedside lamp integrated with mmWave radar for heart rate, respiration, and sleep monitoring. This marks the official entry of consumer-grade health monitoring into the unobtrusive era, offering a novel technological pathway for the global market. Read more »
Trends in Lighting | Zumtobel | Dec 29, 2025
Zumtobel Realizes James Turrell's Skyspace "Sustenance 2024" at the University Children's Hospital Zurich
Zumtobel Realizes James Turrell's Skyspace "Sustenance 2024" at the University Children's Hospital Zurich With the Skyspace “Sustenance 2024,” American light artist James Turrell has created an extraordinary light space at the University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, that combines art, space, and light into a unique experience. Turrell refers to Skyspace as observation rooms in which natural light flows through openings in the ceiling and, in combination with LED lighting, creates fascinating effects within the space. Read more »
Acuity Brands | Trends in Lighting | Aug 26, 2025
Nine Innovative Lighting Solutions from Acuity Brands Lighting Selected for the 2025 IES Progress Report
Nine Innovative Lighting Solutions from Acuity Brands Lighting Selected for the 2025 IES Progress Report Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) announced that nine Acuity Brands Lighting solutions were selected for the 2025 Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Report, which showcases the year's most significant advancements in the art and science of lighting. Selections were made by an impartial committee that evaluated submissions based on uniqueness, innovation, and significance to the lighting industry. Read more »
Cooper Lighting | Trends in Lighting | Aug 26, 2025
Cooper Lighting Solutions Recognized for 15th Year in IES Progress Report, Showcasing Six Lighting Innovations for 2025
Cooper Lighting Solutions Recognized for 15th Year in IES Progress Report, Showcasing Six Lighting Innovations for 2025 Cooper Lighting Solutions has once again secured its place among the industry’s leaders, earning recognition in the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Report for the 15th time in 17 years. This year’s achievement celebrates six innovative products—each one advancing efficiency, adaptability, and design in ways that deliver tangible benefits for lighting professionals and the communities they serve. 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 »
Horticulture | Apr 17, 2024
Horticulture LEDs to Boost Vertical Farming Efficiency
Horticulture LEDs to Boost Vertical Farming Efficiency With the growing world population and global warming, arable land and fresh water are becoming increasingly scarce {C1}. Many new approaches will be needed in agriculture. One of these is Controlled Environmental Agriculture (CEA). Würth Elektronik offers Horticulture LEDs and promotes the use of plant- and growth-specific light recipes. Engineers at the company have thought about how the control of a CEA could be realized as an IoT application. Read more »
LpR | Business | Nov 27, 2023
Luger Research e.U. Celebrates 100th Edition of LED Professional Review Edition and Hosts Summit
Luger Research e.U. Celebrates 100th Edition of LED Professional Review Edition and Hosts Summit Luger Research e.U. – Institute for Innovation & Technology, a leading media, event, and research company in the lighting sector, is celebrating a significant milestone with the publication of the 100th edition of its specialist authoritative magazine, LED professional Review. In addition, the company is organizing an advantageous lighting event on December 7. Read more »
Instrument Systems | Goniophotometers | Featured | Automotive | Sep 06, 2023
Optical Testing of Curved Displays
Optical Testing of Curved Displays Instrument Systems presents its latest goniometers of the DMS series: the fully automated 7-axis DMS 904 goniometer was designed specifically for the optical characterization of large and curved displays. Read more »
ams OSRAM | Financial Report | Business | Jul 31, 2023
ams OSRAM Unveils Profit-Driven Strategy and Q2 2023 Financial Performance Amid Portfolio Restructuring
ams OSRAM Unveils Profit-Driven Strategy and Q2 2023 Financial Performance Amid Portfolio Restructuring The released document is the financial report from ams OSRAM for the second quarter of 2023. The company has announced a strategic realignment towards profitability and structural growth. The future portfolio will focus on differentiated, intelligent sensors and emitters, with an increased commitment towards the Automotive, Industrial, and Medical markets. The company will exit non-core semiconductor businesses with a revenue run-rate of EUR 300 to 400 million. Read more »
LightingEurope | Sustainability | Business | Jul 12, 2022
How the EU’s Many Sustainability Initiatives Will Impact the Lighting Industry
How the EU’s Many Sustainability Initiatives Will Impact the Lighting Industry If you think the lighting industry is subject to a lot of regulation now, to paraphrase a classic rock song, ‘you ain’t seen nothing yet’. In March of this year, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a comprehensive new legislative package called the Sustainable Products Initiative (SPI). Part of the Commission’s flagship Green Deal, the SPI essentially aims to ensure that only the most sustainable products are sold in Europe. Read more »
Research | MIT | Plants | Trends | Oct 12, 2021
The Next Generation of Glowing Plants
Using nanoparticles that store and gradually release light, engineers create light-emitting plants that can be charged repeatedly. These plants can produce light that is 10 times brighter than the first generation of glowing plants that the research group reported in 2017. Read more »
Quantum Dots | LEDs | Trends | Oct 08, 2021
Ultrathin Quantum Dot LED that Can be Folded Freely as Paper
Quantum dot light-emitting diode (QLED), which employs quantum dots as a light-emitting material, has attracted significant attention as a promising alternative for next-generation display technologies, owing to its outstanding electroluminescence properties. Since it does not require any bulky components such as backlight units, QLED displays can potentially be manufactured into an ultrathin form factor. A joint research team led by KIM Dae-Hyeong (Professor at Seoul National University) and HYEON Taeghwan (Distinguished professor at Seoul National University) from the Center for Nanoparticle Research within the Institute for Basic Science has previously unveiled a prototype QLED back in 2015. The device had a thickness of only 3 micrometers, which is only one-thirtieth of that of human hair. Due to such an extremely reduced thickness, the ultrathin QLED exhibited outstanding mechanical flexibility, which allowed it to be readily applicable in various wearable devices, such as electronic tattoos. Read more »
Micro-LEDs | KAUST | Trends | Research | Sep 30, 2021
Research: Next Generation Full Color Micro-LEDs
Micrometer-scale light-emitting diodes (μLEDs) are the ideal building block for next-generation microLED displays used in head-mounted monitors, mobile phones and televisions because they are bright, respond quickly, offer longevity and consume little energy. KAUST researchers have shown that these scaled-down devices can efficiently emit light across the entire visible-light spectrum. Read more »
White LEDs | Phosphor-free | Trends | Aug 24, 2021
Phosphor-free White LEDs – Saga University, Japan
Saga University in Japan has reported work towards white light-emitting diodes (WLEDs) based on rare-earth (RE)-doped gallium oxide (Ga2O3) [Yafei Huang et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., v119, p062107, 2021]. Read more »
Business News | Event News | GZ Int. Lighting Exhibition | Nov 04, 2020
Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2020 Closes, Celebrating 25 Year Anniversary
Concluding on 13 October, Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition reached a milestone of 25 years as a leading industry platform. From 96 exhibitors at its debut in 1996, to a total of 2,028 at this year's edition, the growth and achievements of the past quarter of a century are to be celebrated. Once again, the fair was held concurrently with Guangzhou Electrical Building Technology (GEBT) and together, the two fairs attracted over 140,000 visitors to the heart of China's manufacturing hub. As industry professionals gathered to showcase the latest lighting products and solutions, the show provided a platform to assist businesses to rebound, reconnect and regain momentum. Read more »
Resources | Reports | Automotive | Dec 19, 2019
Yole Identifies Automotive Lighting Being a Building Block of Autonomous Driving
The automotive lighting market is booming. Yole Développement (Yole) announces a US$29 billion market in 2018. According to the market research and strategy consulting company, the automotive lighting sector should reach US$38.8 billion in 2024, at a 4.9% CAGR between 2018 and 2024. The digitalization of cars is a megatrend in the automotive industry, moving towards electric and autonomous vehicles. The developments related to this trend facilitate new approaches in safety, comfort, and information services. Exterior lighting is gaining significance because automated driving advancements have illustrated the importance of communication between all road users. Read more »
Resources | Standardization | CIE | Non-Visual Lighting Effects | HCL | Oct 10, 2019
CIE Position Statement on Non-Visual Effects of Light - 2nd Edition
On October 3rd, CIE released their new position statement on non-visual effects of light, entitled "Recommending Proper Light at the Proper Time" 2nd edition. As non-visual effects are becoming more attention nowadays, confusion and uncertainties on this topic are still high in the lighting community. Much research has been done but even more research is necessary. CIE has recognized this relevant topic and already initiated an independent workshop of leading scientists in the field of quantifying light for non-visual effects in Manchester in 2013 (CIE TN 003:2015 (CIE 2015)). The CIE issued an international standard, CIE S 026:2018 (2018), that defines a system for metrology of optical radiation for light-induced responses that can be elicited by ipRGCs (ipRGC-influenced light (IIL) responses). Read more »
Resources | Reports | Roadmap | Micro-LEDs | Displays | Oct 04, 2019
Yole Releases Report on MicroLEDs: Satus and Reality Check
MicroLEDs are drawing an increasing amount of attention. Startups have raised more than US$800 million to date, including at least US$100 million in 2019. It is estimated Apple has spent in the range of US$1.5 to US$2 billions on the technology over the last five years. Panel makers such as Samsung Display, LG Display, AUO or Innolux have also significantly increased their efforts. Under this dynamic context, Yole Développement (Yole) is continuing its investigations towards microLED technologies and related applications. Read more »
Resources | LpR Article | Research | Thermal Management | Sep 17, 2019
Thermal and Optical Challenges for SSL in Automotive Applications
LpR 72 Article, page 50: Solid State Lighting changed the lighting environment in automotive lighting almost more than in the field of general lighting. While efficiency of the devices increased and every few weeks new improvements are reported, thermal management remains crucial and a critical part of the system. Umut Zeynep Uras, Ahmet Mete Muslu and Mehmet Arik, from the Energy Efficient Electronics and Lighting Technologies Center (EVATEG), Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering at Ozyegin University, and Fatih Goren from the FARBA Corporation, explain the dependencies between photometric, electrical and thermal parameters of an automotive lighting application. Read more »
Aug 29, 2019
LpR_75_955906.pdf
Interview: Wilfried Kramb Research: IR Thermography & Micro Optics Technologies: EMI Reduction & Thin LED Modules Special Topic: Circular Economy COMMENTARY Providing Better Light Should Still be the Focus of the SSL Industry by J. Norman Bardsley, PhD, Bardsley Consulting (p 08) TECH-TALKS BREGENZ Wilfried Kramb, Interior & Lighting Designer, a∙g Licht compiled by Dr. Guenther Sejkora, LED professional (p 32) RESEARCH Temperature Profiling of Secondary LED Optics by Infrared Thermography by Peter W. Nolte et al., South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Fraunhofer Application Center for Inorganic Phosphors & TRILUX (p 38) On Life Cycle Assessment to Quantify the Environmental Impact of Lighting Products by V. Ferreira, D. Wolff, & C. Corchero,Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) (p 44) Design and Tolerancing of Freeform Microlens Arrays for Solid-State Lighting by Oscar Fernándezet al., CSEM (p 58) TECHNOLOGIES Spread Spectrum Frequency Modulation Reduces EMI by Greg Zimmer & Kevin Scott, Analog Devices (p 64) 12 Years of Progress in Manufacturing White LEDs by Rob Alferink, PicusLED & Arno Grabher-Meyer, LED professional (p 70) APPLICATIONS Inspiration from a Parallel Universe: Reviving the Vision of OLED by Matt Hanbury, Lightly Technologies (p 76) Lighting the Way to Greater Well-Being by Makoto Ogawara & Giovanni Vecchio, Nichia (p 82) SPECIAL TOPICS The Adverse Ecological Impacts of Light Pollution: LEDs' Role in Mitigation by Dr. C. J. Macgregor & Dr. D. M. Evans, University of York & Newcastle University (p 86) Read more »
Aug 29, 2019
LpR_75_Full_237650.pdf
Interview: Wilfried Kramb Research: IR Thermography & Micro Optics Technologies: EMI Reduction & Thin LED Modules Special Topic: Circular Economy COMMENTARY Providing Better Light Should Still be the Focus of the SSL Industry by J. Norman Bardsley, PhD, Bardsley Consulting (p 08) TECH-TALKS BREGENZ Wilfried Kramb, Interior & Lighting Designer, a∙g Licht compiled by Dr. Guenther Sejkora, LED professional (p 32) RESEARCH Temperature Profiling of Secondary LED Optics by Infrared Thermography by Peter W. Nolte et al., South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Fraunhofer Application Center for Inorganic Phosphors & TRILUX (p 38) On Life Cycle Assessment to Quantify the Environmental Impact of Lighting Products by V. Ferreira, D. Wolff, & C. Corchero,Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) (p 44) Design and Tolerancing of Freeform Microlens Arrays for Solid-State Lighting by Oscar Fernándezet al., CSEM (p 58) TECHNOLOGIES Spread Spectrum Frequency Modulation Reduces EMI by Greg Zimmer & Kevin Scott, Analog Devices (p 64) 12 Years of Progress in Manufacturing White LEDs by Rob Alferink, PicusLED & Arno Grabher-Meyer, LED professional (p 70) APPLICATIONS Inspiration from a Parallel Universe: Reviving the Vision of OLED by Matt Hanbury, Lightly Technologies (p 76) Lighting the Way to Greater Well-Being by Makoto Ogawara & Giovanni Vecchio, Nichia (p 82) SPECIAL TOPICS The Adverse Ecological Impacts of Light Pollution: LEDs' Role in Mitigation by Dr. C. J. Macgregor & Dr. D. M. Evans, University of York & Newcastle University (p 86) Read more »
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